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He's a literal terrorist
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The woman of course.
An insanely well written terrorist.
Was he a terrorist? Spy, sure. Torturer, sure. Assassin, yeah. But terrorist?
Also, the important part is that he was exiled to Terok Nor. He wasn't trustworthy, but he was no longer employed as a spy, torturer or assassin when we meet him. By then he was a tailor who was on the lookout for a way to improve his situation using all the tricks he'd learned from his previous life. I think people loved him because he was a believable character with a lot of depth to him.
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I actually liked Pulaski. She was basically just a female McCoy. She was a far richer character than Crusher IMHO. Far less likable to be sure.
She just didn't really get enough time to grow and I think they realized she was too much of a Bones-clone
They were literally trying to make her a Bones clone. People need to remember that the first two seasons of Star Trek the next generation had a lot of ups and downs before they really found their footing in the later seasons.
All true.
But Gates McFadden is a stone cold hottie who would go on to bang a fucking ghost.
You don't replace talent like that.
It was the hairstyle they gave Diana Muldaur that made her unapproachable.
I'm pretty sure nobody wanted to watch Pulaski get down with a ghost looking like a 1980's public school teacher.
100% true. That Spaceballs helmet lookin' perm didn't do her any favors.
looking like a 1980’s public school teacher.
no no... keep going..
AH but my dear friend, who told a better story?
Bran the broken?
I dunno how to tell ya that queer-coded terrorist is gonna win vs stodgy doctor 9 outta 10 times.
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it's worth throwing out there that one got a whole show to develop and the other got sent to a starship upstate before most people think their show even got good
absolutely. if the show had kept Pulaski and developed the character she could have become a beloved member of the main cast. imagine the stories we could have gotten about her and data developing a close friendship over years. her routinely calling picard out like everyone did to him in picard s3. but at that time in tng her personality was as present as picard and that just wasnt allowed.
everyone loves faciest space lizard man because we got years of him and dr twink boyfriend being awesome on screen. his character had room to devlop.
One character had several seasons to explore concepts like loyalty to the wrong people, warcrimes, PTSD, regrets. Made the character deep and interesting.
The other character had a handful of episodes to explore prejudice, and stubborn preconceptions, which made the character interesting... But the conflict was essentially resolved after and she only was around for one season.
I sometimes forget Dr Pelauski is even a thing, and then I watch a season two episode and I'm like "oh right!"
TNG is my Star Trek of choice. It's an extremely unpopular opinion but I liked Dr. Pulaski a lot more than Dr. Crusher. In fact, Crusher is my least favorite main character in TNG. I think the reason people didn't like Dr. Pulaski was that damned hair style they gave her. It made her stiff and unapproachable.
Noo the hair is great. I think Pulaski was better too. It's just that the vast majority of star trek fans identity with data because of reasons and she's not warm off the bat or geared towards the masculine gaze. She's a top notch doctor but before she's been through the particular experiences that lend to a cold but genuinely helpful empathy. Which would have made for some killer character development had she not been replaced.
How can you stay mad at a face like that? Also, nobody disrespects my boy, Data.
May be an unpopular opinion, but I found Pulaski much more interesting than Crusher. Pulaski brought conflict and dynamic into an at that time kinda sterile interpersonal situation among the characters. She could have developed into such a good foil both for Picard and Data. Also, Pulaski already showed an arc as she became friendlier and more open towards Data over the course of the season while Crusher stayed mostly stale for the rest of the show.
Crusher felt likr she had very little to her character. She rarely causes conflicts or takes sides beyond the "responsible physician" or "mom", meanwhile Pulaski felt like she had a level of characterization that Crusher didn't. She's a science officer and a skeptic, a rough around the edges healer who will get involved in your moral dilemma. At the start I disliked her, and at the start of season 3 I wanted her back.
put me in sickbay and give me a choice of Pulaski / crusher / holodoc - Pulaski ever fuckin time.
put me in sickbay and give me a choice of Pulaski / crusher / holodoc - Pulaski ever fuckin time.
IDK, Picard went FAAAAR away to avoid having her replace his heart, and ended up with her anyway.
I'll take my chances with the holodoc
Picard just didn't want the rest of the crew knowing that he had a mechanical heart. It was pure fucking vanity.
The reason she ended up doing it anyway is because she was the only one who was expert enough to actually fix his heart. They had to warp 9 her ass to where he was being worked on and almost had to leave Geordie in the hands a bunch of wackadoo morons with an inferiority complex in order to get her there in time.
They had to warp 9 her ass to where he was being worked on and almost had to leave Geordie in the hands a bunch of wackadoo morons with an inferiority complex in order to get her there in time.
oh shit I forgot that was the Pakled episode. Rofl.
Picard just didn’t want the rest of the crew knowing that he had a mechanical heart. It was pure fucking vanity.
good point
IDK, Picard went FAAAAR away to avoid having her replace his heart, and ended up with her anyway.
picard's kinda a wuss so...
My guy got where he was by fighting naussicans in bars over Dom jot.
It’s the same dynamic as with Walter and Skyler White from Breaking Bad. People love the escapist element of coming along for the ride with a bad guy who is on the war path. They don’t love the character who tries to drag them out of their fantasy and back to reality.
At least Breaking Bad had the decency to make you really regret liking Walter as the show went on. That was its real genius: to lure you into temptation and then riddle you with guilt.
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Maybe for most ST fans it is because one of the characters was well-written and the other one was garbage.
The problem with the writing on Pulaski's character was that they were reaching for a gruff and blunt demeanor similar to Bones from the original Star Trek. They failed spectacular at that. And I think the only reason that Pulaski has the limited fandom that she does is because Muldaur is an incredible actress.
The title of this isn't great when DS9 also has terrorist who are heroes, fighting against that fascist regime. It goes out of its way to show that terrorism is a tool, not a condemnation. It's not the most precise tool, and it's not the first you should reach for, but it is there. However, when the state commits these acts it isn't considered terrorism, so Dukat likely wouldn't be considered a terrorist, at least not while he was performing those actions.
Yea but Garak has personality and personality goes a long way.
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