How would Lal surviving The Offspring have changed Data’s career trajectory?
If he lost custody of Lal, would he have accepted it? Would he really keep working for an institution that enslaved his child? I doubt it. Though he seemed ready to give her up until Picard told him to stand his ground, I’ve always thought he knew he’d have to fight for her outside Starfleet and was planning on resigning immediately.
If he successfully maintained custody, and she was allowed to stay on the Enterprise, I still think Starfleet would have eventually disrespected her, treated her as lesser, etc. Would this have soured him on Starfleet? I think it very inevitably would. I think it would have eroded his trust in the institution and he might have still left to protect her. Which would have been an interesting dilemma for him considering he originally wanted her to join Starfleet.
I also think it’s funny Noonien wanted him to be a cyberneticist, and like his father, he wanted Lal to follow in his footsteps.
forever angry that they explained away datas awkwardness as being an android when probably most of it was just the fact that he grew up bullied by his entire town, only ever hung out with his deranged brother and egomaniac dad, then was abandoned and got amnesia, forgetting any social skills he might have learned. of course he doesn't understand metaphors you goons
Is THAT what you’re trying to say?!
A rare VHS copy of the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode featuring “DataLore”, where the back image shows Brent Spiner’s stunt double (this Tumblr post includes snippets of Wil Wheaton explaining how he got fired for being annoying).
u watch family n u think data isnt in it at all bc well its not relevant he doesnt have any relatives . but then u watch the next ep and its like ohhh actually it's bc data's family are all so insane that they need a whole ep to themselves
Love the implications of the fact that Data’s hair isn’t naturally slicked back and that Data, Lore, and B-4 all separately made the choice to wear their hair that way. Apparently, Noonian has a serious thing for slicked back hair.
every time i feel bad about my appearance i remember that i kind of look like id be cast as a weird cousin of noonian soong and the confidence flows back into my body