You should really try embracing the 40fps screen refresh rate. It’s actually half way between 30fps and 60fps by frame time so it looks a lot smoother than you’d think.
Nothing else has a screen that can actually do 40 Hz refresh so you usually can’t use 40 fps because it wouldn’t align with the screen refreshes.
40 fps unlocks a ton of games for the steam deck to run well.
She was unpopular because she was mean to Data right after Measure Of A Man. I know she turned around some near the end but tbh I had a bad impression of her because of that.