#LT beloved

[viaphni]

the little doodles on my music notes go crazy

[ducktracy]

very faithful representation of what it's like to work for 6-11 children's television animation (on behalf of both parties)

[chronicallyaunline]

Neurodiversity in Star Trek TNG S3 E20: “Tin Man”

Tam Elbrun: It worries you that I can’t read your mind?

Data: Perhaps there is nothing to read. Nothing more than mechanisms and algorithmic responses.

Tam Elbrun: Perhaps you’re just different. It’s not a sin, you know, though you may have heard otherwise.

Many autistic Star Trek enthusiasts see themselves in Lt Cdr Data, an android who was designed without the ability to experience emotion (though there is plenty of context to suggest that he merely experiences emotion differently from other people). While Data and certain other characters are widely considered to be neurodivergent by fans, the earlier series are rarely so explicit about neurodivergence as in the TNG episode “Tin Man.” This episode introduced Tam Elbrun, a Betazoid who is unusually proficient in negotiation with sentient non-humanoid organisms. It is made abundantly clear that Elbrun is considered neurodivergent among Betazoids, as he possesses a telepathic ability that is so powerful it becomes debilitating.

Counsellor Troi states that Betazoids normally come into their telepathic abilities in adolescence, but a small minority are born with their abilities. Troi also says that those children require early diagnosis and intervention so that they can be taught to manage the overwhelming experience of being aware of the minds of others before their own brains are capable of handling it. At least in the case of Elbrun, that power seems to continue to grow with age. By the time we meet an adult Elbrun, he experiences the emotions and thoughts of others so powerfully that he is disabled by being in the presence of large numbers of sentient minds. The one exception is Data, as Elbrun is unable to read his unique mind.

Data and Elbrun have opposite experiences of emotion. Data cannot feel emotion in a traditional capacity, and Elbrun cannot stop experiencing it. Neither one is capable of experiencing normal social bonds because of the intensity of their differences, yet they find some companionship through their similarities. Ironically their opposite experiences are both representative of autism. Autistic people tend to experience much lower or much higher empathy than the average person, both of which can prevent us from socializing normatively with others. To me, the most important part of this episode is that it is so ahead of its time in how it approaches people with unusual brains. Difference is not wrong, and it does not cancel out your basic humanity. Star Trek TNG aired years before I was born, but there are plenty of modern shows that would do well to treat their characters more like this.

[mudkipper]

Even more ghostsoap bullshit:

Soap ACTUALLY saving a seat for ghost that first time they meet, of course he has to be fucking extra and make sure to put his stuff on there and by the time ghost gets there, oh for fucks sake it really is the only seat left so he begrudgingly sits next to him, trying not to make eye contact, but he can feel soaps eyes burning into him as if hes just met his favorite celebrity not even fucking bothering to be subtle

And soap may or may not be obnoxiously manspreading for an excuse for their legs to touch and also have his hands folded oh so neatly in his lap for Reasons

[catsareliquiddd]

[steakout-05]

i've been thinking of making a playlist dedicated to Data Soong, here're some songs i have on the list right now :D

Spiral Staircase - Patricia Taxxon

Systemic Lover - De Staat

Yours Truly, 2095 - Electric Light Orchestra

If I Were Human - BNNY RBBT

Like Humans Do - David Byrne

Are 'Friends' Electric? - Gary Numan

Geocities - Lemon Demon

Within - Daft Punk

Hello World - Louie Zong

Human After All - Daft Punk

Kokoro - Toraboruta

One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21 - The Flaming Lips

Remember - Air

Touch - Daft Punk

[sthabit]

Faith in the Future World Tour, Vancouver 26.06

[avadmortain]

the love triangle, the wayhaven chronicles.

[liamthemailman]

eye contact

be the orange sunlight to my blue skies

[whattraintracks]

Thanks @nightwatcherraph and @yellowhollyhock for tagging me!

Tag Game: Put your 4 favourite characters from 4 pieces of media as options and let your tumblr pals decide which one most suits your vibe then tag 4 people

no pressure tagging @languajix @lycanthropiclesbians @iztarshi @ezrahayls

[brinkle-brackle]

hey tumblr. is this anything

(original under the cut)

[ducktracy]

idk if it was ever animated but theres a cute sequel song to alvin's harmonica called alvin's orchestra and i think the voice deliveries are wonderful

IT WAS INDEED ANIMATED!! i just posted it a few weeks ago! it's what's gotten me on this Chipmunk Adventure, i am SOOOOO ENTHRALLED WITH IT oh my goodness!!! i'm completely endeared with the songs and the production design especially. absolutely love Dave's screaming in this one, the rawness of "STOP LEADING THAT ORCHESTRA" is so visceral HAHA

this is another one i've been singing to myself the past few weeks, so so so charming and cute

[xruzzakix]

Was unsure about posting this at first, but what the hell! Here's a drawing I did of my favorite android :)

[wildtornado-o]

I might like them :3 Just A little.

The first drawing was lowkey (the pose, specifically) inspired by @a-pepper-honey 's fic The lake of promises Everyone should read it, it's so delightful <3

[violet-ram]

happy birthday aquarius king... do you guys think he likes tres leches cake?

*Click pic for higher res!*

[steakout-05]

ok so um. i found this really cool brush on ibispaint and decided to do a couple of paintovers of Data and i think they turned out pretty neat :)

this one was done a couple days ago with a limited colour palette of around 6-7 colours (minus the highlighting on his eyes) and was the first one i did. it's painted over this image:

and this is the one i finished today:

this is the image i painted over:

now i absolutely hate doing traditional painting most of the time (it's mostly running out of materials, varying quality of materials, the expenses, stupid thin paints i hate thin paints grrrr) but digital painting? that shit goes hard and i love painting my little monochromatic datas :)