Would Riker get away with calling Picard "JL"?
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Because she is a different person who met Picard at a different stage of his life and forged a very different relationship with him under entirely different circumstances, working together very closely on the kind of project that would facilitate a more informal relationship?
Because Picard is older now, and old age can mellow someone.
Let's not forget that this is six years after Nemesis, so Raffi could potentially have been Picard's First Officer for almost as long as Riker was on the Enterprise D. They obviously just have a different relationship.
And the difference is, Riker would never have said it because it was as much to do with his character as Picard's. Riker was character was more formal and deferential to authority. Raffi is clearly not.
And don't forget, Picard called Admiral Hanson "JP", so there is precedent.
I see no issue whatsoever with Raffi calling Picard "JL"
Plus he was semi-retired and probably hated be called Admiral.
They were talking privately in a courtyard. Not the bridge of a Starship. Picard didn't have a problem with it so why do you?
Maybe I'm blanking due to heavy drinking but where does Raffi shout "hows it hangin' JL?" in any of her appearances.
It's out of character for him to be OK with a junior officer calling him "JL", almost as much so as the Nemesis driving scene.
She didn't, I was just using it as an example to call him JL in a really casual manner.
You don't "lighten up" that much with age, it's a personality trait transplant.
She didn't, I was just using it as an example to call him JL in a really casual manner.
You don't "lighten up" that much with age, it's a personality trait transplant.
You need to meet more people. Picard originally was a strict by the book captain at the start of TNG but being assimilated, tortured, facing near death a couple of times, having a family with another man's wife
, etc. Made him laid back to the point he was playing poker with is bridge crew and had him seriously think about running off a hot immortal alien woman he just met.
Maybe one doesn't lighten up, but they do begin to weed out what they consider unimportant. Maybe Picard didn't feel constantly being called "Sir" or "Admiral" was important in this particular relationship.
I think Chabon said it was a platonic relationship. Picard might have seen her more as a daughter figure.
Beverly called him Jean-Luc all the time. He has been ok with being addressed informally during TNG so why is it a problem now?
Raffi calling him JL is a shortcut to show us that they had a close relationship and she wasn't just a random officer working under him, it's neither a big deal nor out of character for Picard.
I chalk it up as the Verity was a different environment from the Enterprise...
... and Picard probably hated being called "Admiral". He'd been a Captain for almost 50 years. So the title sounds weird to him.
... and Picard probably hated being called "Admiral". He'd been a Captain for almost 50 years. So the title sounds weird to him.
As close as Data, Riker and Troi were with Picard, I think you can count the number of times on one hand they ever called him "Jean-Luc." JL is a terrible creative choice and totally does not work.
It does feel like an attempt to convince viewers that Picard and Raffi are close as opposed to actually showing it.
It does feel like an attempt to convince viewers that Picard and Raffi are close as opposed to actually showing it.
His friends at the Academy called him Johnny. 
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