Pulaski would’ve been too OP.
Semantic arguments, part 2 (Hard Mode: No Pulaski)
Submitted 8 months ago by ummthatguy@lemmy.world to risa@startrek.website
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LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
gregorum@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Crusher was only terrible to Q, who very much had it coming. And it was funny when she called him a pain in the ass.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Tbf that is the correct way of interacting with Q
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
This list is missing Polasky. She wouldn’t beat the EMH, but she would tear a strip off you if you got injured doing something stupid.
StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 8 months ago
Pulaski also seemed to be high functioning autistic, with researcher abrasive in the mix.
Dr. Tracy Pollard of Discovery and head of Sickbay definitely had snark.
FlatFootFox@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The cat doctor wins on account of being able to swear. But Dr. Culber gets bonus points for sarcastically delivering medical care on occasion.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Not only for being able to swear, but for making liberal use of that privilege
littlecolt@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Culber is the real sleeper here because he’ll deal stealth emotional damage. That sweet smile, those deep eyes, and then he says the most snarky, sarcastic shit you can imagine given the situation. This is the only way to tame Stammits after all.
Stamets@startrek.website 8 months ago
He also used peanuts. Turns out I’m part elephant.
conditional_soup@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Toss up between EMH and T’Ana, really, but I’d say T’Ana has more lovable burnout energy that the crew vibe with, where the EMH is just kind of a dick. I love him, he’s one of my favorite characters in all of Trek, but his bedside manner makes him a huge pain in the ass for anyone normal to work with. The people who got along best with him are Seven, who basically had high-functioning autism implants from the Borg, and Kes, who was, by and large, incapable of being mad. Janeway dealt with him fine because she just never took any shit from him as a matter of policy, and the only other person he vibed hard with was a fucking serial killer. Tom Paris, who stands out for being by far the biggest normie on Voyager, couldn’t stand the EMH (though he also hated sick bay).
So, gotta go with EMH having the worst bedside manner.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Going to have to agree. He was never intended to need a good bedside manner because he was never supposed to be doing long term patient care. So they never bothered to program it.
He was designed for emergencies: “Do this. Do it now. Moving on.”
ummthatguy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Autism implants 💀
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Voyager’s EMH was so awful to deal with that the upgrade path was Andy Dick.
FordPrefect@startrek.website 8 months ago
Huh… I just assumed the Andy Dick hologram was so much more pushy that it got the other one deprecated out of pettiness.
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Because he’s not listed, Julian.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah, him too. Look, I had 6 spots and several shows to cover.
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Fair enough, I would have given any name that wasn’t on the list, I mean, Tom Paris was a doc for a short bit, right? (My collectors plate has it in a footnote)
marcos@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Well, if I was deemed a criminal by the act of existing, I wouldn’t care a lot about ethics either.
MamboGator@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I always thought Phlox had the best bedside manner. The EMH is the crankiest I know of but I didn’t watch Discovery or Lower Decks.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Phlox could be short with patients who were holding back, but he respected and protected them like no other.
MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee 8 months ago
He really went above and beyond for T’pol that one time…
ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 8 months ago
Lower Decks Doctor T’ana is basically a combination of Bines and the EMH with decades of burnout behind her. She’s just the best
MrPoopyButthole@lemmy.world 8 months ago
EMH with ethical subroutines disabled
oeverbloem@feddit.nl 8 months ago
He has ethical subroutines???
Stamets@startrek.website 8 months ago
As much as I love my beloved being included in anything, the only person Culber ever has bedside manner around is his husband. Even then it’s when his husband is being stubborn as shit. Hugh is super professional. One reason why I asked him to marry me.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Stamets@startrek.website 8 months ago
Man, Matt and Trey are some of my favorite people on the planet.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 months ago
Cat doctor from Lower Decks might cough up a hairball inside your phaser wound. On purpose.
cybervseas@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Dr.Migleemo is the ship’s counselor, so much closer to Troi than Crusher.
FordPrefect@startrek.website 8 months ago
Migleemo a’ Trois, in 3… 2… 1…
eva_sieve@startrek.website 8 months ago
left to right:
- Phlox, USS Enterprise NX-01 (ENT)
- Leonard “Bones” McCoy, USS Enterprise NCC-1701/-A (TOS)
- Beverly Crusher, USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D/-E (TNG)
- T’Ana, USS Cerritos NCC 75567 (LD)
- Emergency Medical Hologram Mk. I, while there are many instantiations this one’s presumably “the Doctor,” USS Voyager NCC-74656/(-A) VOY/(+PRO, eventually)
- Hugh Culber, USS Discovery NCC-1031/-A (DISCO)
milkisklim@lemm.ee 8 months ago
But Julian did find the spots…on Ezri.
GreenMario@lemm.ee 8 months ago
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ummthatguy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
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