Submitted 1 year ago by Stamets@startrek.website to risa@startrek.website
I honestly feel like that was a really cheap way of putting tension between Sisco and Picard.
DS9 is a very different show than TNG. Picard and Sisco have an extremely different philosophy towards command. There are a ton of real ways that their values could come into conflict.
Instead DS9 shows Sisco showing open bitterness and contempt because of “Picard Killed his wife”. Only he didn’t and was very obviously a glorified meat puppet during the entire ordeal.
But that’s the thing, despite their differences they respect each other. If it weren’t for Picard being the instrument of Jennifer’s death and for Sisco being emotionally stuck in that experience they would grudgingly get along (as they did at the end of the episode). It’s all about Sisco being unable to process and move on, not an actual irredeemable point of contention with Picard. He knows Picard wasn’t Locutus otherwise he wouldn’t treat him him as a Starfleet officer — but he does, which goes to show that on some level he’s aware of the contradiction in his feelings.
No, I think you notice something subtle in tng: after the borg, for a while picard becomes less gregarious, he starts by going to spend time with family, spends more time among his crew, but doesn’t reach out to strangers as much seemingly, there’s a different kind of distance he has between anyone he doesn’t consider family, ie ent-d crew.
It wears off over time but it was noticeable to me, in a way the torture later is part of it. It shows up a few times actually. In the beginning he was proud of being picard of the enterprise and for a while he isn’t, he’s captain, but he feels the responsibility more than he enjoyed it.
I think either tapestry or the flute one are where it started to break, also for a second in Rqbin hood and a few others, and by s7 it felt like it started to pass.
But I think it wasn’t shock at siskos reaction, it was abject terror. He knew this happened, he knew he’d have to face it someday, and it was literally his worst fear, because he could deal with anything, except his bottomless guilt.
As much as I like DS9, it also marks the beginning of the downfall of Star Trek for me. The episodes just stray further from the point of Star Trek as a whole.
That third panel came out of nowhere for me lmao
Even though I had it saved and saw it before, I still ended up crying with laughter before posting it.
Just Locutus things…
That third panel made me go wait when did picard kill sisko’s wife!? Oh right Locutus of borg
I feel like after one point, Picard ended up liking it. He gets to be the representative of Humanity to an all powerful race.
If he would be pissed off with anyone, it would be Janeway. I suspect the Admiral kept that classified.
I know Janeway defeated The Borg, though I don’t remember how, but that was way after Locutus. Why would he hate Janeway?
Janeway was who Q turned to in order to fix Q Continuum political problems.
The shit that Deanna knows about the D crew …
But we have counselor-client privilege, right?
Yes, except for murder.
Thank god I wasn't drinking coffee...I might have spit it all over the computer screen.
Fucking hell dude.
LanMandragondeez@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
First panel beautifully encapsulates Troi’s character
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“I sense anger from them captain”
“…bitch he just said he is going to blow up our ship”