A question about Q's physical appearance.
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eddysl12 — 9 years ago(September 24, 2016 02:40 PM)
If you are going to project authority then you would want to appear as a middle-aged man.
I think it's the same reason a lot of young soldiers would not want say a young general leading them into combat. A young general would be more prone to making mistakes with them and costing them their lives than a general with some gray hair on his head. At the same time they wouldn't want a general who seemed to be so old that they would have to wonder if he was mentally all there.
It's very hard to be a pretty boy and project authority and gravitas. -
cjh8504 — 9 years ago(September 24, 2016 06:27 PM)
Not for nothing, but De Lancie isn't exactly the ugliest man in the world. You guys are talking about him like he's the elephant man.
RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Matt Roberts. You were great. -
eddysl12 — 9 years ago(September 24, 2016 08:57 PM)
Given that Q views human beings as flawed, it only makes sense that he would present himself as an okay but not perfect-looking human with something of a lisp.
Q did for a moment show Picard and the bridge crew his real self, and if memory serves he had something like four heads and multiple arms. I'm sure to another Q that would be a beautiful sight to behold and to Q himself that would probably be the model of perfection.
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Nakitaakita-1 — 9 years ago(September 25, 2016 08:27 AM)
I agree, I don't think he is that bad looking.
I think if he was too good looking it would seem pretentious.
He is supposed to look like an average guy when he appears on the ship.
If he wanted to look Greek god like, he could have just been portrayed as a ball of bright light instead of a person at all.
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seldon913 — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 02:22 PM)
Say it with a picture:
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FinalFight — 9 years ago(September 28, 2016 02:37 PM)
Anybody's guess.
He chose a combination of physical traits that would evoke certain feelings in people looking at him.
It is random and he has little control over it like Doctor Who regenerations.
He needs to use someone's body when in our dimension like angels/demons do in Supernatural.
He was given this appearance by other Qs.
