Hot #StarTrek take:
It is actually vitally important for the Federation to sometimes be the bad guy, because Star Trek for too long has acted like all bad things come from outside our institutions.
Yes, showing a better world is great and hopepilled, but some fans are dogmatic.
@CaptainPikeachu I've been very cautious because Picard has hurt me before but I feel like I'm going to start letting myself like it.
I still think SNW is the best Trek we've had in the Kurtzman era.
@Fishshelf @CaptainPikeachu It's also nicely paralleled with Jack asking Picard about having a family in the flashback.
Picard is so caught up in the stories of his adventures and victories that he neglects the feelings of both of these people.
Obviously he had no way to know Jack was his son, but still.
@holodeckfour There is zero chance Soong didn't give him the option to fart. His breathing is used for cooling some of his components, there's probably some buildup of gasses throughout his body that gets missed from his breathing, why not expel it from his fully functional hindquarters?