# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/41 "2015-07-10T19:44:29Z")
Legolas is effective and less annoying. Troi’s “skill” is close to useless and she requires resources/protection along the way. Overall, she’s a net detriment to when it comes to actually saving the world. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/42 "2015-07-10T19:45:26Z")
Parker is very cute, but yes, I’d be afraid of that spoon, too. And, while I always had the hots for She-Hulk, those gamma-enhanced muscles would make any liason short-lived, and highly painful. :eek: Since She-Hulk would be more than capable of defeating any foes that Legolas could, I’ll go with Deanna, under the caveat that it’s a later-season Deanna (probably Season 4 on), when she was not quite so obvious in her empathic utterances. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/43 "2015-07-10T19:47:24Z")
Yay! A poll! Legolas. He kills stuff. I got no problem with his looks. I don’t think he actually talks your ears off, even if you have to sit next to him at the camp fire. Plus I expect he can always draw sentry duty if he turn into a real PITA. Why’d we even bring Troi into this? She’s a sweet-heart and all, but can anyone imagine actually trekking (yes, I did that) anywhere with her (on the surface of a planet!). She looks like someone who might break a nail. Of course, I might break a nail, but we only need one in the party. ---
**Author:** ![Unpronounceable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9de0a6/32.png) [@Unpronounceable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unpronounceable)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/44 "2015-07-10T20:12:23Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > If Troi tells She Hulk what I’m thinking about her, I’ll be one dead **Sefton**. And it won’t be death by snu-snu, either. I don’t think you’d be in any danger…remember Troi never figured out the bit character she was regularly counseling was perving on her in the holodeck. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/45 "2015-07-10T20:14:00Z")
From a D&D point of view, there’s really no question. One appears to be a level 17 fighter and the other is essentially an annoying cleric who can only cast “Detect Evil”. Even factoring in the cleavage, I fail to see how this is even a debate. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/46 "2015-07-10T20:15:34Z")
I’ll bring along Troi for her, um, visual appeal and highly-refined appreciation of chocolate. Movie!Legolas pretty much lost me when he surfed downstairs on a shield. Gah. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/47 "2015-07-10T20:18:43Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > 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. > … > > 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. Why do your bots have to practice stabbing? Didn’t you program them correctly? By the way, I am a woman so no stabbing allowed but I will take some pies. I just need to pick up some whipped cream first. Oh, and I would totally take Legolas. Legolas and whipped cream … mmm … I’ll be in my hobbit hole. ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/48 "2015-07-10T20:24:55Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Why do your bots have to practice stabbing? Didn’t you program them correctly? Got to keep that positronic net working properly. > [@](#): > > By the way, I am a woman so no stabbing allowed but I will take some pies. I just need to pick up some whipped cream first. > > Oh, and I would totally take Legolas. Legolas and whipped cream … mmm … I’ll be in my hobbit hole. You’re a grown damn human woman. Legolas is a grown damn elf. Hobbits are 3 to 4 feet all maximum. Ain’t noting comfortable happeing between y’all in a hobbit bed. This is the kind of poor planning that keeps you off field duty. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/49 "2015-07-10T20:46:19Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Got to keep that positronic net working properly. > > You’re a grown damn human woman. Legolas is a grown damn elf. Hobbits are 3 to 4 feet all maximum. Ain’t noting comfortable happeing between y’all in a hobbit bed. This is the kind of poor planning that keeps you off field duty. I’m actually quite short for a human and pretty tall for a Hobbit but I like Hobbit burrows. They are comfy and the larder is usually well-stocked. ---
**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, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/50 "2015-07-10T20:50:36Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I’m actually quite short for a human and pretty tall for a Hobbit but I like Hobbit burrows. They are comfy and the larder is usually well-stocked. Whatever. I can have the Hookerbot Department send you over an Orlando Bloom model and you can have the holomatrix rejiggered with all the blonde hair and whatnot, but I don’t see this ending well. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/51 "2015-07-10T21:12:44Z")
I can already read your minds. I’m in Human Resources. It’s what we do, just shortly before we play with them a little. What I can’t do is split a sapling at 60 feet with an arrow. Give me the Elf! ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/52 "2015-07-10T21:37:01Z")
I’m a guy so I’m going with Counselor Troi, she was super damn sexy in the earlier seasons of the series plus as ship’s Counselor she can help me with my emotional issues such as objectifying women as purely sexual objects. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/53 "2015-07-10T21:40:24Z")
I’ve got nothing against either. Legolas is a death-dealing god of war, and Troi can read minds (to a degree) which will be damn helpful in some circumstances. She can sense an ambush ahead. (Well, okay, so can Legolas.) She can tell when the ambassador is lying, or when the villagers have poisoned the beer. They’re both darn fine resources for a team of adventurers. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/54 "2015-07-10T21:41:52Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Parker and She Hulk are already there for my sexual needs, so I’ll bring the Elf. Troi can watch from afar and text us to say she feels hostility. Legolas can shoot us down some dinner, too. This. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/55 "2015-07-10T21:52:29Z")
This is no contest whatsoever. If the choice was Troi and a bag of potatoes, I’d choose the potatoes. ---
**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, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/56 "2015-07-10T23:04:35Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > She can tell when the ambassador is lying, or when the villagers have poisoned the beer. Or the alcoholic Elf can tell us about the beer… 🙂 ---
**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, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/57 "2015-07-10T23:09:06Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 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. If you bring Legolas, his buddy Gimli might show up and somehow think you want to see him naked. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/58 "2015-07-10T23:20:56Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > If you bring Legolas, his buddy Gimli might show up and somehow think you want to see him naked. Yeah, but dwarves define “naked” as “wearing only two full suits of chainmail.” ---
**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, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/59 "2015-07-10T23:44:28Z")
For some reason, a drunk Chris Farley skinny dipping visual pops into my head. Doctors are working on it… . ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777/60 "2015-07-11T01:06:59Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > If you bring Legolas, his buddy Gimli might show up and somehow think you want to see him naked. I prefer the old battle axe Gimli hauls around to the one Troi hauls around. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-travelling-companion-deanna-troi-or-movie-legolas/724777.md?page=4)