So I’ve been meaning to make a Picard bracket for months now and it’s finally here! We’re looking for your favourite character from the series and we’ve gone across all three seasons.
Round Three (Quarter-Finals):
(See under cut for past rounds)
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shoutout to those with chronic illness, physical handicaps, genetic disorders (yo that’s me!!), paralyzed folks, amputees, people who were disabled in accidents, those who were born with their condition, those with mental disorders, those with ptsd, blind folks, deaf folks, people who use wheelchairs, those who have to lug around equipment or else they die (hey that’s me again) and people who have a whole shelf in their fridge or pantry dedicated to their meds. we are loud and beautiful and diverse and incredible. may we finally get the same rights as our abled counterparts
and may accessibility departments return our goddamn phone calls
So I’ve been meaning to make a Picard bracket for months now and it’s finally here! We’re looking for your favourite character from the series and we’ve gone across all three seasons.
Round Three (Quarter-Finals):
(See under cut for past rounds)
caterpillars in the chrysalis on day 3
This is actually a really hopeful way of looking at it.
Seeing people getting annoyed about Elnor beating PIC-era!Data in that one Star Trek character poll is so funny to me.
Like- yes, Elnor was criminally underused. But the foundation of his character is so compelling. He’s a refugee, and an orphan, and he’s even othered from his own culture because of his unusual upbringing. His tragic relationship with Picard as a father figure lets us see JL in an interesting and imperfect light.
And those interesting character beats are wrapped up in a zero-toxic-masculinity type presentation that we very rarely see. Elnor openly cries, he’s unbridledly joyous, he emotes freely - these are things we don’t usually see in men on screen.
He’s a brilliant character, and I really wish the show knew what to do with him after S1.
All that said, I 100% would have voted for a plastic lawn chair if it meant voting against yet another needlessly resurrected, flat-packed, soong-boy.
So I’ve been meaning to make a Picard bracket for months now and it’s finally here! We’re looking for your favourite character from the series and we’ve gone across all three seasons.
Round Three (Quarter-Finals):
(See under cut for past rounds)
