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Darn that inconvenient history
By perrybw

Another word for continuity is history. If you're telling a story in our "real world" and want to establish a character with a backstory in Italy circa 44A.D., you have to reference that darn Roman Empire. If you're telling a story in 1944 France you have to reference that pesky World War II. Part of good writing is using events and the backdrop of history as a rich source from which to give your story and characters depth and resonance. Having Sisko at Wolf 359 in the first episode of DS9 gave that moment more emotional impact than if it had taken place at some unknown space battle the audience was unfamiliar with.

Yes, writing in a Blank Slate universe may allow a writer complete and total freedom, but it also means they start at an emotional blank slate with their audience. STAR TREK's complex universe offers writers lots of fuel for good drama.

Now, it is true that some Trek fans make a much larger issue of this than is necessary and take Trek creators to task for errors in irrelevant minutae. But its time that BOTH sides of this equation stopped grousing. Just write good stories and enjoy them.

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