I have now read Death In Winter.
Nice cover.
Nice cover.
P/C run amok...
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Were the pages inside the cover anything to get excited about?
I'm afraid not. Just my opinion of course. I'll try to find time for a review this week, but I won't post it in this thread.
Okay folks, my contributions usually don't amount to much but I did manage to stumble upon this at Amazon...just take a look, it's very cute.
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^That's just strange.
Just in the spirit of keeping this thread warm till Naraht gets back:
why do you think Picard and Crusher got divorced sometime in AGT? Why wasn't it a happy ever after ending?
There are brownie points if you can tie any theory to canon, but any wild speculation will be just as well received.
why do you think Picard and Crusher got divorced sometime in AGT? Why wasn't it a happy ever after ending?
There are brownie points if you can tie any theory to canon, but any wild speculation will be just as well received.
I really do wonder if it had to do with the onset of Irumodic syndrome symptoms. Him pushing her away because he doesn't want her to have to take care of him.
/\ I agree, that seems reasonable. I can also tie that into canon, because it is consistent with his attitude in "Samaritan Snare".
I agree with that too. They treat him quite differently too in AGT when he's old and ill. I believe Beverly said something like: He's captain Picard and if he wants to go on one more mission so be it. (I know that's not the correct wording but it's words to the effect of what Bev said). They thoguht he was leading them on a wild goose chase because he was senile and they were humouring him just to give him one last chance of a "mission" before he dies.
If that's what life was like with Beverly when he got sick, no wonder they divorced.
I loved it when he said, "Dammit! I'm not stupid!"
That would be an awful reason to divorce someone though. It would mean Beverly was a heartless, rather callous woman to dump her husband just because he's getting difficult. She went into the marriage knowing there were possible problems ahead, surely as a doctor she should be better able to deal with them? I'm not happy with the idea that she'd let him push her away. She should know better than that.
No I think it's the other way around. Picard was getting annoyed in AGT when he was suffering from irumodic syndrome as they were just humouring him taking him on a mission as they thought he was senile.
Hence, given the man Picard used to be, maybe he found it too hard to be mollycoddled by Beverly in this manner. Maybe HE left. I don't think Beverly would leave him becasue he was sick either.
Also how exactly can you stop someone from pushing you away? Picard's very stubborn and obstinate, what can you do if he wanted to leave? Beverly seemed happy as a captain, maybe she only got the chance after she got shot of Picard. She was hardly pining away for him.
But just how sick was he? He seemed to be living alone and running the vineyard. Not bad when you think of it. The old crew rallied around because they believed him (in him) even though he wanted to go somewhere dangerous for rather vague reasons. Surely this must also be a sign that he wasn't too far gone as they'd otherwise have got tired of his rambling calls to play warships every other weekend?
So I wonder: how sick was he? If his illness was still in it's early stages, then surely the Picard marriage split up before either of them had a chance to use it as an excuse?
So I wonder: how sick was he? If his illness was still in it's early stages, then surely the Picard marriage split up before either of them had a chance to use it as an excuse?
When I saw AGT, I actually couldn't figure out why they'd gotten divorced.
Picard could certainly attempt to push her away, and while he's hardheaded, she's just as obstinate as he is. I see her seeing through his pushing her away and sticking with him.
It seems we could come up with so many reasons for the split, but just as many reasons why the split wouldn't have occurred in that manner.
Picard could certainly attempt to push her away, and while he's hardheaded, she's just as obstinate as he is. I see her seeing through his pushing her away and sticking with him.
It seems we could come up with so many reasons for the split, but just as many reasons why the split wouldn't have occurred in that manner.
It seems pretty clear to me that Beverly's ambitions for her own starship led her to take advantage of Picard's failing career. She married him, got the all-important surname that would get her into A-list Starfleet parties, got her promotion to captain and then dumped him.
A strategy no doubt outlined in her copy of "How to Advance Your Career Through Marriage".
A strategy no doubt outlined in her copy of "How to Advance Your Career Through Marriage".
*blink*
Somehow, I don't see that as in character for her. o_O
Somehow, I don't see that as in character for her. o_O
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She has always been using her 'special' relationship to Jean-Luc and his guilt because of Jack's death in order to gain advantages for herself and Wesley, so I see this pretty much in character for her. She wouldn't do it *that* obvious, of course, but still, I definitely think she would.
She has always been using her 'special' relationship to Jean-Luc and his guilt because of Jack's death in order to gain advantages for herself and Wesley, so I see this pretty much in character for her. She wouldn't do it *that* obvious, of course, but still, I definitely think she would.
Well I know you would. 
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