tv is bad for you

[clear-horizons.livejournal.com]

Picard was sitting, watching television.

To be precise, he was watching episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He remembered the Farpoint mission, remembered Q and his 'trial for humanity'. He only grew more sullen when he switched it ahead many episodes to First Contact with the Borg. He watched as a model of the Enterprise was bombarded with weapons fire, glaring when an actor dressed as him came on screen, pleading with Q to help him.

"It's entertainment to them," he said, his voice flat. "It's just entertainment to them."

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[anoldtrickster.livejournal.com]

"It's inspiration."

Wednesday can move suprisingly softly, for a creaky old man, and until his words break the sound of the episode, he might as well have not been there at all.

"Everything you stand for is what they wish they could be. You know something really funny—in the world I come from, the space shuttle Enterprise was named for a starship in a television show."

He sounds sort of wistful.

[cowsquirtdrinkr.livejournal.com]

"It's not." The Middleman said, having entered the Media Library and overheard Picard.

"Well, it is entertainment, on a certain level, but it's much more than that."

[sonof-mogh.livejournal.com]

"Captain!" Worf was unsettled. He was used to the captain maintaining hsi cool, although, yes, when the Borg were involved he tended to be more...well, passionate. But still, even Worf could see the angry rant at the human girl was unneeded. He hurried after Picard, searching briefly for the man before he found him into the media library. He stepped quietly into the room, looking at the screen with a certain degree of unease and disgust. It was strange to see their lives palyed out on a screen...but there was something more important at the moment. He paused, standing a respectful distance behind Picard before he spoke.

"Captain, please. Show some restraint." This from Worf? Well, he had learned quite a bit on Deep Space Nine. "You must remember, not all of these people are from our world. Most have never encountered the Borg. And while I understand your personal feelings about the Borg, you cannot allow them to control you like this. With all due respect, sir, it sets a poor example for the crew and is detrimental to moral. Remember what happened to you on the Enterprise-E."

[reaverkiller.livejournal.com]

"At least you weren't canceled after fifteen episodes."

River has been doing some research, and talking with certain people, and she's decidedly put out by the untimely demise of her very own TV show.

[ihatefire.livejournal.com]

"What in the flipping hell was that?!"

If you're expecting sympathy, Jean-Luc, it's not what you're going to get. Not from her. There's an imperious, defiant expression on her face.

One captain speaking to another.

See the icon. You know, minus the gun and all, but the expression could shoot to kill.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"Correction, somebody from our worlds came up with the show as entertainment. People think more of it than just that, especially you asked some of my friends," Kate remarked as a pause inbetween episodes.

She stepped further in, and added with some snark, "That is if you don't try to bite their head off and punch them in the gut if they do so. *Captain.*"

[captain-jtk.livejournal.com]

Hey, Picard. It's Kirk. The other Captain slips in, placing a hand on the back of Picard's seat, "Captain, I thought I mind find you here. That outburst... what was that about?"

He looks genuinely curious, "I'm afraid I don't know anything of the future or... of what you've encountered, but I have been in first contact situations and I have lost crew to them before."