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Love and Passion in Star Trek

Poll: Relationships in Star Trek (27 member(s) have cast votes)

Which is your favorite romantic relationship story arc between main/recurring characters?

  1. Spock and Chapel (1 votes [3.70%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.70%

  2. Picard and Crusher (2 votes [7.41%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.41%

  3. Worf and Troi (1 votes [3.70%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.70%

  4. Riker and Troi (2 votes [7.41%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.41%

  5. Odo and Kira (2 votes [7.41%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.41%

  6. Worf and Jadzia (2 votes [7.41%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.41%

  7. Bashir and Jadzia (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  8. Sisko and Kassidy (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  9. Bashir and Ezri (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  10. O'Brien and Keiko (1 votes [3.70%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.70%

  11. Chakotay and Janeway (2 votes [7.41%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.41%

  12. Chakotay and Seven (1 votes [3.70%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.70%

  13. Neelix and Kes (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  14. Trip and T'Pol (10 votes [37.04%])

    Percentage of vote: 37.04%

  15. Other (state who!) (3 votes [11.11%])

    Percentage of vote: 11.11%

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Posted 21 July 2006 - 11:45 AM

Which is your favorite romantic relationship story arc between main/recurring characters? This can be unrequited love, great but short-lived passion, unconsummated reciprocal attraction, marriages, etc. (since everyone here is an Enterprise fan, and not necessarily a fan of other Trek series, something tells me Trip/T'Pol is going to come out ahead on this one...) :D

I have listed the main ones I could think of but I'm sure there are more. Discuss your favorite if it's not on the list!

PS - post your reasons why you chose what you chose!
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 12:09 PM

I'm more a 'marriage of equals' kind of guy, so I picked Worf-Jadzia. Although quite beautiful, T'Pol always seemed quite inept socially wheras Jadzia could go toe to toe with Worf, Bashir, or anyone else. That and it was amusing to see Worf intimidated. :D
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 12:16 PM

Hmm...I forgot that there were so many :blink:
Honestly I'm undecided. Plus, the Trip/T'Pol thing wasn't that long, unlike some of the other relationships above. Hard to decide.
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 03:21 PM

*looks at list*
*thinks about how many of those couples ended up with someone dying, or otherwise screwed up*

Ya know...Trek writers don't like relationships, do they? :blink:

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Posted 21 July 2006 - 04:35 PM

View Postaklaus, on Jul 21 2006, 01:21 PM, said:

*looks at list*
*thinks about how many of those couples ended up with someone dying, or otherwise screwed up*

Ya know...Trek writers don't like relationships, do they? :blink:


Yeah well I guess the way you could look at that is good storytelling involves drama and conflict, and if everyone lives happily ever after then that ain't a good story! LOL

I chose Picard and Crusher mainly because, for some reason, I think it had the biggest impact on me out of all the other relationships. They drew it out from the very first episode to the end. And I have to admit I was pretty ticked when Picard finally said, let's try to make a go of it, and Crusher turned him down. Even if that *was* the best thing for both of them. It's still nice to think that feelings can overcome the other details of life once in a while.
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Posted 31 July 2006 - 04:19 PM

View PostCougar, on Jul 21 2006, 07:16 PM, said:

Hmm...I forgot that there were so many :blink:
Honestly I'm undecided. Plus, the Trip/T'Pol thing wasn't that long, unlike some of the other relationships above. Hard to decide.

:lol:
There are so many more... Kirk and... well all of his female crew practicly.
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but from the list it is .. shoot I forgot who I voted for :blink:
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Posted 01 August 2006 - 11:55 AM

View Postmlaz, on Jul 31 2006, 02:19 PM, said:

:lol:
There are so many more... Kirk and... well all of his female crew practicly.
Tasha and data
Tom en belana
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but from the list it is .. shoot I forgot who I voted for :blink:


Oh wow, I totally forgot about Tom and B'Elanna!!! :nono:

I was thinking of Kirk's relationships and mostly they were with non-crew women, weren't they?

