Q finally works up the courage to woe Picard. And he does his research on what generally qualifies as ‘human courting’.
So, Picard is now getting jewellry, wine, chocolate, roses and music tapes.
That alone wouldn’t really be that bad.
But Picard can’t help but think that Q is actually trying to humiliate him when a teddy bear holding a heart is found on his chair. On. The. Bridge.
Honestly, the concept that Q needs Picard more than Picard needs him is interesting. Because it would be so utterly foreign and frankly maybe even a bit terrifying for Q if he ever were to be confronted by this.
Because he is the godlike, ancient entity and Picard is the human. If between the two of them one should feel the need for the others company even from a distance or even just in thougths than it should be Picard.
Yet instead, Q is the one who has to vie for Picards attention.
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Some people count to ten or say a mantra when they're stressed.
This is what Q says when he's stressed.
This is his happy place.
His place of safety and peace.
I think there might actually be some truth to this.
After all, when he got kicked out from the Continuum and wandered alone in space who did he go to?
When he got banished and had to chose any place and species in the entire universa what and whose ship did he choose?
There are also two comics, one where Q is all alone sitting on an ocean with a bottle of wine and full of self-pity and then he first comes across Picard which immediatly changes his mood
there is also another comic where q basically becomes the most powerful being in the universe and at the ned of the comic, still slightly glowing, he visits Picard who immediatly knocks him down a notch. So I think Q really was on a power high but needed someone to ground him.
There is also the theory that Tapestry happens after Qs short stay on DS9, so after Vash leaves him (even though he left her on a planet before that) and Sisko bruises more than just his ego.
Aside from death, another more fitting demise for Viren as a villain would be if his soul got trapped inside an inanimate object (courtesy of Aaravos) if only because he himself inflicted this fate upon others before.
I mean, I have seen the comic where Rayla ‘meets’ Aaravos and sees his collection of dark mages of the past and how Callum could become part of that collection.
So now that Aaravos is about to freed, maybe he is already thinking about (re)starting that collection of his. Starting with the very mage who had given Aarvos his ear, eye and body.
Considering the trailer, I am going to be making the prediction that Viren won’t survive the sereies but won’t necessarily die in Season 5 but probably in season 6 or season 7 tops. Season 5 will be the built up for finding a way to stop the Mage Fam (or at leat what remained of it) while also trying to find a way to kill Aaravos in case they fail (which they will).
I think they are going to keep Viren around for at least season 6 since I think Viren is going to sacrifice himself trying to stop Aaravos even if Virens only and main motiviation would be in trying to keep Claudia from becoming another one of Aarvos puppets like he had become.
Season 5 is probably going to end with Claudia and Terry freeing Aaravos despite Rayllumm and Cos. combined efforts. And it’s going to be just in time before Virens ultimate demise.
watching a video on brewing Mesopotamian beer and look at this orange man (his ass cannot guard the barley)
Okay, but Aaravos actually keeping his word but his and Virens dynamic taking a complete turn with Aaravos making it very clear who is now whose master and getting Viren to humble himself enough to ask him ‘How may I serve you?’
I think the worst thing Picard could ever say to Q is “You mean nothing to me.”
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THE HUMAN CONDITION
Let’s all take a moment to remember that in Deja Q, poor Q, who was scared upon experiencing for the first time in millions of aeons what it’s like to have a mortal body that falls asleep for example, told Picard that he needed guidance, and Picard just brushed him off.
Q told Picard, whom he trusted out of ALL beings in the Universe, that he needed support in learning what it was to be human, and Picard just came back with, “If you want to continue with this charade, you can do it alone.”
I felt bad for Q. The anxiety at being in a fragile, human body, and cut off from his home, The Universe, and all that he had ever known in his existence, and not a single person could be bothered to give him at least some sort of orientation into having a human body. Come ON! It didn’t even have to be a good orientation. A few explanations of what it’s like to be tired, what it feels like when you have to go to the bathroom, feel hunger, etc.
We know the anxiety and even FEAR when something unexpected happens in our bodies (a sudden pain, bleeding, etc). We know this to be true.
Granted, Q is feeling normal sensations, but DAMN!
He must’ve been so scared.
And he STILL loved Picard enough to throw a party at the end and give him ALL the credit for saving him from the Calamarain when Q2 did it! 🥲🥲😭😭😭
I just…can’t.
