Hmmm just saw the opinion on the interwebse that Ro was basically Yar 2.0.. Hadnt thought of that before...
Ro was Yar 2.0,
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She was the same in that she was a strong female character from a life outside of the Federation, but that's where the similarities end.
I agree with @Tosk.
"Strong female character" is an overly broad and reductive descriptor. In many ways, Yar and Ro were diametric opposites. True, they both came from traumatic backgrounds, but Yar was rescued from her hellish life by Starfleet officers, so she revered Starfleet and its principles and practically worshipped Captain Picard. So she was strong, yes, but very loyal and obedient. Ro had a much more cynical view of Starfleet, and much more pride in her origins. (After all, Yar was a refugee from her own people, while Ro was a refugee from her people's oppressors.) She was rebellious and defiant where Yar would've been reverent. They would've hated each other.
I am in agreeance with all you agreeable folks.
I respect your disagreeable agreeance
Seriously though, I never considered Ro to be Yar 2.0
Completely different characters. Can you expound of what you've read about this on other sites?
Haha. Expound... If you google the thread title youll find it.. Was some TV site and Trek came into conversation.. As to what I was first googling.. Well ill let the phrase use iimagination..
Ro was maybe the 2.0 fit for the "strong women" archetype that Yar had originally been cast for, & likewise Kira was similarly filling that same archetype on DS9, but I'd hardly say that any of them are similar characters
Yar was not a rebel or an outsider type, nor did she suffer from the aversion to authority that Ro clearly did. She also seemed more dutybound, loyal & selfless
Ro seemed to struggle with a lot more inner demons, as well as being WAY less optimistic in general. She's emotionally more closed off, less social & downright conflictual. Thus, why she made for better drama
Yar was not a rebel or an outsider type, nor did she suffer from the aversion to authority that Ro clearly did. She also seemed more dutybound, loyal & selfless
Ro seemed to struggle with a lot more inner demons, as well as being WAY less optimistic in general. She's emotionally more closed off, less social & downright conflictual. Thus, why she made for better drama
Ro wasn't created to be a "strong woman," she was created to be a gadfly and a disrupter. Her role was to create tension and conflict, to shake up the civil, polite perfection of the TNG cast. Her gender had nothing to do with the reason for her creation, aside from being an attempt to improve the gender balance of the cast a little.
Sounds about right...
Didnt fit the Starfleet mold... and made for good in between TNG/DS9 Keeping up with Cardassians
Didnt fit the Starfleet mold... and made for good in between TNG/DS9 Keeping up with Cardassians
I wouldn't compare Ro to Yar except that they are strong females who were rescued from bad situations by the Federation. Their personalities are not similar. It's a lawful good versus chaotic good situation. Yar enforces the rules and Ro considers moral and personal considerations to overrule them.
Yar is high spirited but sometimes unsure of herself. She obeys orders in good spirits though even if she disagrees with it.
Ro is wilful and will get cranky though if she's ordered to something she disagrees with.
I always think of Ro-Picard as the protege-mentor thing I would've liked to have seen as opposed to Wesley.
I also would've liked to have seen Yar and Ro meet each other.
Ro is wilful and will get cranky though if she's ordered to something she disagrees with.
I always think of Ro-Picard as the protege-mentor thing I would've liked to have seen as opposed to Wesley.
I also would've liked to have seen Yar and Ro meet each other.
Not even that. Ro wasn't rescued from anything by the Federation. She spent her childhood on Bajor but then got out to the refugee camps where she grew up. After that, she made her own way to Starfleet Academy, although her reasons for joining are unclear.
Why would Tasha have joined the Maquis?
Both women were essentially soldiers, but where one was by-the-book, the other was the-book-is-okay-but-throw-it-out-the-airlock-when-it-becomes-inconvenient.
Ro would have joined Starfleet to acquire the training and skills she needed to continue the fight against the Cardassians, but whereas "Starfleet is mother, Starfleet is father" worked on most cadets, it didn't work on Ro.
Also: I don't remember if Ro had any siblings or cousins, but if so, they would surely have had more of a personality than the cardboard sister Tasha had. It's a shame they couldn't have hired a better actress to play the part.
The Starfleet officer from a failed colony trope goes back to James Kirk, who spent time on Tarsus IV, an Earth colony. Anyway, although Turkana IV was an Earth colony (Is Tasha really Kirk 2.0? No, of course not.), Bajor wasn't a Federation colony of any kind.
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