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Post by Thorin »

Just wondering if anyone had any ideas on her?
I've wondered what business she's had with the Q - possibly she is a part of the Q Continuum (not necessarily a Q)?
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I reckon she is a Q in disguise, but one that abides by some sort of rules: the Q might have their own 'prime directive' and Guinan chooses not to interefere. She and Q squared off a bit with cheesy 'stances' in "Q Who" so Im assuming she could somehow combat him? Sheer speculation there.

Or perhaps she was formerly a Q and was cast out for reasons unknown.
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MetalHead wrote: Or perhaps she was formerly a Q and was cast out for reasons unknown.
I quite like that idea - maybe she was given a guise of an El-Aurian and perhaps her friendship with Picard centralised about him saving her? She said that she was in a [very] lot of trouble and he saved her - due to the none-linear timeline, it is conceivable that it happened before the late 1800s (Time's Arrow) so that she had the El-Aurian guise for that time, but happened well after when Picard may have saved her?
I like that possible explanation.
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Or she's just an El-Aurian, an exceptionally long-lived species with slight empathic powers and a keen insight to the true nature of people. Yeah, I am the fun killer =)
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Yes but as we've seen its easy for the Q to assume different forms. Q once turned, er....Q, into an amoeba in a Voyager episode.

So lets say that there is a trial, and 'guinan' is cast out of the continuim, but she can choose any species. Perhaps, as a Q, she found the El-Aurians the most fascinating and decided to become one. Or maybe she's half-Q?

Who knows. but I reckon that there was always more to Guinan than met the eye. She'd been to the Nexus and somehow returned, as I recall from generations?
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MetalHead wrote:She'd been to the Nexus and somehow returned, as I recall from generations?
speaking of that, what was the reason why she didn't try to get back to the nexus again?
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She was content enought not to. She had self control.

I think she is Just a ordinary person with great perseption.
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Post by RK_Striker_JK_5 »

Guinan was centered enough not to go back, unlike Soran. She felt great loss, but she knew it wasn't real.

She's an awesome character. ANd her hats rocks.
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Guinan: Guess how smart I am.
Q: It's over 9,000!
Guinan: Now guess how strong I am.
Q: It's over 9,000!
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Post by Monroe »

lol!

Would be neat if she was Q but sadly both actor and actress are aging rapidly and the likelyhood of another Generation movie seems unlikely to me.

I always thought she deserved a bigger role on the ship. Best part Woopie ever played I think and did a much better at councelling than the damn councelor.
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I didnt really like her for some reason. Just didnt really like her.
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She was thrown out of the nexus for attempting to re-enact the movie 'ghost'.
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Well, we surmise thru Data that she can apparently perceived things beyond linear time. Other than that, she's like most bartenders...
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Post by Sionnach Glic »

*shrug*
I never really paid much attention to her, for me she was just another background character. I found her neither interesting nor boring, rather 'meh'.
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I didnt like how in yesterdays enterprise Picard made a huge choice because she had a funny feeling.
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