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cold disgruntled spock

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Trektober Day 29 - Universal Translator Mishap. I'd imagine that without professional translation, most books run through the UT wouldn't be much better than Google Translate (although I suspect that Garak can read them just fine and is playing along anyway. It'd be weird to not learn at least a couple extra languages in the tailoring business).

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None of them want to admit they put a tracker on him, because that would be an obvious breach of privacy so Every time he gets kidnapped they're all in a race to explain how they know his location as quickly as possible.

Garak usually wins because he just lies.

Julian gets kidnapped so many times that Garak, Dax, Odo and O'Brien all put a tracker on him without realising that the others have also done so.

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Julian casually to Miles "oh, well it's because I'm half vulcan."

Miles "you're half what?!"

12-year-old Julian Bashir reading a biography of Spock and suddenly realising why he's so different from everyone else. His superior intellect, speed, strength, reflexes? Clearly, he's half-Vulcan!

Because if Spock could be half-human, but have green blood and pointed ears and look totally Vulcan, then surely it follows that there could be half-Vulcans who looked totally human! Just like Julian...

This revelation is quickly followed by the awful realisation that his mother must have had an affair, which Julian really is not prepared too think about.

(Does his father know?)

(Is that why he hates him?)

(If his father doesn't know, then God, Julian can't imagine how horrific it would be if he ever found out...)

So Julian pretends he's never realised. Doesn't ask about it. Pretends he's fully human as much as he possibly can, and tries not to think about it - all the while letting the idea become more and more firmly entrenched. And by the time he's in a position to check if it were true, the idea of checking never occurs to him, because years of confirmation bias have assured him that yeah, he's definitely half-Vulcan, and he just considers it a fact that he will never share with anyone for as long as his parents are around.

(@a-most-beloved-fool - your fic idea for Julian-doesn't-know was rotating in my brain (it's so goood), until my thoughts went down this rabbit hole... All the credit to you for getting me ponderinggg!)

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I made the mistake of tattooing a lyric from one on my shoulder and now people want me to explain what it means to me all the time. (I don't regret that tattoo at all of course because the song is viscerally personal and unexplainable)

Dawg you know how viscerally personal and unexplainable certain songs are just like that? Because I do

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Man I just rewatched the episode where it happened and got reminded of how frustrating it is that when the Founders took away Odo's ability to shapeshift they gave him a body that was human and not Bajoran. Like it wouldn't have even required more than changing a couple words of dialogue since they specifically left his old face, but it would've made so much more thematic and in-universe sense.

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Another example, the Enterprise-D has entered an alternate future and Guinan has a vague impression that history is wrong. She asks Picard to believe her, that things are wrong, and he takes her seriously. Even when he doesn't want to believe her.

I continue to love how easily people are believed in Star Trek. If your crewmate and friend says they believe something is happening to them, you fucking believe them.

You give Keiko video evidence of her husband's death, and she says this is faked my husband never drinks coffee in the afternoon. You ask a few questions, and then you hop in a runabout to go investigate.

Beverly Crusher tells you her friend has disappeared, but there's no record that he ever existed. Ask questions. Believe her. Investigate that shit.

It makes a lot of sense, when they regularly wind up in bizarre and dangerous situations. You absolutely should operate on the assumption that whatever someone is experiencing is real until proven otherwise. But also, I can't think of any other show where Keiko would be believed when she says that it can't be Miles in the video.

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A little Spones comic just for fun ✨ 😘

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Picard is really bad at being on the holodeck.

Picard "I'm going to play out a fun detective story!"

Also Picard. "Can you guys believe there's violence in my fun detective story???"

Data: acting out Shakespeare

Picard: starts applauding and almost gets speared by a holodeck character.

I love him he's such a boomer.

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House requires that each member of his team choose a different answer.

house conducting fellowship interviews:

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Picard is really bad at being on the holodeck.

Picard "I'm going to play out a fun detective story!"

Also Picard. "Can you guys believe there's violence in my fun detective story???"

Data: acting out Shakespeare

Picard: starts applauding and almost gets speared by a holodeck character.

I love him he's such a boomer.

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I think Amanda fully believed she and Sarek were dating for weeks or months before he realized that she thought that.

Like, Sarek is thinking he's doing SUCH a good job in Human Diplomacy, he has made A Human Friend. They do activities together, consume meals together, communicate outside of work functions in an informal fashion. Amanda makes an effort to show him Human culture and landmarks that are more likely to appeal to a Vulcan and is considerate of his different physiology in a way most Humans usually forget to be. She doesn't touch him without warning but still somehow uses body language to convey to other Humans that they are together on their activities. She gives him lots of signs of Human comfort and intimacy without pushing too hard at his Vulcan boundaries. He's Succeeding at Human socializing!

Meanwhile Amanda has like. Introduced him to her parents. Taken him to friends' weddings. Done super obvious This Is A Date activities with him, only tailored to accomodate Vulcan preferences about physical contact and emotional displays. SHE thinks she is doing So Good at Wooing The Vulcan. Sometimes he willingly touches her when they are out in public, to like, keep them from getting separated, or pull her out of the path of danger or discomfort, which as far as she knows is like Vulcan First Base.

But also she is a Human woman they have been dating for months and taking it slow for her Vulcan beau is beginning to grow...somewhat frustrating! A little! Like she enjoys spending time with him but also! She would sure like to touch him more! Maybe kiss him! She would even settle for feeling up his hands the way Vulcans do because she has gotten so preoccupied with his hands since they've been dating, she feels like a 19th century maiden, it's insane.

So she casually broaches the subject of whether or not Vulcans engage in sexual activity outside of Pon Farr (when they're having a quiet evening alone in one of their apartments, obviously, you don't have a sex talk with your very shy boyfriend in public) and Sarek is like. Well that's a very intimate topic, Amanda, why do you ask? Is there a Vulcan you are interested in pursuing a romantic relationship with?

And she's just like What.

And he's like (gently condescending) That sort of question could imply a "come-on", as you Humans would say.

And she's like I SURE HOPE IT WOULD, SAREK, MY BOYFRIEND OF SIX MONTHS, WITH WHOM I WOULD LIKE TO BE PHYSICALLY INTIMATE

And Sarek is like WHAT.

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Garak is such a fun character because after a while everyone is just. Chill with him. Yeah that’s Garak he’s an ex spy. No he’s fine he won’t hurt you. Unless we ask him to, haha. Yeah he’s fine. Yeah he’s like our pet freak

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I love when a DS9 character gets stuck in a situation with Dukat where they have to work together and then Dukat thinks they're friends now and at the end he's like "so glad we're cool now" and the other person looks at him like he's insane as is like "bro I fucking hate you" it's so great to see him put down over and over

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Oh my God there's a romantic montage of their moments together.

Don't mind me, I'm just over here forgetting about heteronormativity for a second, and thinking they were talking about Julian and Miles when they mentioned a couple splitting up.