Old fandom geek-out (B5 & TOS)

[kangeiko]

I had a lovely time on Thursday, finally having that long-delayed dinner with mizzykitty. After far too much sushi, we went back to mine to mainline B5 (she hasn't seen it! A possible new convert, hallelujah!) and geek out. It was ever so much fun, and it got me thinking.

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[selenak]

My own fanon for Kharn Mollari, given that he gets never mentioned again, was that he was returned with limbs intact, but then found on Centauri Prime everyone blamed him for making that speech, no matter the duress, and got ostracized so much that he did the Roman/Centauri thing and committed suicide. This contributed to Londo's bitterness and later readiness to turn against Emperor Turhan, but hadn't happened yet at the time of Born to the Purple.

I never could stand Ironheart. It's interesting that the very last Bester episode in s5 has a similar plot - he tracks down a rogue superpowerful teep, with younger sidekicks in tow - only this time we're not in the B5 crew's viewpoint but in the Psi Corps' viewpoint.

Flirtatious Uhura: I had rewatched the relevant clips on YouTube recently as people had linked them to point out that Orci & Kurtzman didn't come out of nowhere the the Spock/Uhura for the reboot. When she teases him in Charlie X, he's downright smiling a little smile (and playing along, literally), so yes, he's absolutely comfortable with her. Poor Christine.

[kangeiko]

I love your Kharn backstory, it makes total sense. *steals it for personal fanon*

so yes, he's absolutely comfortable with her. Poor Christine.

Christine is one character whose story post-Enterprise I would love to read. Hers, and Rand's, too. I was recently rewatching an early ep... The Corobomite Manouever, maybe? Kirk comments to Bones, "when I get hold of the bright spark at HQ who decided to assign me a female yeoman..." and McCoy retorts, "what's the matter, don't trust yourself, Captain?"

Which, given the events of "The Enemy Within"...

[selenak]

Given we never see a male yeoman (except for Sisko, ha ha), I found that line confusing even as a child before I wisened up on gender issues.

Rand's post-E life: I know fanon has her losing a child (and Peter David gave her that backstory in The Captain's Daughter, too), but on screen we just had her appearance in the Voyager ep with Tuvok's flashbacks. Still, those tell us she served as an officer on the Excelsior.