astroPug

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New to Mastodon (never on Twitter) and will be lurking to get a lay of the land. Enjoys Star Trek, Coffee, urban fantasy and is currently on a sci-fi book bender. Just finished in no particular order: The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, any number of SCPs, and Network Effect by Martha Wells. (And now on to Fugitive Telemetry and the Parable of the Talents). Speech scientist/linguist who enjoys python and is learning C++.

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astroPug ,

@7of9 @USSBurritoTruck

I'll raise my hand and say that I actually enjoyed all three seasons. I felt like 1 and 2 had a sense of melancholy at times, but that was welcome. Kind of felt right at that time in my life.
3 I really liked for the interpersonal relationships, and that sense of wonder in space.

astroPug ,

@7of9

Yes, I found it resonated with me.

I was a kid when I first watched TNG reruns, and things seemed safe and optimistic to me. It was also the nature of television to almost reset characters from episode to episode, no matter how difficult or traumatic the previous episode was. (An exception would be the episode where Picard mends fences with his brother and begins facing the trauma of having been assimilated.)

And I think that was good tv in its own right.

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astroPug ,

@7of9

But Season 1 Picard took a different approach, and showed Picard dealing with past disillusionment (the loss of his career which was his purpose, et .) in a more long term manner. It wasn’t just gone. And to me, it made sense in the context of my own life. As I aged, I didn’t recover from past hurts quite as quickly either. But we work through it and grow, at any age, and I think that’s what Picard as a character did as well.

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astroPug , (edited )

@7of9

He’s a different person at that age, definitely more careful, and he's aware that he doesn’t have all his former health, abilities or status - and that’s ok! He saves people, reconnects (and makes up) with old friends, and has a long-term relationship (maybe?). He’s doing pretty well!

Plus, he reminded Starfleet and the Federation a little of ideals.

All that, I found very hopeful and more effective as if neither Starfleet nor Picard had ever met failure.

Lol, sorry that was long!

astroPug ,

@7of9

Thank you.

Yes, I think so, too. Familiarity is comforting, and I also feel that episodic storytelling is comforting, because it’s reminiscent of my childhood, and because it introduces new, interesting concepts but sticks with a familiar structure. I just get value out of the other type of stories as well.

I am curious what they’ll do for a Picard movie - or a show of Seven and crew.

astroPug ,

@ggiesen @Madison_rogue

The Chase is one of my go-to feel good episodes!

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