this is the best scene in star trek
HIS FACE
mistress q is the fiercest bitch in all of star trek
This is the moment when I first really gained respect for Chakotay in the series. I knew that he was obviously intelligent and a good fighter, that much was apparent from the loyalty that the Maquis crew gave to him. However I felt like his skills and attributes were never truly put on display as other characters’ were earlier in the season, until this point.
This was a moment where Chakotay seemed to show exactly how he complimented Janeway’s leadership, and just what insight he brings to the crew. Janeway is a scientist and explorer at heart, but Chakotay shows clear interest and skills in Anthropology. He makes sure that their quest for knowledge doesn’t come at the expense of another culture’s beliefs and obviously holds a great deal of respect for those beliefs, and knows how to best study them unobtrusively. I think the human race could learn a lot from those sentiments.
To be honest I really wish that the Voyager writers had drawn upon his affinity for other cultures a lot more and his skills of interpreting them. I know that Neelix was made ambassador because of his knowledge of the delta quadrant cultures and his ability to work well with even ones he wasn’t familiar with, but I really think they could have brought Chakotay in on it too, and maybe even had another episode where his skills were used and featured. I don’t know, it just seemed like they set him with these strong character traits and could have done a lot more with them. I love the show, and I love Chakotay’s character as a part of it, but this is something I would have liked to see more of.
dontblinktheangelshavecamelot:
Look! There was a fan fiction article in today’s Washington Express (a free daily I newspaper put out by the Washington Post in Washington DC)
Article credit, Beth Marlowe (Express)
Art credit, Patrick Leger (For Express)
This is fantastic!!
#IS HIS FACE WHEN KIRK AND SPOCK WALK IN #LIKE LEGIT ‘YAY MUM AND DAD ARE HOME DID YOU BRING ME STUFF?’
#it’s like the last day of shore leave #and kirk and spock are just relaxing and all of a sudden kirk is like ”shit! we forgot to get something for the kids!” #and spock is all ”captain you don’t have to get presents for the crew every time - ” #and kirk just interrupts with ”CHEKOV’S FACE.” #and spock considers this and then wordlessly gets up and heads in the direction of the souvenir stand
Scotty: The Enterprise. Show me the Bridge of the Enterprise, you chattering piece of …
Computer: There have been five Federation ships with that name. Please specify registry number.
Chakotay: Happy birthday.
Janeway: Happy what?
Chakotay: Today is May 20th.
Janeway: Is it? I thought we were still in April. Guess I’ve lost track of the time.
Chakotay: Well, this should help.
Janeway: (holds the watch in her hand) …it’s beautiful.
Chakotay: Nineteenth century, mechanical movement. It’s a replica of the chronometer worn by Captain Cray of the British Navy, His ship was hit by a typhoon in the Pacific. Everyone back in England thought they were killed but eight months later Cray sailed his ship into London harbor. There wasn’t much left of it, a few planks, half a sail, but he got his crew home.
Janeway: (smiles) I appreciate the sentiment, but I can’t keep this. Recycle it. Can’t afford to waste energy on nonessentials.
Chakotay: Kathryn, I replicated this months ago. I’ve been saving it. I wanted you to have it.
Janeway: That watch represents a meal, a hypospray, or a pair of boots. It could mean the difference between life and death one day.Happy birthday, Captain Janeway
so does the next gen fandom just not talk about that time the crew devolved into lizards and cavemen?
pretty sure the cast wants to forget about it too
