Comment on Reason #72151 why I don't tolerate Neelix hate
Stamets@startrek.website 1 year agoYeah when I was younger he was a bit cringy but now after realizing everything he’s gone through and keeps going through? There was no one better suited to be ships Morale Officer.
Hyperreality@kbin.social 1 year ago
The problem, I think, is that people think Neelix is this vapid obnoxiously happy character.
Once you're a bit older or if you've been through shit, you realise he's suffering from severe trauma and mental illness, and that the whole jovial extroversion thing is often a coping mechanism. He's been through a lot, so he doesn't want others to be sad.
Serdan@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Not too different from Robin Williams
Hyperreality@kbin.social 1 year ago
Exactly what I was thinking.
Stamets@startrek.website 1 year ago
Exactly. I thought he was exactly that too for a long time until started seeing those cracks under the facade. He’s a really deep and, like you say, complex character. I love him. Honestly relate to him a little bit. Didn’t go through something as monumentally horrifying as watching my planet burn but I adopted the same defense mechanism. I feel for the dude.