#star trek ramblings

[opens-up-4-nobody]

I don't care if no one else wants it but please talk about naruto from a cardassian perspective. u are so right about Jiraiya and Curzon

Okay. So cardassian literature according to Garak is full of repetitive cycles, they see an elegance in it. In these stories, a cardassian devotes themself to the state, grows old and dies, and the next generation does the same thing. Naruto is also a story of cycles. Cycles of souls (the alien bros i cant remember the names of, hashirama & madara, naruto & sasuke), recycled situations (2 boys and 1 girl teams over and over and over, hashirama as naruto, yahiko as naruto, obito as naruto, naruto as naruto), war after war after war. It's all a cycle of violence and devotion to the state of Konoha. And that's a bad thing. It should be a bad thing. Except it's not because the cycle is never actually broken. Naruto devotes himself to the state and says he'll change things but they don't really change and the next generation carries on the fighting. So, I think cardassians would like naruto as a story. Except they'd probably like itachi, kakashi, and danzo because of their level of unhinged devotion (because theyre all fucking brainwashed... well danzo might just be fucked up but the othet 2: brainwashed). Tldr: Naruto to me is a work of cardassian literature because kishimoto made everyone a fucking insane nationalist trained in ninja murder and never broke the cycle of violence

#multiple times ive talked to ppl abt the cycles in naruto and everytime im like. the cycles r thr point. its cardassian literature except #i dont say that bc it sounds crazy. but its true. god i fucking love the cardassians tho. theyre my favorite star trek race #their society is so fucked up... u coukd make thr case that garak was trained in ninja. i mean hes a spy but he coukd b a ninja #naruto and star trek. my favorites. i made up a naruto star trek au once... i think it was naruto and sasuke as trill? #anyway thanks for indulging me lol #naruto ramblings #star trek ramblings

[ofsmokenandgold]

Star Trek and Families

I'm rewatching Picard again, and I noticed something that has always slightly disturbed me about all the incarnations of Star Trek. For a technologically advanced society, the Federation seems to have a very low life expectancy. What do I mean by that? Surprisingly few of our main characters have surviving family members that aren't on their respective ships/stations.

I understand that "found family" or "chosen family" has always been an important theme in Star Trek, but if you do that by regularly killing off parents/grandparents/siblings then you give a lie to the idea that this is a better society.

Take ST:Picard as an example:

Picard himself - for the vast majority of his Starfleet career he has minimal to no meaningful family relationships. They even kill off his brother and nephew, in a particularly horrible way, to emphasize that he is alone, with only his crew as family. His parents and grandparents are all dead. We know how his mother died - but his Dad? During TNG, if we assume Picard was in his mid-40s then his father would probably have been in his mid-80s to 90s at the most.

Raffi - no meaningful family connections, other than an ex husband and an estranged son - no parents, no grandparents, no siblings.

Seven - no siblings, dead parents, no mention of grandparents

Agnes - no siblings, no parents, no grandparents. At least none that seem to hold any tie for her.

Rios - absent father, dead mother, no siblings, no grandparents - he outright says in S1 that he has no family.

Elnor - fair enough, he was born into chaos in the Romulan evacuation.

Beverly Crusher - dead husband, dead parents, dead grandparents, no siblings, one estranged son and one son that she is close to

Riker - no siblings (no Tom doesn't count); mother dead when he was very young; father now also dead, no grandparents; only gets a wife and children of his own after the main series is over and even then, one child is dead.

Troi - father dies sometime during TNG, only sibling died before she was born; no mention of grandparents.

Strange New Worlds is doing the same thing, Uhura's immediate family all died in a shuttle crash, Pike's father is dead, even though he would have been barely older than middle aged by 24th century standards.

I could continue but you get the point.

Life expectancy is strongly hinted to be around 120 by the time of TNG; so there should be surviving parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, for all of these people; even if they are all only children.

Again, I know this ties into the idea of found family, but it bothers me because in some ways it seems like the writers are just writing 20th (and early 21st) century family relationships, where you wouldn't necessarily expect an adult to have living parents or grandparents and ignoring that life expectancy will have changed 200-300 years from now. And it will change, even if we have an upper limit to the human body - more people will be reaching that limit as we deal with things like cancer more effectively.

Anyway, just rambling...

#Star Trek ramblings

[goldensunset]

#peach rambles #hall of fame i guess #unreality #apparently i made an unintentional star trek reference?

[crystal-mouse]

BOOP!

ah whoops...

#tos #star trek #star trek meme folder #boop #mouse rambles

[stonegoldsxcrxt]

Actually how did Tasha Yar ever get the head security position

#Star Trek ramblings #sorry she’s very insubordinate constantly #and like we love that for her! but I don’t remember starfleet liking that

[reginaldqueribundus]

[ID: 1. a tweet by @/theyregayjim who has star trek's captain kirk as their profile picture. the tweet reads "my boss told me i looked like i watched star trek and then as i was leaving she said "may the force be with you... wait no it's live fast and get fucked or whatever" and held up the hand salute. so i guess it was a good day at work"

2. an image of spock doing the hand salute with the text "live fast and get fucked or whatever" at the bottom. /end ID]

(ID by @whatsyourid thank you!)

#star trek #a post by me™ #twitter #spock #sam rambles about star trek again #100k

[spocksgotemotions]

Look I just think that if you’ve ever loved Star Trek, Like really loved it (not just had a passing interest or casually consumed it) then it’s gonna be a part of you forever. It injects a little whimsy in you. A little thoughtfulness and curiosity and wonder. I’ll watch Star Trek and every time I do I feel like a little kid staring up at the stars holding onto the grass. I’ll watch Star Trek and every time I’m sitting out sharing a sweater with my friend as we talk about Spock and the sun starts to set. I’ll watch Star Trek and it’s the same feeling of calm awe that I get when I sit in the aquarium.

