Same! The only thing missing was a cigar in his hands!
crazycanadianloon
joined 1 year ago
My partner describes it as like TNG with the weak episodes taken out. They're great, good, or neutral.
Would Pike have pulled the trigger if it not for the happy coincidence of gaining his memory back? (Doylist explanation being that the writers can't just have our highly esteemed captain straight up murder a guy). High Lord Zacarias begging for his life like a little pissant sure thought he was capable of it. Was Quark right? Starve humans of their desires long enough and they will be worse than the Klingons and Cardassians. It didn't take Pike very long to go fucking nuts!
Even Pike seems shaken at what his stance was when he came out of his amnesia.
Alternately, another interpretation of that scene I had is that when Humans do remember that they are supposed to be kind forgiving people, there is indeed a chance for redemption and it was kind of a nice juxtapose that the Zac knew he didn't have to goad Pike into pulling the trigger. Even when he's dejected and says that he's done a lot against his duties and the law, he was ready to face the consequences than cowardly escape them with death. Klingons want to "die with honour" but it seems like humans prefer to live with honour.
I think it's not just because Una pointed out there was crew down there but specifically told Spock they had to (should) stay close. He took it literally as a command whereas he really should have evaluated it for himself.
The way I read the scene was that he was so high off his power that he thought with the tables turned and Pike having no power that he would have the upper hand. But Pike managed to subdue him and High Lord Zacarias was all of a sudden staring down the barrel of a phaser rifle and all of a sudden wasn't so confident that the Pike he knew, who would lower the weapon once the combatant was subdued, was still there. I think the sudden switch was just an "OH shit, what have I done?" moment.
I don't know how to express that I'm shrieking like a teeny bopper from the late 90s for this via text, but just imagine that's what I was doing for a full minute and 57 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey man, I like your creativity.