# Worse travelling companion: Deanna Troi or Movie!Legolas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777 "2015-07-10T16:18:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/21 "2015-07-10T17:22:34Z")
I’m going with Deanna. Both are annoying conversationalists, but at least we can enjoy chocolate sundaes together. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/22 "2015-07-10T17:22:41Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > But if you’re going up against a dessert monster… Or anyone whose body language befuddles you. . ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/23 "2015-07-10T17:23:17Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > What do you mean you are Deanna Troi? 😕 Empathetic to a useless fault, big boobs. She has better hair, though. > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > You know you’re special to me. I have deposited $785,854,471.12 cents in your account, and comfortbots only cost $2000 an hour. The catalog will be in your teleport pad as soon as you turn it back on. That’s better. > [@](#): > > (You DO keep the teleport pad off except when expecting packages, right? Because bombs and shit.) Of course! Jeezopete! ONE TIME you forget to turn off the teleport pad and the boss never lets you forget about it. And those meerkats were totally asking for it, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/24 "2015-07-10T17:25:34Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > A knowledge of rare chocolates from around the galaxy. Other then that I’m not sure. But if you’re going up against a dessert monster… Pretty sure I’ve got the chocolate thing covered. Well, as long as it is dark chocolate. You throw a white chocolate dessert monster at me and I’m using magic to change it’s nature. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/25 "2015-07-10T17:30:33Z")
As someone who’s only seen 2 or 3 episodes of ST:NG, I can relish the hotness without knowing why she’s so hated. Legolas, on the other hand, has a stick up his ass. A vote for Troi. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/26 "2015-07-10T17:32:37Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Of course! Jeezopete! ONE TIME you forget to turn off the teleport pad and the boss never lets you forget about it. And those meerkats were totally asking for it, anyway. :: shrugs :: Don’t make no never mind to me. It’s YOUR house. You want filled with hundreds of meerkats again, that’s on you. > [@Chimera](#): > > Pretty sure I’ve got the chocolate thing covered. > > Well, as long as it is dark chocolate. You throw a white chocolate dessert monster at me and I’m using magic to change it’s nature. :: leafs though grimoire, finds appropriate page, bookmarks it, throws book at Chimera’s face :: Page 314,159,268. Says in no uncertain language not to use magic directly on white chocolate. Always backfires. That’s how Hermione Granger died. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/27 "2015-07-10T17:34:56Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > As someone who’s only seen 2 or 3 episodes of ST:NG, I can relish the hotness without knowing why she’s so hated. Legolas, on the other hand, has a stick up his ass. A vote for Troi. I will need you to rephrase this post in the form of a wisecrack. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/28 "2015-07-10T17:37:10Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Deanna Troi is annoying in universe. “Captain, I’m sensing that the aliens who just blew up our starboard nacelle are hostile!” Thanks, Troi! I think we all picked up on that! Why don’t you head on down to engineering and stuff yourself into a torpedo tube while the people who know how to do useful things handle the situation? I always figured her real purpose was “I detect horney-ness!” Kneels, sound of velco opening, moist noises… ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/29 "2015-07-10T17:38:13Z")
Shoulder blades are not clavicles. Shoulder blades are scapulae. Clavicles are collarbones. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/30 "2015-07-10T17:39:33Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > Shoulder blades are not clavicles. Shoulder blades are scapulae. Clavicles are collarbones. But, in the FUTURE … :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/31 "2015-07-10T17:40:52Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Says in no uncertain language not to use magic directly on white chocolate. Always backfires. That’s how Hermione Granger died. Is that a GoT spoiler? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/32 "2015-07-10T17:41:52Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > Shoulder blades are not clavicles. Shoulder blades are scapulae. Clavicles are collarbones. You’ll pay for pointing out my senior moment. As Rule 7 prohibits me from murdering women, I have directed the Blueberry Pelting Department to pelt you with blueberries. Blueberry PIES. > [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Is that a GoT spoiler? :mad: Are … are you suggesting that I watch Game of Thrones? Because you are NOT a woman. And there’s plenty of stab-bots in the stabbing practice room, practicing their stabbing, and they’re all ready to be deployed. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/33 "2015-07-10T17:45:41Z")
If I’m going to sit next to this team member at dinner on a regular basis, I want to sit with the person who will have the juiciest gossip about the others. Legolas is out, bring on Troi. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/34 "2015-07-10T17:53:15Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > … You’ll be leading a team of eight on this quest; this will include folks like She-Hulk, Angus MacGuyver, Parker from _Leverage_, Dr. Johnny Fever, and so on… Ah – the Giants! I keep vacillating. And not in the good way. I like Troi’s eye candy and can always keep the ear buds in. But then Legolas can kill stuff for me. But then Troi can be a shield and sacrificed with no loss. Anyway, if I’m this bad at making decisions, the mission’s probably going to fail anyway - so I might as well go out with a bang! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/35 "2015-07-10T17:58:26Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > :: leafs though grimoire, finds appropriate page, bookmarks it, throws book at Chimera’s face :: > > Page 314,159,268. Says in no uncertain language not to use magic directly on white chocolate. Always backfires. That’s how Hermione Granger died. Then I guess we’ll just ensure that She-Hulk is hungry, eh? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/36 "2015-07-10T18:51:01Z")
I’ll go with Deanna. There may be a situation where she could crash the _Enterprise_’s saucer section into the bad guy. ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/37 "2015-07-10T19:04:45Z")
As the leader, I’ll just assign 'Leg ‘o Lamb’ and the rest of the team to the Earth-saving task while Parker and I just chill. Don’t call us, we’ll call you… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/38 "2015-07-10T19:23:05Z")
I’m just glad we didn’t get stuck with Scrappy Doo this time. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/39 "2015-07-10T19:25:42Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > I’m a god damned sexual Tyrannosaurus! Besides, the two together provide … leverage. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/40 "2015-07-10T19:34:38Z")
In a fight, Legolas isn’t completely useless- he may actually manage to kill some of the enemy. Meanwhile, Troi’s psychic "powers "come down to telling us that she senses hostility from the aliens who are firing photon torpedoes at us (“Thanks loads, genius!”). So, I’d bring Legolas along with me, but would bring along a DVD of _ **The Wicked Lady** _, for fun. P.S. If you take Troi, her freaking MOTHER might show up!!! Too risky. Her Mom is even more annoying than she is, and somehow thinks people want to see her naked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777.md?page=3)