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Dr. Noonien Soong: *creates artificial brain*

Also Dr. Noonien Soong, when said brain starts doing Brain Things™️:

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I sure hope the safety measures don't disengage (I'm playing FNAF in the Holodeck)

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Y'all think Lore tops??? LORE??? The Brat™️ himself??

Cowards. Fools.

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GOD I just watched Descent Part Two and boy do I have some THINGS TO SAY!!!!

THIS!! Number one, Brent Spiners acting shines through ONCE AGAIN with the differences between Data/Lore, and I can't!!! Get enough!!!

But this shot!!!

They're having a civil conversation. But there's a power imbalance.

The power, in this episode, sits in Lore. Lore has something Data wants: Emotions. Or access to emotions. He is the only one who can give them to him (and is doing that, although in a twisted sort of way) and Data KNOWS that. He's being manipulated, sure, but he still knows that fact is true. He knows Lore has that power over him, and he's following his lead here.

Yet, the way they're standing.

Data is standing tall, calm with his arms straight at his sides. Showing No Sign of aggression. He's trusting, he's open to be hurt in his position. Only his head moves when he's speaking. And he's speaking calmly, even though Lore has his BEST FRIENDS VISOR in his hand. And with previous knowledge of Lores misdeeds and wrongdoings that's a BIG DEAL. and yet, he's still standing at equal footing with Lore.

Lore though. Lore!!! He's hunched slightly. He's holding the visor in front of him like a shield!!! His facial expression!! He's thinking. He looks frightened even though he's in a position and power And KNOWS IT!! He still cracking wise (which is shown to be his coping mechanism and reflex in difficult situations, like with Dr. Soong) and trying to diffuse situations.

Lore has the power here, but the simple acting of Brent Spiner shows differently.

This shit has me thinking too hard

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In my Geordi Laforge feels rn but like-- Does it hurt when his visor gets flung off his face? 'Cause like, I reckon it's gotta, right?

He always, always removes it very slowly and carefully, and it's canon he has chronic pain/headaches because it's basically a constant overload of information connected directly to his brain/synapses (idk exactly how it works my bad)

Like, idk if it's ever really discussed or shown in canon, but it cannot be comfortable or good when the visor disconnects so suddenly, right?

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The Measure of a Man (Reprise)

“I aspire to be better than I am.”

A massive character study edit on Data Soong. An edit I’ve been working on since I started TNG last year.

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Lmfao fun fact for all the lovely fanfic writers out there (y'all do God's work🫡)

In some of the behind-the-scenes material of TNG (s3-s7), the actors aren't wearing the full uniform, and one can see that the uniform pants are held up by suspenders underneath the uniform top!

So far I haven't seen anyone mention them, so I thought I'd bring it up (also most of the actors wear a black tshirt underneath the uniform top)

For the non-believers:

Even the uniforms from the movies have suspenders:

Anyway, I personally think suspenders are sexy as hell- they should be way more commonly used in fics imo🙏 (I may or may not be begging on my knees)

(I could go on and on about how much functional sense adding suspenders to the uniform makes lmfao-- I wear them all the time. They keep one's pants in place, for sure, but more importantly, they keep one's outfit neat! They make sure your undershirt stays neatly tucked into your pants and kind of prevent your entire fit from moving out of place too much. And if I'm not mistaken, some military uniforms today also use suspenders)

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Aight I'm rewatching TNG for the third time (shush) and I deadass thought Okona had an affair with both Bensan of Straleb and Yanar of Atlec until I remembered this was the 80's LMFAO

Bro had BI VIBES I'm telling you-- also his standoff with Worf?? Were they gonna fight or fu--

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Alright, y'all, I've got BBC Ghosts brainrot and I came up with a funky little poetry thing about Thomas:

"It's got to rhyme!", he cried,

Hovering close by candlelight;

His featherlight, imagined quill

Seemed to stop, it seemed, at will;

For when he reached that sweetest name,

Not a single rhyme to his mind came.

All his knowledge of poems and rhyme,

Gathered carefully over time,

From his mind simply fleeted;

The poet, it seems, defeated--

For nothing of meaning

Rhymes with Alison.

Somehow I don't think he'd appreciate it💀

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The Alienist as Vines pt. 2

John & Laszlo on a stake out:

John: *sneezes*

Laszlo: Nice, John😒

John: Oh, I sneezed! I'm not allowed to sneeze?!

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Aight so storytime I'm doing my minor study in Theater and Film, and one of my courses is World Cinema. Had my first class of this semester, shit was fun but ISTG--

Our professor talks about movies that've become nationally and/or internationally important and mans goes: "I don't expect many of you will have seen this movie, but it's called Goodbye Lenin!, it stars Daniel Brühl."

I sat there, on my bedroom floor, screeching. Boy am I glad all students were auto-muted because--

LOOK

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Laszlo with Ezra in that one scene in The Alienist S1:

Laszlo: "Show me what you have!"

Ezra: "A KNIFE!" :D

Laszlo: "NO!!"👹

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I just had a horrible thought so naturally you have to suffer too :)

!Spoilers ahead for The Cloverfield Paradox!

What if our Schmidt was also meant to betray the Cloverfield, but changed his mind?

Look, I know this is out of pocket but wait. Let's think about it.

What exactly is different about our universe, as opposed to Jensen's? The absence of Hamilton and Tam on the Cloverfield.

Hamilton is on a ground team and Jensen is Tam's replacement on board the Cloverfield. But Jensen doesn't appear to know Tam at all, which suggests that even if she were part of a ground team like Hamilton, it wouldn't be in a memorable position. I'll get back to this in a minute.