I did think of Tasha and Data but didn't really consider that much of a relationship. hmmmm... am i prejudiced against androids? :blink: :P
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Posted 02 August 2006 - 08:01 AM

Riker and Troi for me because it was so underplayed and so completely credible unlike the Trip / T'Pol idiocy. I didn't watch much DS9 but from what I saw of Worf and Jadzia this also had some believable roots to it in terms of their characters and history.
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Posted 02 August 2006 - 09:54 AM

View Postlwallace2, on Aug 1 2006, 12:55 PM, said:

I did think of Tasha and Data but didn't really consider that much of a relationship. hmmmm... am I prejudiced against androids? :blink: :P

Truth told all Data's relationships with women were ONS'. Was he the gigolo of TNG? :P
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Posted 02 August 2006 - 02:50 PM

View Postsevnson_71, on Aug 2 2006, 07:54 AM, said:

Truth told all Data's relationships with women were ONS'. Was he the gigolo of TNG? :P
:lol: I would've thought the gigolo of TNG would be Riker, granted he did have a more long-term thing but he also had more flings with aliens and the like.

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Posted 02 August 2006 - 05:34 PM

I couldn't vote for any of the choices because I found that ever pairing that they ever came up with was implausable and horrifyingly stilted.
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Posted 02 August 2006 - 05:38 PM

View PostTrek Realist, on Aug 2 2006, 03:34 PM, said:

I couldn't vote for any of the choices because I found that ever pairing that they ever came up with was implausable and horrifyingly stilted.


so what do you think would have made them more plausable, genuine and natural?
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Posted 23 August 2006 - 02:53 AM

Worf and Jadzia were my favourites
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Posted 22 September 2006 - 08:16 PM

Spock and Chapel! I just finished watching "A Naked Time" for the first time in many years; I'd forgotten completely that Chapel had confessed her love for Spock so early on.

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Posted 07 November 2007 - 10:05 AM

You only left out Paris and Torres....they are my most favorite couple.
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Posted 07 November 2007 - 10:41 AM

I voted Chakotay and Janeway. ;)
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Posted 07 November 2007 - 11:51 AM

I voted other - Dukat & Weyoun :P

Honestly, so many good ones, but I went with Riker & Troi cause they finally got married in Nemesis after all these years of off and on stuff.

View PostJayTheTrekkie, on Nov 7 2007, 11:05 AM, said:

You only left out Paris and Torres....they are my most favorite couple.


One of my favorites as well!
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Posted 07 November 2007 - 01:05 PM

View PostJayTheTrekkie, on Nov 7 2007, 07:05 AM, said:

You only left out Paris and Torres....they are my most favorite couple.


"Doh!" i'm such a dunce... :dunce: :lol:

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i liked paris and torres too, can't believe i forgot. oh well!

thanks for voting!

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Posted 07 November 2007 - 02:21 PM

View Postlwallace2, on Aug 1 2006, 08:55 AM, said:

I was thinking of Kirk's relationships and mostly they were with non-crew women, weren't they?


I don't think Kirk had the perceptive ability to tell the difference when it came to his female companions. Save for Uhura because he had to work with her every day.


View Postwindsong, on Aug 2 2006, 05:01 AM, said:

Riker and Troi for me because it was so underplayed and so completely credible unlike the Trip / T'Pol idiocy. I didn't watch much DS9 but from what I saw of Worf and Jadzia this also had some believable roots to it in terms of their characters and history.


I agree, Riker/Troi, Worf/Jadzia, and in addition to those, Paris/Torres. The one set got married, Worf/Jadzia was just sad, and Paris/Torres also got married and had a kid.
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Posted 07 November 2007 - 08:13 PM

Toughie. I chose Odo and Kira, but it only beat out O'Brien and Keiko by a small amount.
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