• HotsauceHurricane
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    109 months ago

    I always thought of him as a bored god annoying one specific creation. Like the book of job but sci-fi!

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      69 months ago

      It’s not just one creation though. He wiped out Guinan’s people. He tortures other species for fun. He’s pretty hostile towards a lot of species. I guess they failed their trial. Picard must be one of the only defendants who won his case, and that’s why Q helps humanity, while dooming other races.

      • @Shialac
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        89 months ago

        Weren’t Guinans people wiped out by the Borg?

        • @marcos
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          49 months ago

          They were.

          They also make it very clear that if Q did anything remotely on the lines of wiping out an species, that he wouldn’t be there anymore to bother humans. And that she did know Q from around the time the Borg shows up.

          Star Trek is not really consistent. But if there’s a backstory there, my guess would be that he watched and did nothing while bothering them all the time.

        • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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          19 months ago

          It has been a while since I’ve watched it, but I remember them being wiped out by Q, which is why she’s so hostile towards him.