Dr. Fortyseven 🥃 █▓▒░ on Nostr: So we see some Klingon tears in this week's #StarfleetAcademy. And we also get -- god ...

So we see some Klingon tears in this week's #StarfleetAcademy. And we also get -- god help us -- red blood pouring out of them, when ST6 and Lower Decks have both portrayed it as "Pepto Bismol" pink.

First point: I rather enjoy the theory that that this apparently commonly known 'fact' about Klingons not having tear ducts is just a manifestation of the general ignorance of Starfleet about their anatomy. It kind of fits the theme of the film, too. Think about Burke and Samno swapping bigoted Klingon stereotypes with each other before given their orders by Valeris.

Second point: who's to say? Maybe pink blood is a racial thing, and Klingons from different regions of Kronos simply have pink vs the usual red blood as part of their genetics.

Maybe they're from in north.

#startrek