cellular ennui

deep space nine and star trek etc.

[eugenieedanglars]

when bashir asked dax out in the first episode and sisko was like "i wonder if he'd be interested if you were still some old man" What no one realised is the answer was probably yes

[aenslem]

Call To Arms || Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

[avontarrant]

[geekysteven]

[tomeofbirdcalls]

i keep referencing this stupid image when talking about tsfs so i made a proper edit

[deepspacescully]

gul dukat the type of guy to go to court-ordered therapy one time and come out immediately weaponizing therapy speak. he shows up to ds9 like “i respect your boundaries but i feel that i’m doing all of the emotional labor in this relationship. frankly, the federation’s presence in this sector is disrupting my self-care” and then sisko tells him to get out of his office

[smileyobrien]

sisko smiling compilation for a rainy day :)

[burntcrumpets]

friendly reminder that tom servo sells his fellow robots on the promenade

[dilfgarak]

Susanna Thompson (Lenara Kahn) and Terry Farrell (Jadzia Dax) on the set of the defiant filming “Rejoined” (4x06)

[mulbunnie]

Actual DS9 ending

[lifesgrandparade]

I want you guys to all start making a bigger stink about Tumblr's Age Verification Horseshit.

[lifesgrandparade]

Like they tried to change Reblogs and people rightfully got up in arms, this is a LOT worse. In order to have access to any sort of thing dubbed mature, and We haveALL seen what they think is mature, Everything from a black and white photo of a black woman's arm, to posts about IUD recalls, to a nude painted by a 17th century artist, to anything involving the word Trans; you have to send your personal information to a third party site that WILL get hacked, and you will be doxxed. And they can say "Oh shit, well it wasn't us who sent your name address and gender identity to Moldovan teenagers, here's a couple extra minutes in the ball pit.

That's bad enough!!!!!!!! But the entire idea of needing permission from state authorities to access anything labeled mature by our friendly AI overlords is some fucking Boll shit. Die Gedenken Sind Frie baby. This is all a reaction to people getting uppity about their lowly lowly rights and is being propped up by the same bad actors tht have made life unlivable. Fuck that shit.

"Well it's only being rolled out in Brazil and UK" Yeah, to start. "Well they're being forced to do this by laws." YOu know it's always really funny when these tech giants (Or whatever you call owning tumblr dot com) get really antsy about laws considering they pick and choose which ones they abide by.

This is a breaking point and it's going to be very interesting to see how we proceed from here.

[teh-nos]

i get this now and it won't let me click through to any 'mature' blogs :(

[smileyobrien]

to manufactured triumphs, hear, hear! ♥️🎉

[unamccormack]

“I asked GPT” well I asked Garak and he lied but it was fun

[ds-90210]

Julian: I’m not as aggravating as I could be and I think you all should be more grateful for that

[weaverofink]

jadzia dax is everything. she's hot. she's the station gossip. she cleans house at tongo with the ferengi every week. she drinks cocktails at 8 in the morning. she's 300 years old. she's 28. everyone wants her. she has a worm

[andyoullhearitagain]

When Data learns about a new human custom he's like "wow life is such a rich tapestry I'm so pleased to participate in this social ritual with you and deepen our friendship (◡‿◡✿)", and when Odo learns about a new human custom he's like:

[we-all-get-hats]

daaaaamn ‘inquisition’ and ‘in the pale moonlight’ work SO well as a two-parter…

‘inquisition’ asks, “are some ends worth any means?” and julian answers unequivocally, “NO”.

‘in the pale moonlight’ asks the same and sisko answers, “maybe not. but i can live with that.”

it’s especially powerful that sisko - our beloved and respected captain - directly takes on the role of sloan - a character we’ve been taught to distrust and even despise. sisko makes the exact same argument sloan makes: that somebody has to make the fucked up decisions, has to commit the cardinal sins, has to lie and cheat and murder, all in order to protect as many lives as possible. sisko is willing to be that person. that’s why he’s a captain, and julian is a doctor. julian has proven again and again that he would never be able to make those decisions.

just brilliant to place these two character studies right next to each other this way. i love this show.