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That\'s the problem that arises when you make a trope so ingrained with a set of characters that happen to fit into the roles of the freudian psyche. Spock may represent the superego in As much as I like StarTrek and the original trio, I feel that Picard is a much better example of a superego character than Spock ever was, since more focus is laid on his morals and ideals rather than strict logic like Spock, who does still fit into the superego role due to his strict adherence to the supression of his emotions to the point where it may harm his logical reasoning at times. Frankly speaking, superego should correlate more to TheFettered or PrinciplesZealot, rather than TheSpock, especially since the superego by Freud\'s own definition doesn\'t concern itself with logic in the pursuit of what it considers proper moral behavior.
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That\\\'s the problem that arises when you make a trope so ingrained with a set of characters that happen to fit into the roles of the freudian psyche. As much as I like Star Trek and the original trio, I feel that Picard is a much better example of a superego character than Spock ever was, since more focus is laid on his morals and ideals rather than strict logic like Spock, who does still fit into the superego role due to his strict adherence to the supression of his emotions to the point where it may harm his logical reasoning at times. Frankly speaking, superego should correlate more to TheFettered or PrinciplesZealot, rather than TheSpock, especially since the superego by Freud\\\'s own definition doesn\\\'t concern itself with logic in the pursuit of what it considers proper moral behavior.
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