217: What Are Little Girls Made Of?

[Catie Osborn]

What Are Little Girls Made Of?

For some, Star Trek is an obsession. But for Catie Osborn, it was something more than that: It provided the common ground that helped strengthen her relationship with her father.

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[smell-of-man]

wauw, beautiful story... it even makes me want to go and start watching the startrek series

 

[Darenus]

A wonderful story indeed so. I am very happy to hear such a deep going story and how something that is basicly as old and classic and yet always again new like Star Trek can bring people closer like that.

I enjoyed this little insight and thank you for this light hearted moment.

 

[True Nero]

very nice. star trek is not about flying around in space (or at least entirely), it's more about morals and decisions in my opinion. i probably learned more from picard and kirk than i did from elmo and mr. Roger.

 

[Dr.Sean]

For some reason I thought this was going to be a rant about how children can't die in video games.

 

[Kiutu]

I honestly started to cry. That sounded like some Hallmark movie, but ya know...actually heartwarming.

 

[A Raging Emo]

That was a brillieant read. Thank you very much for putting that up. I've started watching Deep Space 9 again, and I am thoroughly enjoying it.

 

[Dioxide20]

PICARDS THE MAN!

 

[Anarien]

That was a wonderful story. As someone who found Star Trek TNG when I was a 7 or 8 year old girl, it would've been nice to have someone else to share that with me. All families have their ways of communicating, and for my mom and I it was often video games or music, but Star Trek in its many incarnations has been a big part of my life for a long time. I recently traveled to Philadelphia in large part because I wanted to see the Star Trek exhibition at the museum there. I actually messed up my timing and missed the museum, so I'm considering a trip back before it closes just to see this exhibition.

This was my favorite piece in the issue. Also, Picard is the natural choice, of course.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

This is a pretty touching story. Star Trek, at its core, always struck me as being aimed towards the human condition; aliens, strange worlds and exotic dangers always stood in for the more mundane problems that we as individuals, and society as a whole, faced. It was that perspective of the fantastic that made the examples and lessons easier to accept. I'm glad to see that you and your father found a common interest in the show, and that you have such fond memories of him connected to it. That's a lot more than many others have.

 

[Silver Scribbler]

That was a brilliantly beautiful story, incredibly heart warming. Also your favourite episode, the pretty confusing one with Moriarty in the holo-deck? And I prefer Picard too...

 

[Pink_Pirate]

wow... what a heart warming story, although i must admit it makes me jealous. I wish I could have had a relationship like that with my dad, but alas he is dead, and to be honest he stopped being my dad long before that due to his depression. But, that's life. Star trek is awesome by the way.

 

[Simalacrum]

Very moving story. I enjoyed it very much. Thankyou for sharing it with us

 

[whaleswiththumbs]

Amazong story, i dont know what else to say.

 

[Swaki]

truly touched by your story, it almost made me call my dad, but unfortunately i don't speak greek.

 

[Ericb]

I just read Colin Rowsell's article, and thought both yours and his complement each other greatly, like an yin-yang perspective on the whole fan phenomenon.

Beautiful story. You manage to make me curious about the original Star Trek series.

 

[bonesrodriguez]

Wow- super-touching story. I loved it!
I have to side with your dad on which Captain is the greatest (I DID write Captain Kirk's Guide To Women), but Picard is fantastic of course!

Such a great article that really touched my heart- THANK YOU!!

 

[Stoic raptor]

Nice story

 

[Smokescreen]

OK, it's a nice story and it's told well--but how does it apply to gaming?

I ask this question because while I think there's a place for a broad range of stories and moments at the Escapist, because I think that games can touch all of us in interesting ways, this particular story feels all about a personal connection that doesn't provide any reflection to a broader experience of Star Trek and how it affects our lives (in a broad stroke) science fiction, or gaming.

It affects the author's life, most definitely, but I'm not seeing the tendrils that would connect it to the broader audience of gamers that makes up the Escapist.

YMMV, and I totally admit this is my viewpoint only. I could've overlooked something.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

OK, it's a nice story and it's told well--but how does it apply to gaming?

The Escapist isn't entirely about gaming. Witness the sections on movies, music, etc.