Malfunctioning Malewife

Jacio | Queer | they/she Obsessed with the weird technicolor space people that live in my TV Likes/Follows from: @jacio

[wanderingwriter87]

remember when garak had to invent a normalsona on the spot and he named himself "kamar." hey im just a normal guy. what's my name? uhhhh Votka Tonik. get the fuck outta here man

[mouse-doubleo100]

the more i watch star trek tos, the more it becomes abundantly clear that the reason why modern trek doesnt get kirk at all is because they dont utilise mccoy nearly as much anymore

in modern trek, they always present the idea of logic vs emotion, with spock being logic and kirk being emotion, but thats not how tos has it. in tos, the logic vs emption debate is spock vs mccoy. kirk is supposed to be the mediator between the two, sometimes siding with one side over the other, sometimes finding a middle ground between the two. thats why hes the captain, hes able to see all angles and pick the best course

when you make kirk the emotional one, it completely breaks the format, because 9 time out of 10, it means kirk has to be correct. theres no more balance

mccoy is just as important to tos as spock is, and while i do understand why spock is as popular as he is, without mccoy, the show doesnt work. you need them both. kirk spock and mccoy are the three leads of the show, and removing one requires you to change the others, which is whats happened to kirk

[trek-tracks]

I have been saying this for approximately 400 years, thank you.

When I teach rhetoric in my college essay writing/analysis course, it's always with the example of Kirk, Spock, AND McCoy. Ethos, Logos, Pathos--you need all three. Kirk isn't the counterweight to Spock; he's the fulcrum that balances Spock and McCoy.

Kirk isn't emotion. Kirk is ethos: credibility, authority. Spock and McCoy are there to stop him from damaging that credibility by falling back on an authority he doesn't actually have in the situation, to remind him of the logic or compassion that's lacking when an abuse of power would be the easy or basely satisfying thing to do.

What keeps Kirk credible is that he usually chooses the most ethical thing to do based on the information he has; what makes him a good leader, outside of his own innate abilities, is his understanding that he requires these two trusted advisors to keep him on an even keel. When Kirk says "I need you" to both Spock AND Bones, he means it.

[unamccormack]

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[unamccormack]

Here’s how the Spock book ends. Together forever in the greenwood.

And here’s how it starts, because I learned everything I know about TOS from Vonda McIntyre.

[fantashic]

Average Deep Space Nine A plot: "What are you willing to sacrifice for the chance at a better world? Who are you willing to hurt? Will the pain you cause now outweigh the peace that it might bring? When both choices are bad, and you do what you think is best, can you live with yourself after? Could you live with yourself if you made the opposite choice?"

Average Deep Space Nine B plot: "What do we do with all this hot sauce!?"

[unamccormack]

And sometimes, with DS9, the A plot is about the hot sauce and the B plot is about the moral complexities, and I love it either way round.

[girldixieflatline]

[unamccormack]

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

[vasquez-rocks]

happy pride to this fucking thing susanna thompson does with her mouth

happy pride to this visible saliva that avery brooks decided to leave in the final cut of rejoined

[just-an-evil-immortal]

I think that Garak is nonbinary in the way that in his head, he's too old to be nonbinary so he's just kind of a fag

[garaks-padded-bra]

yes exactly and there is no universe in the infinite number of universes where he explores that

[whataboutbobbed]

Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 - )

[rhyfeddu-partyofone-deactivated]

“Uhura never had another name during the series. One of the fan writers wrote “Upenda” - which means “peace” in Swahili, I understand — not officially, but in some of their fan writings. And it sort of took hold. But when they were going to do the official history of Star Trek in a published book, the writer called Gene and asked him was “Uhura” her first name or her last name? Gene said, “Well, Nichelle and I never decided.” We always leaned towards it being her last name because it’s taken from the Swahili “uhuru” which means freedom. So it would sort of be like the same as “Freeman.” So he said, “You can make it her last name.” The writer said, “What about her first name? I’ve come up with one in Swahili. It’s Nyota.” Gene said, “I can’t give you that permission because Nichelle and I named her together, and she has rights to that, so you’ll have to call her and get her permission.” So he gave him my number, and he called me and I laughed and was delighted. He said, “I have a name and it’s Nyota.” I said, “That’s quite beautiful. What does it mean?” He said, “It means ‘star’.” I said, “You can have my permission!” So I have since said that her name is Nyota Upenda Uhura, which would mean a free-floating star: “star of freedom and peace”. I like that.”    — NICHELLE NICHOLS

[garaks-padded-bra]

My fave mirror nog quote

[ruleofacquisition420]

Data voice: "It is not in the nature of my hips to deceive."

[garaks-padded-bra]

Ds9 s7 rewrite where the dax symbiont doesnt show signs of dying after being removed from jadzia so they just keep the worm around as a pet. Julian walks around with it in a satchel and feeds it silk cut purple 100s. When sisko is unavailable it still captains the defiant btw. Sits on the captains chair and everything. SOPPING wet

[garaks-padded-bra]

[ruleofacquisition420]

@garaks-padded-cell

[t-rina]

Kira Nerys you own me

sc: stargatescenepacks (ig)

ac: wxchatrx (soundcloud)

[avontarrant]

[risingchaos]

I am certain Julian Bashir cannot cook. He’s like one of those college kids that never really learned how to make anything other than sort of passable scrambled eggs and blue box mac and cheese. It doesn’t matter because, replicators, but it does mean he is added to the list of people Sisko is horrified by that don’t know how to make anything of substance.

[cheaphalloweencostume]

anyway do you think Data TNG has figured out jacking off

[anarchautistic]

There's literally no question about it in my mind. He fucks in the first episode and is obsessed with quirky human behaviors. He'd be jerking off on a regular schedule to a wide selection of porn in order to understand what it truly means to be horny as humans are

[anarchautistic]

It would be weird though. It would be like when he was trying to figure out jokes and laughing. He doesn't quite get it but he's trying his best

[cheaphalloweencostume]

much to consider. thank you.

[clementine-kesh]

voyager karaoke night RUINED every time harry goes on a date because tom gets sloppy drunk and sings the worst version of mr brightside anyone’s ever heard

[stargazer-tales]

Hey I remember that episode

[joey-regrets-nothing]

I miss old television with random filler episodes they really just made data and dr crusher tap dance for no plot reason for like five minutes😭😭