Tag: Deanna Troi

Sylvia Tilly’s Kindness and Weaponizing Friendship

Sylvia Tilly projects herself as a trusted ally early in the series when she immediately befriends Michael Burnham who at that point is still thought of through a negative light...

By Richard J Tilley June 17, 2023 Kindness Literacy, Star Trek
Data’s Kindness

Data is repeatedly referred to as successfully emulating humanity, though he would rarely agree according to his own self-assessment. Data went beyond human traits to capture and characterize exaggerated forms...

By Richard J Tilley June 17, 2023 Kindness Literacy, Star Trek
Depersonalization and Violence in The Next Generation episode, “Violations,” and the Voyager episode, “Remember”

“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.” –...

By Richard J Tilley June 17, 2023 Star Trek, Trauma
Community and Found Family in Star Trek

PHLOX: When you invited me to join this crew, I thought it would be an interesting diversion for a few months. Some time away from the complications of family, which...

By Richard J Tilley June 16, 2023 Star Trek

Sylvia Tilly’s Kindness and Weaponizing Friendship