In the "Civil War" analogue of the Q continuum, Q and his troops are the rebels, so why are they presented as Union soldiers?
The Q and the Grey
- Thread starter Mr. Laser Beam
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Yeah, agreed. Q lets her know that the continuum and what's going on has been presented to her in a way she can understand, so the reply above seems logical.
Yeah, after all the Q presentation is only an analogue to make it comprehensible for us lowly mortals - it doesn't have to be historically accurate in all details.
That's how it probably should be... but remember that other TV show from 1995, "Sliders"? People glanced and thought it was pro-communism propaganda when it clearly wasn't and reviews all had a field day trashing it, which is a shame because it's a very creative show. Or at least th4e first two seasons if not most of its final one...) Then again, filmed and edited in just the right way anyone would be taken aback and might not give it enough time to get that the answer.
The other answers above, especially Q reaching into Janeway's mind to figure out what she would relate to and appreciate the most just makes the most sense. Q did show via allegory the Continuum being a desert with one little gas station with soda pop dispenser as a cheap thrill. I've been ambivalent over the deconstruction of the Continuum but the reason was for the Starfleet crew to understand. And audience, by extension. Make it too "out there" and it wouldn't work. I hate ambivalence, apart from when I like it...
Because Q's side is the side we're supposed to be rooting for, the good guys for lack of a better term. No way in hell is a TV show going to feature good guys dressed in Confederate uniforms and bad guys dressed in Union uniforms.
Sliders was bashed as pro-communist propaganda? I didn’t know that. I loved that episode. I loved a lot of those what if episodes.
