Could they have gotten rid of Tasha Yar without killing her off?

[Mojochi]

That's an eloquently put argument that I could at least get behind.

What I take umbrage with is the oft-repeated canard: 'I didn't like it, therefore bad writing', which is repeated ad infinitum around this board.

That's fair. I might even be guilty of it myself, now & then, but I'm always earger to elaborate

 

[Oddish]

Or Pulaski, who falls down a turbolift shaft between S2 and S3 and is never even mentioned again.

I thought she fell into one of Wesley's static warp bubble experiments, and ended up creating a mental world where everyone slowly turned into Data clones, before the bubble collapsed and she ceased to exist.

That's fair. I might even be guilty of it myself, now & then, but I'm always earger to elaborate

Some people are affected differently by different episodes. Lots of people don't like "The Child", because they see what happened as Troi being violated... it doesn't bother me, because I see it as just one of those misunderstandings when beings of two very different types meet. How could a creature that is non-corporeal understand bodily autonomy?

On the other hand, "Half a Life" bothers the hell out of me, while most people seem perfectly fine with it.

 

[DonIago]

^Maybe Pulaski fell down the turbolift shaft and into Wesley's static warp bubble experiment? Or fell into a static warp bubble experiment in which she fell down a turbolift shaft?

 

[Guy Gardener]

Pulaski is off with Kyle making more little Rykers.

 

[DonIago]

Boimler's origin explained at last!