Worf and Deanna almost got together, but..

[Unimatrix Q]

At the beginning of TNG Worf was still quite a Klingon, eager and easy to provoke. His dealings with Q and Lwaxana was a big trial of patience. Sometimes Worf seems to me more serene and composed than Sisko. Sisko became more and more Klingon. He even turned into one in an episode.
Nonetheless I'd like to have seen Deanna in a guest role aboard DS9. If only to chat with Ezri about the trials and hardships of being a counselor. Deanna has Reg as difficult patient, Ezri dealt with Garak. But I guess it didn't fit into the Dominion War storyline.

I had the opposite feeling sometimes. Worf seems to be more klingon, and less tolerant of others than he was in TNG, in some DS9 episodes.

Maybe it was, because DS9 not being a starfleet installation that made him hold onto his klingon identity even more than he did during TNG.

 

[Kilana2]

And he had more contact with true Klingons than in TNG.....

 

[Terok Nor]

I didn't really like them as a couple. It just seemed wrong. Jadzia was perfect for Worf. She had the sarcastic wit of K'Ehkeyr which went well with Worf's seriousness.

 

[Unimatrix Q]

And he had more contact with true Klingons than in TNG.....

Yeah, that might also be a big factor.

But Worf was already trying to be more klingon than most Klingons before, during TNG.

I would think having so much exposion to other Klingons and klingon culture and seeing them like they really are instead of that idealized image he had of them, would make him more tolerant and more open to other ways instead of doing the opposite.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Maybe it was, because DS9 not being a starfleet installation that made him hold onto his klingon identity even more than he did during TNG.

I think that the writers took more of an interest in Worf's long term development rather than using the character as a foil. Dorn does credit DS9 for challenging his acting skills and growing his character.

 

[SolarisOne]

Still, they are married and have children in at least one parallel Universe (maybe it's one where Lwaxanna "mysteriously" fell off a cliff and died) ... I believe that means something.

It means the writers were on some strong psychotropic substances when they wrote that episode.

 

[Dukhat]

It's the last season of TNG, Worf and Deanna are getting closer.
..but..
Worf gets a new post on DS9 and the romance is forgotten, he ends up marrying Jadzia.

I felt it was slap in the face. In the last TNG episode Worf's and Deanna's relationship is under a magnifying glass years in the future and suddenly he forgets her. True, it was an alternate timeline, still. Couples might get sick of each other fast, still. Worf and Jadzia together didn't feel right.

What did the actors Dorn and Sirtis and anyone else say about this?

Almost all "relationships" in Star Trek are contrived. They're usually done at the last minute, are between two people who were never even remotely interested in each other before, and never goes anywhere. This is no different.

 

[STEPhon IT]

It's the last season of TNG, Worf and Deanna are getting closer.
..but..
Worf gets a new post on DS9 and the romance is forgotten, he ends up marrying Jadzia.

I felt it was slap in the face. In the last TNG episode Worf's and Deanna's relationship is under a magnifying glass years in the future and suddenly he forgets her. True, it was an alternate timeline, still. Couples might get sick of each other fast, still. Worf and Jadzia together didn't feel right.

What did the actors Dorn and Sirtis and anyone else say about this?

I don't know what they thought of it, but you've nailed it. It was a slap in the face to the character development of Worf; IMO a dumb, reactive lug who was on TNG for villains to kick his ass to show how strong they were and to be superseded on decisions just for other cast members to look better. The inclusion of Alexander was a wonderful step forward in the maturation of Worf; there's nothing more honorable than a man, a proud man, to take responsibilities in raising a child. In order for this breakthrough the plot would need a strong woman who has some insight on child development, who had lost a father who was also a proud man, and had some trepidation with her own parenthood especially experiencing a guardian who was not the typical parent type. Troi was the logical choice to be the beauty who not only tamed the beast but made him into a 3 dimensional character, something I'd long for in a predictable character like Worf. I also thought the relationship made Troi a stronger character and she made him look respectable within the crew. No longer Worf was reactive; he had a sense of being to have insight now which made their relationship feel appropriate and right.