Now let's take a look at Schmidt. Aside from his relationship with Tam, he doesn't appear to have any type of relationships with the other crewmembers. When Kiel tells him to work with Mundy on fixing the station, he says, incredulously:

"I'm a physicist!"

As if that's of any use on a broken ship lmao. But seriously, what kind of answer is that? Does he think himself "above" fixing a ship? Above Mundy?

Later on he goes directly against Kiel's orders and tells Tam to meet him on X-Deck. He does it so casually and with such authority that it makes me think he's done it before. He clearly doesn't give a damn about anyone other than himself, no matter the rank.

Now, clearly Schmidt has some type of higher rank; he's seen briefing the others in the opening sequence and he's in charge of the Shepard. But Kiel is their commander, and Schmidt has no business disobeying direct orders with such casualty.

Having no personal ties --and generally being an asshole-- and a disregard for chain of command would make someone the perfect asset for such betrayal, wouldn't it? Especially someone with Schmidt's level of intelligence.

Now let's look at the opening scene again. Tensions are high, sure, and clearly there's a long brewing animosity between Volkov and Schmidt, and suggestion of betrayal after 2 years of working together is a low blow. But someone like Schmidt would probably have laughed at such a thing and degraded Volkov even further (and he had ample opportunity to do so because it was Russia that planned an invasion, not Germany). Instead, Schmidt lunges at his throat, murder in his eyes. Clearly it's a touchy subject, even before Jensen plants a seed of doubt.

And speaking of which, when Jensen tells the crew not to trust Schmidt, their immediate reaction is to confirm whether she's right rather than laugh at the ridiculousness of such a statement. It's a completely different universe, after all. So clearly they must've suspected something too.

So what changed? Tam.

Have you noticed that the only person to occasionally talk to her in Cantonese is Schmidt? After two years he's the only one. And Cantonese is not an easy language to learn, it takes dedication.

At the same time, Tam doesn't take any of Schmidt's bullshit: she reminds him of his place, but without degrading him. She's also the only other person on the Cloverfield that knows how the Shepard works.

Schmidt isn't just mushy for her, he respects her. Big time.

Tam is what made him change his mind on his loyalties. That's why the mention of betrayal is such a touchy subject to him. He could've, nay, he would've-- but didn't. Couldn't, because he cared too much for her.

But in Jensen's universe, Tam isn't on board. She's not on a ground team, or at least not in a memorable position. In that universe, she wouldn't have been on Schmidt's radar, he probably wouldn't even have looked twice if he had seen her.

That makes me wonder what awaits our Schmidt when he gets back home (because I refuse to even consider that the creature got them, not after all that bullshit they did survive).

Would he have to answer in some way for turning the tables like that? For doing what he does best; disobeying direct orders?

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Perhaps a fun little fact for you Laszlo x John shippers out there: I counted all of Laszlo's intentional touches in the first book (excluding formal greetings and such).

Laszlo intentionally reaches out to people a total of 19 times in the first book. 13 of those are directed at John. The other 6 are spread out over 4 different characters :)

Now, usually he simply touches John briefly on the arm to get his attention, but there's also that one moment where he links his arm with John's to guide him to the elevator (even though John doesn't need help). And there's several times where it's specifically stated that Laszlo reaches out to John with his weak arm.

Just a fun little thing for your consideration, as Laszlo is usually very distant; both physically and emotionally. And always angles his body so his mangled arm isn't in clear view.

There's infinitely more to say on the topic of touching between these two, so I'll definitely make another post about it someday >:)

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Ok look I have feelings about this so now y'all will too: Imagine Laszlo at the Institute. Imagine how he interacts with the kids in his charge because we KNOW he's a gentle bastard.

Imagine him walking down the halls, talking to John about something or another. All of a sudden two younger charges come chasing each other from around a corner and bump right into them. For a moment, the two kids look up sheepishly, maybe a little scared of the scolding they're no doubt going to get. And Laszlo does look stern, but a small smile plays at his lips and he crouches down to their level.

"What did we say about running in the hallways?" he'll ask.

"We're not supposed to", one of them might answer quietly.

"Because...?"

"Because we might get hurt", the other says.

"Or get others hurt", the first adds.

"Or break something", the second says.

"Very good", Laszlo chuckles, a deep, gentle sound. "Let's get you back to your dormitories, shall we?"

The two rascals break into toothy grins, and one of them lunges forward to wrap their arms around the Doctor. He looks a bit startled at first, but then he uses his good arm to gently scoop them up and settle them on his hip as he stands. He ruffles his hand through the other kid's hair and the four of them walk to drop the kids off.

All the while John just smiles affectionately, and when Laszlo notices when they're alone once more, he'll no doubt make some snarky remark or another.

But John knows what he's really like. And so do we.

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I could write whole essays on this---

rereading “The Alienist” to be fervently reminded of how poor the show represented John

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Currently reading The Angel of Darkness, the sequel to The Alienist and the book the second season of the series was (very loosely) based on. My paperback copy is crinkled and filled with colorful bookmarks, and I can absolutely recommend reading it (especially if you didn't like the second season as much as the first)

But for now, nothing, and I repeat: nothing has ever inspired as much instant rage in me as the simple mention of the name "Mr. Darrow" does right now. Mans makes me itch for my blades like nobody's business LMAOOO

Update: I CAN NOT PUT INTO WORDS WHAT THIS MAN JUST DID TO MY BOY LASZLO BUT WHEN I TELL YOU I CRIED TEARS OF RAGE---