I really hope not. However, this generation of writers are firmly in the grip of ‘trauma is necessary for interesting characters’ and the Hero’s Journey Pop anthropological theory of the 1970s that took over film schools.
So sure, why wouldn’t everyone need to be traumatized by a Betazoid dying horribly?!! /s
Unfortunately, that’s also made me wonder if his days are numbered…
I really hope not. However, this generation of writers are firmly in the grip of ‘trauma is necessary for interesting characters’ and the Hero’s Journey Pop anthropological theory of the 1970s that took over film schools.
So sure, why wouldn’t everyone need to be traumatized by a Betazoid dying horribly?!! /s