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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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This is news to me now. I didn’t know Sarah P. was Asian. That’s pretty cool.
Her last name is “Park” — that’s like the second most Korean last name someone can have 😛
Honestly it doesn’t sound Korean to me. I guess maybe I’m little rascist myself but I always thought Korean names were like Wang, Kong, Yang, Wok. I don’t know Park just sounds more like a typical last name of anyone of any ethnic background.
…Langland, next time you say “Maybe I’m a little racist” think about what you say next.
Let’s break this down —
Wang is Chinese.
Yang and Kong CAN be Korean, but are much more common in China (although Kang is not uncommon in Korea).
And Wok is a Chinese cooking utensil dude. I’m not aware of anyone having that as a surname.
The top three Korean surnames are (in order of commonness) Kim, Lee, and Park. Those three surnames literally make up nearly half of all Koreans.
What about Park Chung-hee, the South Korean president who was really a dictator but was on friendly terms with the US because he wasn’t a communist?
Or, to be a bit nicer, the CURRENT president of South Korea Park Geun-hye (the first woman President of South Korea).
Or, to go Korean American — actress Grace Park of Battlestar Galactica and Hawaii Five-0. Or Linda Park of Star Trek: Enterprise.
Or Steve Park, the stand-up comic and In Living Color cast member. Park Chung-hee was just the first to come to mind for me because i recently took a Korean Culture course and that guy was mentioned a lot.
Sorry remember but remember Trae in your own words. I have no filters.
stupid typo
By the way I do recall in No Brand’s schedule they had full names on their wall of people who have to work what.
Depends on the Workforce head. I used to use just first names and nicknames when I did the scheduling back in the day
It’s possible for Sarah Park to go by a nickname, but with events so far, Racist Sarah gets the short end of the stick.
Typically in such situations, I’d let the two work it out between themselves. But as mentioned, everyone has their own way of doing things.
I haven’t explained this yet, but since Sarah Park is also staff, her shifts are preprinted on the master schedule unlike the volunteers.
Bill can sympathize.
Also, too bad Max didn’t take a page out of Professor River Song’s book of name differentiation…