• Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPM
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    12 days ago

    They were definitely villains in the series…but I don’t think DS9 ever made a strong case that they weren’t necessary (nor do I think they were trying to).

    Right up until the end, the morphogenic virus was critical to the end of the war.

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      12 days ago

      @ValueSubtracted

      I wanted to watch the series again, anyway. It’s been a time.

      As I remember it, they left it rather ambiguous, which is the actual point.

      If moral choices were easy, we wouldn’t have to think about them too much.

      Yes, the virus ended the war, but at what price?

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        12 days ago

        I think the dark humor is what kills this for me. A “mission impossible” style spy show set in the Star Trek universe would be fine. An empress from the mirror universe who gets her kicks killing and eating people with a wink and a nod to the audience isn’t anything I’m interested in.