#except siskos dad he did pretty okay

[definitely-not-the-tal-shiar]

Top 10 Star Trek characters I would like to hug 🤗 and why i put them in this order

Let me know your top 10!

10.) Coming in at number 10 is Lt. Commander Data. I want to hug Data because he’s so sweet and i love him but i feel like, despite his best efforts, the hug itself would not be great. Too stiff and uncomfortable to really provide that oxytocin that i need

9.) Number nine goes to our dear Julian Bashir ♥️ because, while I feel like Julian probably gives excellent bear hugs, i don’t think they’d last long enough??? Julian’s hyperactivity means a (non-romantic) hug would probably be pretty short and include a lot of patting on the back or rocking, which are great but not my ideal hug, personally.

8.) Number 8 might be surprising but it’s going to Tuvok. Are you going to tell me that you didn’t ✨experience✨emotions✨ when Tuvok hugged Janeway back in Year of Hell??? the SinCeRiTy! the AfFeCtiON! Ahhh 😌 a hug from Tuvok would just be so pure even if he was stiff and awkward

7.) Seven of Nine! As a young neurodivergent, i related hardcore to Seven of Nine. Sometimes, with things that didn’t come naturally to me like they did with everyone else (like social skills), I felt like i was also trying to discover my humanity. I want to give Seven a hug to thank her.

6.) Number 6 goes to our space dad Benjamin Sisko. Sisko would give great hugs!👏 The protective paternal energy that he just radiates would make you feel so safe 🥺 and he’d probably take you to a baseball game in the holosuites too ⚾️

5.) Okay, now we’re entering top 5 territory! Number 5 was a close call because i almost had him as number 4. Geordi La Forge 💛 Just look at him! He is friend shaped! I love his optimism! Geordi’s such a sweetheart and I’ll always associate him with happy childhood memories of Reading Rainbow re-runs 🌈

4.) For number 4 I had to go with Kira Nerys. This girl needs a real hug and I would love to give it to her. I think that if the moment were right, Kira would give really good hugs with just the right amount of pressure. Every time I watch ds9 I want to hug Kira and tell her that she’s doing her best and that it’s okay to rest sometimes ♥️

3.) Coming in at number 3 is Captain James T. Kirk, himself! I just know that a hug from Jim would be perfect. He’s the type to wrap himself around you and hug you tight. Jim does everything with passion and intensity and a good hug would be no exception, I think that a bear hug from Captain Kirk would have me feeling loved for a long time 🥰

2.) Second place goes to my space mom! I could cry thinking about a hug from Kathryn Janeway 😭 That hug would be full of maternal affection and i like to think she’d tell me she’s proud of me. The hug itself would be excellent but the love behind it would be even better 💕

1.) If you are familiar with my blog at all, you already know who gets my number 1 spot. I have a lot of feelings about Spock and i both want to hug him and be hugged by him. Our Vulcan is shown an ounce of affection and he simply melts, imagine what a hug would do for him! (I couldn’t even find a gif of Spock hugging anyone that wasn’t a forced romance or him collapsing into Jim’s arms.) I just want him to know that he’s loved 🥺. Hugging Spock would probably be pretty similar to hugging Tuvok: more of a gentle embrace than an actual hug, but if Spock is showing any type of fondness and love for you, you know it’s significant and genuine 💚

That’s my top 10! I’d LOVE to hear your lists! Let me know who your top ten would be!

#star trek hugs #tos #tng #voy #ds9 #data #julian bashir #tuvok #seven of nine #benjamin sisko #geordi la forge #kira nerys #jim kirk #kathryn janeway #spock #star trek

[yournewlodger]

Some headcanons about Rom and Gender under the cut:

-With a Moogie who so unapologetically defied gender roles as evidently as Ishka did, I think the idea of "being different" was planted early on, but it wasn't until later in life that Rom started questioning things.

-The notion of identifying outside of the gender identity you were born with, though a rare concept on Ferenginar, was not unheard. But it wasn't until life at the station that Rom actually personally met anybody that fit into that bubble.

-Forming a friendship with Dax, specifically Jadzia, who was from Rom's perspective seemingly attuned with both her masculine and feminine sides, what with the symbiont and all, and with her endless supply of anecdotes and wisdoms about a relationship with gender, Rom saw her as an expert in this area, maybe even a mentor. But Jadzia told him that really in many cultures there isn't such a strict binary as Ferenginar, and probably unloaded on him a pretty hefty lecture on gender theory in various cultures, and how it was perfectly valid to identify within a vast spectrum of possibilities, it started Rom Thinking About Things.

