Q-Related Poll

[andraste]

So, remember my last poll where I asked you all what I should spend my money on? After banking half, I ended up spending some of it on a warm new scarf, as per my grandmother's wishes, and most of the rest on DVDs. (Couldn't find any boots I wanted the day I went shopping.) As a result, I now own American Gothic, the first season of Absolute Power and the Star Trek Fan Collective Q set.

Now that I'm done catching up with House and not ready to plunge into The West Wing, I have turned my attention to the omnipotent bane of Picard's life. But I don't know if I should watch his appearances in order or not!

[Poll #1017980]

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Comments

What's your purpose in watching?

[alara-r.livejournal.com]

If you just want to be entertained, go with Q Who, Deja Q, or Tapestry. Those are easily the best of the bunch.

However, if you are researching fic or want to be inspired to fic (not that I'm, y'know, hinting or anything :-)), go with Encounter at Farpoint or Hide and Q first because of the character evolution. (Hide and Q might be best. Firstly, you haven't seen it, and secondly, it's *actually* the first appearance of the Q we know... he's not nearly funny or snarky enough in Farpoint. None of his Farpoint quotable quotes are actally *funny*. Whereas in Hide and Q, he's actually pretty funny. "This test will be *completely unfair*... Oh, come now, Worf, fairness is such a human concept!" And then there's Picard's reactions to him -- "Let us pray for understanding and compassion." "Let us do no such damned thing!")

Speaking of fic and stuff, did you see my speculation on Soundwave, over in my LJ? I have no idea if you ever plan on doing a damn thing with Decepticons who aren't Megatron or Starscream, but since I swore an oath many years ago *not* to write Transformers fic, I can't use it... :-)

Oh and would you be interested in a Q ficathon if I ran it after Multiverse closes?

[ocean-phoenix.livejournal.com]

I'm a sucker for Deja Q and it was actually the first ST:TNG episode I ever saw by dumb luck, and I was very amused. Still am. I swear I have nearly half the script memorized because I saw it so often.

I got the Q episodes compilation on DVD and love it!