You see lots of attractive men and women falling in love with each other on soap operas, on shows about physicians, or lawyers, or the 90210s, etc., etc. Errol Flynn, Steve McQueen, and George Clooney never played nerds.
Why was Rom attracted to Leeta physically?
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Type: Female. Younger than he is, in body anyway. Lower status, as a patient to his doctor, lower in rank or seniority, or in a lower status occupation. Kind of a creepy pattern, really.
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There is nothing more grating than an unfunny comic relief character.
Rom acts and speaks like a bumbling fool, but he's a genius
Rom is a hideous alien, but hooks up with one of the most attractive trek characters
Rom displays no real business acumen, but becomes Grand Nagus
Hilarious.
I hate the actors performance as well. I would rather hear Nellix's "Mr. Vulcan! Mr Vulcan!" for all of eternity than listen to Rom "der" and "duuuh" through every scene. An awful awful character.
Rom acts and speaks like a bumbling fool, but he's a genius
Rom is a hideous alien, but hooks up with one of the most attractive trek characters
Rom displays no real business acumen, but becomes Grand Nagus
Hilarious.
I hate the actors performance as well. I would rather hear Nellix's "Mr. Vulcan! Mr Vulcan!" for all of eternity than listen to Rom "der" and "duuuh" through every scene. An awful awful character.
Can't answer that question, all I can see is Leeta can touch my "lobes" anytime.
Well, Riker did hook up with that spy lady who planted that stupid game on him so it isn't just aliens jonesing for humanoid women, it does go the other way too.
As for Rom, the question reminded me of an old SNL routine with Pam Anderson reprising the role from the old Twilight Zone ep "Eye of the Beholder". The pigfaced doctors operate on her, the bandages come off and it's Pam Anderson. The doctors all react with "SHE'S HOT". and the pigfaced nurses are "No, non no." Funny sketch.
As for Rom, the question reminded me of an old SNL routine with Pam Anderson reprising the role from the old Twilight Zone ep "Eye of the Beholder". The pigfaced doctors operate on her, the bandages come off and it's Pam Anderson. The doctors all react with "SHE'S HOT". and the pigfaced nurses are "No, non no." Funny sketch.
Because of the way Rom was portrayed throughout the series, I got the impression that Rom was supposed to be mentally challenged. I thought that Rom might have been the Ferengi version of those brilliant but mentally handicapped patients that Bashir dealt with in "Statistical Probabilities".
Leeta may have given Rom ecstatic lobe stimulation, but what did Leeta get out of Rom? It wasn't looks, power, or fortune.
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marlboro
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I like to pretend that she is a diabolical genius who masterminded Rom's climb to Nagus in a brilliant scheme to murder him and sell his vacuum desiccated remains on the Ferengi Futures Exchange.
Either that, or that Rom just caught her on the rebound after she had a really bad breakup with her handsome, charming previous boyfriend...
I didn't get that impression at all. Rom was not mentally challenged, just shy and awkward and not very assertive.
It seems clear that Quark and Rom each took after a different parent. Quark inherited the keen mind and business sense from their mother, while Rom was the caring family man that their father was.
As for what Leeta "got out of" Rom? Romance isn't dead, you know. Maybe Leeta simply loved Rom?
Actually, Rom reminded me a lot of Reginald Barclay. You wouldn't call Barclay mentally challenged, would you? Both men were supremely talented engineers - and probably THE most loyal friends you could ever want - but they were just shy, that's all. It does happen!
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marlboro
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Love at first sight is for crazy and superficial people.
Love is something you accept a couple years in when it's easier to leave than stay, and you still stay.
Love is something you accept a couple years in when it's easier to leave than stay, and you still stay.
She was the rebound from Bashir.I like to pretend that she is a diabolical genius who masterminded Rom's climb to Nagus in a brilliant scheme to murder him and sell his vacuum desiccated remains on the Ferengi Futures Exchange.
Either that, or that Rom just caught her on the rebound after she had a really bad breakup with her handsome, charming previous boyfriend...
One thing that's really disgusting about Ferengi in DS9(and possibly the other shows idr) is the whole "oomox" thing. I wish they would have just left that out completely. It's shown to be sexual, and these Ferengi go around manipulating unsuspecting women into "performing" it, like the scientist in "Little Green Men."
