Hail to the king vedek
Tbh Chakotay only has the daddy hair for this one time travel episode as far as I know
I'm working my way through season 1 and so far it's been a bit hard to get a bead on him, sort of all over the map? One minute backing the Maquis and the next ignoring their concerns and telling them to star fleet up
In one of the first few episodes Neelix Is trying to offer her some brown sludge and she doesn’t even consider it, she’s just straight up like “I SAID COFFEE”. Later on she’s talking about coffee from the replicator and Chakotay is like “That’s a bad example for the crew” Because they’re on rations and she gives him a “You’re dead to me” look
They’re spectacular
You probably hit it on the head about the limits of people's imagination in the 80s/90s, but also I wonder if it had anything to do with Roddenberry and his opinions of what was / wasn't going to show up in Star Trek? He famously forbid interpersonal conflict between federation people, making it annoying AF for the writers on TNG. Plus drone ships exploring everything might not make for captivating TV
“Please set your subspace cookie preferences for this warp”
This guy cracks!
This sub has me watching more TNG than I have in years, Thanks for all your hard work!
3 way crossover!
No luck finding them founders then?