I love Picard, though. selenak is right, they just don't make American heroes from the mold of Picard. He's an intellectual diplomatist. She thinks he represents a European style, and it's hard to argue with it because he's a British guy playing a Frenchman. I will try this: I think Picard is thoroughly an American hero in a Founding Father, polyglot sort of way.
Sisko would take Picard in a battle, though. There's no question about it, and I think in any war, there's a reason you want your commander to be a Sisko and not a Picard. It will be less safe for you, but Sisko never sent people out on fool's errands either. His missions were risky but important.
IDK about DS9's arc being important to only DS9. Since all the other series take place on UFP borders, I'd argue it's probably the only series where we see what's really important and going on in the Federation. There's no doubt that Sisko's goals in the series are important to their long term plans: bring Bajor to the Federation, defend the border from Cardassia while quelling domestic terrorism in the form of the Marquis, keeping the peace with Romulus and Klingon Empires and later defending the Federation from the onslaught of the Dominion.
It's harder for me to tally up what Picard does that's as important as that, because the Federation doesn't use him as a long-term guy.
But you know, I am a Niner, and us Niners are crazy.
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Date: 2009-06-18 08:49 pm (UTC)Sisko would take Picard in a battle, though. There's no question about it, and I think in any war, there's a reason you want your commander to be a Sisko and not a Picard. It will be less safe for you, but Sisko never sent people out on fool's errands either. His missions were risky but important.
IDK about DS9's arc being important to only DS9. Since all the other series take place on UFP borders, I'd argue it's probably the only series where we see what's really important and going on in the Federation. There's no doubt that Sisko's goals in the series are important to their long term plans: bring Bajor to the Federation, defend the border from Cardassia while quelling domestic terrorism in the form of the Marquis, keeping the peace with Romulus and Klingon Empires and later defending the Federation from the onslaught of the Dominion.
It's harder for me to tally up what Picard does that's as important as that, because the Federation doesn't use him as a long-term guy.
But you know, I am a Niner, and us Niners are crazy.