A poster here asked if we would be discussing the issues of NU TREK in the future and what those issues would be. I think that, yes, we will and the majority of those issues will be Picard. In this case, one of those issues is definitely the portrayal of Jean Luc Picard's parents as well as how we should interpret them as well as their actions.
A pair of Luddites living in a centuries-old mansion and growing wine without machinery (which Picard sensibly ditched--ending a centuries-long tradition), Yvette is severely mentally ill and either not seeking treatment for it or has gone off her meds equivalent.
We know that by "To Whom Gods Destroy" that most forms of mental illness have been cured so either she's suffering something like Irumodic Syndrome (and that Picard may have inherited his brain flaw from her) or she simply has refused treatment. As someone who has mentally ill relatives who refuse medication and being "forced" to seek treatment, this is hardly uncommon and I doubt they force you to in the Federation.
The show depicts Maurice Picard as locking Yvette up and we are left with the question of whether this is a regular thing or a one time thing that ended tragically horrifically badly. I think the show means for Picard to view it as something well-intentioned but catastrophically a TERRIBLE idea that may have directly led to her suicide. The Jane Eyre parralels are pretty clear as "locking up a woman in a closet leads to her breakdown" is a pretty Victorian trope, however out of place it may be in the 24th century.
On my end, I'm comfortable saying that I think they were both very terrible, at least in their decisions, but believable people.
A pair of Luddites living in a centuries-old mansion and growing wine without machinery (which Picard sensibly ditched--ending a centuries-long tradition), Yvette is severely mentally ill and either not seeking treatment for it or has gone off her meds equivalent.
We know that by "To Whom Gods Destroy" that most forms of mental illness have been cured so either she's suffering something like Irumodic Syndrome (and that Picard may have inherited his brain flaw from her) or she simply has refused treatment. As someone who has mentally ill relatives who refuse medication and being "forced" to seek treatment, this is hardly uncommon and I doubt they force you to in the Federation.
The show depicts Maurice Picard as locking Yvette up and we are left with the question of whether this is a regular thing or a one time thing that ended tragically horrifically badly. I think the show means for Picard to view it as something well-intentioned but catastrophically a TERRIBLE idea that may have directly led to her suicide. The Jane Eyre parralels are pretty clear as "locking up a woman in a closet leads to her breakdown" is a pretty Victorian trope, however out of place it may be in the 24th century.
On my end, I'm comfortable saying that I think they were both very terrible, at least in their decisions, but believable people.
