Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x07 “Ko’Zeine”
Akuchimoya@startrek.website 3 days agoI mean, have you really never met anyone who’s one way around some people, and another way with others? We should all be so lucky! I’ve had co-workers who are total assholes to colleagues, but become simping ass-kissers in front of higher-ups. Or kids who are angels at home and absolute terrors at school. Or the other around: they’re angels at school and terrors at home.
Darem was sweet, deferential, and dutiful for Kaira (and his parents’ approval), and then he let himself loose for the first time at the academy when he didn’t have any of that baggage on him. That’s not at all different from kids who grow up in strict homes, then basically go hog-wild when they go off to college, and then later grow out of that wild phase.
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 3 days ago
But I thought he was competing so hard with Genesis during the sportsball episode because Khionia was such a competitive society.
Akuchimoya@startrek.website 2 days ago
We’ve known very little about Khionian society till now. Darem was competing hard with Genesis becauae his parents would, if we believe he was being truthful, leave when he made a mistake. That’s what that episode was about: him dealing with the insecurities caused by his parents’ neglect (and realizing there was another way). He and Genesis had a bonding moment over living up to their parents’ expectations. They wouldn’t even call him back, hence his going to Reno saying his PADD was broken as it wasnt receiving calls. And Reno saw through the situation and talked about people who do show up for him, referring to Genesis.
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 2 days ago
If he was a competitive asshole because his parents made him into one, why did Kaira never see that side of him?
Akuchimoya@startrek.website 2 days ago
You’ve written into your mind that he was a competitive asshole, but the entire point is he was not like that until he got to the academy. He had to be perfect for his parents, not an asshole. You can watch that episode again and listen to what he says about his parents.