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OK, I'm going to bed. I just read the following Youtube comment and found myself totally agreeing with it.
"My theory about Guinan is that she doesn't have any actual powers herself, however she does have vast knowledge of the Q continuum, and perhaps many "friends in high places". We know that Q is subservient to the others in the Q continuum as they punish him several times by either casting him out or taking away his powers. Guinan shares her insight with Picard by saying "Not all the Q are alike; some of them are almost respectable". This implies that she knows other Q, and Q's reaction to her implies that he is aware of this, and considers her a threat to him because of her potential relationship to these other Q. It is possible that her defense stance was simply a way to signal her Q friends that they may have to put Q back in his place. If Guinan has the natural (or gained) ability to sense disturbances in the space-time continuum alerting Q's presence to her, and she also has the ability to signal other Qs in the continuum anytime she wishes, then she would be a legitimate threat to Q. The Q continuum doesn't normally interfere in the affairs of mortals, so they wouldn't help her solve a mortal problem. But they have no hesitation about intervening to stop a rogue Q from affecting the galaxy. They did the same thing to Amanda Rogers parents, and to Quinn. That's my take on the Guinan/Q relationship."
Thus, some distant subroutine reminded me how pointless this is, and I should give up.
Good night.
- This post may be of interest to about five QBNers. I say 'interest', I mean 'pained understanding'.Nairn