General Trek Questions and Observations
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For a Starfleet guy... Worf sure dabbles in high level Klingon politics a lot.
- Through self sacrifice, he saved the Chancellor from disgrace in "Sins of the Father".
- He killed one of the candidates for Chancellor in "Reunion".
- He reinstated the ceremonial (but highly influential) office of Emperor in "Rightful Heir".
- He cost a High Council member his position in "The Way of the Warrior".
- And he killed Gowron and won the chancellorship for himself before passing it off to someone else in "Tacking into the Wind".
- Through self sacrifice, he saved the Chancellor from disgrace in "Sins of the Father".
- He killed one of the candidates for Chancellor in "Reunion".
- He reinstated the ceremonial (but highly influential) office of Emperor in "Rightful Heir".
- He cost a High Council member his position in "The Way of the Warrior".
- And he killed Gowron and won the chancellorship for himself before passing it off to someone else in "Tacking into the Wind".
^He does, but he's essentially of a Klingon noble family (a great house), and probably it's a public secret in those circles he didn't really 'earn' his discommendation.
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I believe that's basically correct - no expert though.
But we don't even know whether this is possible in principle or not. (Yes, I know that in certain frameworks there are mathematical solutions that could work, but as I understand it, we don't know whether physics would actually work the way those mathematical solutions suggest (and even if it would, that would still be a long way from making it practical). Therefore I think even the term 'possible in principle' is still too liberal a moniker for that, I prefer to view it more along the lines of 'within some frameworks, it's not necessarily inconsistent with what we know'). Until we do, I prefer to keep calling it a 'magical' technology, even if we have some skimpy make-believe-explanation of how it would work.
Whereas with 'impulse' engines, as far as the name goes at least, it refers back to a principle used since ancient times, even if scientific understanding came only later.
I wonder, in Voy's 'Shattered', if Chakotay telling the alternate Janeway that they "never crossed the line" in their relationship was in part to set up his relationship with Seven later on in the season? It's also a nice bit of consistency given that he and Janeway, I think, decided to remain professional despite their obvious tender feelings for each other.
I think that where Chakotay's statement to early Janeway was concerned, what happened on New Earth stayed on New Earth.
So what if it did cross the line for some time (let's say somewhere in S1-S3) - why would that have hindered a S7 setup for a relationship with Seven? Happens all the time in real life, after all.
Yes, especially on Trek. People find potential love, lose it, and move on with minimal long-term aftereffects. Examples include Dax in "Rejoined" and "Meridian", Riker in "The Outcast", and Picard in "Lessons".
To give a contrasting example, a fandom that doesn't work that way is the Harry Potter one. Each of the three primary characters had a designated "One True Love", and they had no significant relationships outside of it. And when another major character's "One True Love" married another and later died, he was alone and miserable his whole life.
Is that from 'Resolutions'? Only seen that episode once, 20 years ago.
Yup. I think that in the few weeks following the fight with the Vidiians and Chakotay's not really a tribal story... let's just say they did more than hold hands. But once they were rescued, they tacitly agreed that (to quote another Trek character) "it never happened."
Resolutions is a good watch, even if it had a kind of "cheesy romance" vibe and it assassinated Harry's character.
So, somebody on reddit asked why the new shows are playing around with the "catchphrases" of the captains ("Engage!") and I responded because NuTrek lacks nuance and they like to tell instead of show.
Well, I got banned for a week from the subreddit. And the comment was removed. Yikes. The excuse was I wasn't being "constructive" enough.
Used to be you'd get banned if you were legitimately racist/sexist/stalking/posting porn, etc. What a world we live in today. I gave my opinion. But I guess I didn't bootlick enough.
Well, I got banned for a week from the subreddit. And the comment was removed. Yikes. The excuse was I wasn't being "constructive" enough.
Used to be you'd get banned if you were legitimately racist/sexist/stalking/posting porn, etc. What a world we live in today. I gave my opinion. But I guess I didn't bootlick enough.
"Resolutions(VOY)" is the episode where Janeway becomes obsessed with the alien monkey that lives near the home she establishes with Chakotay.
That's the PG rated part of their time on New Earth, anyway. For the rest of it, delete words 10 thru 20 of that sentence.
Well, I got myself permanently banned from r/startrek after trying to explain myself/suggested maybe I shouldn't post anymore if my opinions weren't expansive enough. Such a strange interaction with some moderator. Folks need to loosen up. Not every concise comment is a troll job.
I think I'm grateful my parents taught me to not be interested in a little power from a young age.
(Only in lots and lots of it.)
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