-Rom tries out she/her when speaking privately with Dax, which doesn't seem to feel Quite Right. Sometime later, Rom tries out they/them and feels like, though he/him feels right sometimes, they/them also feels right. He uses them interchangeably, mostly identifying as a he/they nonbinary person.

-Eventually, other people in the station find out. Julian is first to know because Rom brings it up during a physical examination, somewhat awkwardly, and Julian is like Oh!. Rom then tells Leeta, who is immensely supportive. One time Rom's in the same room as Odo like "...Hey, neither of us have a binary." And Odo's like, "Hrm."

-Rom starts using these pronouns around the station with The Gang, with the exception of Nog who he tells personally. Nog doesn't really get it but he's got the spirit. He even asks if it's still okay to call him 'Father' - it is. Bless Nog's heart, though. Because Nog eventually, through a bit of prodding, confides in Jake that his Father quote "has no binary!" and that he isn't really sure how to feel about it. After all, Ferenginar has very strict and rigid gender roles. Jake tries to be helpful in this situation, but like... you know. So eventually, Jake tells his dad who's like "Jake-o... this isn't something you should be going around telling people, just because he told you doesn't mean it's okay to tell anyone else. Outing someone is rude and disrespectful and all that. But also Sisko's like................. Also Tell Nahg (that's how he says it!) that the best thing to do is to respect Rom's wishes. Being a supportive family member is Important. Jake tells Nog and Nog goes to his father and Rom's like "it's okay, i was going to tell him anyway if it ever came up :)" and that's that.

-By this point, there's basically only one person left on the station who doesn't know. Quark. And Rom is pretty sure his brother would take it the hardest. So time goes by and he keeps it a secret, until eventually one night while Quark's closing up the bar, Rom eventually works up the gumption to tell Quark.

-Quark's reaction is... a little shaky at first. He spends a good long time with his head in his hands and looking like Rom just told him he was Terminally Ill or something. Like, Quark is treating this straight up like Rom's got a death sentence. Rom figures Quark's just being canon-typically-phobic and is about prepared to Go Off On Him when Quark's like... "Y'know this isn't gonna make you very popular back home." Which is Quark for "I'm worried you're going to get ridiculed for this if you tell anybody." Which is one step from "I care about you." Which is the closest Rom has ever been to Quark Admitting He Cares and Rom's like "I know, but I'm willing to accept that."

-Quark, some time later, talking to a patron he's never seen before, after they ask about a certain Ferengi waiter: "Oh, that's just my brother Rom. Not the brightest, but hey, they're family."

#star trek #rom #rom star trek #lodger speaks

[canvaswolfdoll]

Canvas and Star Trek

A conversation I had with friends recently, and the bafflement I bestowed on one in particular, reminded me how I’m a little odd when it comes to Nerdity.

In particularly, I do not like Star Trek.

Mostly.

I’ve never been able to sit through the Original Series. It’s too campy, the sets too cheesy (and so on and so forth) to enrapt me or suspend my disbelief.

And I really hate the crazed tumbling everyone does whenever the ship’s under attack. You’re in space! Your gravity is artificial and limited to your ship.

How is an outside force transferring any momentum into your ship? There’s no way every phaser hit strikes whatever pump produces the Enterprise’s gravity. It’s ridiculous!

I did get through Wrath of Kahn. It was okay. The other films don’t appeal to me, since I have no interest or nostalgia for the characters, because, again, can’t sit through the original series.

Except one episode, and only because Spock killing Kirk is funny to me. Then the doctor guy Deus Ex Machnias Kirk back, so… eh.

Then there comes Next Generation. Admittedly, the production values are much better, the designs of the tech and aliens more varied and interesting. But the stories are so boring to me.

I often hear details about the universe Star Trek resides in. Traits of the aliens, details about Star Fleet, intriguing plot. But when I peek in, such details are usually throw away lines, or the plot execution is so uninteresting.

And, I’m just going to say it, Picard’s a dull stick in the mud who's not a good captain. He acts like a middle manager programmed on the company’s rhetoric, and no imagination to deviate. He will stand, and make big sweeping monologues about human nature and the spirit of discovery and so forth, but his actions are so small and cautious, and he rejects any deviation from normality.

I have never watched the entirety of TNG. Only a handful of episodes, so my view is predicated on one of three elements: 1. It’s focused on literally anyone except the main cast (who I hate). 2. It’s got a very unique premise. (IE, I really like Darmok. I like Darmok a whole lot.) 3. It has Q.

