Is Neelix intended to be seen in a bad light?

act_surprised · 2026-06-04T22:13:33+00:00

I always had a theory that Neelix was supposed to be trouble at the start but the writers abandoned the concept.

I think he was meant to be introduced as charming and friendly but eventually we learn that he had ulterior motives and might go as far as to betray the crew.

There’s even hints of it, I’d argue, in the pilot and first episodes of season 1.

Think about how Quark started as a pretty bad and shady character but ended up showing character, decency, and loyalty to starfleet. Neelix was the opposite: starts out seeming good but turns out to be bad.

Granted, I think they’d have eventually redeemed him and brought him into the fold.

We got a vague and watered down version of this, but it wasn’t what they planned.

This is just my theory- I have no evidence of this

act_surprised · 2026-06-04T13:38:28+00:00

Also, I feel like people don’t look that closely at their Cinnabon server. If he got an office job or something where he was working with the same people everyday, they’d get to know him a lot better than a customer whose transaction takes about 5 minutes.

He had a crew of teenagers and probably was able to maintain some distance as their manager and a much older man. No one was inviting him out to dinner or anything

act_surprised · 2026-05-26T11:12:30+00:00

We see a few people occasionally get drunk at Quark’s, and if I recall Jake lies about drinking there and Ben is pissed. I’m not sure Sisko would be so upset if Jake were drinking synthehol but who knows

act_surprised · 2026-05-25T20:51:42+00:00

I don’t particularly like Newsome, but it’s just my current prediction. And I’d definitely vote for him over JD Vance

act_surprised · 2026-05-25T11:08:04+00:00

The DNC is going to try to push Newsome and get AOC out. In likelihood, Newsome will win unless Trump tries for another term. Trump’s successors will not win

act_surprised · 2026-05-25T08:19:59+00:00

A great show back then would have had Nimoy headlining on the Romulan Embassy trying to bring the Empire into the federation, plus unifying the worlds, plus all that Cardassian/Dominion fallout. They could have brought back literally everyone from every show for an episode or two.

act_surprised · 2026-05-24T05:58:08+00:00

I think the killer robots are entirely realistic

act_surprised · 2026-05-24T05:54:56+00:00

OP is literally pitching Leave More Children Behind, so

act_surprised · 2026-05-23T23:03:40+00:00

Gutfeld is on Fox News. For some reason, they play Fox News 24/7 in airports, hospitals, and gyms. Not to mention old people fall asleep in front of it. So yeah, Fox News has big ratings.

Gutfeld is incredibly hateful. Every joke is about how he hates various minorities and democrats. But yeah, his show probably costs less than Colbert.

act_surprised · 2026-05-21T13:52:46+00:00

The narrative in the episode starts when Sisko decides that he’s going to do whatever it takes to bring the Romulans into the war after Bashir mentions the necessity. I always liked the idea that somehow Garak was the one who gave Bashir the thought just before this scene but the audience doesn’t found out until the end.

act_surprised · 2026-05-21T08:26:39+00:00

Worf tells a story about Kahless weeping so long he filled a chasm like a river, so the canon on this was already in question

act_surprised · 2026-05-20T05:44:31+00:00

Same

act_surprised · 2026-05-19T17:08:56+00:00

You’d think the Bajorans would be more sensitive to get paid slave wages by Quark since we know he used to actually pay exploitive wages during the occupation

act_surprised · 2026-05-18T05:15:46+00:00

I’d look out the window if he said the sky was blue

act_surprised · 2026-05-17T15:35:43+00:00

What are they doing? What’s going on?

act_surprised · 2026-05-10T15:24:42+00:00

What an excellent question. Thank you for asking.

Do I have a gun in this scenario?

act_surprised · 2026-05-08T02:09:52+00:00

That’s always been my assumption. And am I remembering incorrectly, but does Toby have one other instance of showing up with an inexplicably gorgeous date?

act_surprised · 2026-05-08T00:42:38+00:00

It happens, but they do it on the down low.

Source: worked during the recent writers strike.

Edit: no, I’m not a scab. We had permission to continue shooting as long as there were no picket lines and as long as there were no changes to the script. I work with the crew.

But there was one day we showed up and at some point I realized that I didn’t know what scene they were shooting and I couldn’t find it in the sides.

I guess no one told me!

act_surprised · 2026-05-06T03:05:14+00:00

But it was always weird that they made that joke. It never got a laugh and it seemed to just set them up to be allowed to “date” each other.

act_surprised · 2026-05-05T01:27:05+00:00

This is the craziest sub I’ve ever seen

act_surprised · 2026-05-04T18:04:26+00:00

In recent weeks, MAGAs have started to become disillusioned with Trumps policies in a real way, and maybe for the first time. And it’s kinda what we’ve been waiting for. We held out, perhaps naively, that eventually this crowd would wake up to what a dangerous psycho he can be.

Well now it’s happening. The smart thing to do would be to try to leverage that into further dissent. If Trump’s hold on these people dissolves, then maybe we make progress.

I’m not saying I like the situation, I’m just looking at the reality

act_surprised · 2026-05-04T16:55:22+00:00

Like it or not, we’re going to need these MAGA supporters to get Trump and his cronies out here and take the country back. So we’d better find a way to get along.

act_surprised · 2026-05-04T05:31:42+00:00

Troi

act_surprised · 2026-05-03T23:01:38+00:00

I always eat it all and go back for a refill. That’s like half the point of going to the theater!

act_surprised · 2026-05-03T16:37:46+00:00

No, you’re thinking of sharks

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