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• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Janeway didn’t get hate as much as it was criticism of the writers for making her inconsistent. One week it was “Prime directive no matter the consequences”, the next was “Lets do whatever to make drama.”

  For all of Roddenberry’s faults, his presence for the early years of TNG kept TNG consistent instead of allowing the writer of the week to change characters for their personal story. By the time he was gone, the formula was set such that writers wouldn’t mess with characters.

  Voyager has no singular authority so consistency of character was rare.

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  • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    He was born an Ensign and died one.

    Several times.

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  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve actually come to think of Janeway as someone consistently written to be an inconsistent Captain, rather than 100% inconsistently written. Others are nowhere near as inconsistent as Janeway.

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  • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You might be right, the inconsistency was well around. But it still was a good show. I always perceived her as a more “indecisive” captain. Or one being able to change her opinions. Whatever. It’s what it is. The best female captain we had so far 😊

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