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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Now I'm going to say this. Just because you can as a writer shouldn't mean that you shouldn't. When you get overly reliant on things like time travel and telepathy you tend to eventually frustrate fans because as a writer you become addicted to being able to fix things in ludicrous ways.
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Originally Posted by sureLoss
I have learned to never underestimate Star Trek writers ability to retcon anything in the Star Trek universe after Enterprise.
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Some of those ridiculous creative choices that you're frustrated with are probably going to change since it's rumored Discovery isn't doing too well and there will be a very good chance of a CBS/Paramount merger.
A lot of the problems with writing and the weird tonal shifts/incoherent storyline/pacing shifts/retconning, and shoehorning of new stuff into canon Trek since 2009 are because of a forced contractual property rights problem caused by former CBS CEO Les Moonves (of "Friends" and #MeToo sexual harassment fame) forcing writers into ludicrous logical and stylistic acrobatics just to be different.
More about that here from a video Hack&Lube sent me. A bit long but super insightful.