>Here it is,
>near the end of season 4 and you introduce a new important talent,
>Ivanova's eidetic memory. I'm not saying it's out of character for her
>or that it contradicts anything in the past. My point is that with all
>that came before and your exposure on the web you must have planned this
>well in advance>so as not to open yourself up to "why didn't she
>remember ...?" questions. In a novel, if you or an editor finds a
>contradiction with what came before, it can be changed.


(also taps foot...)

She's a latent telepath. About a P1. As has been established on the show in
the past. That gives her a slight edge in many areas.

Also, an eidetic memory does not equal facility with language. I have a
somewhat eidetic memory. I can usually remember visuals and things said to me
with extreme clarity. (Unless I'm in convention mode at the time, at which
point all bets are off.) But I have a real problem with learning languages,
which involves not just memorization, but *translation,* which is a skill, a
knack that some others have and some don't. (Spanish rolled off me, but for
some reason I have a knack for German, though my vocabulary's gone all to
hell.)



jms