Honestly I think Stephen Ira Behr got a bit full of himself towards the end.
What about Sarah's life and her rights?
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Honestly I think Stephen Ira Behr got a bit full of himself towards the end.
Does the show ever try to say that Sisko is actually part prophet? (Honest question, I can't recall.) The Prophets took part in his conception, but his mother and father were both human so Sisko is 100% human as far as I'm concerned. I'm not sure how I see the fact that aliens conspired to make sure a certain human being was born breaks the good characterization and storytelling of previous seasons.
The whole confirmed destiny thing annoyed me. Much like with religion in nuBSG I much preferred when it's existence is kept ambiguous and we can join in the SF Vs Bajor debate about wormhole aliens or prophets
I think the Prophets just choosing Sisko when he first arrives in the Wormhole was the much better story than having them engage in some sort of messiah breeding program (what is this, Dune?)
Also it has unfortunate implications; so a regular, moral and heroic human isn't good enough? It has to be someone who has "emissary" hard coded into their DNA?
Also it has unfortunate implications; so a regular, moral and heroic human isn't good enough? It has to be someone who has "emissary" hard coded into their DNA?
That is Sisko. Sisko is the emissary because it could be no one else.
There is the thing (right in the first episode) with his Pah, Sisko in some way is different, and the Bajoran high priestess was able to pick up on it.
Opaka says exactly why she reacts to his pagh. "Ironic. One who does not wish to be among us is to be the Emissary." She never says or indicates anything beyond that. Being the Emissary is the path he was always destined to walk...that doesn't automatically mean he's part Prophet.
Edit: IMO, of course.
Edit: IMO, of course.
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Well, they didn't pick Picard, so, yes, ordinary humans qualify!
Who while not part prophet, is still part borg.
Sisko's not part Prophet. He is human. The Prophets just made sure he got born knowing what he would do if he was.
Still better than meeting a being that's part Prophet and part Borg. You're absolutely certain they will (try to) assimilate you, and yet they feel the need to send you annoyingly enigmatic messages about it.
Sisko isn't part-Prophet by DNA, but by heritage. His "mother" was the Prophet who inhabited Sarah at the time she married Joseph, conceived Ben, and raised him for perhaps a year (probably less).
Realistically, of course, Ben's mother wasn't Real Sarah or Prophet Sarah. It was Rebecca, or whatever her canon name was. She raised Ben as her own son and he acknowledged her as his own mother. DNA or space magic doesn't change the fact that a mother-son relationship existed there.
Realistically, of course, Ben's mother wasn't Real Sarah or Prophet Sarah. It was Rebecca, or whatever her canon name was. She raised Ben as her own son and he acknowledged her as his own mother. DNA or space magic doesn't change the fact that a mother-son relationship existed there.
Right on the button, actually. Joseph says that she left two days after Ben's first birthday.
The whole issue with the Sarah was taken over by a Prophet: In the Pilot - the Prophets have no idea/sense of linear time - they just don't get it/can't conceive of it in their first encounter with Sisko. If one of them actually lived in corporeal/human body long eough to conceive a child, but then returned to wherever it is they reside - why is this the case?
I thought the whole Sisko is half wormhole alien bit just pulled out of left field as the series wrapped up its run. I don't think it really added much to the character and it really screws up poor Jake (hell, we already saw what became of Jake without Sisko in S5 - "The Visitor". Does two years really make that much of a difference in how Jake would react to the fact his father is an immortal entity 'going home' to live with his 'mother' for the rest of eternity? Also if Siko is 1/2 'Prophet', doesn't that make Jake one quarter...so why don't they care about Jake too?
So yeah, the whole 'Sisko was part Prophet all this time' aspect of the finale really left me feeling 'Meh' about it. Thank god they stopped the lead writer from what Ira Steven Behr really wanted to do - End it as all being in 1950ies Benny the Novelist's head after all...YMMV
I thought the whole Sisko is half wormhole alien bit just pulled out of left field as the series wrapped up its run. I don't think it really added much to the character and it really screws up poor Jake (hell, we already saw what became of Jake without Sisko in S5 - "The Visitor". Does two years really make that much of a difference in how Jake would react to the fact his father is an immortal entity 'going home' to live with his 'mother' for the rest of eternity? Also if Siko is 1/2 'Prophet', doesn't that make Jake one quarter...so why don't they care about Jake too?
So yeah, the whole 'Sisko was part Prophet all this time' aspect of the finale really left me feeling 'Meh' about it. Thank god they stopped the lead writer from what Ira Steven Behr really wanted to do - End it as all being in 1950ies Benny the Novelist's head after all...YMMV
She didn't go home. The wormhole alien who possessed Sarah Sisko went to Tyree. There is no reason to believe that the rest of the wormhole aliens knew who Benjamin Sisko was.
And even if she did return, the wormhole aliens are no omniscient. They don't know things that happen unless they happen in their presence.
Because they didn't do it until Sisko explained it to them.
Where are you getting eternity from? Ben told Kas that he'd be back, "Maybe in a year...maybe yesterday. But I will be back."
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