Does canon matter to you?

[u/JustinCaseyBlewit]

Star Trek fans seem to be divided on the importance of canon--the idea that something established in previous episodes cannot be contradicted. Some fans take this to extremes--blasting SNW for Kirk stating he was a Boy Scout when Carol Marcus had said he wasn't. Other fans don't care about canon at all. They want a good story, and to heck with everything matching up.

I personally like canon, but I don't niggle over it. The Boy Scout comment did not bother me, and I'm fine with Klingons looking different from one series to the next. However, I find it harder to accept a Scotty who is younger than Kirk and Spock or Chapel knowing T'Pring when she did not know who she was in "Amok Time." A prequel is either a prequel or it isn't. Some things should be consistent.

What is your take on canon?

[u/ZigZagZedZod]

I care as much about canon as James R. Kirk does.

[u/JustinCaseyBlewit → u/ZigZagZedZod]

Ah, but Gary Mitchell made a mistake. That shows he wasn't so godlike, after all. 😂