Thirty Days of Star Trek: Favorite Character

[selenak]

Day 9 - Favorite Character

I don’t have a favorite character in all of Star Trek, but I can narrow it down per incarnation:

TOS: Spock (Saavik for the TOS movies)

Rebootverse: Pike

TNG: Jean-Luc Picard

DS9: used to be Garak, is now Quark, closely followed by Garak and Jadzia Dax

Voyager: Seven of Nine

Enterprise: Porthos Shran

Discovery: Michael Burnham

There’s undoubtedly a pattern here, of smart stoics with strong emotions hidden beneath, except for Shran (decidedly not a stoic) and Quark (also anything but a stoic, and the shadiest, least heroic regular on his show to boot). If you want to know where my Quark loves hails from: here’s the essay. As for Shran: he’s an angry honorable antennae-wearing alien annoyed into liking (some) of his enemies, with a penchant for sarcasm. What’s not to love?



Day 1 - Favorite TOS Episode

Day 2 - Favorite Federation Race

Day 3 - Favorite Starship

Day 4 - Favorite Captain

Day 5 - Saddest Event

Day 6 - Happiest Event

Day 7 - Favorite TNG Episode

Day 8 - Favorite Federation Enemy
Day 10 - Most Shocking Moment
Day 11 - Crew Position You Would Want
Day 12 - Crew Position You Wouldn't Want
Day 13 - Favorite DS9 Episode
Day 14- Favorite Time Travel Episode
Day 15 - Favorite First Officer
Day 16 - Favorite Voyager Episode
Day 17 - Favorite Trek Novel
Day 18 - Favorite Non-Aligned Race
Day 19 - Favorite Enterprise Episode
Day 20 - Character You're Most LIke
Day 21 - Least Favorite Character
Day 22 - Favorite Trek Film
Day 23 - Best Trek Tech
Day 24 - Best Overall Space Vessel
Day 25 - Favorite Discovery Episode
Day 26 - Planet You Would Most Like To Visit
Day 27 - Character You Would Date
Day 28 - Name Your Own Starship
Day 29 - Favorite Trek Quote
Day 30 - Favorite Trek Series

Comments

[conuly]

Porthos isn't a smart enough stoic? You know he's got strong emotions under his furry exterior.

[selenak]

No doubt, and anyone putting up with the ENTERPRISE events for four years without complaining must be a stoic, but his lack of clever dialogue puts him at a disadvantage vis a vis my other adored stoics. Also, there's his fate in the Kelvin timeline! (Scotty, how could you…)