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Topic	Eight Board-Eighters Rank Star Trek Characters
Anagram 01/19/20 3:15:28 PM #104:	SaveEstelle posted... Anagram setting phasers to "blast past all you slackers." Yep. 38. Phlox Oh, I just happen to have a Glorbulan grossworm here, perfect for treating exactly what ails you! A lot of people love Phlox, and I dont get it. This character exists solely because every Star Trek is required to have a doctor, and the writers were like Well, we had the professional-but-dickish McCoy, the professional-and-caring Crusher, the professional-but-annoying Bashir, and the unprofessional-but-skilled Doctor, so what does that leave? The difference between Phlox and a true non-character like Sulu or Chekov is that Phlox actually does get a little bit of characterization here and there, but hes still definitely trapped in supporting character hell. Unlike Hoshi, Mayweather, and Reed, Phlox actually does get a moment to shine. Theres always going to be that one episode about how youre a doctor and you have to use your doctor skills and your medical ethics to do something (McCoy refusing to let a psychic kill herself to save him, Crusher trying to convince Worf not to accept experimental back surgery, Bashir trying to save a planet of sick people, the Doctor having to work with a hologram of Doctor Mengele), and Phloxs is that they find a planet of two types of aliens. The dominant group is sick and the subordinate group is healthy. Theyre like lol can you save us? and Phlox is like Yes, but your DNA is killing you on purpose because evolution has decided that the subordinate group is supposed to be in charge, not you, so I wont intervene. This is Star Trek canon, by the way. I guess if Im being honest, Phlox is actually one of the more memorable characters out there. The writers didnt really have enough for him to do, so they gave him a lot of weird, gross skills. Unlike all of the other doctors who use sterile medical technology, hes a fan of weird herbs and space leeches. Yeah, in the future, Phloxs spacefaring species never figured out how to put those animals secretions into syringes, okay. --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005 <cite>Anagram posted [p:933181420] in Eight Boar... [t:78315622]...</cite> <quote>SaveEstelle posted... </cite> <quote>Anagram setting phasers to "blast past all you slackers."</quote>Yep. 38. Phlox Oh, I just happen to have a Glorbulan grossworm here, perfect for treating exactly what ails you! A lot of people love Phlox, and I dont get it. This character exists solely because every Star Trek is required to have a doctor, and the writers were like Well, we had the professional-but-dickish McCoy, the professional-and-caring Crusher, the professional-but-annoying Bashir, and the unprofessional-but-skilled Doctor, so what does that leave? The difference between Phlox and a true non-character like Sulu or Chekov is that Phlox actually does get a little bit of characterization here and there, but hes still definitely trapped in supporting character hell. Unlike Hoshi, Mayweather, and Reed, Phlox actually does get a moment to shine. Theres always going to be that one episode about how youre a doctor and you have to use your doctor skills and your medical ethics to do something (McCoy refusing to let a psychic kill herself to save him, Crusher trying to convince Worf not to accept experimental back surgery, Bashir trying to save a planet of sick people, the Doctor having to work with a hologram of Doctor Mengele), and Phloxs is that they find a planet of two types of aliens. The dominant group is sick and the subordinate group is healthy. Theyre like lol can you save us? and Phlox is like Yes, but your DNA is killing you on purpose because evolution has decided that the subordinate group is supposed to be in charge, not you, so I wont intervene. This is Star Trek canon, by the way. I guess if Im being honest, Phlox is actually one of the more memorable characters out there. The writers didnt really have enough for him to do, so they gave him a lot of weird, gross skills. Unlike all of the other doctors who use sterile medical technology, hes a fan of weird herbs and space leeches. Yeah, in the future, Phloxs spacefaring species never figured out how to put those animals secretions into syringes, okay. --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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