glaring DS9 plot hole: the changeling blood screening test could have easily been bypassed if the changeling was simply swallowed by a loyal party, whose blood would then appear completely normally when separated from the body.
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glaring DS9 plot hole: the changeling blood screening test could have easily been bypassed if the changeling was simply swallowed by a loyal party, whose blood would then appear completely normally when separated from the body.
happy 30th birthday to the single greatest episode of television ever
it’s funny trying to figure out from thumbnails where you left off in your Star Trek rewatch when all the thumbnails look like this
Picard: NO CHILDREN ON THE BRIDGE.
Picard on meeting Wesley: Son boy allowed... (don't touch anything).
Picard five minutes later: SON BOY NOT ALLOWED GET OFF THE BRIDGE.
I hate being this type of "why didn't the character just act logically" fan but it drives me insane that quality of mercy doesn't even have Pike consider warning those children and quitting starfleet! Or taking a desk job or literally any other option besides this false binary literally invented by him. It would have been so much more interesting than a bad balance of terror ripoff if he had explored that option and concluded that it either still led to horrible outcomes or that he would rather choose a shorter career in starfleet and the good that came with it over his personal wellbeing. They could have even done the cliche more people will die if you leave thing which would have been a lot smarter and more interesting on a character level.
T'Pring. Nice to meet you. Got to say, you are very attractive for a prison guard.
riker would love hatsune miku