If C/7, might she join his Tribe and take his name?

[Guy Gardener]

"I am Seven of Nine of the Rubber Tree People".

Not quite the same ring.

Imagine if Anika got arrogant about the superiority of the Rubber Tree People?

How would that sound?

 

[Taylirious]

What?

C/7 was dumb. Seven Of Nine & Neelix makes more sense and the actors had better chemistry.

 

[Violet.Phoenix]

As much as I doubt that C/7 would last long after Voyager's return to Earth (and from the novels I know it doesn't), I doubt even more that Seven would change her name. Seven is a very driven character who does what she chooses and doesn't let others control her life except in the case of protocol. This not being one of those instances, I doubt that she would.

Anyways, I never liked C/7 and never will. LONG LIVE J/C!

 

[Guy Gardener]

Ah but in Admiral Janeway's Time Line, she was married to Chuckles for years.

It was a conversation they would have had.

And at some point... is she going to drop "Seven" and go back to Anika?

So a name change is certainly a possibly in most potential time lines.

Do you really think that her grandmother is going to call her "Seven of Nine" after what the Borg did to her son?

 

[AuntKate]

Ah but in Admiral Janeway's Time Line, she was married to Chuckles for years.

It was a conversation they would have had.

And at some point... is she going to drop "Seven" and go back to Anika?

So a name change is certainly a possibly in most potential time lines.

Do you really think that her grandmother is going to call her "Seven of Nine" after what the Borg did to her son?

We have no idea how long Chakotay and Seven were married in the admiral's timeline. She died in three years' time, and I would think their marriage was a ways off since they were only on their fifth date. For all we know, they were married a week when she died. Or a day.

Torres didn't change her name when she married Paris, so perhaps the name change tradition is not as healthy as you imply.

And as for Seven's father--I think he put himself in danger, so who would you blame?

 

[Guy Gardener]

Then is anyone to blame for getting done in by the Borg?

 

[Sumghai]

I've always felt C/7 was a bit rushed.

IMHO, D/7 would have been much more interesting, given the greater amount of potential development, though.

 

[Guy Gardener]

The Doctor's imperfections wouldn't stand a chance.

He would quicly become 15 years younger, strapping, significantly less bald and mute.

Seven needs a bloke that won't take her shit, and the doctor for all his posturing is going to wind up with her hands deep inside his personalty well before the honeymoon until he is inexorably altered, that it would have been far easier to start off with a blank slate.

Hot that he didn't do that same thing to her in Equinox, turned her into a good little soldier.

 

[The Dominion]

Chakotay of Nine would be much better.

 

[Guy Gardener]

But then he would have to keep saying "I am Borg" too.

Although he is a freed drone just like Anika, only his time as a drone lasted for hours not decades and it was a much smaller benign collective.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Take his name? As far as we know, 'Chakotay' is his only name. So that wouldn't work, there'd be nothing for Seven to 'take'.

And since Seven doesn't like to be called by her real name, they're both going to have to stay the same...

 

[Guy Gardener]

They are a new collective.

Just a constant ongoing neverending argument about who is One of Two and who is Two of Two... Which will then get confusing when they start having children the first of which would be called three of three, then four of four and so on...

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

This whole idea is about seeing 7 in fig leaves, or some South American equivalent.

That's what it is about.

Not that it wouldn't be fetching, because it WOULD.

 

[Deckerd]

But then he would have to keep saying "I am Borg" too.

Although he is a freed drone just like Anika, only his time as a drone lasted for hours not decades and it was a much smaller benign collective.

Maybe she would give him a few nanoprobes to 'enhance' him?

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

It all comes down to how good the assimilation was.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Everyone loves being assimilated, there is no minority report, just consensus.

I'm suspicious that the effect and existence is entirely Euphoric.

So rigidly full of ecstasy that drones don't mind their limbs being cut off.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

The ultimate "take me, oh take me".

 

[Gov Kodos]

Assimilation, the perfect prenup.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I once started a thread and/or possibly a poll about assimilation, if you would try it if offered the chance, with an exit in place. Most people declined iirc.

I would do it, all that knowledge and experience that crushed your identity into pulp.. and then after you are no longer plugged into the collective it's like the memory of some intense acid trip. You know it had a profound effect but you can barely remember enough details to coherently convey any of it to another person. You spend the rest of your life profoundly changed by something you cannot wrap your head around.

 

[Gov Kodos]

I would find that a great way to portray post assimilation for folks disconnected from the Borg. I think it would make a great deal of sense.