#data's day

[kimbot21339092]

[transparent-plastic-robotgirl]

Today is the anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Data's Day, which aired on January 7, 1991. This episode introduced Data's pet cat Spot. Spot isn't named in the show yet, but would go on to be played by multiple cats. In the later episode Schisms, Data reads his poem Ode to Spot. This poem would also show up later in A Fistful of Datas when Data interfaces with the Enterprise's computers.

Ode to Spot and the interactions of Data and Spot throughout Star Trek media have given me much joy and I wanted to share that joy with you. So here is Ode to Spot in all it's glory:

Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature,

An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature;

Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses

Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses.

I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,

A singular development of cat communications

That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection

For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.

A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents;

You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.

And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion,

It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.

O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display

Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array.

And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,

I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.

[djevildave]

[yellowcakeuf6]

Part of my '31 sketch days in May' project and also to challenge myself I CAN draw Data (with a little help from @drfuckerm-d s tutorial and uplifting inspiration from @cyberphuck. Thank you both so much 💓

(And the Instagram professional who told me my portraits were below their exacting standards can go step on a Lego or sit on a monkey 🐒 puzzle tree 😁)

[perfectritualforce]

data's day

[ur-battdoll]

DATA'S DAY DATA'S DAY DATA'S DAY DATA'S DAY

DATA'S DAY IS LITERALLY EVERYTHING YOU GUYS WE GET TO HEAR HIS THOUGHTS AS HE TRIED TO KEEP TOGETHER A WEDDING AND HE LEARNS TO DANCE JDNFKSMNDKSN

This was seriously so cute, and it's also when we first see spot 😍😍😍

I loved hearing his thoughts an how confused he'd get. I love data so much guys it's not healthy 😭🤭

[pouncequick]

Picard may not be comfortable with kids, but I love the secret that he loves babies (presumably as long as he is not asked to hold them)

[queererdisaster]

rewatching TNG episodes at random after like 2 years of not watching and it feels like a hug