Board 8 > Star Trek: The Next Character Ranking [TNCR]

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wtf is that worf?
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12. Benjamin Sisko
"I am not Picard! … I have a much worse actor."

What if a captain
Hated holodeck programs
For not having racism in a 1930s recreation of a bar I'm still mad at that Jesus Christ it makes no sense that Sisko would care even a little bit about historical inaccuracies in a bar program made for the crew to kill time in between missions, in the logic of this universe racism was solved centuries before Sisko was even born, it's something no one cares about anymore and the holodeck is rarely accurate to history anyway.
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11. Quark
"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good."

A greedy merchant
With a soul sees error but
Too proud to admit.
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10. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
"Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not part of a Star Trek character ranking!"

Cantankerous man
Balancer to Kirk and Spock
Funny, clever, smart.
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So where's everyone else who was ranking?
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9. Odo
"Harumph."

Order and justice
Conflict, love, and hard choices
Good actor as well.
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8. Q
"My purpose as a character is to test humanity's progress, to provide a foil for Picard, and to embarrass myself on non-TNG shows."

The quote sums it up.
Q's a fun and smart foil
On Next Gen, at least.
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7. Elim Garak
"Lies are interpretations of the truth."

DS9 has great
Side characters for certain.
Garak is the best.
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6. Seven of Nine
"Captain, I've noticed that all of the characters on this show are terrible except one. I'll join and make it two."

Her son went to the
Same high school that I went to
Dumb fact of the day.
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5. Worf
"Captain, I've decided to be the third most interesting person on the ship and expand Klingon culture. Weirdly, no one will ever do the same with the Romulans."

Torn between two worlds
Spock, Worf, Odo, Seven of Nine
And T'Pol I guess.
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4. The Doctor
"I've found that having a terrible bedside manner helps my patients."

The inverse Data
About as interesting
Makes show bearable.
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Wish Garak had been in more eps. Such an amazing character.
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Wouldn't the inverse Data be more like a Vulcan? A biological being supressing their emotions?
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redrocket_pub posted...

Wouldn't the inverse Data be more like a Vulcan? A biological being supressing their emotions?

You'd think that. Originally in Star Trek Phase 2 (the TOS relaunch that never happened), Leonard Nimoy wouldn't return, so they invented a new Vulcan named Xon to take his place, who felt no emotions but wanted to. Xon appears in the first movie and gets randomly killed, and when TNG rolled around they retooled the concept to be Data. So in that sense, Data was meant to be the inverse of Spock, which they even comment upon in the episode where they meet.

I'm not sure how intentional it is, but the Doctor is also an inverse of Data. Both of them are artificial beings, but where Data is inhuman and wants to be more human, the Doctor is equally inhuman in design but very human psychologically and also wants to develop his humanity.

Maybe it's not a perfect inverse, but eh.
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redrocket_pub posted...

Wouldn't the inverse Data be more like a Vulcan? A biological being supressing their emotions?

You'd think that. Originally in Star Trek Phase 2 (the TOS relaunch that never happened), Leonard Nimoy wouldn't return, so they invented a new Vulcan named Xon to take his place, who felt no emotions but wanted to. Xon appears in the first movie and gets randomly killed,

Fascinating. Is he even named on screen or have any lines?
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redrocket_pub posted...

Fascinating. Is he even named on screen or have any lines?

Yes. I don't remember if his name is still Xon, but he's Kirk's new science officer in the first part of the movie. He introduces himself to Kirk on Earth, says maybe three sentences (it might actually just be one), and Kirk tells him to meet him on the ship. Then later the transporter breaks while transporting him and he's turned inside out and dies screaming, and that's the last of him. Such a pointless subplot.
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3. Data
"I've been around humans for decades, but I'm only just now learning about expressions and sarcasm."

The heart of the show
Smart, charismatic, pleasant
Who doesn't like him?
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2. Jean-luc Picard
"My interests include flute playing, fencing, poetry, redneck off roading, and classical theater."

A real actor.
Complex, smart, ethical, kind.
Opposite Janeway.
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2 Because I screwed up the numbering system at some point. Spock
"Fascinating."

He made Star Trek good.
Really, I'm not kidding here.
He's the key factor.
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1. James Tiberius Kirk
"I don't know if there's a chance but we've got to tryyyyyy."

First and best captain
Deeper than people believe
Damn strong character.

And we're done.
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Spock shooting up the ranks
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