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beccaelizabeth) wrote2011-02-09 03:01 pm
beccaelizabeth) wrote2011-02-09 03:01 pm
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ST:TNG Journey's End
Hi Wil *waves*
... I can sort of see why he grew the beard. I'm just saying.
So, this was an interesting choice for how to leave the character. Instead of starfleet like he'd always been aimed at, his has a vision of his dad being all 'stop following me' and quits. Okay then. Not like we'd been cheering Wes on since the beginning. No problem.
... actually I can remember really relating to that little revelation. I saw this first time around, though there's large chunks of this season I did not see. I suspect that means it was turbulent times. But when I was a teenager I was stuck doing what I was told, and I had to start over with my studies after I got a chance to choose the topic myself, so, Wesley doing the vision quest thing? Excellent relatable.
It's just a little odd to have your character go off to ascend to another level of existence. I mean, that doesn't usually happen.
What is cool though is the writer did it to show that not everyone wants to be in uniform and go serve on a fighting ship in starfleet. That's a past time for it sort of a demonstration right there.
Not so much cool, what about his mum? Is none of his lifelong motivation about the actual surviving parent? What happened to the relation between mother and son? Is there no story there? *sigh*
So what I wanted to post about was: North American Indians? What, they don't have a name any more? Cause I thought there were lots of different names and different peoples doing their thing, with languages and specific traditions and all. But maybe they got all joined up and went off on this 200 year planet quest and that's the best name they could decide on. Still... their story meeting Wesley's story like this is... I can see what the writer connection is, it's all about following your fathers, trying to be same, trying to be different, trying to be a good father and a good son. It's good stuff. It's just, they're writing about some culture that isn't white and standard for the setting, and they're writing them solely to provide inspiration for the white kid. I feel I've seen this before. A few times. Or, you know, a lot.
The bit with the pointing out that actually moving them on again again is Not Cool is an interesting starting point, but the other part of what bugged me was there were white people in charge at Starfleet, there's an Indian representative they can listen to and ignore, and it's like they're saying the power structure is, racially, much like it is in the USA right now. Power is white and petitions are native and going to be ignored. Where's the Admiral with a relevant ancestry? Where's the dissent within Starfleet from the equally powerful? We spread out to the stars and the power balance stays the same? How screwed is that?
Also: everyone talking to the Captain is a bloke? Great... one minority per ticky box is it?
The Wesley story worked, basically, but the other story bugged me.
PS Have in fact done all the reading I brought home with me from college already, hence the Trek. Next time shall bring two books and be optimistic so I'll have more to read when I'm done.
... I can sort of see why he grew the beard. I'm just saying.
So, this was an interesting choice for how to leave the character. Instead of starfleet like he'd always been aimed at, his has a vision of his dad being all 'stop following me' and quits. Okay then. Not like we'd been cheering Wes on since the beginning. No problem.
... actually I can remember really relating to that little revelation. I saw this first time around, though there's large chunks of this season I did not see. I suspect that means it was turbulent times. But when I was a teenager I was stuck doing what I was told, and I had to start over with my studies after I got a chance to choose the topic myself, so, Wesley doing the vision quest thing? Excellent relatable.
It's just a little odd to have your character go off to ascend to another level of existence. I mean, that doesn't usually happen.
What is cool though is the writer did it to show that not everyone wants to be in uniform and go serve on a fighting ship in starfleet. That's a past time for it sort of a demonstration right there.
Not so much cool, what about his mum? Is none of his lifelong motivation about the actual surviving parent? What happened to the relation between mother and son? Is there no story there? *sigh*
So what I wanted to post about was: North American Indians? What, they don't have a name any more? Cause I thought there were lots of different names and different peoples doing their thing, with languages and specific traditions and all. But maybe they got all joined up and went off on this 200 year planet quest and that's the best name they could decide on. Still... their story meeting Wesley's story like this is... I can see what the writer connection is, it's all about following your fathers, trying to be same, trying to be different, trying to be a good father and a good son. It's good stuff. It's just, they're writing about some culture that isn't white and standard for the setting, and they're writing them solely to provide inspiration for the white kid. I feel I've seen this before. A few times. Or, you know, a lot.
The bit with the pointing out that actually moving them on again again is Not Cool is an interesting starting point, but the other part of what bugged me was there were white people in charge at Starfleet, there's an Indian representative they can listen to and ignore, and it's like they're saying the power structure is, racially, much like it is in the USA right now. Power is white and petitions are native and going to be ignored. Where's the Admiral with a relevant ancestry? Where's the dissent within Starfleet from the equally powerful? We spread out to the stars and the power balance stays the same? How screwed is that?
Also: everyone talking to the Captain is a bloke? Great... one minority per ticky box is it?
The Wesley story worked, basically, but the other story bugged me.
PS Have in fact done all the reading I brought home with me from college already, hence the Trek. Next time shall bring two books and be optimistic so I'll have more to read when I'm done.