#something about Neelix makes me think he'd be like 'That's no way to speak around a lady!!' (scolding The Boyztm) and Tuvok would sigh

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Having Nonbinary Sapphic Tuvok Brainrot Lately…

You're the realest motherfucker on planet Earth and I hope you know that.

Here's a bunch of bullshit I doodled on the topic of Nonbinary Sapphic Tuvok !!!! And I HOPE you will share YOUR personal brainrot with the class (my ask box, the masses, a text post....whatever gets the word out.) If you've been paying attention you KNOW I love a 'Tuvok discovers he's trans while in the delta quadrant' story Guy who likes girls and has always liked girls...but....not in the same way OTHER guys seem to like girls... Tuvok who never quite fit in with 'other' men even Vulcan men...always preferred spending time with women and girls but never felt precisely LIKE a woman or OVERLY uncomfortable with being identified as a man and Vulcan society doesn't seem like it would be heavily gendered so he never really questioned it seriously. Tuvok who found comfort in titles like Husband and Father...those fit, those are good. Then in the delta quadrant he isn't able to be a husband or a father any more and is just some guy surrounded by humans...hmmmmmm....

Still doesn't really seriously think it's worth questioning or exploring his gender identity (partially out of a desire to return home as he left...what will his wife and children think? He's experienced a LOT of sudden change in regards to his personal identity and life, he doesn't really want to undergo more.) until Seven of Nine comes along and also begins to go through a "Questioning Her Gender" arc. Tuvok thinks about it on his own time for a long time and then finally goes to Janeway for support and assistance and together they spend like SEVERAL months just the two of them seeing what this whole gender thing's about. Tuvok slowly exploring expressing himself in a more feminine manner because he's spent his whole life adhering rigidly to one sort of Look. Unexpectedly struggles with anxiety about this. Neelix: Don't be nervous Ms. Vulcan! Tuvok: [nervous] I am not nervous. Tuvok and Seven BOTH exploring masculinity/femininity and their own nonbinary gender identities...late night slumber par- experimentation. Painting each others nails is...very scientific. It's important. Talking with Janeway was good because she's his friend but talking with Seven, another person actively questioning their gender is....well, it's something else.

[thegeminisage]

star trek update time. i'm behind af again i hate it here!!!!!! friday we watched voy's "someone to watch over me" and ds9's "when it rains...," saturday we did voy's "11:59" and ds9's "tacking into the wind," sunday we did voy's "relativity" and ds9's "extreme measures," and last night was voy's "warhead" and ds9's "dogs of war."

someone to watch over me (voy):

while the concept of "seven learns to date people from the emh" sounds absolutely rancid on paper, the execution was actually so incredibly charming it's become one of my fav moments from seven and the emh both

like they SANG IN HARMONY. what do you want from me

speaking of romance, janeway asking seven oh so casually about dating. i see you girl

i was v excited to see sandrines again. idk why bc when it showed up regularly i got bored to death with it. nostalgia is a funny thing

tom paris teasing the EMH about his crush was pretty cute. "whatever you say maestro" got me chuckling.

i respect the emh so much for stepping out rather than helping seven change clothes. i would have been mad if he'd stayed

the b plot was also excellent. an increasingly frantic neelix showing the drunk monk around...incredible

when it rains... (ds9):

kira my BELOVED. i want her to kill cardassians <3

mixed feelings about the starfleet uniform. they should have had to bow to her while she was rocking the bajoran look

garak mocking odo for his drab clothes lol

do we think the part of odo he loaned bashir is sentient...like can it see and hear for him...i hope so

winn turning dukat out extremely funny and very IC for her. she loves hurting other people to feel strong

i predicted that starfleet infected odo about halfway through the episode and it made me feel like this tiktok:

11:59 (voy):

this episode fucking sucked

the thing is, when i turn on star trek, i wanna watch star trek. not a hallmark movie

also, what was the moral of this story? sell your family business and home to usher in the future?

like why couldn't they have built this in a field somewhere? why did they need to knock down an already-existing town??

