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They're doing a temporary alternate universe in the IDW main Trek comic (Lore majorly fucked up the timeline, this universe is wrong, everyone has to find each other to restore the right one).

And here we have... Kira/Tasha? Who have been together for a while?I'm intrigued by this dynamic.

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STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - S1E2 Emissary, Part 2

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My favourite thing about Garak is how when he finishes talking and waits for the reaction the person he is speaking to does he makes his eyes really wide

it's hard to get a good shot of this but it's kind of like this (him talking vs him reacting)

and like. it's very funny bc he does this when manipulating people. him acting extremely shocked when a person does exactly the thing he intended them to

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Kira gets kidnapped by a rogue faction of Order agents who genuinely believe she’s Iliana Ghemor, their lost comrade.

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Kira gets kidnapped by a rogue faction of Order agents who genuinely believe she’s Iliana Ghemor, their lost comrade.

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stop earning advanced degrees i need you to finish your fanfiction

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i've just been overcome with the horrible realization that (according to my memory) Neelix's kitchen does not have any type of sink and i have never seen anyone wash their hands while making food. i know we have magic future sanitation gadgets or whatever but.... what about sticky hands? what about getting the garlic smell off your skin? what about all the times Neelix sticks his finger into what he's cooking, licks it, and gets on with his day? no wonder so many people get sick from his cooking if this is how we're living.

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"I've asked Chatgpt this", "I've asked Grok that"; well, I asked Garak and everything is true, especially the lies.

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I'm reading the scriptwriters' guide for TOS and it's cracking me up in many places. It's so obvious that, from the very beginning, they were already aware of so many of the issues people complain about today.

First there's a multiple choice quiz, what's wrong with this scene?

Answer: C! Absolutely Kirk would not hug the yeoman at this point! That's unprofessional!

The Prime Directive gets explained. As I keep telling people, it's not never broken, it's just supposed to only be broken for very good reasons.

For people wondering how to write a stardate: you make up some numbers!

No saluting! Yes optimism!

There is so much "think of the budget" in here. Yes you can use the shuttle bay but only if it's relevant, we have to use miniatures. Yes you can have a space suit but please don't ask for zero gravity. And where aliens are concerned, you can have some makeup but please focus on the interior differences not just tentacles!

Honestly I think Spock is a better alien than, say, Jabba the Hutt, because as human as he looks, he's much more different on the inside. People like to dismiss Star Trek aliens as "forehead of the week" but it's kind of a stage shorthand for "we're about to discover a unique culture, these people are different from you in ways you might not expect."

And to wrap up:

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bar rescue episode from season 4 titled deep space dive. Jon taffer sits in his transport with chef brian duffy and mixologist t'rya. they watch on a viewscreen as their undercover diners enter Quark's bar. "this is one of the most FILTHIEST bars ive ever rescued. the owner is refilling top shelf bottles, underpouring, AND there's Cardassian vole shit behind yhe bar. ive seen enough lets shut this place DOWN.

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I'm not saying I dislike the "having to wait for and earn the captaincy" storyline. There's obviously a lot of really interesting stories there and great character beats that have resulted in some of my favorite Trek characters. But there is an extremely noticeable pattern in which show leads need character development to move up the ranks

And who is presented as inherently qualified from the beginning

And before anyone mentions her, yes, I know we have Captain Freeman, but she's not the lead of her show

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STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 1993 – 1999・2x01 The Homecoming

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Generally I'm good about rolling with canon in my writing regardless of how I feel about it but I do have to admit that everything I've ever written is secretly an AU where Furel and Lupaza survive

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It's so funny that Garak, Certified Cardassian Apologist, hates so many of his former coworkers.