Counterpoint: Vader was not a potted plant.

He’s got SOOO many plates spinning! He’s very busy being the driver of the entire plot of a great big saga. There’s a lot on his mind.

What have you done today, Deanna? Eating a fudge Sunday doesn’t count.

To step out of the bit for a moment, when people criticize Troi, they’re really criticizing the writing. This character is there to look good and rarely gets anything meaningful to do, and when she does, it’s almost always redundant or superfluous to the situation. Marina Sirtis deserved so much better.