In the Titan novels, we have young Tasha (named after Tasha Yar who was killed by Armus in Skin of Evil).
In Picard, we have Thad (deceased, named after Riker ancestor Thaddius), and Kestra (named after Deanna's older sister who was tragically eaten by a betazoid wolf when she wandered away from the family picnic at Lake El'nar).
In another thread, someone suggested that perhaps Tasha and Thad were the same person, if hypothetically Thad had been assigned female at birth and decided to transition their gender identity at some point later on.
Even though the initial suggestion was made in a disrespectful and irreverent way, I find that the underlying idea deserves some additional consideration. And while there are *other* inconsistencies between the litverse and the Picard show, I think we can all agree that fewer inconsistencies is preferable. So perhaps we can discuss reconciling this one.
First of all, how do the timeframes line up with Tasha from the Titan novels, versus what we learned so far about "Thad" from Picard's Nepenthe? Is there anything else besides assigned gender, and name, that would preclude these two characters representing the same individual person? I've only seen the episode twice so far, but details on Thad's backstory were nebulous on dates, as I recall.
In Picard, we have Thad (deceased, named after Riker ancestor Thaddius), and Kestra (named after Deanna's older sister who was tragically eaten by a betazoid wolf when she wandered away from the family picnic at Lake El'nar).
In another thread, someone suggested that perhaps Tasha and Thad were the same person, if hypothetically Thad had been assigned female at birth and decided to transition their gender identity at some point later on.
Even though the initial suggestion was made in a disrespectful and irreverent way, I find that the underlying idea deserves some additional consideration. And while there are *other* inconsistencies between the litverse and the Picard show, I think we can all agree that fewer inconsistencies is preferable. So perhaps we can discuss reconciling this one.
First of all, how do the timeframes line up with Tasha from the Titan novels, versus what we learned so far about "Thad" from Picard's Nepenthe? Is there anything else besides assigned gender, and name, that would preclude these two characters representing the same individual person? I've only seen the episode twice so far, but details on Thad's backstory were nebulous on dates, as I recall.
