I can 1000% see little!Lauren being obsessed with Deanna. That's adorable.
I agree with basically everything you said here! When I go back to '90s era television, it really does feel like a different medium. I think it's fair to say that short-form television today is closer to miniseries of the '90s/'00s than the long-form television and can be analyzed and treated as such. It's impossible to compare an 8-episode season with a 25-episode season; they are not the same creature.
I didn't know fandom thought Wesley was the most annoying when I started TNG; I just *experienced* it in live action. It's too bad. I also still think it's an interesting choice (not sure where I land on it besides 'interesting') to have Riker and Deanna be exes from the start.
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I agree with basically everything you said here! When I go back to '90s era television, it really does feel like a different medium. I think it's fair to say that short-form television today is closer to miniseries of the '90s/'00s than the long-form television and can be analyzed and treated as such. It's impossible to compare an 8-episode season with a 25-episode season; they are not the same creature.
I didn't know fandom thought Wesley was the most annoying when I started TNG; I just *experienced* it in live action. It's too bad. I also still think it's an interesting choice (not sure where I land on it besides 'interesting') to have Riker and Deanna be exes from the start.