AIDS wasn't. There may be an undiscovered irumodic system in human anatomy, or it may be named after a virus, planet where it came from, or even an item that caused it, such as a radiation wave or device.
Spoilers Will Picard have Irumodic Syndrome in new series?
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AIDS wasn't. There may be an undiscovered irumodic system in human anatomy, or it may be named after a virus, planet where it came from, or even an item that caused it, such as a radiation wave or device.
There's room for plenty of drama without diseases and medical afflictions honestly. To the point in the real world our society makes laws and arranges financing almost as if disabled/ill people don't exist (and I say this as someone with a permanent hearing disability myself).Yeah since it's "the future," no disease or medical afflictions can exist.That wasn't true in TNG, and it won't be the case in PIC.
Kelvin Timeline went all the way with McCoy finding out Augment blood can cure even radiation poisoning. I don't agree with that, but honestly Trek writers should be challenged to write drama without relying on Earth diseases (let's be honest, irumodic syndrome is just Alzheimer's/dementia) that honestly would have been cured.
Syndromes don't have an identified cause, such as a virus or radiation, otherwise, they'd be called diseases. They rarely have an identified origin for the same reason.
Oh. Then it might be named after a place, like Stockholm syndrome. Perhaps it afflicts those who visited the planet Irumodia at one point, or a ship thus named. It could be related to a mutation later in life rather than one's original DNA.
The Stockholm syndrome is psychological. Psychology is a very different domain from medicine. The rules that apply to one are not necessarily valid for the other.
In "All Good Things," people were reluctant to help Picard because of the disease, and with the PIC trailers showing him facing more opposition again, maybe a similar situation is taking place (especially given the speculation that his vivid "dreams" might be a result of the illness). From the vineyard to the comm badges, there have already been a lot more nods to AGT in PIC than a lot of people expected, so perhaps this is one more thing to look for from that.
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Nope. V'ger = Borg is the product of fan fiction. Picard's illness was established in TNG. So not the same. Sorry you're not comfortable with it, though. If they retcon it, that's fine, but just saying don't be surprised if it's part of the story (maybe only to a small degree).
"Not comfortable with it?"
My level of comfort has nothing to do with it. I simply think it's a stupid and unlikely fan theory that won't manifest itself.
Same. No comfort required on my part, since it won't impact my enjoyment one way or another. I just think its unnecessary to the telling of the story, and the constant fan theorizing over it may result in disappointment in the long run.
It's not a fan theory any more than saying Geordi was born without eyesight, or Troi was an empath and not a telepath."Not comfortable with it?"
My level of comfort has nothing to do with it. I simply think it's a stupid and unlikely fan theory that won't manifest itself.
It's a fan theory to say it will show up in Star Trek: Picard when the show has not aired yet.
I'm not sure where you're missing me here. I'm also not sure why anyone would be so passionate about such an inane issue.
Have you looked at the forum?
Every little nuance and side character and inane issue is being analyzed up and down. All along, I've been saying it's fine if they retcon it out, or if Picard pulls a move equivalent to the Doc in Back to the Future wearing the bulletproof vest when he was supposed to bite the bullet. So your passion against it is the only thing that doesn't really make sense.
I hope they quickly handwave it away by establishing that it either never manifested or an effective treatment was developed, to take it off the table.
Have you looked at the forum?
I don't have a passion against it. I just think it's a stupid theory. If it turns out to be true or if the entire show ends up about Irrumodic Syndrome, I'll still watch it and be fine. I just think it's kind of foolish to think or theorize that it will be part of the new show.
It was a gimmick that Q created in order to make Picard's solving of the anti-time puzzle harder. It wasn't a real future. It was a Q game.
I've always felt that way about AGT, and really nothing is going to change my mind about that particular opinion of AGT and Picard's Irrumodic Syndrome.
EDIT: And yes, you're right....everyone is exploring every possible foolish little thing that could possibly happen: "OMG Could Picard's new best friend be Groppler Zorn??? It COULD HAPPEN!!!1!1!"
"Foolish to think or theorize" is not in the spirit of this forum.I don't have a passion against it. I just think it's a stupid theory. If it turns out to be true or if the entire show ends up about Irrumodic Syndrome, I'll still watch it and be fine. I just think it's kind of foolish to think or theorize that it will be part of the new show.
It was a gimmick that Q created in order to make Picard's solving of the anti-time puzzle harder. It wasn't a real future. It was a Q game.
I've always felt that way about AGT, and really nothing is going to change my mind about that particular opinion of AGT and Picard's Irrumodic Syndrome.
EDIT: And yes, you're right....everyone is exploring every possible foolish little thing that could possibly happen: "OMG Could Picard's new best friend be Groppler Zorn??? It COULD HAPPEN!!!1!1!"
But thank you for sharing your viewpoint.
"Foolish to think or theorize" is not in the spirit of this forum.
Truer words have never been spoken....
But, of course, "voicing frustration with fandom idiosyncrasies" is also in the spirit of the forum!
All in good fun!
How exactly is something that appeared in TNG fan fiction?
In the "real" present-day timeframe of AGT (I believe both the future and the past in this episode were fabricated by Q), Crusher confirmed that Picard might possibly be susceptible to various neurological conditions, of which Irumodic Syndrome was only one. Plot twist: he develops something that's even worse.
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