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1. Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2023 14:55:28 UTC Swapna Krishna

   She means SO MUCH to me, my captain, and to see her succeed like this is amazing and incredibly well deserved.

   (The site I wrote the article for took down all their pre-2019 content, so that's a personal copy of it.)

   • AT-AT Assault :verifiedtrans: (atatassault@universeodon.com)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2023 14:55:27 UTC AT-AT Assault :verifiedtrans:

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     @skrishna

     "(The site I wrote the article for took down all their pre-2019 content, so that's a personal copy of it.)"

     Sci-Fi.com (Ok, ok, SyFy) shouldn't have done that. That wipes out literal decades of previous articles. Articles about Stargate, FarScape, Mystery Science Theater 3000, etc. How INCREDIBLY myopic.

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   • Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2023 14:55:30 UTC Swapna Krishna

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     @pynkbites I haven't seen any writing specifically on it, but I have a feeling M’Benga's accent meant a LOT to a lot of people!!!

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   • Lyric, Destroyer of Worlds (pynkbites@queer.af)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2023 14:55:34 UTC Lyric, Destroyer of Worlds

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     @skrishna Nice article! I'm happy Strange New Worlds has continued the trend of leaving in authentic accents, particularly with Dr. M'Benga. It really makes Starfleet feel like an genuine global alliance as opposed to an Americans-only club.

   • Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2023 14:55:35 UTC Swapna Krishna

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     The interview unfortunately also doesn't exist anymore, but I found a transcript. Here's what #MichelleYeoh said to me about keeping her accent on the show.

     I forgot about this: ”You know how it is. That's what we are."

     I'm crying again.

     #StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery

   • Swapna Krishna (skrishna@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2023 14:55:35 UTC Swapna Krishna

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     Ok y'all, a few things:

     (1) That article is from freaking 2017. There is zero point in critiquing it now. All you're going to do is get muted.

     (2) If I knew it was going to go viral multiple times, and be read by an audience other than Asian American kids, I would have written it very differently. Please keep in mind that it was written FOR Asian American children of immigrants before anyone else.

   • Lyric, Destroyer of Worlds (pynkbites@queer.af)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2023 14:55:38 UTC Lyric, Destroyer of Worlds

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     @skrishna Hell yeah! I love M'Benga!

     Michelle Yeoh honestly deserves to be captain of her own Trek show. They should be able to resurrect the Starfleet version of Georgiou for the task, considering how often folks rise from the dead in the franchise. 😂

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   • Jyrgen N (jyrgenn@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2023 14:55:42 UTC Jyrgen N

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     @skrishna But then, Michelle Yeoh's Philippa Georgiou was great in general, her charisma, her physical appearance, *and* her accent. Later in the series, when she is "bad" Philippa transferred to not-her-own world, she gains this hint of underlying self-mockery to go with her cynicism, which is totally wonderful and adorable. Somehow her "bad" Philippa is more complex and interesting than the "good" Philippa was.

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   • Jyrgen N (jyrgenn@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2023 14:55:43 UTC Jyrgen N

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     @skrishna I loved her accent from the first moment, because it sounded authentic and like *her* — and for me to like it, it didn't even need to be similar to my own(*) accent. But I get how it touched you, and I applaud that, too.

     (*) I always cringe when I hear people speak English with a German accent, maybe because we were always taught how bad that was

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   • Farah (farah@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2023 15:07:13 UTC Farah

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     @skrishna omg! Yes and thank you for that article!! I never thought anyone would come close to Stewart’s Picard but she DID and then some. She was so incredible in that show. I was absolutely smitten

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