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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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Well then. Jim’s level of unprofessionalism just keeps getting worse, doesn’t it? Also, I’m kinda trying to wrap my head around an alliance between Terrence and Jim… I mean, wow.
I’m disappointed in Jim. Not entirely surprised because people used to power can get awfully petty when they are challenged and lose, but disappointed nonetheless. I liked his low-key style and this isn’t low-key. Sure he’s a calculating social manipulator. Running an organization like Unagi Con, where they hold elections for con posts, that’s practically a job requirement.
Running a FB group and putting numerous posts into it, is time he isn’t spending on Unagi con.
Plus, how hard is it to set up a fake FB account to post from? That’s just lazy.
I’ve seen in happen in real life.
Only asking because I’ve seen this come up IRL for a con… is this anti-Bork Con FB group using the Bork Con logo? Because I’m assuming that Bork Con has their logo trademarked, which means this FB group can’t legally use it without authorization…
Does Jim realize that Terrance is the guy who showed up at UnagiCon in a Nazi uniform? Because even if he’s really, really pissed at Lynn, someone with enough social smarts to stay Unagicon Chair for a decade ought to have given some thought to the potential blowback that could come from palling around with a guy that likes to dress up as a Nazi. Because that’s bound to come out at some point.
I think it’s been established that Jim doesn’t have a problem with that.
Honest to God, I thought it was going to be Gardner and Terrance ganging up on Bork Con. Who knew?