Mike DiCenso wrote:
Even given that, it still is a perversion of the character or Jean Luc Picard by saying that he is weak-minded enough to fall prey to Force manipulation powers so readily. This is the guy who was tortured for days, possibly weeks on end before he started to give in, and the same man who resisted the Borg's assimilation into their collective enough that he was able to get a piece of critical information on how to defeat them to Data.
consequences wrote:
This wasn't an all-out blatant attack on his will, or a brute force crushing of his soul under the onslaught of a hive-mind. This was an insidious use of his own feelings against him, so that his own will did most of the work of tearing down his defenses. If Picard was more accepting of his hatred of the Borg, it wouldn't have worked nearly as easily.
Of course, what everyone here is conveniently forgetting is that he was perfectly willing to direct the obliteration of the Federation Fleet at WOlf 359, and actively fight off a rescue attempt. It was only after he'd been recovered and a fair amount of effort to get throught to him that he was able to turn on the Collective.
Even if we were to accept what you say, the fact is it is at best a highly out of date version of Picard, who one might argue in ST:FC expunged or gained control over the demons of his Borg assimilation past at the end of the movie. In other words, for this easily manipulated Picard to exist at all the way he does in Wong's story, he could not have gone through any sort of character growth whatsoever. The story would have had to set itself before the Dominion War and before the events of ST:FC to have the slightest credibility.
As for your statement of willingness to lead the Borg. He did not. That is an outright lie of the events of BoBW that goes against everything in the story, including his sufficently successful resistance against them at the story's end which allowed Data and the E-D crew to defeat them. He was turned into Locutus
unwillingly. A point made solidly in ST:FC. He
never gave in. Was he scarred by the abduction and assimilation? Yes. Did he learn over time to get over it? Yes.
Mike DiCenso wrote:
I also find it funny Consequences that you were affected enough by what's being said here on this forum that you still feel it necessary to jump in and defend a mediocre piece of fankwank fiction. ;-)
-Mike
consequences wrote:Consider it the straw that resulted in spinal repair surgery for a dromedary. Generally, I can predict the path of discussion here well enough that I don't feel the need to set the dance in motion. In this case, I knew that Chain of Command and BoBW would be brought up, and felt that the situation was significantly different enough to still warrant typing.
Besides, merely being a mediocre piece of fanwank fiction would still put it in the top 10-20% of literary efforts online. Don't make me post the link to Star Destroyers Rampant to prove my point. :P
Darn, now I feel dirty just typing that. :(
Did also consider other possible points being brought up, Dr. Manhattan? Do much for your ability to prognosticate. Did you ever consider Picard's character arc in ST:FC, or Picard controlling his darker emotions in "The Gambit, Part II", which allowed him to defeat the power of the Stone of Gol? No? It shows that neither you nor Wong understand the character.
As for posting a link to the other story. Do your worst! I've suffered through readings of Marissa Picard and held onto my sanity! I double dare you to do it! DO IT! ;-)
-Mike