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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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Wait, wait… is it actually possible for someone to be this dumb?!
Alas, yes…
I got nothing. Although it can be easy to forget names or confuse them.
Did he forget the part where Veronica is Max’s girlfriend? Maybe he thinks that she only became con director because she’s sleeping with most of the staff.
At this point it might be wise to have a professional have a talk with Terrence, what ever meds hes taking are not working.
Sarah: the girl who hated on you every time she ever saw you, unlike the rest of the staff…
…who recommended Terrence for Bork Con staff again?
No one – Terrence saw a flier and just showed up to a meeting. Bork Con has an open invitation for new people to pop into meetings to see if they’re interested in joining staff. From what it looks, if you’re interested then you start by working under someone else and gain more responsibilities the longer you stay on and prove you can handle it.
So Bork Con’s staff system is directly based on No Brand Con’s (because it’s the system I know best).
It runs with open meetings — anyone can join “general staff” just by showing up at meetings. Those “general staffers” can join committees (with the consent of the committee or department head that oversees it), but they don’t have to.
…..no Terrance…. just… no…
In what universe is “She’s not my girlfriend!” “Yes, she is.” an exchange that’s anywhere close to sane?