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Starfleets version of 'good cop, bad cop.'
SURRENDER?! I'LL MAKE YOU SURRENDER YOUR--
Captain, let's take a deep breath and do our count to five
Inhales deeply, exhales slowly You're right, diplomacy first..
The aliens on the screen have widened eyes and fearful expressions with whispers in the background, "he has to have a handler, this guy's nothing to fuck with."
🎶 Jean-Luc P. Ain't Nothin' Ta Fuck Wit! 🎶
alien yelling at them
"He appears to be very angry, sir."
"Yes, I can see that counselor."
The writing they did for her character was criminal. I don't think she ever had a good story, let alone one where someone wasn't trying to SA her.
Obligatory reminder that Picard would be a LTJG astrophysics officer if he weren't such a hothead.
Is that high up in the FedForce? A LTJG in the US Navy is pretty low.
No, not high up at all. Just a step above an ensign
Starfleet basically uses Navy ranks, so yeah, LTJG is very low. The idea of the episode I'm referencing (6x15 Tapestry) is that Picard would've fucked up his life if he hadn't taken risks.
My head cannon is now that Picard is an absolute psychopath but also a strategic genius, so they have a psychic assigned to him to bolster his humanity. Just holding him in reserve in case there is a scenario where they need the next ghengis khan to bring the galaxy to its knees
Tactical genius too. Invented his own combat maneuver that is supposedly unbeatable. Weird that nobody else seems to use it.
It was defeated by a tractor beam and shield strength focused on the only place the ship could fire at. But that's only because they knew it was coming.
YES!!!
The number of battles where it was not used throughout the series is mind boggling
Once! Could we have not seen it once?!!?
Well if they ALL could use it, it wouldn’t be the Picard maneuver
Why do you think he was such a threat as Locutus?
I just have this vision of a window looking over the SF bay, and a dude in a suit whispering into a communicator “Cry havoc, and let slip the Picard of war”
where they need the next ghengis khan to bring the galaxy to its knees
Or some other Khan
Listen i love your head cannon, but I gotta ask as a casual fan, when did you get the idea hes a psycho? Ill admit im Picard biased because next gen was my first, and the way he pronounces the word "civilization ". But I did always think he was one of the calmer ST captains.
That’s the joke, Troy is using her psychic powers to keep him calm, that’s why she has a seat next to his in the bridge, to stop him from freaking out and shooting every ship he sees
Enders game style.
I imagine a fantasy kingdom, that due to a civil war, they decided to have 2 kings, one from each side. they are tethered by death, when one dies the other is executed, they share palace and have to govern together, sharing equal power. and it often results on one of them being a violent warlord and the other a pacifist.
And you don't think it has anything to do with her being a pseudo-psychic who's species in known for altering emotions on a mass scale, which she definitely doesn't do pinky promise?
Shes only half betazoid, i dont think she can change other beings emotions the way her mom can. (Luxwanna? Her moms name was something along those lines)
Picard was straight up Commander Shepherd level back in the day. Bangin' and blastin'.
Picard.
Worf.
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Did Picard ever get counselling or just advice, as he did with all his senior staff? She wasn't Picard's therapist but the entire ship's counselor.
I'm sure he needed PTSD therapy after this incident.
She is a Betazoid, can't she just sort of, constantly push calm vibes at him?
Shes half. I dont think she can.
“This counselor, Counselor Troi? She just tells this Picard what he should really do… and he complies?! Truly the superior opponent, her capabilities are virtually limitless! Put us in direct contact immediately!”
Wait, if this is the shotgun seat, it would mean the federation adopted left-hand-traffic... 😯
Only Picard. He's kinda a teaboo, hence the accent despite living outside LA.
New vocabulary dropped!
Teaboo... :-D
Is this okay to use for non teaboos?
But Picard is a Frenchman speaking with a British accent.
Following the definition, that sounds pretty teaboo to me ;-)
If it was the other way around, he'd be an ouiboo.
I actually just got the pun just now, and realize my last comment probably seemed like a joke question.
I’m dumb.
Nope, legit question. Asking when not getting something is good practice.
You're good :-)
It's relative to Captain Picard, so it might just be France that adopted left-hand traffic. They got the English accent, they may have gotten their way of driving too.
"It's perfectly normal to cry 10 times a day."
Whoa, Gerry Duggan! Forgot about him when I fell off Nerd Poker, but he's hilarious.