I don’t watch Star Trek but I’ve talked it over with some Star Treks and I think the next Star Trek crew member should be a potted plant. Just a weird looking little succulent or w/e in a pot, with wheels and a hawkings-style voice synth. Their badge or whatever can be a lil tree ornament. Low budget, no actor required character that will be instantly iconic. Whoever owns Star Trek write me a goddamn check.
They are an important member of this crew with many responsibilities!!!!!!!!
Remember I know nothing about Star Trek
I love this for two reasons: 1) it would be awesome to have a sentient plant with an accessibility device on a starship, 2) from a meta standpoint, the brilliance of having a literal (non-sentient) plant as an actor/character who audiences WOULD attach to and create stories for and care about…it’s just, the height of human storytelling, and I mean that in a non-ironic way.
’#if you didn’t know (like me) norma jeane is maeilyn monroe’s birth name#unless there’s another norma jean not showing up in my google search’
Given fandom naming trends, it’s probably more directly a lyrical reference to the Elton Jong song ‘Goodby Norma Jean’. (“More directly” because the song is still about her.)