I guess the writers were reading the criticisms from fanboys, probably a few with the loudest voices, who resented the relationship and when Generations came about it was back to basics. Worf was clowned on in his first appearance on screen, and later Troi crashes the Enterprise. As for DS9, dumping Dax with Worf was an abomination; they had zero chemistry and I thought tacking them on together was weak and didn't plant the seeds which made Troi's relationship flow. Also, I didn't appreciate the DS9 folks dumbing down the Dax character, I do understand Farrell had trouble with the dialogue, but it only made her less appropriate to a person like Worf who had a history and a foundation. As for the Worf/Troi relationship I could've seen a happy ending with those two together.

 

[Kor]

Deanna was apprehensive about certain aspects of Klingons revealed in STDisco, so she just couldn't continue the relationship.

I mean...

Spoiler

They don't just talk about eating the hearts of their enemies, they really do eat them!

Kor

 

[Nyotarules]

Betazoids and Klingon warriors don't mix well. There's such a thing as "too opposite" for a relationship to work.

Vulcans and Humans manage. I am surprised Vulcans manage with anyone else

Deanna was apprehensive about certain aspects of Klingons revealed in STDisco, so she just couldn't continue the relationship.

I mean...

Spoiler

They don't just talk about eating the hearts of their enemies, they really do eat them!

Kor

Perhaps the Deanna who married Worf and had two kids with him turned him into a vegetarian or she became Jadzia II

I like Worf's reaction in Parallels when his 'wife' makes a pass at him lol

 

[Bry_Sinclair]

Betazoids and Klingon warriors don't mix well. There's such a thing as "too opposite" for a relationship to work.

You could say the same about a logical and dispassionate Vulcan with an emotional and unpredictable human

 

[Discofan]

You could say the same about a logical and dispassionate Vulcan with an emotional and unpredictable human

Marrying a human to a Vulcan is like taking a pet, they're practically sure to outlive them by decades unless they are themselves so old as to become senile like Sarek with his second human wife.

 

[DarKush]

The Worf/Deanna romance came out of the blue for me and I liked it. I wish it had been developed more. I liked them together. That being said, even though I was less into Worf and Jadzia I was okay with their marriage. I do wish we had seen an episode at least tying up the loose end with Troi and/or had Troi attend the wedding. I wish some of the TNG cast in general had been part of that wedding episode. It was cool that O'Brien was there, but he was already part of the cast. I'm surprised they didn't get Riker, Geordi, or Troi back-all were game to reprise their roles in other shows, or on other episodes. Maybe it was a timing or budget issue.

I recall the novel Triangle: Imzadi II that focused on the Worf-Troi romance. Unfortunately it wasn't as good as the first Imzadi novel.

 

[STEPhon IT]

I do wish we had seen an episode at least tying up the loose end with Troi and/or had Troi attend the wedding. I wish some of the TNG cast in general had been part of that wedding episode. It was cool that O'Brien was there, but he was already part of the cast. I'm surprised they didn't get Riker, Geordi, or Troi back-all were game to reprise their roles in other shows, or on other episodes.

Nah. TNG characters knew that relationship wouldn't last.

 

[Discofan]

Nah. TNG characters knew that relationship wouldn't last.

Plus Picard was afraid that he'd get a glare from Sisko if he'd showed up on the station again.

 

[DonIago]

Q probably told him about getting punched.

 

[mos6507]

I never bought any of the Worf relationships. Dorn played Worf sort of like a Vulcan, stoic and unemotional. (Not particularly Klingon unless he was hanging around them and trying too hard to fit in.) So when he hooked up I got the sense that the women were only interested in his body. He seems to just get passed around like a boy-toy.

Sirtis and Frakes just have better chemistry, onscreen and off (like at conventions). They were cast specifically for that purpose (to be the equivalent of Ilia and Decker) so it makes sense. Their scenes together are the only good thing to come out of Insurrection, IMHO.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

I think Worf/Troi made sense in the show. Just they weren’t so star crossed or anything that it wouldn’t make sense for them to drift apart.

 

[Discofan]

Do we have at least an explanation as to when and why Worf and Deanna decided to split up? Or is it one of these things, that are just taken for granted?

 

[Lance]

Star Trek: Nemesis originally included a reference back to it, but like many of the kisses to continuity that script contained, it was removed from the final version.