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Tuvok’s Moral Middle Ground

June 17, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

Tuvok was not without his forays into romance outside of the strict, sacred bond he held with his wife, T’Pel, in the Alpha Quadrant. True, there were manufactured instances of romance, such as in “Body and Soul” (2000) when Tom Paris prescribed Tuvok time in the holodeck with a hologram of his wife in order … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek Tagged: BElanna, Captain Janeway, Deep Space Nine, DS9, Guill, Harry Kim, holodeck, holosuite, Janeway, Maquis, Marayna, Mari, Neelix, Noss, pon farr, Sisko, Solok, Star Trek, Star Trek Voyager, Teero Anaydis, Tom Paris, TPel, Tuvok, Voyager

Depersonalization and Violence in The Next Generation episode, “Violations,” and the Voyager episode, “Remember”

June 17, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

“I think no one can deny the seed of violence remains within each of us. We must recognize that, because that violence is capable of consuming each of us.” – Jean-Luc Picard  In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, “Violations,” (1992) Counselor Deanna Troi is subject to forced thought insertion. What is highly important … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, Trauma Tagged: BElanna, Betazoids, Chakotay, Dathan, Deanna Troi, Enarans, Jareth, Korenna, Mari, memory, mental health, Nimira, Picard, Star Trek, Star Trek The Next Generation, Star Trek Voyager, Tam Elburn, The Doctor, The Next Generation, Trauma, Ullian, Voyager

Holo-Morals

June 16, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

The holodeck, or holosuites, offer a grand rejection of reality. However, it is through that dismissal of the restraints of reality that we see the crews of Voyager and Deep Space Nine inject themselves into a cascade of criminal conduct. In the Voyager episode “Worst Case Scenario” (1997) and the Deep Space Nine episode “Badda-Bing, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek Tagged: BElanna, Captain Janeway, Dax, Deep Space Nine, Doctor Bashir, DS9, Enterprise, Ezri Dax, Ferengi, Gul Dukat, holodeck, holosuite, Kasidy Yates, Kira, Kira Nerys, Maquis, Miles OBrien, Odo, Sisko, Star Trek, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Star Trek Voyager, Tom Paris, Tuvok, Vic Fontaine, Voyager

Star Trek Enterprise’s “Dear Doctor” and Voyager’s “Nothing Human”

June 5, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

In Star Trek Enterprise’s “Dear Doctor” (2002), Dr. Phlox hopes and aspires to not cure a global population suffering from a spreading disease that is killing them by the millions. Dr. Phlox would prefer not to find a cure. Such a harsh dialectic tone coming from the doctor invades our sense of ethics while turning … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek Tagged: Archer, Bajoran, BElanna, Captain Janeway, Crell Moset, Declaration of Helsinki, Enterprise, Ferengi, James Marion Sims, Janeway, Menk, Phlox, Prime Directive, Star Trek, Star Trek Enterprise, Star Trek Voyager, Tabor, The Doctor, The Nuremberg Code, TPol, Valakians, Voyager, Vulcans

Trauma and Post-Modern Subtext in Star Trek

April 20, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

B’Elanna Torres, martyrologies, the resolve of violence superstructures to persist as their own solutions – just as the competing martyrologies-imposed doctrines of violence, so, too, did Lt. Torres imposed violence upon herself in “Extreme Risk” as the solution to coming to terms with the holodeck grotesque imagery she created upon learning of the fate of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, Trauma Tagged: Aamin Marritza, Bajor, Bajoran, BElanna, Cardassian, Curzon Dax, Dax, Deep Space Nine, DS9, Gul Darhe’el, Gul Dukat, holodeck, Jadzia, Kira, Kira Nerys, martyrologies, Occupation, Odo, oppression, Star Trek, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Star Trek Voyager, Terok Nor, terrorism, Trauma, Vaatrik, Vaclav Havel, Voyager

Seven of Nine and Unexpected Kindness

April 20, 2023 by Richard J Tilley

Seven of Nine is established in Star Trek: Picard’s “Stardust City Rag” (2020) as a mother figure; loving and in the continuous pain of having lost who she refers to as “my child,” Icheb, to Bjayzl and those who murder Borg (and former Borg) for their cybernetic implants. This is not the first time we … [Read more…]

Posted in: Kindness Literacy, Star Trek Tagged: astrometrics, BElanna, Bjayzl, Borg, Captain Janeway, Chakotay, Fenris Rangers, Harry Kim, holodeck, Icheb, Janeway, Jeri Ryan, Kindness, Naomi Wildman, Neelix, Picard, Seven, Seven of Nine, Star Trek, Star Trek Picard, Star Trek Voyager, The Doctor, Voyager

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