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i think the funniest possible star trek viewing order might be strictly chronological.

you’d have to start with that Voyager episode where they go to before the Big Bang, then work your way through every other time travel episode, the one with the whales, and First Contact before you even get close to anything approaching a normal viewing order.

at some point you’d have to watch “City on The Edge of Forever” followed by “Little Green Men” followed by “Far Beyond the Stars” which is about the most tonal whiplash you could possibly get from three consecutive episodes of star trek. I think I want to try this now.

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Picard discussion/theory

SPOILERS through episode 3x08.  I don’t know anybody on tumblr, I’ve no idea where the Picard fandom is, but I’d really like somebody to talk with about the show.  So if you’re out there, please say hi.  Thanks.

Anyway, here’s my theory for what’s going on with Jack...

I think we’re dealing with the Borg again.  Let’s start at the beginning (of S3).

Picard’s log entry about the Borg is playing in the opening scene.  Foreshadowing??

Moving on in no particular order because I can’t remember which ep is which.

Shaw makes sure we all remember Wolf 359 and that PICARD WAS A BORG!

Jack talks with Seven about feeling alone and needing connection.

That voice Jack keeps hearing is kinda Borg Queen vibes.  “Come home... to the collective.”

Jack’s brain thing is happening much younger than Picard’s.  But what if Picard’s brain thing started later... like when he was a Borg!  Now the time frames match up.

Data says Picard’s brain thing was misdiagnosed.  And come on, we all know Jack’s is something else.

Data also said what they wanted Picard’s body for.  Something was in him.  Like Borg nanites.  Something he could have passed along to his son.

Seven is constantly there with her name and her implant by her eye, reminding us of Borg bits left behind and not completely removed.  And do she and Picard feel entirely human again after what happened?  Nope.  (Their discussion in S1 came to mind.) 

The big bad says it’s fitting Seven’s there when she reveals what Jack really is.  Because BORG!

Does he feel guilty for what he is?  He’s hearing voices.  So many voices.  The collective.

Troi also says there’s an ancient voice inside him that isn’t his own.

Why would the Changelings be working with the Borg?  Like Lore said, the enemy of my enemy...

Why can Jack take people over?  It’s a hive thing.  But they’re human.  Well, I’m sure they’ll explain it later.

Jack’s red eyes.  Honestly don’t make a ton of sense either.  But remember every time Locutus looked at the camera and that red laser glare happened next to his eye?  Yeah.

Why is everything fucking red?!  I don’t know!  Because red is a very strong color cinematically??  Also, goddammit, Terry!!

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shore leave

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Star Trek Picard & TNG - Ro Laren

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the only new trek vs old trek discourse i wanna hear is about the aspect ratios

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the original series of star trek is absolutely my favorite thing bc every episode is like:

-kirk manhandles a penis shaped rock prop for a very long time

-spock dances flamenco

-sulu fences down the hallway shirtless

-episode plot is kirk v massive sentient lump

-kirk tries to explain spock's ears as a childhood accident where he got his head caught in a mechanical rice picker

-on an unrelated note, spock starts wearing a beanie

-redshirts get turned into like. cubes of salt

-uhura defeats a giant green hand by hotwiring the entire comms console

-spock and kirk hold hands

-scotty stops chekov from starting a bar fight with klingons only to immediately start one himself bc the love of his life (the enterprise) gets insulted

-mccoy's fantasies involve meeting characters from alice in wonderland, including a giant anthropomorphic rabbit

-spock's alien sex drive episode

-kirk gets bodyswapped

-gladiator fight episode (1)

-gladiator fight episode (2)

-gladiator fight episode (3)

AND YET, every episode is ALSO like:

-war cannot be reduced to numbers from an outside perspective, because that makes it easier to stomach without change; the horror that is war must be acknowledged in order to make room for peace

-more types of life can be extant than we can conceive, and just because they are different forms of life doesn't make them incapable of prospering

-love cannot be programmed or controlled, and discriminatory hatred is a tool only for death and pain

-cultures that are different than our own are valuable and can be vibrantly rich with history, and judging them before we try to understand and empathize is not only reductive but contemptible

-happiness is something that we have to allow ourselves, and actively seek out, because it can't come to us without work and acknowledgement of our own state of being

-genocide can never be justified, and certainly not even to supposedly save the people that are more "valuable" by any given metric over those who are not, because all lives have worth

anyway the balance of absurdity and meaningfulness gives me life, and we haven't even gotten started on the whale movie lmao

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Gates McFadden & DeForest Kelley at the premiere of Star Trek: Generations

17 Nov 1994

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Looking for some vidding blogs to follow.  Sci-fi/fantasy, or any communities for collaborations and such.  Thanks!

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Columbo Investigation Officer of Starfleet

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Star Trek - Kirk/Spock/McCoy

Jerry Goldsmith: “The Mountain”

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my mom: *finds some dusty coins while cleaning* “Want some dirty money?”

me: “No thanks.”

mom: “Not into laundering money, huh?”

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Crossing Jordan video from many years ago that nobody ever saw because Youtube copyright struck it instantly.

Jordan/Woody

Alanis Morissette - “Everything”

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THE X-FILES — 1x03 “Squeeze” 

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STAR TREK: TOS- S1E28 | The City on the Edge of Forever

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anyone else find it a little fucked up that gifsets/edits only get more than 1k notes if they’re concerning a brand new piece of media (film/tv episode/trailer) and if the edit is posted within like 10 minutes of said media releasing to the public??? and if it’s not, it’s basically ignored and dies or takes days/weeks to amass notes??? so most people will only deem creators “worthy” of a like/reblog to spread an edit around if it’s only relevant to whatever brand new thing has released, and if you’re even like a week late that’s not good enough and fuck you <3