> Well, I agree that there's something weird about Q's obsession with Picard, but slashing the two is still wrong. I can believe anything about Q, but I simply cannot see Picard ever being remotely interested in him in the slightest. So for it to be believable to me, there would have to be seriously dark non-con stuff involved.

I've seen it done well, but it does take a lot of work, especially in the ones where Picard likes Q back. Trust is a big issue. But I think some of the draw for the writers is that it spawns all kinds of interesting storylines for Picard to show up anywhere in time and/or space in a story; Q makes a great deus-ex-machina that way.