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selenakDay 21 - Least Favorite Character
Now here's a position that hasn't changed due to all the new canon Star Trek canon I've consumed since last doing a Star Trek meme: it's still an entire race of people, who, however, are presented without individual differences and uniform in mind, and no, I'm not talking about the Borg. My least favourite characters in all of Star Trek are still the Prophets from DS9, who win over characters actually designed as villains as well as other not-called-villain irritants by virtue of my loathing the s7 Sarah Sisko reveal and (Ben) Sisko subsequently dealing with it with basically a shrug and "oh well, that explains why she wasn't around". Where's your righteous indignation on behalf of your biological mother getting raped and your father, without him knowing anything about it, of course, being made into the instrument of that rape, Sisko? And then he ends up becoming a Prophet himself. Boo. Hiss. I mean, I wasn't that keen on the Prophets before s7, either. As long as the show played them as truly non-linear aliens who were simply having a different frame of reference, I was Prophet-neutral. Then during the last two or three seasons the Pah-Wraiths showed up, supposedly the Prophets' opposite number, in a good/bad, light/dark fashion. Which meant we were supposed to accept the Prophets as good without them actually having done anything to deserve that label. Plus Babylon 5 had just wrapped up, and B5's reveal that the Vorlons were just as bad as athe Shadows had effectively undercut this entire pseudo Christian angels versus demons set up. Episodes like The Reckoning deepened my Prophet dislike. And then came s7 which promoted them to the least favourite spot which they've remained on ever since.
If it can't be the Prophets because it has to be a distinct individual, I'm going with Voyager's Chakotay. Who isn't guilty of anything like this, mind. I just find him bland and boring, and it baffles me to this day on a Watsonian level that Seska, Be'lanna, Janeway and - pause for a special boo, hiss - Seven were all at different points shown to be into him. Archer at least had his devotion to Porthos and s1-s2 occasional sincere geeking out about space as saving graces; Chuckles hasn't anything like this. Get thee gone from my Star Trek, Chakotay.
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 9 - Favorite Character
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 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
Now here's a position that hasn't changed due to all the new canon Star Trek canon I've consumed since last doing a Star Trek meme: it's still an entire race of people, who, however, are presented without individual differences and uniform in mind, and no, I'm not talking about the Borg. My least favourite characters in all of Star Trek are still the Prophets from DS9, who win over characters actually designed as villains as well as other not-called-villain irritants by virtue of my loathing the s7 Sarah Sisko reveal and (Ben) Sisko subsequently dealing with it with basically a shrug and "oh well, that explains why she wasn't around". Where's your righteous indignation on behalf of your biological mother getting raped and your father, without him knowing anything about it, of course, being made into the instrument of that rape, Sisko? And then he ends up becoming a Prophet himself. Boo. Hiss. I mean, I wasn't that keen on the Prophets before s7, either. As long as the show played them as truly non-linear aliens who were simply having a different frame of reference, I was Prophet-neutral. Then during the last two or three seasons the Pah-Wraiths showed up, supposedly the Prophets' opposite number, in a good/bad, light/dark fashion. Which meant we were supposed to accept the Prophets as good without them actually having done anything to deserve that label. Plus Babylon 5 had just wrapped up, and B5's reveal that the Vorlons were just as bad as athe Shadows had effectively undercut this entire pseudo Christian angels versus demons set up. Episodes like The Reckoning deepened my Prophet dislike. And then came s7 which promoted them to the least favourite spot which they've remained on ever since.
If it can't be the Prophets because it has to be a distinct individual, I'm going with Voyager's Chakotay. Who isn't guilty of anything like this, mind. I just find him bland and boring, and it baffles me to this day on a Watsonian level that Seska, Be'lanna, Janeway and - pause for a special boo, hiss - Seven were all at different points shown to be into him. Archer at least had his devotion to Porthos and s1-s2 occasional sincere geeking out about space as saving graces; Chuckles hasn't anything like this. Get thee gone from my Star Trek, Chakotay.
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 9 - Favorite Character
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 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
