Minor nitpick to Beverly Crusher's character

[BlackFire3]

Not really a nitpick, more of me recognizing a dropped plot-point. I was watching someone's review of the "Encounter at Farpoint" episode when they talked briefly about the scene where Dr. Crusher was shopping. She purchased a bolt of fabric and.... that was the last it was ever seen. For the entire series, and subsequent movies, Beverly hasn't shown any interest in fabric making. And furthermore, I don't recall seeing her wearing anything with that fabric pattern. So, it could be said that it is lore that Beverly Crusher has had an unused bolt of fabric just sitting in her quarters for the entire series. And at least the first movie.

Obviously, it was just a dropped character point for her, but, one I noticed as a weird point.

 

[Ragitsu]

For the entire series, and subsequent movies, Beverly hasn't shown any interest in fabric making. And furthermore, I don't recall seeing her wearing anything with that fabric pattern. So, it could be said that it is lore that Beverly Crusher has had an unused bolt of fabric just sitting in her quarters for the entire series.

It could have been used in the creation of a dancing outfit; alternatively, it was (eventually) repurposed for handmade acting costumes.

 

[somebuddyX]

Not really a nitpick, more of me recognizing a dropped plot-point. I was watching someone's review of the "Encounter at Farpoint" episode when they talked briefly about the scene where Dr. Crusher was shopping. She purchased a bolt of fabric and.... that was the last it was ever seen. For the entire series, and subsequent movies, Beverly hasn't shown any interest in fabric making. And furthermore, I don't recall seeing her wearing anything with that fabric pattern. So, it could be said that it is lore that Beverly Crusher has had an unused bolt of fabric just sitting in her quarters for the entire series. And at least the first movie.

Obviously, it was just a dropped character point for her, but, one I noticed as a weird point.

No that's totally fair. It's like in the Smallville pilot where Clark brings his skateboard to school. Never uses it. Never see it again. The Wraith with their weird hallucination powers in Stargate Atlantis pilot.

 

[Tosk]

It's like in the Smallville pilot where Clark brings his skateboard to school. Never uses it. Never see it again.

As does Xander on Buffy. Skateboard in the pilot, never again after that. Both desperate attempts at pretending the adult actor is a teenager.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Not really a nitpick, more of me recognizing a dropped plot-point. I was watching someone's review of the "Encounter at Farpoint" episode when they talked briefly about the scene where Dr. Crusher was shopping. She purchased a bolt of fabric and.... that was the last it was ever seen. For the entire series, and subsequent movies, Beverly hasn't shown any interest in fabric making. And furthermore, I don't recall seeing her wearing anything with that fabric pattern. So, it could be said that it is lore that Beverly Crusher has had an unused bolt of fabric just sitting in her quarters for the entire series. And at least the first movie.

Obviously, it was just a dropped character point for her, but, one I noticed as a weird point.

I like to think it eventually got blown up on board the Eleos XII. It was that piece of fabric she always hoped to find use for one day.

Like how guys keep a drawer of old cables or a nice looking chunk of wood for decades. The right day could be tomorrow, you never know.

 

[Tosk]

Or she was buying it for someone else. Maybe Nana Howard was into making clothes when she wasn't interacting with Ronin's candle.

 

[somebuddyX]

Or she was buying it for someone else. Maybe Nana Howard was into making clothes when she wasn't interacting with Ronin's candle.

Thanks a lot. Thanks so much for reminding me of that backstory.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I don’t think it means anything more than “character goes shopping at an alien bazaar.” A bolt of fabric was a probably an easy prop get. Could just as easily been a vase or a rug.

 

[AntonyF]

I'm still distraught the fact that the Bolt of Fabric and Conspiracy Aliens were never followed up again. And Worf had a son that I don't think he ever bothered about again.

 

[AntonyF]

Maybe some of it ended up here mind you.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Here's the fabric in question:

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/File:Crushers_shopping_at_Farpoint_Station.jpg

 

[Ragitsu]

Is it true that Ronin would have eventually seduced Beverly's offspring?

 

[F. King Daniel]

Is it true that Ronin would have eventually seduced Beverly's offspring?

Wesley or Jack, though?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Is it true that Ronin would have eventually seduced Beverly's offspring?

It thought it was the Howard women. So Wes and Jack would get a pass.

 

[Tosk]

And Worf had a son that I don't think he ever bothered about again.

Is this an Alexander joke or do you mean Jeremy Aster? If the latter, Jeremy is a brother he never bothered about again, not son.

 

[AntonyF]

Is this an Alexander joke or do you mean Jeremy Aster? If the latter, Jeremy is a brother he never bothered about again, not son.

An Alexander joke.

 

[The Salt Umpire]

She did have a tendency to start barking

 

[Nerys Myk]

She did have a tendency to start barking

She spent several years as Janeway's pet.

 

[CoveTom]

I like to think it eventually got blown up on board the Eleos XII. It was that piece of fabric she always hoped to find use for one day.

Like how guys keep a drawer of old cables or a nice looking chunk of wood for decades. The right day could be tomorrow, you never know.

At the building I used to work in, there was an entire file cabinet filled with nothing but computer power cables. You just never know...