#true q

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Mood

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PAUSING ON TRUE Q

I watched True Q tonight, and I think it's interesting that Picard is really calm throughout pretty much the whole episode.

He talks calmly to Q, proceeds to go about his normal captain duties, works with Data in the investigation of Amanda's parents' death, all while knowing that Q is roaming around his ship free as a bird with Amanda, hanging about Beverly's medical lab, causing warp core breaches, etc.

You aren't at least a little bit worried, Picard?

Picard also seems far more collaborative with Q, especially in the "Pals" scene. Why?

Perhaps Picard can tell that Q's focus is not on him, but on poor Amanda?

I also like how Picard is wearing his traditional uniform in the scene when Amanda throws Q across the room, and in the immediate following scene in the Ready Room (Where Q is looking mighty embarrassed, "She's a little spitfire, isn't she?", etc) Picard is wearing his black-shouldered captain's jacket and blue shirt.

A meaningless costume change mistake for the production team, but from a narrative standpoint, it makes me ask, "What did Q and Picard do between the Amanda Q throwing scene and the Ready Room conversation scene?

Did Q sulk somewhere to lick his wounds while Picard went to bed, and they met in Picard's Ready Room the next morning?

Q looked very embarrassed in Picard's Ready Room, twisting his uniform collar, which is a behavioral reaction to something that just happened, like minutes ago.

Sooooo, why did Picard change his clothes?

Again, obviously it's a continuity blooper ☹️, but from a Qcard perspective, maybe Picard finally got to show Q the "compassion" that Q thought he'd get from Picard in Deja Q.

(Jean-Luc, my back hurts bc Amanda threw me against the wall and I hit the vase. Can you...soothe me? In private? In your quarters? Horizontally?)

Dear Trek Team,

Be careful about your little oversights, like costume changes and timings. You could be inadvertently adding to Qcard --unless you meant it that way....

,which you actually do 99% of the time.

[filmjunky-99]

s t a r t r e k t h e n e x t g e n e r a t i o n created by gene roddenberry [true q, s6ep6]

'Now do you understand? What do humans have to offer you that even begins to compare with that? Your future contains wonders you can't even imagine. The universe could be your playground.' - q

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[lukaskyle]

Red Dead Redemption II (2018) dev. Rockstar Games

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I loved this episode. Amanda was such a sweetie. I felt bad for her because Q was kind of an asshole to her.

But, he was under orders from the Continuum, so my omnipotent darling couldn't really focus on Picard this time.

Notice how there aren't many episodes after this one until Q comes back to be with Picard, though? 😏

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION // S6E6 True Q You have no idea what it means to be Q. With unlimited power comes responsibility. Do you think it is reasonable for us to allow omnipotent beings to roam free through the universe?

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Foolish: I mean like, it was a shot in the dark, I suppose.

Ironmouse: Well, you know, there's a bunch of pictures of naked men, so I don't want to say it was a total loss.

Phil: Not a total wasted journey for Mouse, it's alright.

Ironmouse: Not a total waste of time for me!

Foolish: HEY– hey, that's my boyfriend!

Ironmouse: Don't you like, date like everybody on this Island? Why do you care? 🤨

Foolish: No! No, I don't! No I don't! I don't know how I've gotten this reputation! No!

Ironmouse: IT'S JUST A PICTURE, stop being jealous! [She punches Foolish] I'm a human being with eyes, I can appreciate muscles. 🙄

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Foolish: I don't think there's actually anything.

Ironmouse: Nothing?

Foolish: Yeah.

Ironmouse: [Disappointed] Aw. :(

Foolish: I mean like, it was a shot in the dark, I suppose.

Ironmouse: Well, you know, there's a bunch of pictures of naked men–

Phil: PFTTT–

Foolish: That's not just any naked man, Mouse.

Ironmouse: –So I don't want to say it was a total loss.

[Phil and Foolish crack up]

Ironmouse: You know?

Phil: Not a total wasted journey for Mouse, it's alright.

Ironmouse: Not a total waste of time for me!

Phil: It's all good.

Foolish: HEY– hey, that's my boyfriend!

Phil: [Laughs]

Ironmouse: What?

Foolish: Oh wait– yeah Mouse, you probably don't know that.

Ironmouse: Don't you like, date like everybody on this Island? Why do you care?

Foolish: No! No, I don't! No I don't! I don't know how I've gotten this reputation! No!

Ironmouse: IT'S JUST A PICTURE, stop being jealous! [She punches Foolish]

Phil: [Leaning into his microphone] No yeah, you're totally right Mouse, he definitely dates everyone on this Island.

Ironmouse: Why are you jealous?

Foolish: What?

Ironmouse: Why are you jealous? It's just a picture.

Foolish: What- I wasn't jealous! I wasn't jealous!

Ironmouse: I'm a human being with eyes, I can appreciate muscles.

Foolish: Yeah! No- I wasn't jealous! I was just– you know, I was just happy to be like, "Hey, that's my boyfriend!" is that crazy?

Ironmouse: Besides, you– everybody tells me you're with a lot of people on the Island, why do you care?

Foolish: I AM NOT WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE! Ok?

Phil: [His cubito stares directly into the camera]

Ironmouse: [Doubtful] I dunno...

[rowdyluv]

Quinn would be the boyfriend to ramble at night. Not because he wants to talk, but because he wants to make his girlfriend happy. He’d be quiet during the day but ramble when they went to bed at night. Especially his first night back from a roadie. The two of them would be lying in bed together, his arm draped over her midsection holding her close to him, and he would just yap about his trip. Most likely give her details on things he had already told her over the phone. She would not dare tell him. Afraid he’d stop talking altogether. After all he chose to indulge her with the details, not his brothers or his parents. Her eyes would be drooping, heavy with impending sleep. Her breathing slow. While taking in heavy breaths indicating she was close to drifting off. Yet he would still be rambling on as if he hadn’t noticed, when in fact he had. He was more than aware of the fact that she was nearing the edge of falling asleep. He only kept going on because he knew that his voice was to her how a lullaby is when being sung by a mother to her baby. For his girlfriend he was giving her the sense of peace, security, and completion. Even if all he wanted to do was cuddle in silence and just enjoy each other’s presence. Quinn would give her what she needed any day. Even if she never asked or spoke her mind and love for his voice out loud.

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ABSOLUTELY! Riker is a gatekeeper to Picard.

because Q wants to be Jean-Luc’s Number One! 

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shoutout to the lionfish in picard's ready room

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Doctor Beverly Crusher

Star Trek: The Next Generation - True Q

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You gotta wonder if the Q Continuum's "decision" to not destroy Amanda Rogers wasn't due to the Continuum's godly "mercy" so much as it was because Q had begged or convinced the Continuum to not kill her because he knew that it would've hurt and upset Picard.

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s t a r t r e k t h e n e x t g e n e r a t i o n created by gene roddenberry Amanda Rogers/ Q [true q, s6ep6]

'Ever since I got here, I've been fighting this. I've been denying the truth. Denying what I am. I am Q.' - amanda [to crusher]