Is Q a villain?
Is Q a villain?
I came across this box set and it's really messing me up for a lot of reasons (it is marked TOS despite having characters from all over the place, and for some mistaken reason Gul Dukat is included) but what I really wanted to talk about was Q's inclusion.
Do people usually consider him a villain?
I suppose he has done a lot of things that would be considered antagonistic, with a big one getting a number of Enterprise crew members killed in the first encounter with the Borg, but that seems, at least from his point of view a tough love moment. In the long term, Q did seem to have the survival of humanity as a goal. His judgment of humans was pompous but not villainous.
Nah. I think they aimed for antagonist but he was so cool that he became a grey area shit disturber and we are all better for it.
Using the term antagonist is the foremost point of order. Did he introduce the Federation to one of its most formidable foes? Yes. Did that interaction result in the deaths of 18 crewmembers? Yes. But for the sake of making aware and preparing Starfleet for the hardships to come, it appears to have been of use. Not about to excuse the means to an end argument, though. Q has insider knowledge of potential outcomes and is known to be a meddlesome force (Quint not withstanding). Do his actions then and later justify his intervention?
His actions led to more then the death of 18 crew members.
The borg were off doing their own thing. And only doing sneaky raids occasionally.
Q's meddling led to them getting a hard on for starfleet and as a result caused at least hundreds of thousands of deaths.
Would it have happened eventually - yes, but Starfleet may have been more prepared and been able to prevent some of the deaths/assimilation.
The word you're looking for is trickster.
The Gorn is less of a villain than Q.
I can't help but feel offended by some of those poses. Q hunching, the Borg queen running, Khan doing whatever he's doing with his left hand...
Who is the guy to the far right? Looks like Hugh the Borg but from the Picard series.
Lore, from "Descent".
You're right, that does look like Lore. Thanks!
It's Lore. He is dressed like in the episode where he has a small Borg following. It's a weird box.
Quite literally yes.
Depends on his mood lol