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29 Days of Star Trek Meme: Day 6
Feb. 11th, 2012 08:16 pm6 - Your favorite canon pairing?
Well, couple of options here. I’m pretty fond of Odo and Kira as a couple, even if the actual execution sometimes left me a little cold. B'elanna and Paris was a pairing I ended up enjoying a lot more than I thought I would at first. Sarek and Amanda’s always been a favourite of mine, but that’s really more from the novels than the series itself – I still haven’t seen Journey to Babel. Reboot Spock and Uhura was a nice surprise, though it’s not really developed enough in the film for me to count it as a favourite…
If I had to pick one canon pairing to be my favourite, though, I’m going to have to go for… Worf and Troi.
I mean, this one has to get points just for somehow managing to work despite sounding like the result of a random crack-fic generator and most of the relationship taking place in alternate timelines, parallel universes, or telepathic hallucinations.
One of the things about Worf is that, as a Klingon raised in the Federation, he’s obsessed with proving himself as the perfect Klingon. He pretty much sabotaged his relationship with K'Ehleyr by refusing to accept any deviation from his own image of perfect Klingon behaviour. Having him paired up with Troi – and actually admitting he has feelings for someone so un-Klingon – implied that he was starting to move beyond needing to constantly prove himself as truly Klingon and to relax slightly, to become the person he wants to be rather than the person he thinks Klingon society wants him to be.
(And, of course, based on what we see of Klingon culture and society, the ultra-honourable warrior ideal Worf tries to live up to doesn’t reflect reality in the slightest. Worf pretty much refuses to notice or acknowledge that the Empire is full of petty backstabbing bastards and always has been…)
From Deanna’s point of view, pairing her up with Worf emphasises that she does have a fair amount of strength of character and will herself, and can keep up with someone as stubborn as Worf. It was also nice to see her finally begin to make a decision regarding her relationship with Riker; the way that neither of them were willing to either renew or abandon their relationship, but just let it drag out for years on end, didn’t reflect well on either of them.
(I do actually like Riker and Troi together – but I also like them as people who’ve managed to move on past each other without losing each other as friends.)
The most appealing aspect of the relationship between Worf and Troi, though, is imagining how Lwaxana would have reacted when she heard about it…
Well, couple of options here. I’m pretty fond of Odo and Kira as a couple, even if the actual execution sometimes left me a little cold. B'elanna and Paris was a pairing I ended up enjoying a lot more than I thought I would at first. Sarek and Amanda’s always been a favourite of mine, but that’s really more from the novels than the series itself – I still haven’t seen Journey to Babel. Reboot Spock and Uhura was a nice surprise, though it’s not really developed enough in the film for me to count it as a favourite…
If I had to pick one canon pairing to be my favourite, though, I’m going to have to go for… Worf and Troi.
I mean, this one has to get points just for somehow managing to work despite sounding like the result of a random crack-fic generator and most of the relationship taking place in alternate timelines, parallel universes, or telepathic hallucinations.
One of the things about Worf is that, as a Klingon raised in the Federation, he’s obsessed with proving himself as the perfect Klingon. He pretty much sabotaged his relationship with K'Ehleyr by refusing to accept any deviation from his own image of perfect Klingon behaviour. Having him paired up with Troi – and actually admitting he has feelings for someone so un-Klingon – implied that he was starting to move beyond needing to constantly prove himself as truly Klingon and to relax slightly, to become the person he wants to be rather than the person he thinks Klingon society wants him to be.
(And, of course, based on what we see of Klingon culture and society, the ultra-honourable warrior ideal Worf tries to live up to doesn’t reflect reality in the slightest. Worf pretty much refuses to notice or acknowledge that the Empire is full of petty backstabbing bastards and always has been…)
From Deanna’s point of view, pairing her up with Worf emphasises that she does have a fair amount of strength of character and will herself, and can keep up with someone as stubborn as Worf. It was also nice to see her finally begin to make a decision regarding her relationship with Riker; the way that neither of them were willing to either renew or abandon their relationship, but just let it drag out for years on end, didn’t reflect well on either of them.
(I do actually like Riker and Troi together – but I also like them as people who’ve managed to move on past each other without losing each other as friends.)
The most appealing aspect of the relationship between Worf and Troi, though, is imagining how Lwaxana would have reacted when she heard about it…