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One of the cutest and most underrated aspects of TNG is the fact that in any given scene Data is copying his friends’ posture and mannerisms

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I'm just saying, "We created a computer to make decisions for us, but it assimilated all of the bias that was implicit in the dataset and now makes incredibly racist decisions that we don't question because computers are logical and don't make mistakes" literally sounds like a planet-of-the-week morality play on the original Star Trek.

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Looks like Guinness survived World War 3 in Star Trek's future.

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Every time they make Spock kiss a woman an angel loses their wings and let me tell you heaven is looking pretty empty right now

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was going to say at least i like the new bartender character but those pints of guinness were SHITE

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strange new worlds do an episode where they travel to a strange new world challenge

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sorry why does this episode have the exact same plot as that lindsey lohan movie where she goes to ireland

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why is strange new worlds the teen drama of star treks now

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The evolution of the tricorder from the Original Series through to Voyager.

Source: Star Trek Aliens & Artifacts [Michael Westmore et al.] 2000

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The Julian Bashir appreciation really sneaks up on ya. I never thought I’d be a bashirhead to this degree but now I see him and I say that is my friend.

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I don’t listen to podcasts, but I would if these three had one. Honestly would love to have a girls brunch with them. Bitching with these three would heal me of everything.

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"I courted and won the heart of the magnificent jadzia dax" is so romantic and charming but also soooooooo funny. my good mr. worf. that is NOT what happened

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a criticism I’ve often seen of ds9’s handling of odo’s character specifically is that the show never explores that he previously worked for a fascist government and try to paint over it by saying he was “fair to both cardassians and bajorans” which… I’ve personally never understood because from my view they definitely do explore that, in fact it’s literally the entire premise of things past.

that whole episode is literally dedicated to deconstructing the idea that odo treated “both sides” fairly during the occupation and showing that he does in fact have blood on his hands (to the point where there is a scene where he hallucinates literally having blood on his hands). and though the episode only shows one specific instance of him siding with the cardassians out of convenience and his desire for order it deliberately ends on the question if this was the only time it happened or whether things like that were a common occurrence with him.

idk maybe people wanted a full arc dedicated to it instead of a singular episode but even then I still feel like odo’s tendency to fall into or sympathise with fascist ways of thinking is shown as one of his biggest overarching character flaws. when the dominion occupies the station, he almost sides with them not just because he craves the companionship of other changelings but also because they sooth his desire for order and (negative) peace. and those desires are often things he actively has to fight against to also fight against the fascism of the dominion.

and I think that’s actually a really interesting conflict for his character. having to learn to control those impulses from influencing his worldview too much lest it hurt the people he cares about most. especially because I think it’s a heightened version of patterns that often play out in real life — a lot of people have unexamined biases and beliefs that often make them susceptible to fascist ways of thinking even if they don’t want to be.

obviously odo has done things that would very much complicate his moral standing in real life, I’m not denying that at all but the same can be said for a lot of the ds9 cast. I just think it’s odd to single him out specifically and act like the show gave him some massive pass when I really don’t think it did.

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welcome to touch his torso saturday

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"All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by"

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😂 another 'dramatic show of change' moment here i think a few years ago she would've thrown him across the room for that

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cannot get over this lighting