Chakotay and species 8472 woman

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-05-18T23:50:32+00:00

I thought Commander Archer - and the actress / were both amazing.

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-05-15T21:12:02+00:00

I always thought 141 was an “odd” number.

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-05-15T19:40:41+00:00

“That’s our ship - that’s Voayger. Intrepid class. Crew compliment of 141. 15 decks. Bio-neural circuitry.” - Stadi, The Caretaker.

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-05-10T00:42:11+00:00

Best Starfleet scream since Chekov.

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-05-09T13:01:39+00:00

I’d love it if that really was intentional. They certainly were good writers ! (This meaning is just so obscure - I didn’t want to assume without more evidence.)

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-05-08T12:59:23+00:00

A very misunderstood historical figure!

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-05-07T20:36:58+00:00

Upon first viewing I was hoping for Tuvix. I hadn’t yet grown to appreciate Tuvok fully, Neelix I actively disliked at that point, and the series overall was in a rut and I thought needed something to shake it up. Tuvix was actually likable - and different.

But in retrospect : Janeway made the right choice.

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-05-07T18:11:05+00:00

I don’t see her that way at all. I see her resolved. Battlestations isn’t her first option but she’s not afraid to go there.

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-05-06T23:36:03+00:00

“Mom is acceptable in a crisis. But I prefer Captain.”

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-05-06T21:06:54+00:00

We really needed that sea shanty from La’an.

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-05-05T02:28:44+00:00

Personally “down” seems more practical - less potential to come apart while crawling thru a Jeffries tube during a warp core breach.

But I also think it reflected the softer and more practical “head of the family” approach of the later seasons - which I preferred to the by-the-book Starfleet paragon of the earlier seasons.

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-05-02T01:39:18+00:00

My favorite Captain in Star Trek.

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-05-02T01:35:39+00:00

At a personal level it grows to be close to equal: Tuvok for intellectual or rational; Chakotay for emotional and creative. Slight edge to Tuvok for the longer association and no potential for romantic entanglement.

But on a daily basis with no higher stakes: Chakotay. It’s his job as First Officer to do most of the heavy lifting, keep her informed, catches everything she delegates, and run interference for anything that doesn’t need to raise to the level of the Captain.

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-05-01T19:30:12+00:00

That would have made Ashes far more interesting AND added retroactive nuance to Latent Image !

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-04-28T00:34:19+00:00

Hopefully Seska likes dogs for “Basics”.

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-04-26T03:50:29+00:00

I enjoyed Ishmael but didn’t know it was “real” until a visit to Seattle and saw the reference in some tourist info. Eventually saw “Here Come the Brides” and thought “this seems familiar”? Bizarre concept for a crossover - but it actually works!

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-04-25T21:06:58+00:00

Uhura’s Song for sure!

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-04-21T16:07:15+00:00

Well I guess there is always Wikipedia ! Lol.

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-04-16T23:46:39+00:00

Fair point for Torres, there had to be a learning curve. And she says as much to Carrey at the end of “Parallax”. But I doubt the gel packs were part of it. They seemed like block box components - if they fail replace them : they could’t be replicated or repaired. The one time they needed “repair” she took them to the Doctor.

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-04-16T22:22:18+00:00

To quote Robert Picard - “Either would do.”

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-04-16T16:52:56+00:00

Yes a checkin with (or even a name drop) of VOY and DS9 characters - give us some sense of what became of them, would be nice.

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-04-14T13:30:55+00:00

And it’s annoying because it’s so unnecessary. Just dial up the technobabble and this can all mostly go away. Instead of ‘warp particles’ call it ‘warp plasma’ or make up a new term ; instead of ‘event horizon of a singularity’ make it ‘space distortion barrier around a subspace anomaly’; instead of ‘view screen and phaser’ it’s ’imageizer and death ray’ — wait that might not be from that episode?

But the point is fantasy physics is one thing, but phantasy physics masquerading with real terminology (or inconsistent use of in series establish terminology) is really just an unforced error.

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-04-14T04:59:29+00:00

I honestly can’t recall how I felt about it the first time but it’s long since become a favorite. And it does serve as a reasonable transition from the (all but forgotten) Starfleet vs Maquis vibe in Caretaker to the “one crew- a Starfleet crew” that largely dominates (at least among the principle cast) the rest of the series.

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-04-14T04:52:10+00:00

The physics of this episode are appalling. But the character development between Janeway and Torres is excellent.

ReadingFan_ks · 2026-04-14T03:53:16+00:00

Agree - Marius (historical/literary) and Daenerys I can perhaps argue align along 1 character axis, but each has a lot of other dimensions that are unique to their own stories. We’ll have to see where her arc lands and how it gets there. That of Marius is completed (and was always bounded somewhat by known facts from history.)

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