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So I'm just going to come out and say it: My favorite episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation is "Conundrum." It's episode fourteen of season five, and I just deeply love it.
I don't know if it's because I literally just assumed Erich Anderson's Commander McDuff was a random Enterprise officer of the week (which we saw quite often during the show) when I watched it as a kid during the original run, so the twist actually worked on eleven year old me. I don't know if it's because I just like a good "everyone has amnesia" story. I don't even know if it's just because it's a good Ro Laren episode. I don't know if it's just because we learn that Starfleet doesn't give a crap about lasers.
I just like it. It's neat.
And I rewatched it last night, and feel that it holds up -- which is why I found it deeply weird that the folks who wrote the episode actually think it's not that good. My favorite episode of the entire seven season run of the show was a failure according to the folks who wrote it.
And maybe, as a writer and creator, I should remember that.
Like the hardest part of releasing creative works to the public is that often, after a while, I'll start to judge those things far more harshly than when I first made them. Or I'll compare it to the potential I thought an idea had in my head. And if I don't reach that potential, I'll think of it as "bad" -- when it might just be slightly different than that idea. I have one hundred percent published stories that I thought were just sort of okay and later had someone tell me how much it meant to them to read it.
*cough*I Hate November*cough*
So I should make sure I remember Conundrum. That one of my favorite things to rewatch is considered one of those failures by its creators. That the things I make might have value, just not in the way I originally thought they should.
It's just sort of how things work out.
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Burn.
Not really a burn, just a “Nope, I am not interested, do not ask again”. Ruth has a history of being hit on by everyone, she’s probably fairly tired of it.
Kind of glad to not see this stretch out for 13 episodes over one stupid misunderstanding.
I can reference anime here, people at anime cons still watch anime right?
Yes… But not like they use to. Nobrandcon is down to one viewing room and I cannot really fault them. Their just aren’t the numbers to justify the space. That said my nephew spent half his time in the anime room this year.
Good lord calvsie drink some coffee and use a computer next time! Typos and bad auto correct through out, not to mention the grammar!
Really! The anime cons in my area are still going strong. The main difference is the higher grade of cosplay, which seems to be on the upswing.
What I’m not seeing is anime fans at more general conventions.
Anyway, I assumed the slow “no” was the wheels turning in her head after looking at the cover image on the comic. I mean, it’s got a strong resemblance to her, with reversed hair combing…
I’m sure that’s a coincidence. The proper response in that case would not be “No.”, it would be *runs away, screaming*.
I’m sure that’s a coincidence. The proper response in that case would not be “No.”, it would be *runs away, screaming*.
Eh, I think there’s room for followup here. The questions is ‘-do- you date other people’, not ‘would you given the opportunity?’ Which is very likely to have the same answer. There’s also something to be said for the tone in which the answer was given, which we can’t strictly tell via text based medium.