Because, as a child, Star Trek was the boring space show my Dad and Brother watched. I just didn’t care.

Then Discord appeared on My Little Pony.

‘Oh! He’s just like Q!’ fans cried, excitedly.

“Hm… I do like Discord. Maybe I can dig Q’s episodes,” I said.

So, I sat down with Netflix, and went through the Q episodes. Only one was boring enough to give up on (The one where the Borg get introduced), and I haven’t watched the finale because, well, I haven’t earned it.

And the common thread I found was that Picard, no matter the season, no matter the experiences he must have had outside the Q episodes, can not handle Q. And it’s so easy.

Q is puckish, and appears on the Enterprise for his own amusement. And he never causes lasting damage. Then, most importantly, whatever problem the Enterprise is having when Q stops in, Q fixes when he’s done.

Which means, instead of crossing his arms and harrumphing the entire time, Picard should just take a deep breath when he sees Q, and realize his day’s going toward entertaining this man. After which, Q will fix the issue of the week and go on his merry way.

But no. Picard’s just high and mighty, and won’t just enjoy himself.

Q gives Riker Q-powers in an episode, and Picard immediately turns on his second in command, upset the entire time that Riker, who didn’t ask for the powers, and uses them to save the life of a small child, would dain to possess and use Q’s abilities, the monster.

Like… Picard. Riker only used them to save the life of a child. Chill out. And how dare you put your pride over the life of a child.

Why are there even children on the Enterprise, by the way? That’s the stupidest decision! The spaceship is routinely in danger and exploring unseen and dangerous space, and you put children on board!? What is wrong with you, Star Fleet?

You know what episode I really liked, though? Tapestry. Picard gets stabbed in Tapestry.

I like when the Enterprise Captains get stabbed.

And that’s been my issue. I never could sit through the first two Star Trek series continuously. They don’t catch my interest, and the characters often annoy me.

However, there was one series, initially tried when I was going through the Q episodes, that I did enjoy.

Star Trek Voyager.

Yes, the series I enjoy is the most hated one. Fight me.

And my enjoyment should be pretty obvious. From the outset, Voyager had a goal and destination. It’s more than just a spaceship floating about doing whatever. It’s a group of humans, way out of their element, trying to get home from an unknown place.

And Janeway is actually competent and reasonable. When she gets flung through a wormhole with a terrorist cell she’d been hunting, she put the politics aside. This was no longer about that. Their political differences were back on Earth. Now it’s about the two groups getting back home, and they’d be better served working together.

And, frankly, the best Q Continuum material is in Voyager. We see more members than just our Q, there’s interesting moral dilemmas presented by the Continuum that are made into interesting episodes, and there’s an actual continuity and repercussions of their actions and the actions of the Voyager crew.

And gosh darn, if Janeway doesn’t do right where Picard doesn’t. She knows who Q is from his first appearance, having familiarized herself with Picard’s reports, yet she lets herself slip into just… going with whatever Q’s game is, though still standing up for herself and others when she needs to. In Voyager, Q learns to work as part of a team and develops beyond the ‘Omnipotent Antagonist’ role TNG stuck him in.

So, after watching a couple of the Q episodes, I decided to try watching from the beginning. And I could manage it. Sure, I didn’t know the backstory, but I was able to quietly ignore why Voyager was chasing the rebel alliance, and just enjoy myself. These were characters put into a desperate situation, with unforeseen problems, and an emergency computer program being forcefully promoted into the primary physician. The characters were interesting, there was just enough continuity to make you curious about how’d they fare, and Voyager just… was interesting.

So I guess that leaves Deep Space 9.

It…

Okay, so it had a single Q episode. In that one episode, the main cast only interacted with Q once, wherein Sisko punches Q and that’s the end of their interactions. They have separate plots that tie in at the end, but nothing interesting was done with Q’s guest spot.

Then I tried the first episode, and it was so steeped with lore from TNG that I found myself walled out.

And that’s my deal with Star Trek! It’s mostly boring!

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Until next time,

Kataal kataal.

#CanvasWatches #star trek #CanvasReviews

[alands9]

S3E10 Fascination

Real life voice cracking action.

Jake got dumped, didn't he?

So you didn't give her the earring as a going-away present, Jake? I guess you are a teenager.

Sisko dadding remains awesome.

“Oh, believe me, I'm looking forward to Keiko and Molly's visit as much as you are.” “That I'm a poor substitute for your wife.” Bashir, this entire conversation is making me very uncomfortable.

