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    This does Jake dirty.

    He eventually becomes a war journalist whose stories will be read (after the conflict, thanks to Weyoun) quadrantwide.

    Wesley turned into a space hippie and fucked off forever.

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      22 days ago

      I also think it’s a little harsh on Odo, lol. Someone has to do his job.

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        Yeah I don’t like it but I do struggle to argue against it. He cares about justice, and wanted to make sure bajorans got fair treatment (in his area, at least) under the cardassians. But then again he worked for them.

        Likewise he got a bit anti-“solid” racist from time to time and had a vaguely sexual relationship with the female founder, but then went back the link, calmed them all down and kind of stopped the war.

        I feel like it’s one step forward but then also at least one step back.

        Still my favourite character so I guess I’m just a hypocrite lol

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          Complex characters in complex situations make the writing more interesting to me too.

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          An episode with Quark leading a protest like that on the promenade would have been amazing.

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        His job of always helping the fascist oppressor side? Because that’s what he continuously does.

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        Someone has to be lawful good in this lineup. Versus the lawful evil of the rest of his people.

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          Odo is at best LN and more often than not, Lawful Stupid.

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      Like many middle-aged hippies who lose their way, Wesley eventually became a cop.

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            22 days ago

            It was Prodigy, not Picard. Wes wasn’t in the last season of Picard, and I can’t even remember him being mentioned even though his family was a big part of the season.

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              In addition to Prodigy Wesley was in the Season 2 finale of of Picard, not the whole series’ finale. My mistake! Thanks for the correction.

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    I’m offended by “involuntary celibate”

    Bashir’s celibacy is entirely voluntary due to his pursuits of Miles and Garak

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    You remember how they had a picture of hitler with a bunch of different hairstyles and beards in order to know what he might look like in a disguise if he tried to flee? Now i want one of Dukat in the same style.

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    I feel like TNG, DS9, and VOY all had a specific way to mix character attributes.

    Like Data wants to be human, Odo wants to be human, Tuvok and Seven are both made to be human.

    Worf, Belana and Worf have anger management issues that require other characters to quell.

    Harry Kim, Weasley, and Jake are all struggling to fit in.

    Picard, Sisko, and Janeway are so competent that it gets in the way.

    Broccoli, broccoli, and Miles are all tortured.

    Q, Nelix, and Quark are all alien perverts.

    Odo, Seven, and Data all have over powered abilities.

    Jordie, Old man, and Kes all have less useful powers.

    These mixes, allow a good variety of stories to be told, often which ask similar questions using new characters. I know you’ve all thought about this before.

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      Odo, Seven, and Data all have over powered abilities.

      Bashir sighs with relief that nobody’s caught on

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      Worf, Belana and Worf have anger management issues that require other characters to quell.

      That is so speciesist that i’m reporting you to Humanoid Resources.

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      A lot of the non-human characters are following the Spock blueprint, which I appreciate: the fish-out-of-water who needs to fit in, while plotlines do the Gene Roddenberry “we celebrate our differences” thing.

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        Yeah, I agree, they’re all kind of breaking up and riffing on attributes of the original 3.

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    Oh god this hit me at the right moment, as soon as I hit Dukat I just fell apart in a mad cackle.