It would have also worked much better with Q's common refrain that Picard isn't special. Showing that all his other lives would have had equal value, and he just happens in this one to be The Captain.
It's pretty much the same principle as how every major character gets to be a captain of their own ship, "everyone wants to be a manager, and if they don't become one they're underperforming".
It would have also worked much better with Q's common refrain that Picard isn't special. Showing that all his other lives would have had equal value, and he just happens in this one to be The Captain.
It's pretty much the same principle as how every major character gets to be a captain of their own ship, "everyone wants to be a manager, and if they don't become one they're underperforming".