You know, O'Brien, I'm pretty sure you can take some leave yourself. Bajor is not that far away. You can go visit your wife and daughter.

Odo, are you putting the moves on Kira?

Based on his reaction to being reminded that she has a boyfriend, yes.

Spontaneous unexpected young child vomit, I know it well.

Oh, and Lwaxana, the infinite source of helpfulness.

Nice hat, though.

Wait, last time she was on DS9 she was macking on Odo. I hope that everybody involved remembers that.

Oh, Lwaxana is the reason Keiko’s trip was so bad. That just feels like a repurposed mother-in-law joke.

Lwaxana’s first stop: Odo. Eeeeexcellent.

Kira, why did you totally lay down in let's-have-sexytimes position if you were almost immediately going to get up to go deal with work?

Keiko, the brown velvet catsuit with brown brocade vest is very retro.

Miles, you're biffing this. Badly. Tell your wife to take a nap. Of course, the part where she believes you're going to have a snit because of her nap, sugggests that maybe the problem is deeper.

You know it's science fiction because the juggler is juggling glowsticks.

If it's a Bajoran Festival, why is only some of the ceremony done in the Bajoran Language?

it's called a Gratitude Festival, but appears to be more about forgiveness and moving on. That seems wrong.

As promised in the previous episode, Dax’s spots to appear to go all the way down.

Oh my, Dax and Kira’s boyfriends are making lovie-dovie eyes at each other.

Apparently bad headaches are going around? Lwaxana’s empathy is running backward, isn't it? Lots of bad decisions are about to be made, aren't they?

Jake is the first winner in the romance bad idea bear sweepstakes.

Morn!

And apparently Kira’s boyfriend is the second winner.

Odo, are you high?

Based on the headache, is Dax the next winner?

Quark, you're reduced to hawking trinkets?

The survey is going to take another two or three months? Who's paying for this?

Someone in the comments suggested that Keiko and Miles broke up. I can definitely see it. Maybe this is just a temporary stress flare-up, but this does not look good.

I also remain baffled that Molly went with Keiko. Because we're really emphasizing how incredibly swamped with work Keiko is.

Oh, derp, of course, is this another side effect of Lwaxana.

Sisko, Jake's problem is a little worse than just a rebound crush.

Why is Quark still single? Because he obviously has an alien fetish. Although, I suppose, it seems like every ferengi has an alien fetish. In which case I guess it's not a fetish?

So Quark is just handing out free stuff now? Not even trying to liquidate at a discount, just giving them away? That seems out of character.

“We are the only people here.” I literally just saw an extra walk by in the background.

Sisko, civilian clothes and a com badge? I’d say it made sense because you're kind of always on duty, but you’ve previously worn civilian clothes and not bothered with the com badge.

Okay, he was wearing the combadge so he would have an easy way to call the doctor.

Also, props to Sisko for immediately realizing that something was very, very wrong, and going to see Bashir.

Sisko, you're going to have to be firmer about this. She is your direct subordinate. I'm hoping / praying that there is some Starfleet rule against dating your direct reports.

That is a cute stuffed warthog.

I got the impression that leaving Starfleet was more than just a matter of leaving a letter of resignation.

Are Bashir and Kira about to start making out?

Apparently yes.

Is Lwaxanas telepathy not working, because she's reflecting off of Odo?

That's the red dress they made such a big deal about earlier? I'm not sure I agree with the assessment that it is unusually tight.

The O’Briens have made up, but not really addressed the core conflict. Indeed Keiko rejected Miles’s offer, which would have (sort of) addressed it.

This would have been a pure comedy episode, except for the O'Briens’ marriage meltdown. It's probably stronger for it, but let's see if they can actually land it.

Yep, nothing resolved. Are we going to get back to the O'Brien's marriage problems, or just pretend that they didn't happen?

#Season 3 #Lwaxana Troi #O'Brien Episode #Keiko Episode

[alands9]

S2E16 Shadowplay

Dax has been sent to investigate an unusual particle field? This writer really knows how to grip me from the first sentence.

“Because women don't react to me in that manner.” Do you not remember Lwaxana Troi reacting to you in exactly that manner, just last season, Odo?

I'd be surprised if there weren't people who were very interested in the possibilities of nookie with a shapeshifter.

Given the prime directive, beaming down to a place you have no information on seems like a dangerous operation.

So that will be two episodes in a row or something blocked tricorders from working. This season has so many ordering Issues.

I could have sworn the Jake was older than Nog. And not just because Nog so much shorter.

Sisko parenting is always great.

So Dax, were you hoping he was too stupid to realize the logs could be tampered with?

