The Tears of the Prophets & another question

[Vanyel]

This question has most likely been asked many, many times before, but I'll ask it again anyway.

Why are the Tears of the Prophets called Orbs when they look like an hour glass?

The second question is not related to the first in anyway.

In Emissary, when Sisko first encounters and Orb (well maybe it is related in a tiny way) he relives his first meeting with Jeniffer. Just before the encounter ends his left arm is facing the camera, and on his arm is Avery Brooks' inoculation scar. Why wasn't it covered?

Well that's it, simple questions that come to my mind at near 3:30 in the morning.

 

[Timo]

Why are the Tears of the Prophets called Orbs when they look like an hour glass?

Well, apart from the real reason, which is that the props/effects people didn't agree with the writers when the pilot was written and shot, we could say that the Tears are called "orbs" because they function as the eyes of the wormhole aliens, watching over the Bajorans.

Or then "orb" is a Bajoran word for "tear".

...inoculation scar. Why wasn't it covered?

(Alternately, why was James Doohan's missing finger covered?)

Despite the wonders of 24th century medicine, people might still accumulate all sorts of scars, and never be bothered to undergo the procedures needed to remove them. Perhaps Brooks' inoculation scar was in fact what remained of a gaping wound that nearly severed Sisko's arm at some point?

Timo Saloniemi

 

[erastus25]

In Emissary, when Sisko first encounters and Orb (well maybe it is related in a tiny way) he relives his first meeting with Jeniffer. Just before the encounter ends his left arm is facing the camera, and on his arm is Avery Brooks' inoculation scar. Why wasn't it covered?

Because the vast majority of people either don't notice, or don't care.

 

[Vanyel]

In Emissary, when Sisko first encounters and Orb (well maybe it is related in a tiny way) he relives his first meeting with Jeniffer. Just before the encounter ends his left arm is facing the camera, and on his arm is Avery Brooks' inoculation scar. Why wasn't it covered?

Because the vast majority of people either don't notice, or don't care.

I have to say, that to me, that sounded rather rude.

 

[Lateralus]

If that was rude, then I'm headed to hell for some of the shit I've said.

 

[erastus25]

In Emissary, when Sisko first encounters and Orb (well maybe it is related in a tiny way) he relives his first meeting with Jeniffer. Just before the encounter ends his left arm is facing the camera, and on his arm is Avery Brooks' inoculation scar. Why wasn't it covered?

Because the vast majority of people either don't notice, or don't care.

I have to say, that to me, that sounded rather rude.

Looking back, that didn't came off the way I intended. I meant to suggest that TPTB probably chose to ignore such a minor detail (if they even thought of it) because most viewers would likely not notice, and of those that did, many would not care. In short, it would have a minimal effect on the suspension of disbelief.

I do apologize if my initial statement was a little coarse.

 

[Vanyel]

Because the vast majority of people either don't notice, or don't care.

I have to say, that to me, that sounded rather rude.

Looking back, that didn't came off the way I intended. I meant to suggest that TPTB probably chose to ignore such a minor detail (if they even thought of it) because most viewers would likely not notice, and of those that did, many would not care. In short, it would have a minimal effect on the suspension of disbelief.

I do apologize if my initial statement was a little coarse.

Accepted. I should have a bit thicker skin too.