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BASHIR: You’re misunderstanding the point; yes, she’s a Barbie girl in a Barbie world, but her life is merely plastic. It isn’t real.
GARAK: Ah, but therein lies the paradox. If life is a creation limited only by imagination, then what is the difference between true or imagined happiness? Some, my dear doctor, would even call it “fantastic.”
QUARK: look you two either need to order something or get out
I’m having way too much fun with this Barbie movie poster generator. Especially with the 50th anniversary Star Trek Barbies.
idk it looks like the original scene to me
so… I’m watching the original series…
YETIDE BADAKI AS NEERA KETOUL IN STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS - 2.02 - AD ASTRA PER ASPERA
Transitioning in the star trek universe where they replicate the estrogen right into my raktajino and my holographic AI surgeon whips me up a mathematically perfect hyper vagina over the course of a lunch break which somehow leads to a wacky scenario that threatens to expose 5 ensigns to the vacuum of space
It can be two things
i read statboosts’s comment in Miles O’Brien’s voice in my head and now i’m laughing so hard i’m worried i might fracture a rib
This transition narrative where Gray (played by a trans man) gets a new body that he gets to have how he wants is Very Good actually. As an analogy it’s hardly even an analogy at all, it’s just there.
While they specifically say that this technology isn’t commonly used, it’s very encouraging to see a positive depiction of a future where not only does trans people exist, they are respected and loved and they get to make choices about their own bodies.
A post that lives rent free in my head is that one that goes something like (I’m paraphrasing) “In this future the CMO can just whip me up a pussy frappucino during my lunch hour” and that speaks to me. At this point in Star Trek history there’s no reason to think trans people or anyone else can’t get the bodies they want without any hassle or prejudice.
I’ve said it before and I will say it again. Disco canonising the Trill metaphor was something incredibly powerful. Forget me Not is one of the most trans coded episodes in television history and then in season 4 having Gray be canonically trans and just casually mention it with no one blinking is incredibly affirming of a trans inclusive future. Trans people get to make it into the 32nd century and that’s a message needed right now. Having Adira come out as non-binary was important in explaining that it’s not just a Trill thing, it’s a human thing. Adira’s coming out explanation then allowed Gray to not have to come out from a narrative stand point. He’s just trans and everyone accepts that as has no problem with it. Gray also gets to play with his gender presentation with his outfits being far more androgynous in 4.06 especially (if I’m remembering correctly). Gray doesn’t have to conform to “typically masculine” presentation to be accepted as a man, he just is.
The season 3 finale when Gray is upset about not being seen and connected resonated with a lot of trans and generally queer people. The only person who could normally see Gray was Adira, his non-binary partner. It is only in a holo when appearances are changed anyway that Gray gets to be seen by others for the first time. It is significant that Hugh is the one to promise Gray they will find a way to make sure he is “seen, truly seen”. Between Wilson Cruz’s Advocacy for queer visibility , Culber’s storyline in s2 with not feeling seen, and the fact that trans kids (and adults) are often forced to hide their identities and are rarely depicted on screen, that felt like a very deliberate choice of words. The first thing Hugh does both in the holo and then when Gray has an actual body, is hug Gray and show him that he is loved and accepted and welcome.
(And we cannot forget how trans Dr. Culber is. Yes he is cis in text but the writers and Wilson Cruz have spoken before about how trans coded some of Hugh’s season 2 onward arc is. His discomfort in his own body, his guilt for being alive when so many like him have died, his being rebuilt into a new body are all very trans coded themes.)
I know we don’t talk about ds9′s “Profit and Lace” but weirdly, it connects to this transition moment with Gray. Both episodes confirm that gender affirming healthcare is readily available in the Star Trek universe and accepted. (Hugh Culber would totally do gender affirming surgeries. Fight me, you will lose). @captaincrusher‘s excellent point above captured it far more succinctly and humorously.
Anyway, sorry for hijacking this post… oops…
space girl, show me the stars ✨
Star Trek: Picard Seven of Nine & Raffi Musiker
“Celebrate Pride boldly and with Love.” It was an honor to do this official illustration. Star Trek means so much to me.
After 356 years and seven lifetimes… I still lead with my heart.
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Lost DS9 season 8 episode plot : Quark becomes a rainbow capitalist
And we wouldn’t wan’t to disrespect tradition, would we ?
please take a moment to imagine the Federation version of Eurovision as @swordfern and I have envisioned it, in a post-DS9 peaceful future: -Bajor does something very soothing with hand percussion and like…. background eurythmy dancing but the lyrics are utterly heart-wrenching. -Betazed is always a fan favorite- they really get into the pop ballads and impressive choreography, and of course aim to inspire ~feelings~ -Romulans do the super intimidating acts like that one song about Moscow Germany did one year. -Klingons just do fucking opera every time, with intense choreography, generally involving weaponry. -Andorians do… whatever the andorian version of death metal is. imagine andorian headbanging. with those antennae. imagine. -the new Cardassian Republic, when it finally gains admittance, is intensely earnest and a bit disco. No one really knows how to react to this. -Vulcan sends one person with a Vulcan lute and they play an extremely logical arrangement extremely well, with no dancers or any illogical frippery… and they repeat this each year. No one ever votes for Vulcan.
But is it still called Eurovision…
Unifvision?
if australia can join eurovision, anyone can
The borg will put out some electro rock song that is just “resistance is futile” repeated 572 times
I love everything about this except
there is no way Vulcan would be the boring entry. It’s completely illogical to not get into the spirit of things, or to enter a contest one does not intend to win.
It’s obvious logical really, Vulcan enters with the equivalent of Love Love Peace Peace every year, each performance carefully calculated and constructed based on what has appealed the most in previous years.
They win three years in a row.
Absolutely true. Maybe they send a guy with a lute the first year, but after they see Earth’s entry there’s a flurry of raised eyebrows and they begin to reassess
Also I feel like the Klingons would sent some sort of heavy metal too, Finland’s 2006 entry (I think 2006) kind of looks like what I’d imagine a Klingon Eurovision entry to be.
The Vulcans realise straightaway, that first year, that they have misunderstood what was meant by ‘song contest’. The Federation News Service is filled with teasing and jokes about the Vulcan entry (and the likelihood of them entering with the same thing next year) for months.
The second year, their predictions appear to have come true. The exact same singer, wearing even bulkier Vulcan robes and again playing the lute, begins their performance.
Then, after 30 seconds of beautiful lute music and singing, the singer dramatically sheds their robes to reveal the most outrageous glittering jumpsuit and cape. And in a shower of fireworks and lasers, the zero-g Vulcan acrobats soar onstage to begin the most flawlessly choreographed routine the audience has ever seen.
Another singer is flown carried in by the acrobats, wearing a stunning white dress, and the two singers begin a duet about love, peace and infinite diversity in infinite combinations that is both emotionally moving and the catchiest song in the Federation music industry in a decade.
After the second key change, in the build up to the soaring high notes that finish the song, the lute catches fire.
Every single planet scores Vulcan douze points.
Love Love Peace Peace: Vulcan Edition! (With an IDIC mirror ball) Based on this post (and requested by @aceofwands)!
