#into reifying/validating that identity through. well through xenophobia

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i liked the little data and spock exchange in unification and it made sense what w their opposite directions wrt desire to associate with 'humanity'. that said i think worf is a more direct parallel to spock in that respect

#p #tng #identity is at play for data of course! but culture/nation arent and theyre A Big Fucking Deal for the other two #they share the experience of being surrounded by humans and prob the only individual of their species their colleagues had met #And of having tenuous/difficult/painful relationships to their place and emphasizing their ~foreignness to bait their colleagues #into reifying/validating that identity through. well through xenophobia #harder to get a three minute conversation out of that then out of data's frank questions though lol #spock #worf #data