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  • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
    371·
    1 year ago

    Deanna was always done a dirty by the writers. As an empath she could short cut the tension and drama of most story lines so it was an endless case of “I am unable to read them” to allow some narrative tension.

    • Stamets [Mirror]@startrek.websiteOPEnglish
      271·
      1 year ago

      You’re right. They fucked over Deanna constantly. Always dropping the ball and making her a background character. Basically Sigourneys character in Galaxy Quest. And in Nemesis they did it again, to a disgusting extreme, by having the Reman dude rape Deanna just so she could “sense his presence” while cloaked and had a target to fire on. The writers fucked her over every chance they could. Except for First Contact bar scene. That was great.

      Picard Season 3 gave some nice time with her at least.

      • Throwaway@lemm.eeEnglish
        101·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, an good guy empath is just a bad chsracter idea. Same with time travel.

        • JungleJim@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          I hadn’t considered that but you’re right, there are some powers that just don’t work if the good guys have them.

          • Throwaway@lemm.eeEnglish
            31·
            1 year ago

            I know you jest, but having an empath who call tell you if theyre lying creates so many issues for so many potential plots.

            It can work, but it turns into how Deanna was sidelined.

        • Ragnell@kbin.social
          1·
          1 year ago

          Back in the 90s there were at least 5 X-men teams and every single one of them had a full telepath on them, but there was still enough drama and plot for multiple monthly installments of the most intricate superhero soap opera ever created.

          Star Trek writers are cowards for avoiding Betazoids.

          • Throwaway@lemm.eeEnglish
            02·
            1 year ago

            Weren’t they kids shows? Honestly, I never watched them, so I can’t attest to how successfully they were able to integrate telepaths, but I can’t imagine they did well. Comics aren’t really known for good stories.

            • Ragnell@kbin.social
              1·
              1 year ago

              I meant the comics, and really, as Star Trek fans we should not be looking down on superheroes. Kirk did once team up with Abraham Lincoln, after all.

    • whofearsthenight@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      The three Deanna storylines:

      1. I sense the thing you’re all seeing.
      2. My powers are useless because reasons
      3. Time to get mind-raped or just raped