Boimler is just American Rimmer
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BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 9 months agoEhh. Mighta been born that way (even that’s debatable) but definitely not anymore. Tendi is the ass-kicking heir to a pirate dynasty, Rutherford is an insanely talented and obsessive engineer, Beckett seems borderline unbearable in hand-to-hand combat and explicitly dodges promotions, and Boimler is Boimler.
HawlSera@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Taleya@aussie.zone 8 months ago
nah. Boimler is actually incredibly competent and skilled. He’s just neurotic AF
Steve@startrek.website 9 months ago
Im hoping they figure out how to rotate fresh characters into the cast as the originals fade away (ie Tendi), and let the cycle repeat until canceled
exocrinous@lemm.ee 9 months ago
That’s Star Trek as hell
Mariner became an ass kicker at Starfleet. Rutherford turned his genius into something caring and kind. Tendi learned to feel accepted for every part of herself and to user her two halves together. Boimler got bold.
A positive environment for people to learn and grow can transform the mediocre of the mediocre into the best of the best. It drew out the hidden talents within them and turned them into badasses
BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
I wanna agree but in this particular case they all had those traits even before the show started (timeline-wise)
exocrinous@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Back then Mariner couldn’t be a leader because she was still working out her rage issues. Rutherford didn’t truly know himself and struggled with his implant. Tendi was ashamed to be an Orion and wasn’t usually willing to use her pirate skills. Boimler wasn’t bold.
They were all held back in really important ways.