Did Picard really want Lawaxanna?
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WyldeGoose — 9 years ago(September 12, 2016 02:01 PM)
No. You don't need to be a telepath to know that Picard was not the least bit attracted to this harridan.
Lwaxana Troi may not necessarily be physically ugly, but she behaves like a complete lout. I feel sorry for Ian Troi, the man she married (under threat of black-mail, no doubt), and I believe he committed suicide rather than be enslaved to this creature. Wait, you say, Deanna said that her father adored her mother. I'm sure he adored her the same way all the folks in the missing town of Peaksville, Ohio all sure do love Anthony! Isn't he swell! Think good thoughts about Anthony folks! He's a nice boy! You don't want to be wished away into the corn field, do you? Because that's where everyone that's bad goes!
(In case you didn't get that last reference, watch the Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life.")
Every time she shows up on the Enterprise, Picard ought to make a formal complaint about her behavior to Starfleet and the Federation Council. She's obnoxious, rude, and a complete jack-ass. She has no respect for anyone else's authority or responsibilities. She uses the Enterprise as if it's her own damn personal yacht on the pretext that her daughter serves; on that basis alone I'd have immediately had Deanna transferred anywhere (Starfleet HQ would be funny). -
Nakitaakita-1 — 9 years ago(September 12, 2016 02:06 PM)
I think in the first episode they meet he could be attracted to her.
He didn't Know her before, so I saw this as a possibility certainly.
Sure after he got to know her better maybe he wasn't as attracted to her.
we need more diversity in sports. Where are the short, fat Asians! -
WyldeGoose — 9 years ago(September 12, 2016 04:31 PM)
I think he was being a little generous, but it's possible. As soon as she opens her gob, however, any possible attraction Picard may have had would quickly evaporate. Maybe if he were drunk or stoned enough, he might be more interested.
Because character matters in anyone. Charm, style, grace, generosity, courtesy, and wit all matter. Troi has none of that. What she has is her telepathy, and she wields it like a shield and a sword. And there is authority that comes from that power; just a word alone, true or otherwise, can wreck someone's reputation, if even for a short while. I think she probably does things like that to shield her own persona from the fact that only her daughter likes her. Personally, I think she's a psychopath. -
cjh8504 — 9 years ago(September 13, 2016 09:02 PM)
She wasn't all bad. Man, Wylde was really going on about her. That episode with David Ogden Stiers, the name escapes me at theHalf A Life, was fantastic.
RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great. -
AndrewGS — 9 years ago(September 25, 2016 08:20 AM)
I really like this theory but it's hard to have a definitive answer.
I think the strongest indications he does was in "Manhunt" where he is
so
thankful to Data for getting him away from the dinner (as if something would have definitely happened otherwise) and then at the end where he looks embarrassed at her reading his thoughts as if they were accurate.