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This is almost as hard as choosing a favourite captain, and I declined to answer that one. Lemme just go down the list and see how I feel...
Spock: pulling double duty as both science office and second in command. Versatile. Excellent eye make-up. Isn't the most iconic character of the franchise for no reason. I love him. But is he my favourite? Out of all the first officers?
Riker: thrown in because they needed a Manly Macho Man, and yet I've come to love him. Can be relied on for bad trombone, good poker, always has his people's back. Solid.
Kira: a tiny ball of rage and frustration, therefore I love her. Initially working against Sisko and undermining him, which is not ideal in a first officer, but entertaining and consistent with her worldview.
Chakotay: increasingly redundant to the narrative; weirdly passive-aggressive. I like him a lot in the early seasons, but then it turns to indifference and then dislike. So he's the only person who is NOT a contender.
T'Pol: deserves better, starting with her costumes. 100% mentored young Michael Burnham. I adore her.
Saru: also passive-aggressive, but in a really delightful way? He's a tall, delicious horse-sheep man and he's as salty as his tea.
But, after much consideration, I have to give the job to ...
In both her incarnations -- although it irritates me that DSC!Number One is quite different to the TOS incarnation. I mean, they're both great, I just have trouble reconciling them.
But Number One is iconic, and since "The Cage" was the first episode of TOS I ever saw, she gave me a slightly skewed baseline for how the female characters of that era should be written.
( The rest of the days. We're at the halfway point! )
Spock: pulling double duty as both science office and second in command. Versatile. Excellent eye make-up. Isn't the most iconic character of the franchise for no reason. I love him. But is he my favourite? Out of all the first officers?
Riker: thrown in because they needed a Manly Macho Man, and yet I've come to love him. Can be relied on for bad trombone, good poker, always has his people's back. Solid.
Kira: a tiny ball of rage and frustration, therefore I love her. Initially working against Sisko and undermining him, which is not ideal in a first officer, but entertaining and consistent with her worldview.
Chakotay: increasingly redundant to the narrative; weirdly passive-aggressive. I like him a lot in the early seasons, but then it turns to indifference and then dislike. So he's the only person who is NOT a contender.
T'Pol: deserves better, starting with her costumes. 100% mentored young Michael Burnham. I adore her.
Saru: also passive-aggressive, but in a really delightful way? He's a tall, delicious horse-sheep man and he's as salty as his tea.
But, after much consideration, I have to give the job to ...
In both her incarnations -- although it irritates me that DSC!Number One is quite different to the TOS incarnation. I mean, they're both great, I just have trouble reconciling them.
But Number One is iconic, and since "The Cage" was the first episode of TOS I ever saw, she gave me a slightly skewed baseline for how the female characters of that era should be written.
( The rest of the days. We're at the halfway point! )
