I don't think that's quite the right way to look at it.
For 17 years, her consciousness was subsumed as her body was forced to kill and enslave. She is a victim.
She doesn't have anything to "go straight" from.
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I don't think that's quite the right way to look at it.
For 17 years, her consciousness was subsumed as her body was forced to kill and enslave. She is a victim.
She doesn't have anything to "go straight" from.
Looks popular on Rotten Tomatoes.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/star_trek_picard/s03
And my comment was in general. I don’t hate something based solely on it being popular.
It's popular enough for proponents to be convinced of a viable model. Which would make it interesting to see if it is actually that popular.
That's not how that works.
Which makes it as i said above "well-liked within a certain sub-set of fans". That doesn't make it popular in any way.
It apparently had some of the best ratings of any of the new seasons of Trek.
Whether that means it was GOOD is something else. I enjoyed it. THere were things I didn't like, but I enjoyed it more than the first two seasons of Picard and the first four seasons of Discovery. Of the new live-action shows, the only seasons I enjoyed more were 1 and 2 of Strange New Worlds.
I liked season 1 of SNWs. I struggled to get into season 2.
I definitely don’t like Discovery. I’ve been told it gets better. But I’ve been to distracted by other stuff to give it another try.
How would her shady past affect her decision making today?
She's having to constantly resist the temptation to go back to the Collective (she can detect Borg signals that are imperceptible to everyone else).
Picard leaves us in a place, where we can have a downfall of the Federation. I can see it shattering and the Klingons and Borg taking advantage of this until we get a Federation 2.0. Provide a catalyst for new content versus relying on the old stuff.
Less than perfect captains provide more possibilities for storytelling too.
And it’s precisely this complexity that has me wondering why Seven’s journey involves her being back in a Starfleet uniform.
She’s been a part of the Borg Collective for 18 years. But she’s also been a part of Starfleet (4 years on Voyager, plus a 1 year period on the Stargazer/Titan), and the Fenris Rangers (15 years), with a number of the later years being ostracized from Starfleet life for being Borg.
Yes, she did a bunch of horrible things as a Borg. At the same time, would she have done those horrible things if Starfleet denied her parents access to a ship?
B’Elanna had trouble adapting to Starfleet standards, and she went through the Academy (she said so herself). Meanwhile Seven, with her breadth of knowledge that she gain from being a part of the Borg Collective, is going to excel within Starfleet no problem. A Starfleet that has been traumatized by the Borg, again?
The same Starfleet that did nothing to bring Icheb’s killers to justice? Who she treated as a surrogate son?
The same Starfleet that let Picard go off on his own while looking for Soji, because they refused to help him at first, despite him being a Starfleet icon?
The same Starfleet that gave up and walked away from the Romulan supernova evac?
And keep in mind, she had an idea built into her head as to what Starfleet would be like once Voyager returned to Earth, thanks to Janeway and the rest of the crew. And also had to rediscover her humanity outside of Voyager upon their return to Earth. And found out that there is no room for mercy in the galaxy.
That’s a far more complex world view than someone that dreamed of Starfleet all their life like Picard, or even being caught between Starfleet and an alien culture like Worf. Seven’s worldview is unconventional for Starfleet. Seven has enough knowledge and experience to know that Starfleet isn’t the only way to leave a positive legacy.
This is something that Chabon and Goldsman got right, and Matalas got wrong. That Seven’s story, and what her legacy will be, lies outside of wearing a Starfleet uniform.
She blames her father's foolishness more than Starfleet (Starfleet's role was incidental).
It was her father's recklessness that got them assimilated, not the ship. It's like the family of someone that was killed by a drunk driver blaming Ford or GM because they made the car that killed their loved one.
IMHC, one reason she joined Starfleet was to finish what Icheb started.
That's a matter of opinion.
Definition?
Agree to disagree. Some like the evolution of Seven as done by Matalas. I liked the evolution by Chabon more.
I personally don't care for the implication with Seven's arc under Matalas that the only way people find value in Star Trek's future is in Starfleet. That is incredibly myopic and refutes the message that Deep Space Nine hammered home where it's possible to find happiness and fulfillment in life outside of the service.
Seven was a Fenris Ranger for twenty years.
She left for a reason (Maybe she was tired of the grind and wanted to settle down?)
Because nothing says settling down like "Starfleet Captain."
Compared to the hand-to-mouth existence she was living before ... yeah, it IS settling down.
Every day as a Fenris Ranger, Seven woke up wondering whether this was the day someone would put a bullet in her skull.
At least on Enterprise, she has people surrounding her.
Every day as a Fenris Ranger, Seven woke up wondering whether this was the day someone would put a bullet in her skull.
At least on Enterprise, she has people surrounding her.
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There are 902 reasons why that's total nonsense.
People surrounding her that are her responsibility to keep safe, to command, to lead. There is nothing about that which is "settling."
