The three Deanna storylines:
- I sense the thing you’re all seeing.
- My powers are useless because reasons
- Time to get mind-raped
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Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 1 year ago
Deanna was always done a dirty by the writers. As an empath she could short cut the tension and drama of most story lines so it was an endless case of "I am unable to read them" to allow some narrative tension.
whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Stamets@startrek.website 1 year ago
Now I love all Star Trek, no matter what movie or show, but Nemesis had a serious sticking point for me.
You’re right. They fucked over Deanna constantly. Always dropping the ball and making her a background character. Basically Sigourneys character in Galaxy Quest. And in Nemesis they did it again by having the Reman dude rape Deanna just so she could “sense his presence” while cloaked and had a target to fire on.
Picard Season 3 gave some nice time with her at least.
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Yeah, an good guy empath is just a bad chsracter idea. Same with time travel.
JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I hadn’t considered that but you’re right, there are some powers that just don’t work if the good guys have them.
swab148@startrek.website 1 year ago
That’s a deep insight into character design, I need to pick your brain sometime.
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I know you jest, but having an empath who call tell you if theyre lying creates so many issues for so many potential plots.
It can work, but it turns into how Deanna was sidelined.
Ragnell@kbin.social 1 year ago
Back in the 90s there were at least 5 X-men teams and every single one of them had a full telepath on them, but there was still enough drama and plot to create the most intricate superhero soap opera ever created.
Star Trek writers are cowards for avoiding Betazoids.
Spot@startrek.website 1 year ago
piped.video/watch?v=-6Zc8Co2H3w&t=92 At 1:30 is a nice highlight of how they did her dirty, in a light hearted way. Whole vid is great too.