tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post5300047280644036584..comments2024-03-15T07:28:47.064-05:00Comments on Treknobabble: The Next Generation, Season 7: FirstbornUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-38944960169341548252012-09-01T18:08:22.307-05:002012-09-01T18:08:22.307-05:00They didn't explain how he intended to circumv...They didn't explain how he intended to circumvent the "kill yourself in the past" paradox.<br /><br />I also found it interesting not only that Worf had money to buy sweets (or whatever passes for sweets at a Klingon festival), but that Alexander knew what the stuff was and that it was for eating without even looking. Have they been to Klingon festivals before? When did Alexander acquire familiarity with whatever was wrapped in that cloth?<br /><br />It also frustrates me how crappy a father Worf is. He's one of my favorite characters, and they reduced him to, "No, you can't play with your human friends. Oh, you made Klingon friends? Nope, can't even say goodbye to them even though they're expecting you back. Oh, you want to get excited about Klingon culture just like I wanted you to? Nope, that's not in the plans, either. You want to practice with a bat'leth just like I've wanted you to want this WHOLE EPISODE? Nah, let's go do something else."<br /><br />If my father sent that many mixed messages, I wouldn't do anything he wanted, either. I wouldn't know WHAT he wanted. <br /><br />I'd also like to know how they reconcile this with the comic relief that they let Alexander grow into in DS9. Can he serve on a ship without having been through his Rite of Ascension? Does that mean he DID go through with it? Then why didn't he have a proper Klingon name? He wasn't Alexander son of anything when he arrived on the Rotarran. He was still Alexander Rozhenko. Even Worf has Rozhenko and ALSO "son of Mogh". Shouldn't he have been Alexander son of Worf? <br /><br />I could go on and on with the horrific things they did to Alexander as a character, but this has already gotten quite long. <br /><br />(As an aside, am I the only one who's massively entertained that magnesite explodes into glitter? Having looked the stuff up, it's even plausible that it might explode into glitter, too!)Saranoreply@blogger.com