on the wall

holy moley, what kind of star trek fan am i anyway?

we rewatched mirror, mirror today, and i loved it the same way i always do whenever i watch it ... and just now, sitting down to write this post, i realized:

wait, this episode is called mirror, mirror, and the evil kirk has a magical device in his quarters on the wall that he can look into and use to maintain his power.

i feel. so. dumb.

but even if i now feel like a big dummy, i have to say that in an episode full of great things, one of the greatest is how at the end of the episode, when evil kirk's gal pal lieutenant moreau spies on the good-guy enterprise crew and sees them being compassionate at the risk of their own lives, she's totally like, "holy shit that sounds so much better" and wants them to take her with them back to their universe. 

this is the moment we're in in the real world, people. if we can just open people's eyes to the value of kindness, there are plenty of them who will hop over to our side.

and even if we're stuck in the universe we're in ... we can make it a better place.