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01/12/20 2:55:07 PM
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#57 Janice Rand
Here is your flaw, Shaitan, Lord of the Dark, Lord of Envy, Lord of Nothing, here is why you fail. It was not about me. It's never been about me.

I'm gonna be real brutal here: I'm never entirely convinced why Janice Rand even makes the cut for these lists. This year, we lack Weyoun, but we do have Janice Rand. The thing about Janice Rand is that she's by far the less interesting Rand between Rand al'Thor and herself. I'm sure I don't have to tell you but she never said anything remotely akin to her quote in this write-up. I'm only four books into The Wheel of Time but I could write a Rand al'Thor ranking three pages long with relative ease. I cannot conceivably write more than three paragraphs on Janice Rand, this one included.

In the first half of the first season of Star Trek, Janice Rand exists. Thereafter, she does not exist, until films I, IV, and VI, as well as... Star Trek: Voyager's middling "Flashpoint" episode. Each and every time she returns, mind you, it's like some sort of proto-MCU winky face. "Look, she exists!" Wow, it must be great to exist. "Look, she's older now, just like the rest of the crew!" Well, that's probably less nice, but whatever. "Aha! I recognize her from the original series!" "I thought she looked familiar! Why, that's Janice Rand!" No one should ever feel compelled to portray excitement at the notion of Janice Rand popping up for 30 seconds. If you do, please give Discovery a second chance, because winking is commonplace in 2256.

It's interesting that Janice Rand -- wait, no, no it is not. Memory Alpha manages to churn out some summarization of Janice Rand's roles in several early episodes, but here are some highlights: at one point, a feral Captain James T. Kirk, under the influence of an alien or whatever, carnally lusts after Janice Rand. This is considered a plot point despite the fact that Captain James T. Kirk is always feral and his carnal lust for Janice Rand is evident upon William Shatner's exquisitely-sculpted face every time she enters the room. Also, Janice Rand brews hot coffee in two separate scenes. Wild.



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