I'd like to think there's a way to "become" the queen should the need arise? I mean, last season when Seven plugs herself into the Queencell on the Artifact, and gets Queen powers...
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The Borg have been known to create miniaturized collectives in the past when isolated, so what Seven did seemed be more along those lines. She had to be "plugged in" to accomplish it. What's happening to Jurati is more like possession, where the Queen is a separate consciousness seeking another form, and she's maintaining that continuity of self-awareness. I don't think Seven would have started missing Locutus like an ex had she remained attached to that cube, but who knows.
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That is a very compelling preview. I love the loneliness angle on the Borg and seeing Jurati as the Queen is epic.
The loneliness angle of the Borg is just lazy writing. I'm not bothered by that specific direction since star trek gave the borg a cute pomeranian makeover during First Contact by turning them into your average bwhahahahaha villains but I still expected something more thought provoking.
Do you have something particular in mind?
Like what? Loneliness can drive a person insane. There is a reason why solitary confinement is considered cruel.
More thought provoking than lonely? I can think of nothing more Star Trek than exploring inside an alien mind and finding something deeply relatable. Loneliness is a plague in 21st century culture and it can drive even the most stable to consider suicide. What else can it drive beings to do?
Loneliness crafting reprehensible villainy is totally valid and very Trekkian. Whether the execution of it works is subjective, and I'm not saying Star Trek: Picard as a television series does things "objectively" correctly. But for whatever it's worth, I don't think it's especially arguable that the gist of this isn't peak Trek tradition.
That said, I'm guessing it's just part of the equation. "Bullshit," the Borg Queen replies. Not because Agnes is wrong, but because she's overly focused enough on a single aspect for the Queen to evade the accusation.
"Loneliness + a push for perfection to attain everlasting perfected harmony." That's the big ticket.
That said, I'm guessing it's just part of the equation. "Bullshit," the Borg Queen replies. Not because Agnes is wrong, but because she's overly focused enough on a single aspect for the Queen to evade the accusation.
"Loneliness + a push for perfection to attain everlasting perfected harmony." That's the big ticket.
None of this is peak Trek tradition. I would not hold it to such a standard.
It is however extremely timely in an error where suicide rates are crawling up, and afflicting younger and younger people because they feel so isolated and alone. I don't care if it is peak Trek. This is a story that is helpful in the now!
On a personal note, that's all that matters to me as well.
That's true! I like it.
I'm not trying to come across like one of those "I CALLED IT FIRST LIKE AND SUB TY" people or anything, but she was my first guess. I think she was a fair number of folks' first guess, though I remember Picard's mom being another popular pick.
Seven's abdominal wound looks serious. I'm guessing she's going to need to be Borg-ified again.
She'll probably opt to remain Borg once the original Queen's consciousness is expunged.
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