Fannish observation of the day
Jul. 14th, 2004 03:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cmdr_zoomAs Starfleet captains go, Kathryn Janeway is very much like Chris Pike.
Certainly there are differences, some of them attributable to gender... but both are serious, cerebral, disciplined, steely-eyed and a bit stiff-necked. They’re protective of their crews (to the point of self-sacrifice), have a tendency to brood over any perceived failures in that duty, and are implacably hostile to those who would threaten the ship. They don’t charge boldly into situations, but their curiosity has been known to overcome their better judgment (and later they brood about that, too). They are parental figures, the stern father and the mother hen, with only one or two confidantes they trust enough to drop their personal shields for. And they hardly ever smirk.
The swashbuckling maverick with the Tom Sawyer grin; the smooth, scholarly gentleman-officer; the man of destiny whose deep passions are often hidden by a placid, reflective surface; the explorer impatient to claim his people's place among the stars... none are quite like these two kindred spirits.
Certainly there are differences, some of them attributable to gender... but both are serious, cerebral, disciplined, steely-eyed and a bit stiff-necked. They’re protective of their crews (to the point of self-sacrifice), have a tendency to brood over any perceived failures in that duty, and are implacably hostile to those who would threaten the ship. They don’t charge boldly into situations, but their curiosity has been known to overcome their better judgment (and later they brood about that, too). They are parental figures, the stern father and the mother hen, with only one or two confidantes they trust enough to drop their personal shields for. And they hardly ever smirk.
The swashbuckling maverick with the Tom Sawyer grin; the smooth, scholarly gentleman-officer; the man of destiny whose deep passions are often hidden by a placid, reflective surface; the explorer impatient to claim his people's place among the stars... none are quite like these two kindred spirits.
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Date: 2004-07-14 04:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-07-14 05:11 pm (UTC)However, note that they both had an even bigger stiff (Number One, Tuvok) to stand next to and make them look slightly less so.
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Date: 2004-07-14 08:11 pm (UTC)