The Dauphin

You totally beat me to the Space: 1999 Series 2 monster reference! (I was wondering whether the spirit of Freddy Freiberger had snuck back onto the Trek set.) Didn’t know the ‘morphing’ was hand drawn. I’ll be kinder about that, then, cause I thought it was not-ready-for-prime-time-cg. Anyway — this ep makes zero sense. But, what the hey… Wesley got some. Is it just my phone? All other podcasts will load for me except thisun right here. Did the problem clear up? Seems to be working on my iPhone. Not sure what may have caused that for you. Bev is probably just not attracted to women. It’s allowed to be heterosexual. That doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with Wesley’s upbringing. I kind of look at it as the attraction ending either way (hairy monster, glowing ball, etc.), but Wesley finally had some camaraderie and respect for her (and their time together) once Salia was ready to go. Now what would be interesting is if Salia came back in the physical form of a man. Wesley might have some confusion over that too. Shades of DS9, with Bashir’s attraction to Jazdia Dax — whose former Trill host was male. “Dauphin” comes from the French word for “dolphin” (indeed, the animal is a “dauphin”). The feminine version “Delphine” is still a common girls’ name. Dauphin was a common name in the family that ruled the Viennois, in the Rhone valley and French Alps. Eventually the name became so associated with the family that it became their title (think of Caesar). Today, the French still call any heir apparent, for example, in a corporate hierarchy, the dauphin. And the region of the Alps around Grenoble is still called “le Dauphiné”. For example, the regional paper published in Grenoble is called “Le Dauphiné libéré”. And we love eating gratin dauphinois (au gratin potatoes). Ha! I will wear that distinction proudly – the “almost” adolescent crush. I find it interesting that Worf might have found Anya attractive and Laforge would likely respect her from what we know later about his character. In fact i find it interesting that they didn’t find each other to be more worth engaging with. As to the mention of “Those who are different to you are always a threat.” That’s true… but at the same time everyone is different from you and thus everyone is potentially a threat. The problem is when you’re paranoid and over estimate that threat. Anyone not you is different from you, thus a threat. It’s true in a very broad sense. However Anya meant more in the a “racist” way, but not quite I think as I get the feeling that she and her people have experienced the threat of others as the changlings speak of in their history later in DS9. Well, people hurt themselves all the time, which means that yourself would be a threat as well. So everyone, different or the same, is a threat. YAY EXISTENCE! I completely agree with Wesley being far to open with his romantic feelings. A 16 year old telling his co-workers about this problem? Wesley really does need some friends… This is another episode that had a lot that it could have dealt with. This would have been a good story to deal with duty, Anya trying to decide between what she wants and what she has a duty to do. This could have dealt with racism (“Those who are different to you are always a threat.”) But all we got was Wesley being hormonal John, ever since I first saw this episode years ago, I have thought same thing – Maya from Space 1999. Same kind of monsters, right? Just put ’em in a big furry suit with giant, scary eyes. I always find myself filling in plot holes with my own made up stuff. Anya is obviously the same race of being as Salia, but is supposed to be a neutral caretaker in the civil war. The moon she was originally from must have been colonized by the people of the planet before the turmoil and they clearly kept out of the whole mess. This means almost nothing for the story, but there has to be some reason that Anya and Salia are both shape-shifters, but Anya is supposed to be