### return home

what is the orville?
you may be thinking to yourself: do you mean the star trek knockoff that seth macfarlane made? are you kidding me right now? to this i say: i am also thinking the same thing! yet it has inexplicably entranced my mind.
the orville is about ed mercer (yes, played by macfarlane himself), the new captain of the planetary union ship U.S.S. Orville. he recently got out of a divorce after his wife cheated on him which shook his life up, and this command is his "last chance", so to speak. he commands the ship with his first officer and ex wife, kelly grayson; second officer the moclan bortus; navigator/engineering chief john lamarr; pilot gordon malloy; security chiefs alara kitan (s1) and talla keyali (s2-3); chief medical officer claire finn; kaylon emissary artifical lifeform isaac.
it is set in a utopian future, where money became obsolete with the invention of matter synthesis, and the main currency is "reputation" (i.e. doing nice things for others, being prominent in a work field, etc). the planetary union has hundred and hundreds of members, all from different worlds. each alien, even in the background, is unique both visually and conceptually. the worldbuilding is interesting. but what do i love most about the orville? its characters, of course. mostly, primarily, that.
the characters!
my favorite character out of the main characters is....
claire finn!
claire is incredible--extremely intelligent, an amazing single mother-by-choice, understanding, creative and resourceful, selfless (she was willing to give up her entire career so a trans girl could get surgery!)... and not to mention a highly skilled doctor. she likes to go where she's needed, and when she finds out ed is the new captain of the orville, she realizes that she's needed there. i love her so much! she is one of my main fictional partners.
other characters i like incluuude:
alara kitan, charly burke, kelly grayson, kaylon primary, and teleya
and of cooourse, my other partner timmis, my favorite one-off character ever ❤️
i could talk about the orville characters forever, specifically the kaylon who... are villains up until the end, but their robot PTSD storyline intrigues me greatly (and makes me just so sad)--i've been hyperfixated on the kaylon specifically for a while. i just really love this show except me loving something does not necessarily mean that the thing i love is "good" or "of quality". lol. but it occupies SO much space in my brain!