Like Spock and Saavik, in TWOK's novelization backstory.
Would you want to see Picard with children of his own?
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Wesley was, for many intents and purposes, Picard's son. I just wish they'd been brave enough to tarnish Picard and Crusher a bit by stating Wesley was the product of an affair.
Hmmm. They could do that now and retcon it in... since he's no longer in a Family Show.
It would be nice if Picard were like The Godfather, Part II: a sequel and a prequel at the same time, with flashbacks supporting or contrasting where he is now.
Huh. This isn't a matter of consistency or "reverence" or anything like that. People tend to want different things at different points in their lives. In real life, the world is full of people who weren't interested in kids or families in their younger days, but who see things differently as they get older and their priorities change. That's not people acting out character; that's just human nature.
Are Picard's attitudes supposed to remain locked in stasis his entire life? As I understand it, the show is not set in TNG's glory days. It's twenty years later and he's not a Starship captain anymore, so why should he be exactly the same person he was years and years ago?
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That video was supposed to be a joke. It's well established that Picard is not a family man, that he made his career come first, like just Kirk. Personally I think its more true to life to have a person live with the choices they make, the sacrifices real people make when they prioritize their lives. Most people don't get a do over. Most people can't have it all, except in television or franchises that won't die. But I agree people do change and some get a second chance. I'm sure a capable writer could make Picard a believable father. I don't think it will be Star Trek but it could be a well written and produced soap opera.
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As we've now seen with the Picard-with-dog poster, it's not necessary to have years of Picard being a dog-lover in TNG in order for him to have a dog later in life. He seemed to like horses, fish were ok, dogs I don't remember him mentioning. As for kiddos, he loved his children - and grandchildren - in "The Inner Light," so allowing characters to have different priorities in different stages in life is pretty realistic and not a betrayal of who we consider them to be.
I want to see Picard married to Beverly and they have a son. Just like in the novelverse.
I'm not sure Picard is the best to portray that message because he wasn't really happy about that aspect of his life. It seemed more like he wanted all of that but it was a sacrifice he had to make. Wesley asked him if he wanted kids and he says "wishing for a thing does not make it so." It makes sense to me that he would become increasingly unhappy about that aspect of his life as he gets older
That's pretty much how it goes. In "Bloodlines," Picard was warming up to the idea that he'd been a father for a long time but hadn't known about it (until the twist was revealed).Or he could be like Kirk and had a son that is not mentioned until he is mentioned.
You are all picturing a young child but Picard is nearly 95 maybe Picard's son turns up and...
With about half the PIC speculation thinking that "the girl" is Picard's kiddo one way or another, the odds of him being a Papa Picard seem to be increasing.
I'd like to see Phillipa Louvois again in some capacity.
I think it's important that Picard not have children in the new series. He's a man in decline, his best years behind him and he's also the last of his family and views himself as a failure. That has a real poignancy to it and I'm beyond interested to see this side of Picard.
Sure, why not. Do you mention her here as a someone Picard might have married?
I'm not sure if she would have given Picard a child, but surely their paths would have crossed again, in a flashback maybe. She was a class act!
Indeed she was.
I thought that was actually supposed to be Rene, still alive in his fantasy...and the other kids were his.
But it's been a while since I've seen Generations. In fact, I try to avoid it as much a possible.
There is a lot I dislike about Generations, but killing Rene is up there at the top. And in such a lame way. A fire!? Seriously!?
It's the 24th century and you don't have smoke alarms and fire suppression technology!? Even with Picard's brother being so old fashioned and not wanting a replicator in the house, I don't think he would have been opposed to something as basic as smoke alarms and they 24th century equivalent of a sprinkler system (I imagine something like a force field that starves the fire of oxygen.)
At least if you are going to kill a beloved character, make it make sense and have some meaning. Like against his father's wishes, and with - because of - Picard's recommendation Rene went to the Academy and got into a training accident or something and died.(And yeah, since the actor who played Rene came back and played the young version of Picard in "Rascals", by Generations he would have been old enough to got in at the Academy, even if he got accepted a little early.)
But then again, this is the movie that killed Kirk by having him fall off a #@&$*%^! bridge!
I get the feeling that Jean-Luc would actually make a very good father. His easy relationship with his Uncle Rene was rather sweet.
The speculation seems to be leaning towards Dahj being his kiddo. Maybe, maybe not.
Yeah I would. It would be a very optimistic Star Trek thing to know that Picard did decide to continue his family line with children, referencing The Inner Light and Generations.
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