I mean, Q’s following line was something like “You’re right, you’re much easier to manipulate” and it took smile right off Sisko’s face.
“Indeed not. You’re much easier to provoke. How fortunate for me.”
He then fucked off and never returned to DS9.
My head Cannon is that Q figures out when Sisko punches him that Sisko is part Prophet and plays it off as a bit instead of having the only other nontemporal entities in the region mad at him.
yeah, he figures out he doesn’t want to get war crimed when sisko goes prophet
Since Q is omniscient and likely has the ability to see forward in time, I assume he wanted to get punched in that scene for some reason.
I can’t remember all the context though.
My head canon is because of The Sisko’s mother having been possessed by with a non corporal wormhole alien at the time of her pregnancy The Sisko was able to punch Q.
Q did not see it coming, and wouldn’t have been able to stop it if he’d tried. Q wasn’t acting being knocked to the ground. In realising The Sisko was more than he appeared Q was genuinely worried, and that’s why he never bothered DS9 again.
oh gods we were teenagers do you have any idea the wormhole alien jokes we made
Q is pretty far from omniscient.
I meant omnipotent. Get those mixed up sometimes.
This is great, haha
Always loved it … one of the most powerful beings in the Star Trek universe … is a black man.
I like to think Q and the Emissary are still having boxing matches. Rope-a-dope is a real challenge when you exist non-temporally.
Q isn’t confined by the passage of time as humans are.
Q is an energy being occupying a higher plane of existence (note: this does not require morality and I’m not sure why anyone thinks "higher plane* requires someone to be morally good)
Q was punched because Q allowed himself to be punched. Any other Q would certainly not take that kind of thing from a bug. When bugs bite, they get swatted, unless you want the bug alive.
Sisko may think he’s tough for standing up to Q and not indulging shenanigans. Sisko is tough for many reason, but not this one.
Sisko is lucky Q is fascinated by humanity so much or he would be shrunk to the size of a Proton and tossed into a neutron star to be squished for all time.
yeah Q as we see him is more like a matter puppet created by Q so we can interact with him more easily
You mogged me! Picard never mogged me!
thank you for the idea
