Star Trek: Picard lastly obtained into the meat of why Captain Liam Shaw has been standoffish ever since Picard and Riker arrived on board. Shaw was considered one of his former ship’s few survivors in the course of the Battle of Wolf 359, which defined his animosity towards Picard however made the truth that Seven of 9 is his second in command very complicated. Fortuitously, Todd Stashwick has some ideas on this dynamic and made a compelling case for why he’d need Seven of 9 on the Titan.
I had the chance to talk to Todd Stashwick about Star Trek: Picard and get a few of the particulars on the headspace and mindset of Captain Liam Shaw. I requested why Shaw works with Seven, given his traumatic expertise tied to the devastating Wolf 359 assault led by Locutus of Borg, and obtained fairly a compelling reply from him:
I believe subconsciously, there’s some immersion remedy occurring. He needs to heal from these wounds. I believe, on some stage, getting management of his concern and issues that fear him. And, possibly overcontrolling. Possibly there’s one thing about him [being] superior officer to a former Borg that helps his therapeutic course of.
Todd Stashwick gave Star Trek: Picard viewers his perspective, and lots to consider. Is it attainable that his skilled relationship with Seven is a pressured try to fight or heal from his pure bias towards reformed Borg? If that’s the case, he nonetheless has some work to do as he clearly hasn’t been in a position to totally forgive Jean-Luc for all of the misdeeds he carried out as Locutus.
Seven and Shaw could not be extra completely different of their strategy to conditions, which is one more reason Todd Stashwick steered she’s on his character’s ship. Shaw might not be essentially the most pleasant individual in Starfleet, however he is undoubtedly somebody who’s open to different methods of pondering and challenges to his concepts:
He additionally acknowledges she is basically good at what she does. She could also be impulsive and reckless, however he wants that dissenting voice on the bridge.
Captain Shaw should have some unresolved trauma from Wolf 359 and has been disrespectful to each Picard and Seven consequently, however there are indicators that present he is making an attempt to be higher. In any case, he did defy Vadic’s request to give up Jack Crusher as soon as he realized he was Picard’s son, so hopefully, we’ll see progress in his relationship with Seven. It definitely wasn’t nice he is insisted on calling her Annika thus far, regardless of her needs to retain her Borg identify.
Star Trek: Picard Season 3 has the characters combating one other outstanding enemy of Starfleet: Changelings. Shaw might want to totally let go of his Borg bias if he needs to collaborate with a few of the greatest minds on the ship, however will he have the ability to do this? Whereas Todd Stashwick’s ideas have me optimistic Shaw will change, who is aware of?
In any case, with Changelings within the combine, it is attainable that even essentially the most unsuspecting characters might need been Changelings all alongside. I am personally hoping that is not the case, nevertheless, as I would love a Paramount+ (opens in new tab) spinoff collection that includes Todd Stashwick’s Liam Shaw, amongst different new characters, when that is throughout.
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