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TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name

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[–] MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Janeway wasn't very respectful of what Seven of Nine wanted. Watching Seven of Nine go along with what Janeway told her to be reminded me of my parents making me get a haircut because they thought I was a boy

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

What would you do with someone who was basically brainwashed and may be suffering from Stockholm Syndrome? I've had the same thoughts, but the fact Seven used to be Borg makes it more complicated.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

It's called an intervention.

A heavy drug addict will not want to get off his drugs. But he's not only being destructive to himself, but His surroundings as well.

So it is with The Borg. So it was with Seven/Anika.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

beautiful. is the top mid the Bajoran resistance?

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago
[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 72 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Janeway on Tuvix: "There's two people in there and I don't like it."

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I want to see the chaos Janeway solution.

Dilemma: Tuvix doesn't want to die. He can do both Neelix's and Tuvok's jobs, but he simply doesn't have time for both, and Janeway is in a survival situation. She needs them both.

Solution? Just Tom Riker Tuvix! We'll just have two Tuvixes!


Though honestly, this comic is genuinely beautiful, a real love letter to TNG/DS9/VGR era Trek.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

Or split the difference and just kill neelix.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They should've Riker'd him and then de-Tuvix'd one of the copies. Then they'd have one of each!

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah, except that new Tuvix won't want to die either!

[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Do the second step quick before he has a chance to think about it. It's all on the transporter; it could probably be programmed in as a single sequence of operations.

Also, if the pre-duplication Tuvix consents, that's good enough.

[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

We are officially thinking about this more than the episode did

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

It's important not to think about the transporter too much. The transporter should be able to make everyone immortal and cure any disease. But they don't tend to use it for that for some reason.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's not saying much, to be honest!

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Or, it's doing what good science fiction does, make you think about the consequences of things that you normally wouldn't. (And there was some lazy writing.)

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago
[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The Geordi/Data one does kinda bring up a good point though. Data is a graduate of Starfleet Academy, put in his time and rose up the ranks to the point of being the 2nd officer and CSO of the flagship. Yet the first episode of the series he's shown to be naive to most human interactions, most basic idioms and turns of phrase.

This had been posted a few times on r/DI, but a good working theory is that at the academy he never tried to fit in or make friends and simply did the work. In all his postings he never attempted to go above and beyond, but just did his job and what was expected of him, and some of his promotions may have been simply *you've been an ensign for 4 years, so you kinda have to get promoted now. It was Picard who saw his uniqueness and potential, and pushed Data to think for himself to help him grow, and as such the other exceptional crew members on the flagship actually took the time to get to know him and become his friend.

But I'd love to hear other theories!

[–] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Maybe the academy is just a terrible educational institution. Basically all we see of it is weird mind games, like simulated terrorist attacks and tests you automatically fail.. Maybe Picard thought of the gardener as a mentor because he was the only adult there not fucking with him.

all we see of it is weird mind games, like simulated terrorist attacks and tests you automatically fail

I can definitely see how those things are extremely useful. Not everyone is going to be within the relatively save confines of ESD or stationed on a core planet. You're out in unexplored space on your own with no backup and will encounter some of the most absurdly effed-up races/beings/giant green space hands.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

some of his promotions may have been simply *you've been an ensign for 4 years, so you kinda have to get promoted now.

[–] rooroo@feddit.org 31 points 1 week ago

It’s Picard and arguably LaForge, who saw his potential.

But don’t let Kim hear about those promotions!

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And then look a new lifeform in the eye and murder it

- Janeway

[–] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago

The new lifeform looks at you and murders you

- Noway

[–] lath@piefed.social 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This reminds me of that Enterprise episode where they were trapped in a cave with the rock people.

"Hello. I see you. I know there's a person in there."

[–] teft@piefed.social 18 points 1 week ago

Sometimes when you trip balls you see imaginary rock people in caves. I don't judge.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't remember this episode.

[–] teft@piefed.social 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's Enterprise S1E4 "Strange New World". Unless they mean S1E6 "Terra Nova". Both those have cave people but episode 4 is the one where they're stuck in the cave and hallucinate rock people.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, right. Not actually rock people.

[–] teft@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago

Well they were hallucinating people coming out of the rock so it's a matter of perspective I guess?

[–] confuser@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I try to explain to people why star trek is not just boring people saying boring things in a boring looking space cockpit for hours and hours on end, I think this picture explains it very well, nice job!

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

theres a saying(dont know where it came from), if a person think everything/or alot of things are boring then the person saying is a boring person.

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just say that people who are interested in philosophy, ethics and humanism and are open to SciFi will most likely like Star Trek.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

im into stems, thats why. i used to binge on space-base documentaries, plus other docs in the early 2000s(cable). the most ignorant seems to be more focused on people who are gymbros(certain demographics/military and profit-making industries.

for some reason star wars just doesnt have the same attraction as trek is, im guessing its more drama(SW) vs "technobabble, realistic scientific discovery development in the future(even though some concepts maybe impossible)

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

I always thought the science in Star Trek was an unrealistic plot device.

And yeah, Star Wars is a space opera and not really comparable to Trek. I personally don't really like it, it's just another action/drama franchise without much philosophical substance

[–] FlatFootFox@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I love the art.
I love the message.
The text was a little difficult to actually read though. My brain kept tripping over a bunch of those letters.

Overall, excellent!

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The only one little ( really just so small ) nitpick i have, is that Picard looks much older than he was in that first panel.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

The way this is drawn is simply adorable!

That is the cutest Akira-class starship I’ve ever seen.

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Still waiting for that. My friends say they see me and then just use me and throw me away whenever I don't matter anymore. It's been a rough week finding out my best friend and roommate had been just using me for months. Didn't care about the things I cared about like they pretended. Just wanted to use me.

Where is my Geordi?

:(

Sorry to hear this. Hope you find your Geordi soon, there are good people interspersed among the hooman Ferengi out there.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have nothing to add, just to say that I wish you peace.

Oh, and that your ex-bestie gets an incurable case of crotch rot that burns with the fire of a thousand suns. That too.

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I just wanna forget about them to be honest. Like they left stuff to last second constantly and routinely fucked me over financially, having to ask friends to cover and ruining myself in the process in other ways. They then did it again last week, forcing me to magic up $700 to cover their half of rent too and now have to find another roommate. I thought I was broke before but nooooooooooope. I just wanna cry.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Dunno why but this brings a tear to my eye today. Maybe it’s because news and especially social media is so inundated with hate, prejudice and aggressive ignorance for the last several days that I think I’ve hit my limit and just wish for even a partial simile of the Star Trek utopia. So tired of the need for so many people to hurt others. Man, what a drag…just need some hope.

[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think I get the references apart from panel 2. Any clues?

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Those are Bajorans, with a Cardassian overlord looking down

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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And sometimes, just sometimes... it's whatever the fuck was going on in Move Along Home.

May all your chaps be alamaraine

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