9, 12, and 25 for any Star Trek of your choosing
9.Ā Most disliked character(s)? Why?
Honestly, not into the Borg Queen. Donāt get me wrong, I LOVE āFirst Contactā and Alice Krige killed it, but making the Borg ~sexy~ is... eh. The first time I saw the movie (11/22!!! Happy 24th birthday First Contact, now let me rag on you), I came away from it thinking the Borg Queen was metaphorical and only Data and Picard could see her because of the connection to the Borg -- like she was a kind of siren voice in the head of new drones luring them into giving themselves up. Which is cool! But that didnāt hold up to a second viewing, and certainly not to how she plays out in Voyager. Having her be an Actual Entity changed the nature of the Borg from this terrifying faceless, emotionless, reason-less entity without individuality into... well, a mindless army serving a single individual. Meh.
12.Ā Is there an unpopular arc that you like that the fandom doesnāt? Why?
Hmmm... itās hard to tell sometimes whatās an unpopular arc and whatās justĀ āa lot of people hate this series,ā but I like both the Xindi arc of Enterprise and the first season of Discovery. Thereās actually some similarity to the reasons why people donāt like them, too -- Starfleet flagrantly sacrificing its principles for military reasons, the captain doing Morally Dubious Shit, and the biggest issue with mainstream Trek fans:Ā iTās NoT cAnOn!!1
However my single most unpopular take in my family is that I like the Klingon redesign in Discovery. I subscribe to theĀ āLord, give me canon or something betterā prayer of hey, if we have more money to throw at this, letās definitely make them look more alien and hire a dialogue coach.Ā
25.Ā How would you end XXX/Would you change the ending of XXX?
Oooooh okay. So. Obvs, the series finales to change are Voyager and Enterprise, right?
Enterprise is easy! Sure, skip ahead to the start of the Federation -- thatās basically the finale we wouldāve gotten if weād had a full series run, cool cool cool. But framing it as a holodeck program wrecked it, and somehow managed managed to travel back to the mid-90s and ruin a perfectly good TNG episode in the process. So like... just make the plot of it the plot, let Trip live, and center it on the actual Enterprise characters. Dishes are done.Ā
The Voyager finale should just be like, a whole new thing, but I wasĀ thinking about the recent discussion of how the stakes are too small to justify Admiral Janewayās actions. Theyāre especially too small for us, because we havenāt seen this tragic future for ourselves -- I mean, they could have shown us a Federation largely overrun by the Borg, but they gave us a cocktail party missing 3 people. And if Admiral Janeway shows up likeĀ āhere check out this picture of THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE ASSIMILATEDā we get to skip the 35 minutes of Janeway arguing with herself and we can rock and roll.Ā
But!! If weāre going to do aĀ āJaneway gets the chance to change the pastā thing... and letās assume they for fuckās sakeĀ knew how the series would end at the beginning of the season so could set this up... why not create an episode that centers the actual point of the series. I want to see Janeway look in the face of the positive impact this ship has had on the Delta Quadrant and make the choice a second time, knowing everything, with her crew united behind her, to destroy the array and strand the ship.Ā And thenĀ get them home, even if it time-skips forward a few years, and show! us! the damn! parade!! Let me see Harry Kimās parents hug him PLEASE, show us Tom Paris proudly showing his kid off to his dad, fucking go FULL ON end of Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey and give me Janeway reuniting with her old dog.Ā
And? Donāt stone me, but I donāt actually want a romantic resolution for Janeway, because both J/C and J/7 fans should get to go on living. But I want some scenes man, give me the SCENES. Seven should thank her, and I demand one warmly reciprocated hug. And as Voyager flies toward Earth, give me J/C giving each other a Meaningful, Sheās Kind Of Teary-Eyed, Heās Kind Of Star-Eyed Look on the Bridge, and they hold hands with a smile that speaks of The Future Is Now. The whole thing ends with a pop of champagne, the whole team raising their glasses together, and toastingĀ āTo the journey.ā
Itās a work in progress, but like. Yeah. Change that Voyager finale please.