This is all fantastic. I love the way you write thought processes, and since you write in two fandoms I really enjoy (ST and MLP) whenever you update, it's kind of awesome. You inspire me, as well, though I'm a DC girl before a Marvel one. ;) (yes, they screw things up. All of the things. I still can't help it.)

I know people have been jerk wads to you on this site before [there's a reason I call it the Mos Eisleys (sp?) of fan fiction.]

I think once I made a joke about how one of the stories that I love (that we both know you didn't write, since the author was on both our favorites lists) should be updated, and pretended it was one of your stories in a list of other stories by you I really liked... *Now*, to me, it seems obvious that such a statement was a joke, but I didn't say it like it was a joke, so that's my fault.

I apologize for that, because since this place has writers of *all* ages and abilities, and often the readers are even worse, there was *no* way to guess I was *joking*.

Anyway, now I follow you on FIM and AO3, as well, and you delve into impossible concepts with imaginary beings that say so much about humanity - I love it.

...And just since its in your bio, it would have been an impressive trick of biology and sociology if you were old enough to be my mother. ;) I'm about 30, married, etc. so I'm never acting the way some youngin's do just to get a rise outta you. I used to use my allowance to buy VHS tapes of TOS haha, I've never met a geekier kid than I was. My dad got me hooked young because he didn't like watching tng alone at night, so I got to stay up and watch it when school was out, and grow up with the crew of NCC1702D as my imaginary friends haha, and he took me to conventions to meet these people and a lot of it was the best of my childhood.

On another site, I'm Corvid, and I just want you to know I think you have incredible talent. (If you need 6 months, take 6 months! Thank you for existing at all!) I used to work in a used and antiquarian bookstore, so... all good things... Are appreciated.

. (Kat)

Well that's depressing.

Yeah, that's what you call a jerk move.

Will there ever be a story where Picard finds out about that whole 'locked in a little box' thing?

You got what everyone else gets: you got a lifetime-Death to a dead immortal, The Sandman

Oh you . . .

Oh fuck yes. Honestly, any god that demands worship is a petty narcissistic bastard.

LOL "My sister can damn well be my father if she wants to be" is a truly hilarious line.

Oh Hell . . . *Hugs him*

'teacher by trial by fire' Q is I think one of my favorite things about Q D

Your parody of teaching a man to fish is the funniest thing I've seen in a while :D

Would you kindly continue this fanfic? JUST DO IT. Please pretty please with a genetically engineered orange on top?

Are you familiar with a world called Equestria?
If so, do you know the leaders, Celestia and Luna?

# You cannot grasp that to me, making you worship me is rather like having cockroaches worship you would be to you. What would be the point? I am not one of you, to get an emotional thrill out of your subservience to me. I don't need you to tell me about how great I am. I KNOW.

That's all besides the point. Q doesn't hate worship because he's more powerful. He hates worship because it's not consistent with his personality.

There's 9 basic types of personality, and they apply even to the Q. Marxist, Communist, Anarcho-Communist. Moralist, Gaian, Anarchist. Right-Wing Authoritarian, Narcissist, and Psychopath.

The only ones that get off on worship are Psychopath, Narcissist, RWA, Moralist and Marxist. And Q is none of them. He's an Anarcho-Communist, of which Lucifer is the highest fictional example. And that makes him as far away from wanting worship as it's possible to get.

This by the way isn't fundamental, it's empirical. But it works and it's far more comprehensible than the fundamental reasons Q hates worship (which still have nothing to do with power) which we can't get at without sitting down and talking with Q in reality.

Oh and another thing. Self-abasement is a distinguishing trait of Evil people. RWAs, narcissists and psychopaths. Only they are adjutants, brown-nosers and shills. And despite claims to the contrary, any Q written consistent with canon can't be egotistical.

Even just from Encounter At Farpoint, Q has far too much empathy (comprehension of others, as opposed to attunement) and principles. Your Q is not one of several possible interpretations of Q, it's THE ONLY possible interpretation of Q.

Q's basic test at Encounter at Farpoint was "do you actually have principles or are you scum?" which is my most important question whenever I meet someone new. And Q isn't being a jackass about the way he forces them to answer it, he's just being efficient.

Quite a nice explanation of Q and Guinan's backstory. I always found their mutual distrust amusing.

Brilliant and well thought out. On to the next chapter.