perpetual disarray

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[butchtoks]

[fayethemalevolent]

Me when I’m Chancellor “Crazy Eyes” Gowron and I see Worf, son of Mogh

[spockvarietyhour]

Star Trek Deep Space Nine "The Siege"

[bogwarg]

Kira- plus a print test on the side lol.

[insectsect]

i didn't finish this properly but i was drawing some species swaps for fun recently (human odo, bajoran julian, changeling jadzia and trill kira) (didnt really think hard about any of those choices. all just for shits n gigs)

[sci-fi-fantasia]

[subspaceshenanigans]

[filmjunky-99]

'They're all dead?' - garak

'I've had enough of your dissembling, Garak! I am not Doctor Bashir, and we are not sparring amiably over lunch.' - odo

'Now, you dragged me into this investigation, and you are now going to cooperate with me.' - odo

'Dragged you in? I don't know what you're talking...' - garak

'You blew up your own shop, Garak!' - odo

'Well, I don't think I've ever seen that particular expression on your face. Is it surprise?' - odo

'Yes, Constable, it is. I'm surprised that you could come to this unlikely conclusion.' - garak

'Drop the pretense. I knew as soon as I spoke with the Flaxian.

Assassins don't like varying their methods. He planned to poison you.

I think you spotted him on the station and then blew up your own shop so that I'd begin an investigation.' - odo

s t a r t r e k d e e p s p a c e n i n e created by rick berman, michael piller [improbable cause, s3ep20]

[sun-ni-day]

wdym that's not how garashir started

(insp.)

[klaipeda-witness]

Inspired by this post

[imadoctornotanescalator]

DS9 Textposts pt 121-???

[vfeioa]

[girlcodedhamlet]

it's very frustrating seeing otherwise well-structured posts about media literacy and critical thinking bookended with statements about "nowadays", "nobody has literacy anymore", "this generation is so anti-intellectual", and the like, unquestioningly falling into better past fallacies.

Do we really think the 80s and its Satanic Panic were better at critical thinking? what about the 40s? the Victorian era? societies have always had problems with critical thinking and literacy, because most societies have dealt with propaganda, corrupt leadership, difficulty providing education (due to poverty or discrimination or other issues), and/or people who resist critical thinking (due to privilege or circumstance or what have you). we can criticize media trends without pulling a "well back in the GOOD OLD DAYS" about it.

[fuguetelemetry]

I’m just so struck by SecUnit range. you have them moving so fast it’s imperceptible, you have them accidentally breaking wrists in a fight, you have them so heavy they might break the mobility aid a person is using to pull at them (unless one chooses to go with the people who are pulling it)

and then MB will talk about the fine sensations of its fingers and palms. you have it marveling at how delicate child bones are and scooping humans up (whether they’re old or young) and holding their hands and just being so gentle and precise…

like what a range! no wonder you have to hold a construct together with neural tissue!

like MB processes some things so fast but emotions so slowly…

and then there’s the plasticity! like MB having to ride along with Three because Three’s processing speeds are slower… like i do keep coming back to development wrt constructs

[hapafuil]

I’ve always wondered if its touch aversion comes from it dissociating from its body/thoughts all the time (cause they mostly hurt why would anyone want to dwell in either) then suddenly having a lot of input (on top of its already baseline huge amount of input) it can’t ignore/didnt want and getting overstimulated while forcing itself to mask its reaction.

But with bots/constructs/drones it doesn’t have to worry about that so much. It’s familiar with them or knows their specs, it doesn’t have to worry about hurting/scarring/offending them as easily as it could a squishy human. Less stress and gross people fluids/feelings.

IMO part of Mbs healing journey is it becoming more comfortable in its own skin; finding physical contact with others isn’t as gross/scary/difficult when it itself is regulated and a willing participant

[thethirdromana]

Every so often I'm struck again by what an incredible job Whoopi Goldberg does playing Guinan. She was 33 when she first played her yet I have never once doubted that Guinan is a mysterious alien who is hundreds of years old. The effect even holds in screengrabs. How does someone manage to do that with their face.

[violet-hady]

Honestly, I love the little earth beanbag Grace has. Not only is it absolutely hilarious to see Grace tell the dictator of the world that the little beanbag she’s holding is lava, but also:

She’s the dictator of the world, who can do whatever she wants. The world is in her hands. The beanbag, that looks like the earth, is in her hand.

And then later, when Grace is on the Hail Mary, Stratt sent the beanbag up with him. Sure, part of it was probably because it’d be comforting for him, but it’s also because the fate of the world is in his hands now.

[thethirdromana]

Every so often I'm struck again by what an incredible job Whoopi Goldberg does playing Guinan. She was 33 when she first played her yet I have never once doubted that Guinan is a mysterious alien who is hundreds of years old. The effect even holds in screengrabs. How does someone manage to do that with their face.