The writers of both shows wrote the universe into a ludicrous and untenable corner that sabotages future productions; Romulans are gone, the Borg are gone, the Federation is gone, it’s like someone who despised Trek their whole life dropped a bowling ball on the setting out of spite
The aftermath of the Dominion war is utterly wasted, the inevitable showdown between the Romulans and the Federation that was hinted and built up since TOS, TNG, DS9, and even Enterprise is wrapped up with a lame supernova, the Borg gone (but not really), and they’re good guys now too (but not really)
And then THE BURN…whoever came up with that pigeon-shitting-on-a-chessboard idea was the definition of a hack, I heard it was a Brexit allegory, if true liberals should be banned from writing fiction ever again
It’s become noticeable that the newer, better shows are straight up just ignoring the plotlines of Picard and Discovery and since Trek is famous for it’s parallel universe elements, it’s safe to say PIC/DIS will get Star Wars Legends treatment and it can’t come soon enough
TBF they inherited the Romulan Supernova plot from the movies. If they were going to embrace that I’d have rathered they told it properly instead of alluding to it all the time (prodigy season 2), or picking up after what could have been a compelling story. What’s worse is they keep setting things up and never paying them off - Borgati says there’s a big threat out there, ok tell that story - no. Burnham solves the burn and finds a butt load of dilithium - cool lets see them rebuild the federation - no. Here’s a back door pilot for a series with the Enterprise G on a 5 year mission and Picard’s son is picking up Q trial - no. Here’s a setup for the continuing missions of the Ceritos under jack ransom - no.
Finish a damn story.