• heiligerbimbam@lemmy.wtf
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    arrow-down
    13
    ·
    18 hours ago

    Oh, really? Which other captains do that? Did Picard or Janeway lounge in their seats like 13-year-old schoolgirls? I don’t remember that.

    • FlyingSpaceCow@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      edit-2
      18 hours ago

      Did Picard or Janeway outlive all their friends family and comrades.

      I personally have several issues with the show; but Ake’s posture is certainly not one of them – In fact I kinda like it. She’s giving me Guinan or Dr Who vibes portraying an outward silliness that hides an inner sadness and seriousness.

      • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        2 hours ago

        Guinan and Dr Who weren’t captains. I don’t think anyone would take issue if it were the bartender portraying a laid back vibe, but you kind of want the captain to give the crew confidence that they’re alert and on top of things. Of course that’s not possible at all times, but that’s why the captain has quarters and a ready room. Some other officer should be sitting the the chair keeping an ey on things if the captain wants to read a book or whatever.

        It breaks immersion to have characters that are supposed to be ding serious jobs acting like teenagers.

    • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      16 hours ago

      Damn, what has you so aggressive here? The other comment wasn’t venomous. Hell, it wasn’t even a little snarky.

      Something going on you want/need to vent about? Legit asking, I’ve had days where I got shitty to people that weren’t doing anything, and having a quick vent would have helped.

    • usernamefactory@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      17 hours ago

      I chill in chairs like that all the time. It’s comfy. Don’t be so self conscious you let schoolgirls have all the fun.

      • heiligerbimbam@lemmy.wtf
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        16 hours ago

        Sure, but you’re not a Starfleet captain. It just doesn’t work for me for that role. That’s all.

        If she does that in her quarters, great. But it just looks unprofessional to me in the captain’s chair.

        • usernamefactory@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          2 hours ago

          But it just looks unprofessional to me in the captain’s chair.

          That’s what I love, though. A boss today might feel the need to cultivate a “professional” work environment to maintain discipline among their underlings, or to appear trustworthy to their clients.

          Ake doesn’t doesn’t need to worry about discipline among her officers. They aren’t working for a paycheck, they’re there because they feel a calling and a duty to be there. She trusts them implicitly, and is confident enough in having their respect that she can enjoy her time on her bridge. And her “clients” are university age kids, who generally don’t respond to the pomposity of performative professionalism.