There's a scene where Rom has an ear infection, which he apparently gets frequently, and he's telling Leeta about it. He says "Yea it's my fault... excessive oomox." Leeta replies "awwww... who's the lucky lady??"
Rom says "I've been giving it to myself."
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There's a scene where Rom has an ear infection, which he apparently gets frequently, and he's telling Leeta about it. He says "Yea it's my fault... excessive oomox." Leeta replies "awwww... who's the lucky lady??"
Rom says "I've been giving it to myself."
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What Rom saw in Leeta was obvious. ferengi seem to have an affection for human women.
But what did Leeta se in Rom?
I must admit that this relationship was.........well, unexpected to say the least. It made all other strange relationships in all other Trek series look normal.
I'm asking myself the same thing as when I first saw this: What did Leeta see in Rom?
I mean, she's an attractive girl who works at a dabo table in a bar on a space station where she meets and see all kind of people and she falls in love with Rom!
I mean, if it had been Quark, I could have seen some logic in it because he's smart, rich and actually has a weird charm. But Rom?
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Well since Rom was never a "traditional Ferengi" it would make sense that he would be a bit more open minded to what he found attractive. Most Ferengi that we are shown on Star Trek are open to having umm relations with other species so Rom just took that to the next level above lust to love.
Why do you think being MD is a high status occupation? Bashir was always one of the most junior officers in the mix, and certainly a bluecollar - one of the few having to get his hands dirty in the brave new world. Everybody up there is an academician anyway, and all it gets Bashir is the exalted rank of Ensign at graduation. (Or just possibly Lieutenant, junior grade.)
On the other hand, every doctor dates his or her patients, by default. It's flat out impossible for a doctor to interact with a person without turning him or her into a patient, after all. "Darling, what do you think about this brown spot here?"; "Are you certain I can eat this?"; "My friend at work had this interesting story to tell". If there ever was topping from bottom, the doctor-patient relationship is it...
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He is most certainly not. Bashir is the Chief Medical Officer on DS9. That puts him up there with the CO. That's nothing to sneeze at!
I don't remember if he's a Lt Jr. grade in Emissary, but he probably was commissioned a full Lt. upon completion of Medical School. At least, that's how it usually works in the... in contemporary applications.
As for Bashir's alleged questionable ethics...it's a joke; but if we want to cynically break it down, there are a few ethically questionable actions he takes:
Melora: He's her Doctor, and begins a relationship with her, then begins very serious, life changing treatments. He uses his position as both doctor and boyfriend to influence her decisions toward the outcome he desires. She eventually declines his treatments to his dismay once she had a few hours to think about it.
Sarina- He falls for another patient that he has cured, and again gets really pushy. He does assign another doctor so he can pursue a romance, but it doesn't matter at this point. She feels obligated to "love him back." O'Brien questions his ethics
There's an episode where Bashir hides Jadzia's clothes so she can't leave the infirmary.
There's an episode where Bashir requests Ezri appear for some examination with the pretext of initiating a romantic relationship
There's the episode where he erases Kurn's identity.
In many of these instances, O'Brien is there saying "Isn't this wrong?"
I don't remember if he's a Lt Jr. grade in Emissary, but he probably was commissioned a full Lt. upon completion of Medical School. At least, that's how it usually works in the... in contemporary applications.
As for Bashir's alleged questionable ethics...it's a joke; but if we want to cynically break it down, there are a few ethically questionable actions he takes:
Melora: He's her Doctor, and begins a relationship with her, then begins very serious, life changing treatments. He uses his position as both doctor and boyfriend to influence her decisions toward the outcome he desires. She eventually declines his treatments to his dismay once she had a few hours to think about it.
Sarina- He falls for another patient that he has cured, and again gets really pushy. He does assign another doctor so he can pursue a romance, but it doesn't matter at this point. She feels obligated to "love him back." O'Brien questions his ethics
There's an episode where Bashir hides Jadzia's clothes so she can't leave the infirmary.
There's an episode where Bashir requests Ezri appear for some examination with the pretext of initiating a romantic relationship
There's the episode where he erases Kurn's identity.
In many of these instances, O'Brien is there saying "Isn't this wrong?"
