FIREFLY vs. STAR TREK

POSTED BY: reginaroadie
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 15:48
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ASTRAGYNIA

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 4:00 AM

Thanks Cybersnark - I do mean Badger. Oops. I've seen "Rat" next to Badger's picture so often now, I've connected the names - no offense, Rat!

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Originally posted by thatweirdgirl:
That would be a brilliant scene...

Simon and Julian talk medicine while Julian and O'Brien are playing darts in the corner. Kaylee talks with O'Brien while surreptitiously checking out the two docs. Out on the Promenade, Zoe distracts Kira with tales of gorilla warfare and the underdog. Nog convinces Jake to hit on Kaylee. Jake would send drinks accompanied with little poems of her beauty and genius to Kaylee. Book would be exploring the Bajoran Temple. For some reason I picture Inara talking with Garak. Perhaps he designs some clothing for her or they sit in the Cafe discussing politics and intrigue, I don't know.

That's great - but I just don't see Garak and Inara. (Maybe Inara and Jadzia Dax?)

Garak and YoSaffBridge on the other hand... now THAT would be quite a dialogue.

CYBERSNARK

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 3:48 PM

Heh. YoSafBridge would manipulate Garak, but he'd turn the tables and manipulate her, actually playing into her plan, which is what he accounted for. . .

Then Odo would step in, and the show would end with Garak and YoSafBridge sitting in side-by-side cells, wondering what the hell went wrong.

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Originally posted by thatweirdgirl:
I disagree. Hoshi is such a non-character that I have no idea what kind of man would fall for her or what kind of man she would fall for. Really, what have we learned about her? Or Mayweather for that matter. They are two of the most poorly developed ST characters I've seen (ignoring anyone on Voyager for the moment).

Actually, Hoshi & Travis are two of my favourites:

Hoshi is a prodigy, a gifted linguist, but somewhat stunted socially (kinda like Daniel on SG-1). She graduated Starfleet Academy on a technicality; stellar academic marks, but barely passed the more military/athletic aspects. Graduating the Academy wasn't enough to win a rank, IOW, so she turned to teaching (and failed to keep up with Starfleet-standard, which is why Reed had to give her some quick re-training). At some point though, she'd met and sufficiently impressed a young Jon Archer. Enough that, when he was picked to command the NX-01 into Klingon space, he made Hoshi's inclusion as communications officer (with rank) a condition. The chance to immerse herself in a completely new language sealed the deal for her. It took her almost a year to get her space legs, but she adapted quickly, forming friendships with Trip, T'Pol, Mayweather, and Phlox. It was T'Pol's influence (and a mild crush on Trip) that played the vital role in Hoshi finding her place (just don't tell Reed, who thinks he taught her everything she knows). Hoshi is perhaps the bravest and strongest member of the crew; she's been terrified, wounded, beaten, tortured, and infected with Xindi bio-weapons, but she keeps working as hard and as long as she's able. She also has a vaguely Whedon-esque sense of humour; sarcastic and sometimes absurdist.

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*ranting in Klingon*
"Tell him to shut up."
"SHUT UP!!"
*Archer glares*

Also, according to the novels, but not yet contradicted by anything on-screen, she's an RPG player, and occasionally runs a tabletop sci-fi game in the mess hall.

Like Kaylee, Hoshi has no trouble making the first move (or responding to someone else's obvious interest --like many book-smart people, she has a certain shyness, and is "vulnerable" to flattery), but first a guy'll have to pique her interest, which is a bit more work than just being smart. They have to intrigue her by offering something she doesn't know --they have to be smarter than her, IOW.

(Actually, it'd be more a case of Kaylee thinking Hoshi's competition than any actual Hoshi/Simon sparkage. Unless of course Simon's dumbass comment about Kaylee being the only girl available was an actual thought.)

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Travis is a bit of a cardboard cutout, but it's his personality; he's a typical Starfleet officer, doing pretty much exactly what he wants to do. He's a Space-Boomer; born, raised, and living in space. Probably didn't spend any real time on a planet until he went to the Academy. Likely he was terraphobic at first (afraid of the uncontrolled environment of a planet's surface), but he got over that long before we met him. The youthful excitement and enthusiasm that he brought onto the NX-01 four years ago has largely been beaten out of him by Enterprise's adventures --of all the crew, he was (ironically) the most surprised at just how dangerous it is out here. What started out as a grand adventure to see the galaxy has turned serious and deadly. It bothers Mayweather that he's starting to look at all alien contact as a combat risk, but he's doing what he, ultimately, still loves to do. He has stardust in his blood, and he can't turn away from what he now knows is out there.

The most important thing in Mayweather's life is his family; the Mayweather

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