ALSO, what is up with everyone suddenly caring so much about their ancestors...white crew members you do Not want to go on this 23andme journey. you'll find out your family tree was full of colonizers like picard. like jesus christ

tacking into the wind (ds9):

really good: the mommy shifter threatening to vaporize weyoun 8 as soon as the cloning facilities were up and running again

i had mixed feelings about odo not telling kira about how sick he was but have ultimately decided i like it - it's made better by her knowing and pretending not to know. also, whatever he had going on with garak. in many ways they are still getting breakfast. i do love that garak romised not to tell and then immediately snitched, also

REALLY good when odo pretended to be the mommy shifter

CHANCELLOR WORF. we could have had it all. i can't believe he gave it to martok...if martok cares about the empire more than doing the right thing he's exactly the kind of person we CAN'T have leading, but worf is way too autistic to tolerate corruption. CHANCELLOR WORF!

also rip gowran i will miss him and his huge peepers

damar shooting that cardassian who wanted to shoot kira <3 fun and hot of him. damar's arc is getting very good. YEAH DAMAR WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE GIVE THOSE ORDERS? kira is enacting REFORM!

relativity (voy):

this one was sooo fun. i think time travel bs is way more tolerable when you poke fun at how much sense it doesn't make

also, i love the genre of episode where everybody gets incapacitated and seven of nine has to save the day

gay people moment when she asked past janeway to trust her

i wish she could stay in the starfleet uniform...it was soooo nice to see her out of that catsuit

it took me awhile to recognize braxton. rip to that guy also. i don't think it's fair to take his younger self to task for something he hasn't done yet though

i was a little disappointed they never asked about do we get home in the future...obviously the answer is gonna be "can't tell" but it would have been a fun moment

extreme measures (ds9):

THIS ONE WAS SAAAAAUR GOOD

shoutout to tale of two cities which was in wrath of khan...yet another subtle bashir/khan comparison. love it

i love that sloan realizes bashir's intelligence has made him dangerous...it's his ideals that keep him from using it for evil, but when he decides he will commit evil acts in the name of good, he is VERY scarily good at it. he was freaking o'brien out a few times i could tell. i know the genetically enhanced thing was a retcon but it works SO well because he's showing obrien his true self and it's freaky but it's still julian

the plot twist was SO GOOD i did not see it coming i was thrilled

also, the bit at the end where they confessed to liking each other more than their respective love ineterests.

warhead (voy):

the premise of this is so stupid. HOW COULD THEY NOT KNOW IT'S A WARHEAD

that said, congrats to janeway for being less racist to machine

some fond nostalgia about kirk suicide baiting machines in tos happening during this episode. imagine our surprise when the machine did then kill itself

i was pretty "eh" about this until the warhead said "for all your doctor's accomplishments and how he became more than a doctor did he ever stop being a doctor? i cannot stop being a weapon." alright king

harry kim has been on this ship for 5 years and they still treat him like a baby. i wish he could do something more interesting than kick himself over this warhead business. it's not like he hasn't been on away missions before. this isn't that different

dogs of war (ds9):

SO much going on in this episode

the julian/exri was bad. elevator kissing was funny or would have been if it hadn't been right in front of worf's salad but the rest was bad

got surprised by rom being chosen to be the new nagus but ultimately that scene was funny as hell. did NOT like quark talking about demanding sexual favors from his staff but you could tell in the beginning he realy was gonna give leeta and m'pella their extra 10%. king

also, quark fot fetish also funny. he should get together with bashir. when rom was like brunt you will NOT be my advisor and quark was like don't say that til you get a petticure from him. hilarious genuinely

DAMAR THE LEGEND! kira looking at damar like that...ohhh dukat would have been SICK

killing the old defiant was a dumb thing to do to fake us out and make us sad if we were just gonna get a new one. like what was the fucking point if it didn't mean anything

it was so fun to finally meet mila! she did encourage them when they were down, too

and i like that kira's response to feeling down and out is to plan to blow something. true from the pilot to the finale. that's my girl <3

TONIGHT: the ds9 series finale :( i am gonna miss them so much...