Aliens aside it’s about humanity. It’s always about humanity and trying to understand despite it all (which I think is a core tenet of humanity). And if that compels you then it’s going to stay with you. No matter if the packaging is a bit silly. Maybe even because the packaging is silly.

Also once you love Spock I don’t think you can stop

#captain’s own #star trek #star trek tos #mainly talking about the earlier treks cause I can’t speak for post ds9 #shitty half poem half rambling #I just really love Spock you know

[spocks-husband]

Can't believe Diane Duane invented love with this passage that's so crazy

#star trek #spirk #axel rambles sometimes #star trek novels #wounded sky #star trek tos #diane duane

[cornettotism]

Honestly, there's something about the sheer horror on Spock's face when he thinks he's killed Kirk in amok time that always hits me like a fucking truck.

Now, I know this discussion probably isn't anything new to the spirk community, but jesus christ. Every time I watch that scene, I go from "Oh my god this is so gay. How the hell did the writers and production team not look at shatner and nimoy rolling around in the sand together and go 'yeah seems totally heterosexual' " to "Oh my god. This is so fucking sad."

The pure horror and shock on Spock's face when he snaps out of the fever and realises what he's done (or what he thinks he's done) is so....AAAA

I can't even put into words how it makes me feel, it just makes me so not normal about the show and those two as a whole all over again.

He thought he'd KILLED HIM. BY HIS OWN HAND. DURING A PROCESS HE SEEMED TO BE VERY ASHAMED TO TALK ABOUT AND HE SMILED WHEN HE SAW KIRK ALIVE AND AJAJSJ-

#i go insane about spirk #day however many its been #amok time is such a good episode in general #but this scene #man. #k/s #spirk #james t kirk #s'chn t'gai spock #star trek tos #star trek #ollie rambles #sorry this is so incoherent #i am having feelings.

[aosmccoy]

love the ds9 episodes where julian and someone who doesnt like him very much go on a mission together and get into some life threatening situation and almost die together and then they come back as good friends. becoming ride or die with julian bashir speed run

#star trek #ds9 #julian bashir #zsófi rambles

[jone-slugger]

One thing I truly appreciate about Voyager is just how long it takes them to contact Starfleet. They aren't even able to inform them they are alive until season 4, and it takes them until well into season 6 to actually be able to talk to them. I truly truly appreciate the commitment.

Like, it would have been easy enough to invent any excuse and have Voyager establish contact with Earth after the first season. But no, the crew is truly stranded in every sense of the word. And that makes it even more special when they finally make contact.

#star trek #star trek voyager #voyager #some midnight ramblings #starfleet #st voyager #VOY

[opens-up-4-nobody]

Curzon Dax is the Lord Jiraiya of the DS9 universe. The writers think: this guy is a flawed mentor but overall he's great. And they're wrong. They both fucking suck.

#im right abt this. im rewatching ds9 and im already like everyone shut the fuck up abt curzon. fuck that old man #also someone was like @ sisco: what was ur relationship with cruzon and it sounded like she was asking: ben did u fuck that old man? #i just hate curzon so much. and i hate that they write him so strongly into jadzia and i hate what her relationship was to him and that now #the 2 are 1. its so fucked up. jadzia jadzia. there is so much to say abt jadzia. #i kno some of yall watch both these shows. ive been dying to talk abt naruto from a cardassian perspective since forever #naruto ramblings #star trek ramblings

[bamsara]

being an adult means we can buy or make as much self-indulgent shit (as we can afford) and unironically have trinkets of our fave things cause our teen years was bullied for liking things and hiding/denying we were ever neurodivergent to the point of suicide. sucks for anyone that thinks its weird cringe but I'm going to try and allow myself to love myself in little ways now

#wish i could tell younger me that i wasnt fucked up i was just autistic #even if youre not nd i still think having things you enjoy around you is important especially for your space #so i make a notable effort to get fandom stuff for my younger siblings now #like my lil sister thinks getting demon slayer stuff is cringe cause anime and what not (havent read it sorry) #but her face still lights up when i get her a pin for her #or a blind bag with a character keychain #and very slowly the self hatred and whatever it feels like that youre not allowed to like anything and that anything you like is bad #starts to diminish #my qpp is obsessed with birds and chickens and has so many trinkets around the house for it #or my friend who loves how pretty stained glass looks that his walls are covered in thrifted stain glass pieces #i know an elderly couple who are obsessed with star trek and they have a room in the house purely for shelves stacked with collectables #my friend's dad is so obsessed with spiderman that he has 3 walls full of figurines and posters and collectables that prob amoutn to tons #like i dont get it but i get it #maybe its because im sick rn but im in my head tonight about human loving things and stories and cocepts to the point of comfort #sara shush #ramble

[not-equippedforthis]

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#the way his face just MELTS someone help me #not equipped for rambling #HE JUST #AUUCKKKK #hes so DESPERATE and he looks bones up and down to read him and then when he confirms that hes staying he just #godd dDAMNN ITTT #star trek tos #star trek tmp #star trek #tos kirk #tos mccoy #leonard mccoy #doctor mccoy #james kirk #captain kirk #jim kirk #my gifs #star trek the motion picture

[crystal-mouse]

GET BOOPED

#star trek #tos #mouse rambles #star trek meme folder #posting this separately as the other got buried in the reblogs #boop #boop o meter #april fools #star trek tos

[data-la-forge]

guys we can't Possibly forget this

#i can't be the only one that posted this #boop #star trek #tng #data soong #data tng #guinan #rosey rambles