I said almost the same here a few weeks ago. Sisko got results, and wasn’t afraid to fight on occasion. I will love Picard cause he was the first captain I knew as a kid. But being a paragon will only get you so far. Sometimes you need to bend/break the rules & get your hands dirty if you want shit to get done!
In the pale moonlight is DS9, they needed the romulans to join against the dominion/cardassians so he did some unethical things that garak came up with to get them on side.
Picard is a paragon of federation virtue, and he was never in a situation where all the options were just as bad. There always a clear way forward.
(Though I do have to wonder what was said about data blasting the aqueduct.)
I do like both shows, but I also have this insidious headcannon that TNG is a federation holodrama produced as propaganda (exactly like Cops from the 90s)
I said almost the same here a few weeks ago. Sisko got results, and wasn’t afraid to fight on occasion. I will love Picard cause he was the first captain I knew as a kid. But being a paragon will only get you so far. Sometimes you need to bend/break the rules & get your hands dirty if you want shit to get done!
And it wasn’t like with Picard where he made a decision and apparently felt good enough about that it was business as normal once made.
Like In The Pale Moonlught when he brought the romulans into the fight.
There were no good answers. No ethical ones. He’ll have to live with it, and he can.
Good point! Maybe I should give tng another binge, cause I’m only remembering him as this stalwart of Starfleet doing everything by the viewscreen.
In the pale moonlight is DS9, they needed the romulans to join against the dominion/cardassians so he did some unethical things that garak came up with to get them on side.
Picard is a paragon of federation virtue, and he was never in a situation where all the options were just as bad. There always a clear way forward.
(Though I do have to wonder what was said about data blasting the aqueduct.)
My bad, I misunderstood your previous comment. Thanks for explaining it to my dumb dumb behind.
No worries.
I do like both shows, but I also have this insidious headcannon that TNG is a federation holodrama produced as propaganda (exactly like Cops from the 90s)
This is the second or third interjection I’ve seen from you in the past week I’ve been stuck up a frozen hill. I feel blessed to be part of one.
Inspiration tends to strike from all manner of random vectors. Glad to have landed in this one.
Fuck, I love that interpretation!