Kelvinverse

English Etymology From en Kelvin verse, referencing the attack on the USS Kelvin by time-travelling Romulans in the first film, the point of divergence that creates the alternate universe. Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Kelvinverse.wav US Proper noun en fandom slang The fictional universe which serves as the setting for the reboot Star Trek film franchise launched in 2009 (an alternate timeline of the original Star Trek universe). en 2020 Ebony Elizabeth Thomas The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Dark_Fantastic/TEzZDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22kelvinverse+movies%22&pg=PA30&printsec=frontcover 30 From H. G. Wells's radio play The War of the Worlds to the cinematic blockbuster Star Trek Kelvinverse movies, themes of invasion, conquest, and colonization are the bread and butter of science fiction. en 2021 A. J. Black Star Trek, History and Us: Reflections of the Present and Past Throughout the Franchise https://www.google.com/books/edition/Star_Trek_History_and_Us/TUooEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+kelvinverse%22&pg=PA150&printsec=frontcover 150 The show responded to fan pleas to return the series to the “Prime” timeline and explored a hitherto under-represented era of Star Trek history—roughly a decade before The Original Series, placing it roughly analogous to the same time zone the “Kelvinverse” films were exploring. en 2022 William Proctor Leimar Garcia-Siino; Sabrina Mittermeier; Stefan Rabitsch Star Trek (2009) The Routledge Handbook of Star Trek https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Routledge_Handbook_of_Star_Trek/LuN4EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+kelvinverse%22&pg=PT214&printsec=frontcover unnumbered In other words, the Kelvinverse versions of Kirk, Spock, Bones, Uhura, Sulu, Scotty, and so on, are not the same characters as their “Prime” counterparts (“whatever our lives might have been ... our destinies have changed”). Synonyms en Abramsverse Hypernyms en Trekverse en Trekiverse See also en NuTrek en eponyms en Fictional universes Star Trek