#i also just hate that she retires (good for her) yet s3 picard acts like shes still in active service which is SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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i think the nature in which kathryn retires in the prodigy universe is sad. like losing faith in the cause youd once doubtlessly sacrifice your life to uphold. i think that in itself is sad and hopleless for her. as opposed to how the first splinter timeline treats it, which was a forced “retirement” (albeit brief) where at first she struggles with giving up the fight but settles into how the universe is not in her control nor will it ever be and she finds peace in that. its not inaccurate to her character, but it sucks that its where we landed.

the same could be said for chakotay who’s serving a cause kathryn once held dear but starfleet no longer resembles what it once was. why go back into that? after how they were fine with abandoning him lol. idk maybe he thinks he would have made that call too and his life was too insignificant to risk so much. maybe him and kathryn disagree over that :T

it just sucks that starfleet’s future is so bleak in canon and seeing where it has now canonically placed these characters who had such interesting and evolving perspectives on starfleet. maybe it was inevitable with what picard did and impossible to satisfactorily salvage while still complimenting the other series. in support of the decisions prodigy made, those are the cards they were unfortunately dealt. i mostly just dont like where chakotay landed lol for all that he endured. maybe he owes it to his protostar crew. its just hard to justify. like girl settle down and do anthropology, captaincy was never your dream i hate that thats what gets pushed on EVERY beloved trek character it feels like.

i think itd be really interesting to explore the switch in roles shes taken with chakotay though. like no doubt wouldnt be surprised if she helped the romulan evacuation despite starfleet’s reluctance similarly to picard. almost maquis in nature. i just think its frustrating it so easily pits chakotay against her tho lol. like if they were younger, YES ABSOLUTELY. but ummmmm they really should not have a dog in this fight anymore imo.