tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post1029411458127260090..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Star Trek 375: AccessionSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-70177500655381440462008-07-06T15:37:00.000-03:002008-07-06T15:37:00.000-03:00And another reason why people would have believed ...And another reason why people would have believed Sisko's explanation: because, in his own quiet and humble way, he's been winning over the Bajoran people for years. Day after day, week after week, he's been nothing but benevolent and helpful, and even the most black-hearted Bajorans couldn't help but recognize that at some level. When Cardassian-backed Bajorans tried to push the Federation out, Sisko stood his ground and exposed the plot. When other races were trying to lay a claim to Bajor, Sisko found them another world to live on. The man has built up nearly infinite good will through unselfish acts, and that has got to lend credibility to what he says.<BR/><BR/>And also the fact that whatshisname managed to finish his poem in the past and also probably even composed new poems about the time he visited the future and met the true Emissary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-25359208458701365902007-12-18T23:55:00.000-04:002007-12-18T23:55:00.000-04:00Well, I always assumed that that Sisko being "of B...Well, I always assumed that that Sisko being "of Bajor" was explained by the season 7 revelation that his mother had been possessed by one of the Prophets, so they could ensure he would be born, and save the Celestial Temple. As the spawn of a Prophet, he would be seen as just as much "of Bajor" as themsaelves...snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-57568125339107007852007-12-18T19:12:00.000-04:002007-12-18T19:12:00.000-04:00I think that there is enough evidence there to su...I think that there is enough evidence there to support Sisko's 'story' that he is the true emissary. <BR/>I assume that everyone experienced the time shift in the same way that kira did, so everyone knows that until Sisko and the new emissary entered the wormhole that the poems weren't completed. <BR/>So there would probably be the usual conspiracy theories, but his story would stick pretty easy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-23393042208611233402007-12-18T11:38:00.000-04:002007-12-18T11:38:00.000-04:00How about: Super-evolved Vorlon-style humans opene...How about: Super-evolved Vorlon-style humans opened a wormhole inside Earth's sun at the end of <I>Babylon 5</I> to create the DS9 wormhole and become the prophets in that universe?<BR/><BR/>Anyone? Anyone?<BR/><BR/>Guys?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hello?Madeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198262501277963163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-36719311686159885452007-12-18T11:26:00.000-04:002007-12-18T11:26:00.000-04:00Excellent.I'll no-send one right away :)Excellent.<BR/><BR/>I'll no-send one right away :)Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-55103194276355841372007-12-18T11:23:00.000-04:002007-12-18T11:23:00.000-04:00The Prophets could be corroborating witnesses if t...The Prophets could be corroborating witnesses if they want. And since they have an interest in the Sisko being accepted by Bajoran society they might want. Of course, being non-linear, they won't be very good at it, but I could see orb visions across Bajoran history being peppered with mystifying asides about the event (that's in the new timeline created by this episode). How's that for a no-prize winning explain-away?billjachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09260406336065905545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-81652240653009740342007-12-18T10:35:00.000-04:002007-12-18T10:35:00.000-04:00The "of Bajor" line does open itself up to many po...<I>The "of Bajor" line does open itself up to many possibilities, but I personally like to think it simply means that Bajor is the home of Sisko and the Prophets, emotionally if not physically.</I><BR/><BR/>Which was always my interpretation until Season 7 made things a bit more complicated.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-45535766797136544392007-12-18T10:29:00.000-04:002007-12-18T10:29:00.000-04:00I'm a big fan of the Emissary arc, so I really enj...I'm a big fan of the Emissary arc, so I really enjoyed this episode as well. In terms of number of episodes, this episode kicks off the second half of the series, so I like the idea that the first half begins with Sisko discovering he is the Emissary, and the second half begins with Sisko accepting he is the Emissary. I doubt the producers had that sort of symmetry in mind, though.<BR/><BR/>The "of Bajor" line does open itself up to many possibilities, but I personally like to think it simply means that Bajor is the home of Sisko and the Prophets, emotionally if not physically.Matthew Turnagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08115327182071167651noreply@blogger.com