#TnG

[a-trek-trough-the-stars]

I’ve only got three possible reactions to watching a TOS episode:

“I can’t believe this aired” (the worst plot you’ve ever seen on tv)

“I can’t believe this aired” (a piece of media so beyond its time and still relevant to today’s discussions, that I’m surprised it didn’t got censored at the time it went on air)

“I can’t believe this aired” (gay as fuck)

[thesilly-goose]

this episode made me cry i’m being so fr rn i legitimately cried

my baby, my baby

[cursedtrekedits]

Q Paul's Drag Race pt. 2 (previous post)

[spockvarietyhour]

He can't even make a log entry!

[mylittleredgirl]

i love a good first contact day hand-kissing-with-tongue meme, don't get me wrong, but put that aside for just one post. i think that from a vulcan perspective there's something really precious about that moment, and to me, it even explains their (very vulcan) affection for humankind from then on.

yes, vulcans do sometimes touch hands in a sensual way, but when you think about sarek and amanda touching hands publicly in "babel," it's not a "public display of affection" in a get-a-room way. it's very affectionate, but it's a public display of affiliation.

i don't know, just imagine that you're the vulcans. you go investigate this warp signature, and you know these people have never met aliens before. first contact is a dangerous mission! these aliens (earthlings) could very likely just shoot you!

and so you land, and these new aliens tentatively approach. no shooting yet, so you give a formal gesture of respect. and this alien tries to mimic it... and then basically embraces you like you're a member of their family.

i think that would really endear me to this new species!

[thesilly-goose]

“guys-”

“THE SOLUTION IS VIOLENCE LET’S INCINERATE THESE MFS RAHHHHHHHHHH”

Captain Picard: The-

Worf: I recommend firing a spread of photon torpedoes.

[ghostcashewart]

shocking news for everyone who follows me: i love data

[stra-tek]

A short "Relics" deleted scene I'd never seen before. Pretty awesome to see James Doohan as Scotty again for a couple of minutes.

[sulemania]

Come on, @rudywiser, some things should not be left in the tags

Anon submission

Propaganda: “Honestly what HASN'T this man gone through. He's in a weird situation ship with a younger British twink as an Irishman. His daughter once aged 10 years and became a feral little Creature. His wife got possessed by some eldritch God that tried to kill her while she was pregnant. He experienced 20 years of imprisonment in 20 minutes due to a mind trick and came back all disoriented and nearly killed himself because of it. He fought in a war. He even had to deal with Q”

[galactic-magick]

Star Trek makes me soooo crazy cuz you got Picard saying things like "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose."

And Data saying things like "I would gladly risk feeling bad at times, if it also meant that I could taste my dessert."

And Bashir saying things like “You can't go through life trying to avoid getting a broken heart. If you do, it'll break from loneliness anyway."

And Odo sayings things like "It has been my observation that one of the prices of giving people freedom of choice is that sometimes they make the wrong choice."

And I’m just supposed to be normal about it???

[hollis-art]

oh cowgirl deanna how i adore you

[planetlongjourney]

Ok so I believe that the story of Star Trek is much more important than the visuals. Like. it’s not a Star Trek series if you don’t almost cry at least once over a sad backstory or hard ethical question. But I also think that the way it looks is also pretty important to the franchise and that’s because it SHOULD look somewhat bad!

If you can make me feel something about these characters, or make me have to think about new moral questions, while the characters are wearing neon green jumpsuits with random bits of prosthetics coming off them, or are very clearly in a grey, cardboard studio set (Star Trek had no money), you have achieved peak storytelling. I want to look at it for the first time and think “wow that looks absolutely terrible” and then get immediately transformed into a Trekkie as I watch a beautiful story unravel in front of me and then have no idea how that just happened. Make Star Trek ugly again please

(P.S Star Trek can still look good and be good, I’m just saying it’s looking a bit too amazing now. Give me back my weird civilian clothing)

[tinyfaust]

as a massive fan of your writing, I’m already excited for anything you put out.. but I swear to god if you write Julian/data I’m gonna go ballistic. I will explode into a supernova I will bark like a dog idek. The world is my oyster I’m gonna just lose my shit !!! AAAAAAAA

Julian, I see you trying hard to control yourself from holding Data's hand again 🤭

Two times was enough 😏

[spockvarietyhour]

Star Trek The Next Generation "Hide and Q"

[lady-lazarus-13]

Ok I'm asking this for reasons *coughcough @tinyfaust cough*

Timeline wise for the episode "Doctor Bashir, I Presume" where the heck was the Enterprise at that point? In the Romulan neutral zone on a diplomatic mission maybe? I could just set everything during Birthright Part I hmm.

I'm undecided of where to go. It doesn't need to be angsty and during the war, this could just be cute...but also: