The curse(?) of small universe syndrome

[Christopher]

Talking about more than power source. In fact I wasn't talking about that at all.

Which is why I offered a countering perspective. Yes, it is self-evident how Trelane and Q are related as characters in a work of fiction, but from an in-universe standpoint, they have so little in common that it's not even remotely "natural" to suggest a relationship.

 

[korblborp]

as i recall, unless it's a different novel than the one i am thinking of, trelane was NOT presented as a Q, but part of a "bad crowd" of similar beings that Q (De Lancie) fell in win when he was a "teenager", which included "god" and the thing the Galactic Barrier was made to keep out.