Not in the penultimate one - there is a black band on the shoulder.
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In both the pics she looks to have a satchel on, similar to the one SAM has on the desk in front of her, so I'm guessing the black band is the shoulder strap of the satchel
How often is therapy in Trek done in a therapeutic setting vs in the middle of the day/battle/staff meeting (an occasional bit of advice in a paused turbolift or a thirty-second whispered aside is not the same thing)
When was 'therapy' ever done during a battle? I can't remember any examples. Also why does it matter if therapy happens 'in the middle of the day' should it only occur between 9am - 12pm or in evening?
With an appointment.
I think McCoy used to drop by where ever Kirk was to give him "pep talks". (Therapy)
It happens a lot before battles. It's definitely not limited to Star Trek.
Indeed. Balance of Terror has that.With an appointment.
I think McCoy used to drop by where ever Kirk was to give him "pep talks". (Therapy)
Processing their feelings with the counselor/their crewmates while they do something else. Sometimes it works well for a scene, sometimes it doesn't. Depends how it's written.
I meant the workday...like talking about your feelings anywhere and everywhere.
Occupational hazard for me but I have a blue collared worker who describes doing exactly that with their crew.
It happens. People like to unload.
Again, what examples?
And how is that unusual? Humans talk about their feelings all the time, especially at work. You complain to your co-workers, you might talk about how stressed you are about a particular project or you might talk about more personal things with trusted co-workers. That's just human nature. Despite what the 24th century tried to tell us, humans are emotional creatures.
The humans are to evolve beyond emotions.
This is actually my point. Troi was a counselor. So it made sense for her to be doing that.
No one on DSC was. So it was quite jarring when the chief engineer, the navigator, the captain, and even the goddamn computer started talking like a therapist.
Yes, exactly this.
Culber was.
Doesn't matter.
People should not speak their emotions. They are above such petty matters.
They all seemed like normal human interactions to me. Have you never spoken to a friend or co-worker about a problem? Never doubted yourself in the heat of the moment and had someone give you pep talk?
Being open to others and being open with others needs to be normalised. It's the goddamn 24th century or 32nd century. People should be above self-oppressive behaviour like refusing to talk about their feelings
Spending excessive time talking about feelings violates one of the most important rules of visual fiction - that of show not tell. Having one character tell another that they're upset is the most straightforward, least dramatic, and least compelling way you can resolve an emotional scene.
That isn't to say telling is never, ever emotionally compelling. Like, a character who has harbored feelings for another for an entire season getting to the point of saying "I love you" can be a moving scene. But it's just not as iconic as standing outside their window with a boombox or something. Because actions speak louder than words. We don't remember the exact lines said, but we remember those dramatic moments.
Talking around emotions can also be very compelling, dramatically speaking. This is also known as dramatic subtext.
Bottom line is not every scene can be catharsis. Catharsis happens only at the end of arcs for very understandable narrative reasons.
That isn't to say telling is never, ever emotionally compelling. Like, a character who has harbored feelings for another for an entire season getting to the point of saying "I love you" can be a moving scene. But it's just not as iconic as standing outside their window with a boombox or something. Because actions speak louder than words. We don't remember the exact lines said, but we remember those dramatic moments.
Talking around emotions can also be very compelling, dramatically speaking. This is also known as dramatic subtext.
Bottom line is not every scene can be catharsis. Catharsis happens only at the end of arcs for very understandable narrative reasons.
I think Shakespeare would disagree.
Maybe it violates the rules of drama. Maybe I'm off my rocker but to me the straightforward approach is one that Star Trek has done very well and talking around feelings feels far less helpful.
I understand what you're getting at here, but theatre isn't the same as cinema or even TV. Sets are much more rudimentary, the camera doesn't exist, most of the audience can barely see the faces of the performers, etc. Everything has to be based on dialogue (and, if not that, monologue).
Even with that, I'd say that while Shakespeare has characters spend quite a good deal of time talking about their feelings, they're not straightforward. All of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies, from Romeo and Juliet to Othello to MacBeth to King Lear, are based upon miscommunication.
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