I don't know how exploding consoles didn't make the list, but they would be a distant second to Rick Berman.
Trick question. It's polarity.
What if everything in the Star Trek universe was just one grand holodeck simulation and everything we've seen them go through in all the shows, all the movies, all the animations and all the books were just a runaway holodeck program that some junior officer made.
And it turns out the actual Star Trek universe is a lonely empty experience as their ships go wandering around nearby star systems and haven't met any other species yet. It's just a boring repetitive experience that leaves everyone feeling a deep sense of Galactic loneliness as it will take them many centuries of exploration before they eventually meet another species .... and also a species that is not humanoid or familiar to us at all.
Ah, so “realistic” space travel, where 100 years later, they’re still on their way to the first Star system and the most critical technology is how to pass the time
"From you Dante"
Oh, right!
Inhales
Ok....wait, hear me out
Exhales
what if that's how Discovery ends?
We're still not sure if all of DS9 is in the shattered mind of an insane 1940's writer or not.
Q is not a villain!
I always thought of him as a bored god annoying one specific creation. Like the book of job but sci-fi!
Kai Winn with Gul dukat in a super close second.
"My child" came out of Rick Bermans mind before it came out Kai Winns mouth.
Far from his only sin in trek, and not his worst, but it is enough. The source of evil is clear.
What is “this motherfucker”?
Also confused. Star Trek branded 55gal drum of lube?
Edit: for posterity, the blue barrel reminded me of an older meme around an Amazon listing for a 55gal drum of lube that was also just a generic blue barrel
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Q isn't a villain.
The worst villain is most certainly Paramount and the writers on the new shows.
the people writing the scripts for the show. they can stop all evil in the show, but they choose to create it instead. without them, all evil in the show wouldn't exist. so they are the real evil mastermind behind it all!
Depending on our definition of best, I'm going to vote Worf's parenting, clearly the most devastating.
Once again, poor Jeremy Aster was forgotten about. lol Alexander isn't the only kid Worf abandoned.
Berman is the worst lol
Gul Dukat, no question.
He's one of the best villains in all of media.
Oh, my child...
Why doesn't species 8472 get villain love?
I wouldn't call them a villain, personally. They were a species trying to slap the Borg back home and became aware of our space. They saw us working with the Borg and started to prep for an invasion of Earth. But after diplomatic relations with Starfleet they realize that Earth may pose some threat but had ZERO interest in starting a war with any species, much less a species they'd never even heard of before.
Borg for me.
I wonder if there's any psychology behind responses to this question... While I genuinely love the idea of becoming a cyborg, the thought of becoming part of a collective that thinks as one is kinda horrifying to me as someone who works in a creative field.
Berman. He cut a swath of sadness through many series.
Not the Vidiians? Those people harvesters were terrible. They didn't care who they violated.
Kinda like Rick Berman.
Where can I read all the dirt about Berman? I'm sure I've heard it in the past but now I can't remember the details of why he's hated so much.
I've got a video but not sure about a text place.
The basics are hatred of women and having their characters raped, a misunderstanding of Trek leading to some awful storylines and characters (and Enterprise, as it was almost entirely his baby), he had zero TV experience save for a kids show, he was impossible to work with, he shot down stories for little to no reason, he was a bigoted piece of shit, he micro managed everything to fuck, he HATED gay representation and repeatedly shut it down, the show runner of DS9 had to actively lie to him to get the show made, he was an awful writer but insisted on writing anyway, he was toxic management type to the point of forcing names off of scripts and putting his own name on, pushed people to their breaking points, interfered repeatedly with everything in front of him to the point you can SEE the interference in certain episodes and was a particular cunt with contract negotiations.
That's not remotely all of it.
The correct answer to the post is that he is the villain.
If Gene is the great bird of the galaxy then Rick Berman is the Great Botfly.
The Pakled. Final answer.
That one guy's head that Riker exploded.
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