Showing off the transporter to a species that clearly does not have such technology sure as hell seems like a violation of the prime directive to me.

On the other hand, I guess Odo isn't required to follow the prime directive.

You've established that the space aliens have the means to have committed the crime. You have no particular evidence of their claims of alibis. But I guess, shrug, it seems like they probably didn't do it? I suppose Dax did offer to take you back to their station, which would be no possible way be a kidnapping attempt.

Wait, he understands the concept of transporters, including the ability to scan the area for transporter activity, but was surprised when somebody used a transporer, his reaction suggesting that it was magic to him? Did the writer of the second half of the scene not even read with the writer for the first half wrote?

Because I still have the mind of a thirteen-year-old, I will now titter because I just realized the Odo isn't wearing any pants. He he he he he

I realize you got distracted by the whole kidnapping investigation, but maybe a quick question about the giant weird machine emitting rare particles?

I appreciate that all the natives are gawking at the visitors.

I appreciate the small bit of continuity in that Sisko and O'Brien had talked about Jake's job last episode.

So, pressuring someone who works for you to give a job to a family member who has dubious qualifications? It's nice to know that in the future people haven't actually changed that much.

Garak has been lecturing you on surveillance techniques? That feels like you glossed over something really important.

They got a pretty good child actor for this episode. Which is good because she has a lot of dialogue.

Jake doesn't want to go to Starfleet Academy, does he?

That really puts another spin on Sisko and O'Brien's conversation last episode. Less “being helpful to Jake” and “more pushing Jake toward’s Sisko’s life goals.”

Liberal religious dude, you are terrible at asking someone out on a date.

Are we actually going to get to see Springball? Is there anyway it can be nearly as cool as the name suggests?

Noooooooo! I wanted to see Springball!

Is it that people are literally unable to leave the valley? Or that people just refuse to accept the idea that they could?

So, you've never been outside of the valley, but you're one of the people who founded the colony? You don't see any conflicts in those statements, do you?

Why is it always “grain bread?” Why not just bread?

You have to hold the scanner in the flat of your hand? That's just a terrible user interface.

Okay, I guess the special effect explains why she held it that way. I had to back up to check something because I was busy taking these notes, and I watched the scanner more carefully this time. It ever so slightly doesn't quite sync up with Dax's movements. But it's incredibly close. I wouldn't have noticed had I not been specifically looking. All in all, a very nice special effect.

When you pass those bushes? Are they deadly death bushes? Or is that just the edge of the holodeck?

They don't know that they're holodeck simulations, do they? I wonder if anyone does.

So nobody's worried about you poking at the large ominous machine in the middle of town? Do the villagers just have a blind spot for the holodeck generator?

Ready for some existential angst, holodeck character?

So clearly the founding guy is real, that's why he accepts people going missing, and why he was so certain nobody is outside the valley. Why?

Noooooooo! We missed the entire Springball game!

I can't think of anything more romantic during your make-out session than talking about someone's gambling debts.

Quark’s plan to distract Kira with the hunky religious liberal seems like a pretty good plan except for the part where I don't think there's any reason why Quark would know that it was a good idea. I don't think in any previous episode it was terribly visible from the outside, and Kira herself was kind of shutting down about it because of the prophecy.

Oh, well, if the person who I don't trust says it wasn't a trick, it must not be a trick.

Having the system be in such a state that is going to fail within a few months really removes a lot of the dramatic tension over the question to repair it or not. It would have been more interesting if you only had, say, a decade or two.

Is the old guy going to tell them to not turn it back on?

I notice the old guy was positioned behind the large object when they turned off the hologram projector.

Third mention of the Dominion so far? And now you have somebody you can directly ask about them.

Odo, I would not get into the possibility that holograms are meaningfully alive. Because that makes the holodecks everywhere incredibly morally dubious.

The guy who's been living with the holograms for 30 years is more jaded about them being real than Odo and Dax?

Now you're trying to convince him to have feelings for the holograms?

Time for an awkward talk with dad, Jake?

“I'm glad you decided to stick with it.” Bwahahahahahahaha!

I am curious what you do want to do, Jake. Of course I'm curious what most of the humans in the Federation do in a post-money civilization.

Clearly religious leaders on Bajor do not take vows of celibacy.

So, yeah, the idea that holograms could be self aware intelligences is one of those things that the writer didn't consider the ramifications of. And I suspect it will be forgotten.

And you're not going to look into that whole “Dominion” thing?

#Season 2 #Jake Episode #Odo Episode #Dax Episode