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not normie enough to fit in but not fringe enough to lean into being a freak, worst of both worlds, pure liminality, just the weird coworker, and unrelatable classmate. and your mutual

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silent hill is actually really walkable and convenient and has loads of disabled parking and green spaces. actually pretty nice. shame about the horrors

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remember that time that spock said “this is about sex” but he couldn’t say sex so instead he said “biology” and kirk clearly knew what he meant but was awkwardly like “what kind of biology” and spock got this look on his face like ‘oh lordy i’m not dealing with this today’ and said “vulcan biology” and kirk can’t say the word sex either so he goes “u mean the biology of vulcans” and then they stood there in silence for ten seconds like a pair of fucking idiots

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First time watching Prodigy with a non Trekkie

It was really interesting to watch Prodigy with a friend who knows nothing about Star Trek, and to see how well Prodigy introduces a new audience to its themes, concepts, and worlds.

Whenever she had a question, one of the characters would almost immediately ask and answer that same question, which was a huge plus. Great writing there. You don't notice these things until you watch with someone who knows nothing about Trek. A lot of thought and effort went into seamlessly blending the questions and answers into the story.

She said Dal was annoying her, but that's because she realised he's essentially her, in her lack of Trek knowledge, and serves as the audience’s vessel, asking the questions the viewers might not know. Dal's role is absolutely crucial from the audience introduction side of Prodigy.

She really loved Gwyn and ofc Murf (his evolved state as well).

A lot of moments got to her as well. Tears were bent.

It was funny seeing her exhale in frustration during the S1 finale, saying, 'Can anything go right just for once???' xD

We reached and finished S2E5 before she had to go back home (she lives in a different city), and I had to ask her what she thought about the J/C status. She was like, 'Pffffft, they're romantically involved, no question about that.'

Oh, and she asked if all Star Trek was like this because she thought Trek was just a bunch of people in a room talking diplomacy, lol.

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it should be illegal to take a nap and still have a headache when you wake up. like no i shut it off and back on again why are you still here

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songs used to have a bridge and a third chorus

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Starting a collection called the incredible fighting moves of starship captain James Tiberius Kirk

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this is so random but i love the way sulu always turns around to look at whoevers in charge when he gets nervous. its such a consistent thing its gotta be an intentional character choice either by the writers/directors or by george. they always cut to that angle looking at the viewscreen to show him doing it as well.

maybe he gets reassurance just from looking at the captain being all stoic and calm. maybe hes waiting for him to give a command. maybe he's just thinking "you seeing this shit??"

who knows. not me. but its just so. human. i love that every character in this show feels like a person with their own quirks and personalities.

also i just love sulu

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obsessed with star trek repeatedly writing themselves into a corner by creating alien races that are supposed to be The Bad Guys when that explicitly conflicts with their previously established notion that no group of people is inherently good or evil.

first it was the klingons—they’re originally supposed to be this cruel, bloodthirsty, war-obsessed people—and then tng comes along and it’s like wait no maybe war and violence is a part of their culture and actually ties back to ancient traditions and philosophies so we have to be woke about it.

hey these are the ferengi and they’re supposed to represent everything we hate about capitalist society; they’re greedy, scheming, profit-obsessed, and they look like ugly little trolls to emphasize how much we fucking HATE capitalism. oh wait fuck here comes deep space nine and we have to recognize that they’re PEOPLE. okok what if the pursuit of profit is actually part of their culture and ties back to ancient traditions and philosophies. so we have to be woke about it.

this is the borg, they’re a hivemind race of cyborgs who have no sense of individuality and their only motivation is assimilating people into their society. they want to assimilate humanity and we are completely defenseless against them because their technology is eons ahead of our own and they’re incapable of being reasoned with. oh sweet we have a borg prisoner this is the perfect opportunity to commit genocide against them. fuck actually we can’t commit genocide we’re woke and communists and in space.

hey these are the cardassians, they’re part of a cruel and vicious empire which is supposed to be a representation of fascism and authoritarian regimes, they’re a cold, bloodthirsty people with no sense of empathy or compassion, their society literally references 1984 on multiple occasions, and they’re known for the insanely cruel and inhumane methods of torture they use against their prisoners of war. we hate the cardassians…….. except, here’s a cardassian kid who grew up on bajor, and……. fuck. he’s a person. now we actually have to consider his humanity. and being racist is actually……. bad.

this is the jem’hadar, they’re genetically engineered soldiers who have no sense of individuality and only live to defend the state. they’re all born addicted to a synthetic drug that’s manufactured by the state and administered by their masters—this is how they’re kept subservient. they’re ruthless and powerful and they’re incapable of being reasoned with because their only motivation is violence and killing. so we should kill them all, right? FUCK….. what if they’re actually people. goddamnit. now we have to consider their humanity.

hey these are the romulans. hey these are the founders. the list goes on. i just find it really interesting

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Many pedestrians don’t seem to know this but if you’re walking on a road without sidewalks you’re supposed to walk on the side of the road that has you facing oncoming traffic. This is so you can look someone dead in the eye as they hit you and they’ll know you will be haunting them for eternity.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation I "Data's Day"

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my name is detective sleeping and im about to get started on my toughest case yet. the pillow case

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For example, if they shoot babies out into space, they probably ain't so great.