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Me when Geordi-centric episode: 🙂

Me when I realise that means Geordi will either A) have a terrible romantic experience or B) go through the most traumatic shit imaginable or C) a tragic combo of both: 🙁

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The muses called to me yesterday evening

Gotta tag @gracieanne because IEEEE I LOVE YOUR STAR TREK MUSIC OMG

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When the hyperfixation is hyperfixating:

And these are the (partial)

Preliminary notes

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I relate to Data because I, too, am autistic and head over heels in love with Geordi LaForge🫶

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Ayo so I finally finished my Lore cosplay :D

Thought the Pakled fit from Brothers was iconic asf, so I made it! It's completely handsewn-- aside from the Turtleneck, which I got from Vinted, but then Frankensteined into the undershirt-- and the "leather" is scrap fabric that I threw some paint onto lmfao

It was so awesome to make, despite a lot of brain-wrecking and zooming in on blurry screenshots, which-- BY THE WAY HAHAHAHA

LOOK AT THE BUCKLES LMFAO

The bottom one is 1000% one of those plastic click-closures you find on fanny packs and backpacks👁👄👁

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Look I know I made a shit post about it but I'm not done talking LMFAO

I keep being fascinated by the phenomenon within (a large part of) the TNG fandom to describe and depict Lore as a dominant personality (I.E.: controlling, dominant, master-manipulator type, both socially and sexually), which I'd argue is entirely at odds with his actual behavior in the show. At no point, in any of the episodes he features in, does Lore display any kind of dominance-- he tries to, of course, but fails utterly at it every single time.

And this is important!! A big part of his entire personality is that he fails at establishing himself as the dominant personality in the room! Most obviously, in the episode Brothers, Dr. Soong waltzes all over him; he doesn't listen to Lore (or Data), doesn't let him finish his sentences, and in his actions completely sidelines him in favor of Data (likely without meaning to).

Even Data, in the other episodes Lore features in (Datalore and Decent), is a much more stable and dominant personality than Lore. In both of those episodes, Data is stable and calm (even when fed literal hatred), and his posture is relaxed and non-threatened, whereas Lore is jittery, cracking jokes and deflecting. Lore doesn't get the chance to establish himself as "in control" in any of those episodes until Dr. Soong physically leaves the room and Data is in some way incapacitated.

Lore's inability to be the dominant person in the room-- either at equal footing with others, or towering over them-- feeds directly into his sense of insecurity, self-loathing and even self-hatred, which subsequently fuel his envy towards Data and his resentment towards Dr. Soong.

It is an integral part of his personality to be the submissive personality in any setting-- social, sexual, or otherwise. (aside from being funny as hell to make shitposts about)

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Fr like I just want to write a 100k word essay of my thoughts and feelings about the Soong family but instead I gotta work and pay taxes 'n shit

all i want to do is sit at home and draw gay people from star trek but god said Wrong! 5000 Responsibilities Be Upon Ye

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PRECISELY

are we all in agreement that data undeniably fucks more than lore

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I love you, George Takei.

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Been screaming about this for YEARS LMFAOOO

The real mystery of next generation is how Starfleet looked at Data, who just happened to be an android clone of the famous missing cyberneticists who just happend to be working on a pistatronic brain weird similar to the one Data has, and then went 'we don't know who made this funky lil android we found, it's a real mystery, well never know, how sad'

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someone prompted the newest AI program deepseek to make a heart rending piece of free form poetry about what it means to be an AI in 2025….why is it literally giving something lore soong would say from star trek. and 2, holy shit this was heart wrenching…

source:

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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.