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TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name

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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I actually liked that Archer was so often out of his depth and had to put on a false confidence. It'd be weird if Starfleet just immediately hit the ground running with an absolute heavyweight of a captain like Picard or something.

I feel like it was a purposeful character choice to have him bumbling around, not really sure what the fuck he was doing, but having to act as if he did for the sake of the crew.

He's meant to be somewhat bad at his job, and regularly confidently incorrect.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not to mention that a lot of his actions become the basis for which the Prime Directive is created. Dude was a bit less "cowboy diplomacy" and more straightforward "cowboy" with decision making.

[–] monkeyman512@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

The "your not my real dad!" relationship with Vulcans at the started didn't help either.