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Avery Brooks deliveries that make me smile every time single I think of them.

I referred to something as a "real Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra moment" in conversation with someone who has never seen TNG, and let me tell you, that was a real Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra moment

DS9: What if we had a villain, and he was charismatic, interesting, entertaining even, a man who’s affable and charming and like he’s someone you could almost like but he was a genocidal fascist

DS9: What if he started down a road to redemption and then

DS9: What if we don’t redeem him, what if the point is a man can be all of those good things but he’s still a racist, fascist murderer and doesn’t deserve to be redeemed because at his core he’s an evil, evil man and his narrative reward is defeat and death at the hands of the black man who represents the bridge between men and gods

DS9: Meet Gul Dukat

You know what I love about Dukat? Every single “redeeming” quality about him is nothing of the sort. He genuinely loves his daughter, he occasionally works with the Federation, he’s polite….and none of these traits are actually redemptive because they have nothing to do with what he actually did wrong. There is no moment where he acknowledges in any meaningful way that what he did was evil or works towards undoing it. The show psyches you out by presenting him as human, as personable, as even charming….but it never actually has Dukat wanting or doing anything resembling redemption.

And honestly, given how many narratives treat a villain having feelings as inherently redemptive even if they do nothing to actually make up for their actions, that’s a breath of fresh air.

if we consider that deep space nine, sisko, and all the crew and characters are both real and a part of benny russell's imaginary, it's striking that benny takes julius eaton, who says very little in "far beyond the stars," and makes him chief medical officer to his captain sisko, i.e. not only an extremely high ranking position for a young officer, but also the only person with the authority to challenge the captain himself, something bashir frequently does, throughout the series. in "far beyond the stars" we see benny and julius, both black men, confined by their circumstances and not able to speak very much with each other, but in benny russell's afrofuturist imaginary, not only are sisko and bashir able to talk to each other openly, they do so frequently, whether it's discussing a co-worker's baby shower or debating the ethics of ending a war. it's bashir who travels back in time with sisko to confront the injustices of the 21st century, and in the agent bashir holoprogram, it's bashir and sisko who face off. we can extend this further and think about how worf/willie and cassie/kasidy are also positioned within the narrative with the room and capacity to challenge sisko in various ways - without losing his love and respect. benny russell's futuristic imaginary was not just about him, a black man, in a position of authority. it was also asking, what if black people could see each other, and talk to each other, disagree with each other, challenge each other, support each other, in multiple ways and spaces, without fear or surveillance?

It’s all cold down along the beach… The wind’s whipping down the boardwalk… Hey band! (Yeah?) You guys know what time of year it is? (Yeah!) What time, huh? (Christmas time!) What? (Christmas time!) What? (Christmas time!) Oh, Christmas time! You guys all, you guys all been good and practicing real hard? Yeah? Clarence, you been, you been rehearsing real hard now, so Santa’ll bring you a new saxophone, right? Everybody out there been good, or what? Oh, that’s not many, not many, you guys are in trouble out here

"why do you know that" i am curious about the world around me

this is my favorite love triangle resolution it's always so funny. yeah this is my wife. and that's her wife, my best friend mike.

Things fanfic is reputed for inserting into the source material:

Things fanfic actually inserts into the source material:

What fanfic often removes from the source material:

THEY CAN;T POSSIBLY NEED MORE THAN ONE BED ANYWAY

Star trek actors are always either actually really good or really not with NO in-between. And if they're REALLY good you can have both from the same actor depending on who you ask. I think this is because a lot of them have stage training & were put in a goofy sci-fi series

[ID: tags from @just-verne that read "#many ppl say mr shatner is a bad actor because of how bad he is at acting but i think he's a good actor on account of how gay he played it #star trek" /end ID]

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St Voyager Memes: POV You're Looking at Another One of These

I've never understood people who complain that Benjamin not wanting to role play being in the 1960s "doesn't make sense because racism has been over for centuries in the Star Trek universe, why would he still care?" Like, even ignoring that Star Trek is and always has been much more about today than it is about the 24th century, Benjamin has been shown to have a deep appreciation and care for his history and culture, as evidenced by his African masks and the cultural connotations of a lot of what he cooks. It totally makes sense that he would be very aware of the racism in that time period and be very bothered by the idea of ignoring that and pretending like it was a fun time.

And also, he literally lived through 1950s racism in Far Beyond the Stars. Fucking obviously he doesn't think it's fun

Certain words can change your brain forever and ever so you do have to be very careful about it.

It's Sisko Wiggle Wednesday

How DARE Tolkien omit in the final draft the information that the traditional hobbit marriage custom is to have unspoken vibes for years and then disappear without explanation for an indeterminate length of time!?

#where's the fic where bilbo returns with thorin in tow and no one bats an eye#like#'he married a dwarf did he? well he always was an odd fellow'#'good day to you master dwarf how's your husband?'#and thorin is just ?????#'how do they know i'm courting him? did he show them the mithril shirt?'#just give me all the hilarious culture clashes ok

@finegoddamnit​ how dare you hide this in the tags

so that whole time merry, pippin, sam, and frodo are gone the whole shire is losing their minds arguing over who married who.