Star Trek General Discussion

[The Predaking]

You bring up some good points about the character changes. I can say that you have a right to be concerned about them as well. However, I think that I can explain the differences between TOS Scotty and SNW Scotty. TOS Scotty past was apparently altered due to temporal shenanigans, and like the Romulan operative said in the alternate past, time keeps pushing back and making sure certain people and events still happen, even if its delayed or pushed forward. Scotty must have been altered in some way to be born later.

 

[Axaday]

You bring up some good points about the character changes. I can say that you have a right to be concerned about them as well. However, I think that I can explain the differences between TOS Scotty and SNW Scotty. TOS Scotty past was apparently altered due to temporal shenanigans, and like the Romulan operative said in the alternate past, time keeps pushing back and making sure certain people and events still happen, even if its delayed or pushed forward. Scotty must have been altered in some way to be born later.

Well, I don't LIKE that, but it IS an explanation with a lantern hung on it.

 

[Cybersnark]

time keeps pushing back and making sure certain people and events still happen, even if its delayed or pushed forward.

Right, which is why alternate universes (like the Mirror Universe and the Kelvin timeline, and all the universes seen in "Parallels") are always broadly similar, with the same people seeming to meet up, even if the context is different. Much like Transformers' own concept of Universal Clusters.

Note that DSC also pointed out that, by the 31st century, the Mirror universe is no longer "accessible," meaning that it has diverged so much that it's no longer "parallel," and is just some other unrelated universe.