Enterprise Leap-in

[Alienesse]

If you could leap into an Enterprise character, which would it be?

I would choose Hoshi because I have the most in common with her. I have the same inclination towards languages and a background in linguistics, and I find her job quite exciting. Of course, I'm not as brilliant as she is, but that's that. I also like the fact that, in spite of her initial discomfort at being on a starship, she manages to get over that and adjust quite well to her new life. I love her relationship with T'Pol as well, which goes from a certain amount of friction to one of mutual respect and collaboration. I think that, overall, Hoshi is quite a brave girl.

 

[G2309]

It would have to be the Chef. After DS9 they seem to be the only crew to eat nice food.

 

[Tom]

I would 'leap-in' to Hoshi or Tpol but not in the way you discribed here.

 

[Alienesse]

^ I see what you mean. Well, that's not a bad way of 'leaping in'-to somebody either. And in that case, I'll 'take' Archer.

 

[Peter Q Taggart]

Oh boy.

 

[Skywalker]

Probably not a popular choice, but I'd leap into Reed. He's got more phobias and allergies than I have (I don't really have any of either), but aside from that he's probably the character whose personality is closest to my own. Plus he has a cool job. And having Trip for a best friend certainly wouldn't hurt.

Also, I love spy fiction, so being a former member of Section 31 and having to deal with that would be right up my alley.

 

[Hopeful Romantic]

Interesting thread!

Usually Sam was faced with the challenge of leaping into someone who was not like him at all -- from Dr. Ruth to the pregnant teenage girl to the elderly black man to the Down's Syndrome kid.

So which character would give you the most problems "blending in" because he/she was so different from you? (Porthos doesn't count.)

Also, which "wrong to be set right" would you pick from Enterprise's run?

 

[jespah]

Well, the wrong to be set right is either Hayes's death or Tucker's. To do it, I leap into Reed.

 

[Skywalker]

Interesting thread!

Usually Sam was faced with the challenge of leaping into someone who was not like him at all -- from Dr. Ruth to the pregnant teenage girl to the elderly black man to the Down's Syndrome kid.

So which character would give you the most problems "blending in" because he/she was so different from you? (Porthos doesn't count.)

Also, which "wrong to be set right" would you pick from Enterprise's run?

If we're going by that method, I'd probably end up leaping into either Trip or Phlox. And the wrong I'd set right would be the destruction of the colony on Paraagan II.

 

[CaptainMatt]

I would want to leap into Archer so I could command a starship.

 

[JiNX-01]

I'd leap into T'Pol for the obvious reason...

 

[SFRabid]

Trip - because I love physics and engineering, and he gets to go on a lot of away missions. Plus, it would be fun to look like him for just a while.

 

[RandyS]

I would 'leap-in' to Hoshi or Tpol but not in the way you discribed here.

Get in line friend.

 

[Alienesse]

I'd leap into T'Pol for the obvious reason...

That's the one answer I was 100% sure about.

Interesting thread!

Usually Sam was faced with the challenge of leaping into someone who was not like him at all -- from Dr. Ruth to the pregnant teenage girl to the elderly black man to the Down's Syndrome kid.

So which character would give you the most problems "blending in" because he/she was so different from you? (Porthos doesn't count.)

Also, which "wrong to be set right" would you pick from Enterprise's run?

Oh, great twist on my original idea!

Well, I watched "Cogenitor" last night, and I think I have an answer for you. I would leap into Trip and make sure he refrains from doing the cogenitor the "favor" of teaching her/him/it how to read and opening her mind to something she clearly couldn't have. Besides, Trip is very different from me in that I know nothing about engineering and I'd probably have a hard time putting on a believable impression of a a child of the American South.

 

[Admiral Shran]

The one whose life I'd like to live....

I'd leap into T'Pol for the obvious reason...

Just replace T'Pol with Trip there.

The one who would not be like me....

T'Pol. I could never manage to contain my emotions the way she does.

The situation I'd put right....

I'd see to it that the Cogenitor was granted asylum. IMO, Trip was right to open her eyes (I feel odd saying "its eyes"). Suppose he was in the seventeenth or eighteenth century South. Would we be thinking he shouldn't teach a slave to read? Even beside that, once the Cogenitor requested asylum from Archer, I believe the correct choice was to grant it. The "damage" had been done, now the only proper choice was to grant her full individual rights.

 

[Alienesse]

I'd see to it that the Cogenitor was granted asylum. IMO, Trip was right to open her eyes (I feel odd saying "its eyes"). Suppose he was in the seventeenth or eighteenth century South. Would we be thinking he shouldn't teach a slave to read?

As Archer pointed out, this was NOT the South.

 

[Admiral Shran]

True. But still, the Cogenitor is clearly an intelligent, sentient being even before Trip reaches out to her - if for no other reason than that she has the ability to understand and use language. The way I see it, she (and every other Cogenitor) is essentially being forcibly held in sexual slavery. She has no control over her own life and is constantly shuffled between different couples in order to be used for reproduction.

Simply looking at it from that viewpoint, I would have granted her asylum if she asked for it even if Trip hadn't encouraged her.

But, once Trip did encourage her (which, again, I think he was completely right to do), I would have been even more disposed to grant asylum.

Now, I don't want to de-rail your thread over this since I do think that this is a very good episode (aside from Archer's decision - it's one of the few times where I actually do question his judgment).

 

[Alienesse]

Now, I don't want to de-rail your thread over this since I do think that this is a very good episode (aside from Archer's decision - it's one of the few times where I actually do question his judgment).

Eh, no problem, if an issue arises, I'm happy to discuss it. I do deplore the cogenitor's condition of nothing more than a tool in the reproductive process of her species, and I probably would have had the impulse to do what Trip did. But I still maintain that he should have minded his own business, because I think that imposing your human standards over another species is an arrogant thing to do.

On the other hand, I do agree that Archer's decision was not the right one. Once the cogenitor had asked for asylum, he should have given it to her regardless of how she had come to making that request. The way he handled the situation seemed more like taking the easy way out, doing what was necessary so as not to ruin his new relationship with the alien captain.

 

[Miss Lemon]

I would leap into Archer and sweep T'Poll off her feet.

I guess I must be the only one in this forum that ships Archer/T'Pol. Their friendship felt much more real to me than the so-called romance between Trip and T'Pol. *hides*

It's weird but I just cannot imagine myself being Hoshi. She's just too girly, I suppose.

 

[Alienesse]

I guess I must be the only one in this forum that ships Archer/T'Pol. Their friendship felt much more real to me than the so-called romance between Trip and T'Pol. *hides*

You're not the only one. I also loved the Archer / T'Pol friendship. It evolved into something profound and meaningful to both of them. And if their relationship had ever turned into something more than friendship, it would have probably been less rocky and more stable than T'Pol's romance with Trip. By the way, I loved the implication in "Twilight" that T'Pol had developed romantic feelings for Archer.

It's weird but I just cannot imagine myself being Hoshi. She's just too girly, I suppose.

I think Hoshi toughened up pretty nicely by the end of the series. She might have started out the way you describe her, but she successfully rose to the challenges of her mission. And what about Empress Sato? She was a tough one.