#datalore

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Tng season 1 is so funny. Like 2 episodes in “data fucks btw” a few episodes later “lore has a functional penis. just like data. btw” a few episodes after that “data still fucks. btw”

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Often wrong's got a broken heart,

Can't even tell his boys apart

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you say potayto, i say potahto 🎶

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Just posting this today for now reason whatsoever.

Just don’t look at the tags.

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human qualities

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Data and Lore by ROKU on pixiv (if they're here on Tumblr too, please lmk and I'll tag them!!)

There's much more on their pixiv page, but some is R-18 and you might need to make an account to see it. Such amazing, gorgeous fanart that I had to share. It all looks right off of an early 2000s manga cover and I mean that in the very best way 💛🖤

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Star Trek The Next Generation "Datalore"

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I need more "angry" Data. What is wrong with meeeee I watched him shove a borg into the wall and my pants disappeared ffs

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when you haven't seen your beloved evil brother for 2 years and he just sleepwalks in the door

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Read the fic "Perfection's Paradox" by Addicted to Androids on AO3 earlier today and had to thrash out this quick artwork (while listening to industrial electronic music). It's a great fic so I'd absolutely recommend giving it a read!

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TNG Watchthrough: S1 E12 – Datalore

Lore! I find myself surprised at how many recurring characters are established in this first half of the first season. We've had Q (twice!), the Traveler, Lwaxana Troi, the Ferangi, and now Lore. I would have guessed, if you had asked me to guess, that those introductions would have been more spread out over first few seasons, and that these early episodes would have had more one-shot monster of the week type aliens that we never see again. It's neat to see all of these foundations being laid.

More thoughts, and yet another rant about Wesley, below the cut.

I didn't know or had forgotten that data's origin was a mystery at first. I was like, what do you mean the mystery of data's origins, he was built by Dr. Soong, even I know that.

"Hold the memories of four hundred and eleven people." Oooh, this is kind of neat actually. Even if he doesn't have their day to day experiences it's a neat explanation for why he might know or understand some things and not others in a sort of patchwork way depending on what the colonists experiences were.

I'm wondering if this is one I actually saw once upon a time. This place where they found data with the secret door behind it is familiar.

"Data, we don't know that this can become alive." "It is very important for me to know that, sir.  I never dreamed it was possible I might find some link with some form like my own." Aww. 🥺

“Does it appear to have all your parts?” They're doing a great job selling the awkwardness here.

Lore waking up is suitably creepy.

"Your referring to him as an it suggests that I, too, fit into the category of a thing." Love this. You tell him data.

"Which requires I now ask you a very serious question. Since the two of you are closely related to each other." "The answer, sir, is that my loyalty is to you and Starfleet. Completely." "Thank you, Commander. I was certain of that." Okay Picard, clearly you were not certain of that if you had to ask. And like, would you ask your human officers if they were going to betray you if they had family come aboard?

I like the gradual reveals of Lore’s trickery with the bit with Riker on the bridge and Data calling him on lying about who was built first. It sets up a nice sense of dread that Lore is clearly deceptive, but we don’t know yet to what extent that crosses the line to evil, and data so clearly wants him to be someone he can have a relationship with.

“Our computer has constructed the image of a great crystalline entity which feeds on life.” Oh! The crystalline entity! I’ve heard of that!

The crystalline entity is very pretty.

Ah, the famous “Shut up Wesley.” This is so irritating. You literally sent him explicitly for the purpose of finding out if Data was doing anything suspicious. If you weren’t going to believe what he told you you should have sent someone else. Picard is being a jerk, Wesley is right, again, I do not understand how people watched all these episodes and decided to hate on Wesley. There was one(1) moment in like, The Battle where he was kinda a smarmy know it all, but other than that it’s been Wesley is earnest and correct and the adults are dismissive jerks to him about it.

“Are you prepared for the kind of death you've earned, little man? […] I promise him exquisite pain unless you obey me too, brother.” Excellent. A+ threats Lore.

“Lore's gone, sir. Permanently.” Well….

“Ensign Crusher, are you able to return to duty?” Sure, fine, I guess this is nice, but like, would it kill you to apologize Picard?

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