The Most Important Question Of The Day

[ericcoleman]

[Poll #1175779]

Now let's let them fight it out

Comments

[pheltzer.livejournal.com]

This is a no brainer... Just look at their response to Q.

Picard: Leave me alone or I'll say it louder!

Sisko: /punch to the face

[freeimprov.livejournal.com]

And the real question between Sisko and Kirk would have been which one punched Q first...

[freeimprov.livejournal.com]

If Picard had been in charge of Deep Space Nine, he would never have allowed Garak to assassinate the Romulan ambassador, and thus the Romulans would never have entered the Klingon/Federation alliance to fight the Dominion, and thus the entire Alpha Quadrant would have come under the heel of the Dominion.

When Q offered Picard anything he wanted, Picard chose to get his heart back (his physical one, but really his psychological one). It led to a future where he became a halfway decent ensign, not a captain.

And speaking of Q... when Sisko met him, Q challenged him to a Queensberry Rules boxing match. After some harassment, Sisko punched Q right in the face, knocking him down. Q, shocked, said "Picard never hit me!" Sisko replied, "I'm not Picard."

Sisko was SO much better.

[gamerchick.livejournal.com]

This is all true, but I had to pick Picard on account of Avery Brooks not being able to act his way out of a wet paper bag.

[freeimprov.livejournal.com]

I'll see your Avery Brooks can't act and raise you a Jake Sisko was a much cooler kid than Wesley Crusher.

[blur01.livejournal.com]

They are both classically trained shakespean actors.

[ericcoleman]

I may need to watch them again, but I thought he was quite good.

[naomikritzer]

If Picard had been in charge of Deep Space Nine, he would never have allowed Garak to assassinate the Romulan ambassador, and thus the Romulans would never have entered the Klingon/Federation alliance to fight the Dominion, and thus the entire Alpha Quadrant would have come under the heel of the Dominion.

This.

The thing that made DS9 a great show was the embrace of moral ambiguity. Sometimes the ends justify the means, and sometimes if you want to save the universe you have to make moral compromises, and the fact that Sisko actually struggled with this instead of living in denial of that reality was what made him a great character and a great leader. (Ditto for Major Kira and, really, everyone else on the whole damn show, up to and including Morn.)

[eevilyounggirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, much as I like the big P, Sisko was hard.

[blur01.livejournal.com]

And HAWT

[ann-totusek.livejournal.com]

I went with Sisko because he'd had more of a "life" in some respects than Picard. It was clear that Picard always wanted a family life, but never did what it took to get one. In general I think Sisko's experience of being married, losing a wife, and raising a kid, partially as a single parent are likely to have made him a more well-rounded captain. God knows raising a two-year old made him more effective in dealing with Q...