Elizabeth Weir and Kathryn Janeway - leaders in a galaxy far far away
I was thinking Catelyn Stark for womenlovefest but two amazing people are writing about her, so she's in good hands.
So, for my contribution I chose Elizabeth Weir and Kathryn Janeway.
Elizabeth Weir -
The head of a pseudo-military expedition who's not military. She's surrounded by soldiers and scientists and she's neither, which is a great strength of her character. Yes she has flaws, yes she's imperfect, but for leading what this mission was, a joint effort between civilians and the military, she was an excellent leader.
She balances the two. As much as she had to be the mediator between Atlantis and who they met in the Pegasus Galaxy, Elizabeth had to be the go between for the military and the civilian scientists. She had to keep the peace, make sure both sides listened and respected the other and she did it by respecting each of them. She listens to Rodney when he explains thermolytic reactions. She listens to John when he plans a rescue mission. She listens to Teyla about whom to trade with and who not to trust. She is the centre of the disparate groups.
The one who listens.
Kathryn Janeway
She got her crew stranded in the Delta Quadrant and never forgot or forgave herself. She made the hard call, putting the lives of strangers ahead of her crew. In truest moral Starfleet tradition, she put the needs of the many ahead of the needs of the few.
In that moment, right in the pilot episode, Kathryn shoulders the burden of what she's taken away from her crew. Though no one on Voyager would have balked if they'd died for the Ocampa in a blaze of glory, she had to ask them to live, stranded from their own families in a dangerous, brutal part of space.
She owned that choice and I think it killed part of her slowly over the next seven years. It took incredible strength to do what she did and I've always admired her for it.
She's the one who never forgot.
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So, for my contribution I chose Elizabeth Weir and Kathryn Janeway.
Elizabeth Weir -
The head of a pseudo-military expedition who's not military. She's surrounded by soldiers and scientists and she's neither, which is a great strength of her character. Yes she has flaws, yes she's imperfect, but for leading what this mission was, a joint effort between civilians and the military, she was an excellent leader.
She balances the two. As much as she had to be the mediator between Atlantis and who they met in the Pegasus Galaxy, Elizabeth had to be the go between for the military and the civilian scientists. She had to keep the peace, make sure both sides listened and respected the other and she did it by respecting each of them. She listens to Rodney when he explains thermolytic reactions. She listens to John when he plans a rescue mission. She listens to Teyla about whom to trade with and who not to trust. She is the centre of the disparate groups.
The one who listens.
Kathryn Janeway
She got her crew stranded in the Delta Quadrant and never forgot or forgave herself. She made the hard call, putting the lives of strangers ahead of her crew. In truest moral Starfleet tradition, she put the needs of the many ahead of the needs of the few.
In that moment, right in the pilot episode, Kathryn shoulders the burden of what she's taken away from her crew. Though no one on Voyager would have balked if they'd died for the Ocampa in a blaze of glory, she had to ask them to live, stranded from their own families in a dangerous, brutal part of space.
She owned that choice and I think it killed part of her slowly over the next seven years. It took incredible strength to do what she did and I've always admired her for it.
She's the one who never forgot.
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comments. Please comment on either. :)