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Yeah, I know he's was compromised by Ferengi, but c'mon, Reg, the guy you were templated on literally served under Picard when he was assimilated.

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[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 85 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Picard was Borg for what, a day? Seven was assimilated as a child and was rescued after a decade and a half? Two?? Hardly even comparable.

[–] teft@startrek.website 34 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Took the words out of my mouth. I can understand him having PTSD but regaining his humanity shouldn't have been particularly challenging for him.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Still, you'd expect someone who saw it happen to Picard to phrase it better. That's assuming it's a direct quote.

[–] USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Kinda wack saying Picard's trauma isn't comparable when it clearly effected him quite significantly.

[–] hansl@lemmy.world 52 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

That’s the thing. Picard has a trauma. She lost her identity, childhood, sense of belonging. It’s entirely different.

Like Bane said, “you merely adopted the borg. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn’t anything of humanity until I was already a (wo)man.”

Edit: Also, isn’t it addressed at some point that, for 7o9, her trauma was actually to leave the borg and not being in it?

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

That's her initial trauma, yes. There's layers. Like an ogre. She uncovers more as she regains her humanity.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I love this autocorrect.

[–] GreenEnigma@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I always cry when I peal the layers of an ogre.

[–] MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Picard spent his childhood on an old timey vineyard in France, playing and laughing and picking grapes. Seven spent hers in a maturation tank until she was big enough to be a soldier.

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 17 points 11 months ago

Just because the trauma is there doesn't mean the trauma is the same. It definitely had an effect on him, but to say that its the same as what Seven went through is ridiculous.