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Was Trelaine a Q? Let's discuss. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/startrek@lemmy.world

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In TOS, the Enterprise encounters Trelaine, the self-titled Squire of Gothos. A seemingly omnipotent being that toys with the crew for his own amusement.

In TNG, the enterprise encounters Q, a seemingly omnipotent being that toys with the crew for his own amusement.

Trelaine was a child of his species and Q was an adult, but they had a similar "humans are toys" attitude. Q's came with an added cynicism that you might expect from an adult of Trelaine's species.

It has been pointed out that Trelaine seemed to rely on technology, which allowed Kirk to defeat him. But Q also always gave his playthings a chance one way or another and, again, Trelaine was a child.

So was Trelaine a Q? Was he from a different god-like species?

And here's a real curveball for you- Was Trelaine a child Organian?

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't know that I would go as far as Trelaine is Q, just because we've seen at least one other Q like DeLancie's Q- namely, Corbin Bernsen's Q that gives his powers back to him. Most Q seem to not give a shit. About anything if Voyager has anything to say about it. Maybe there are some who do and there's plenty of reasons for them to toy with the various corporeal beings they encounter since apparently they have no real moral code.

That said, Trelaine's parents behaved like Trelaine was doing something bad, so maybe that's an argument against him being a Q.

Anyway, there's a lot of room to discuss this I think.