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Love how trek writers will do everything in their power to make gay characters seem straight but then in doing so only make them look even more gay??? Like how do you get so deep into the heterosexual industrial complex that you just end up making some of the gayest shows on television.
The time that you already fell for an AI fictional version of girl he never met, (and when he did meet her they did not hit it off) the gayest shit out there
They all have Never Shuts The Fuck Up disease
It's called autism
Not just plomeek soup!
There is much more to Vulcan cuisine than plomeek soup- or as we call in Vulcan, shur t’plomik.
Vulcan cuisine is dominated by the hardy vegetables and fruits that grow in the desert climate, and, in keeping with Surakian precepts, is entirely vegan. But do not let this make you think it is plain and boring!
The Vulcan body is prepared to conserve as much moisture as possible in the desert weather, and as such, Vulcans secrete much less saliva than humans, which impacts the sense of taste. To compensate for this, most Vulcan dishes are actually really spicy and hot by human standards!
Also of note is that Vulcans become intoxicated when consuming sucrose, not alcohol like humans. Alcohol has no effect on Vulcans, but many fruit juices are very popular due to their intoxicating qualities on the Vulcan physique.
Here’s a list of some other popular Vulcan foods and drinks that aren’t shur t’plomik:
MAIN DISHES
Balkra: a casserole made of a squash-like fruit. It tastes like yellow squash, but it has the texture of mashed potatoes.
Barkaya marak: a vegetable soup tasting like cream of spinach and served warm. It’s made from a peanut-like legume native to Vulcan. (The one in the picture below was made by KCGeeks).
Fori: a type of vegetable, served often in a wide variety of dishes.
Khara: a hardy desert bush with moisture-laden core; the soft edible pulp of its stalks tastes slightly salty.
Klitanta: also spelled Kleetanta. A popular dish, normally served with forati sauce (see below).
Pok tar: a Vulcan dish made of different components. As shown on ENT, it looks like this:
Pre tarmeeli: a hot and spicy Vulcan vegetable entrée, much like a vegetable curry.
Shur t'bertakk: bertakk soup.
Yarmok: a dish of raw fruits and vegetables often tossed with other ingredients and served with a dressing, what humans would call “a salad” (picture source).
SIDE DISHES AND CONDIMENTS
Yon-bar-kas: Redspice, a spice native to Vulcan.
Forati sauce: a highly spicy sauce that’s very popular in Vulcan, tastes vaguely like garlic.
Ob'taree: “fasting meals”; a high vitamin supplements taken with water during long ritual fasts.
Krei'la: a Vulcan staple resembling flatbread or biscuits, mostly eaten during breakfast. See below for an example, as baked by Sidzhan T’Gai of Kirshara:
DESSERTS AND FRUITS
Ameelah: a dessert, similar in taste to a fried banana.
Hirat: a type of fruit native to Vulcan, very similar to Terran grapes.
Kaasa: a blue-green fruit. It is often made into a distilled juice, which humans find very potent.
Pir mah: a Vulcan breakfast item that tastes much like strawberry toast.
Pla-savas: a sweet blue to black-coloured fruit (literally “blue fruit”).
Prusah kisan: a Vulcan fruit custard-like vegan pie.
Savas dukal-yel-travek: also called “globefruit”. A large, spherical fruit native to Vulcan, and known to be one of Sarek’s favourite fruits.
Tufeen hushani: a Vulcan dessert, very similar to carrot cake, and usually served at wedding ceremonies.
Yon-savas: a strongly flavoured yellow to red-coloured fruit (literally “fire fruit”).
Sash-savas: a strong, citrus-like, oblong fruit (literally “acid fruit”).
Gespar: a fruit often served for breakfast. It tastes tangy and spicy, and it has a reddish-pink colour. The rind of the gespar is was used in the production of soap and perfume in ancient times.
DRINKS
Birkeen: A sweet Vulcan herb, often used to flavour water.
Hivas: a purple-coloured milkshake-like refreshment.
K'vass: a Vulcan beverage reminiscent of hot-buttered rum, although completely non-alcoholic; it does contain enough sucrose to make it an intoxicating beverage for a Vulcan.
Saya: Highly intoxicating drink made from the juice of a fruit native to Vulcan. The drink is green in colour and has a herbal taste.
Su'aasal: the potent juice of a d'lechu (a type of desert plant similar to a succulent, which has psychotropic properties). It is used ritually to prepare children for bonding ceremonies.
Theris: also called theris-masu. A slightly bitter tea made by steeping leaves of aromatic Vulcan plants in boiling water. In contrast, the Terran style of tea is called tei.
Gespar-masu: the juice of gespar, a fruit grown in the temperate zone of the Kir Province.
Vulcan mocha: a Vulcan take on the popular Terran coffee.
T'mara omi: a green alcoholic beverage produced in Vulcan and normally consumed after meals. Due to its alcohol content it is highly priced in the Federation, even though Vulcans cannot feel its effects. It is commonly known as “Vulcan port”.
Twink Poll Side B Round One #12
Tamaki Suoh (Ouran High School Host Club) vs Julian Bashir (Star Trek: Deep Space 9)
AND THE WINNER IS
TAMAKI SUOH!
TAMAKI ADVANCES TO SIDE B ROUND TWO!
the aesthetic romanticism of this episode. the deep love for discovery. the decolonization allegory which is not so much a 1-to-1 allegory, so to speak, because sisko proving that ancient bajorans had not only the technology but the sheer Wonder and Curiosity to venture into space is a metaphor for speaking against any number of white supremacist "histories" deriving from imperialistic paradigms since the age of colonization---
to provide the counter-colonization narrative with a space-ship that sails on the impulse of photons (a very real and possible engineering for space-flight--like NASA is building ships like that) is wonderful. this story about the ancient people who thought to travel to space and push their spacecraft through space off the force of light, and then sisko proving to everyone not only its possibility but its historical fact, was sweet and interesting and full of feeling.
it's all as if to say: to engage whole-heartedly with an episteme of decolonization is to engage whole-heartedly with an episteme of curiosity and discovery and love for What Is.
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And we wouldn’t wan’t to disrespect tradition, would we ?
the scene at the end of that voyager episode with the manifestation of fear where janeway's tricked it and as it realises its dying it says "im scared" and she just says "i know"... that rewired me. every ethically questionable thing she did after that just made her hotter. i cant meaningfully participate in tuvix discourse bc ive now got some kind of legitimate brain disease where even if she was in the wrong to kill him my first response is still to ask her to fuck me about it
generally not super into shapeshifter characters being revealed to have like a singular True Form. isnt it much more interesting to imagine a creature so fluid and ever-changing that even they cant identify any one body as the "true" self, or simply dont see the need to?
is this you? yes. this one too? yes. but then which one is the real you? define "real" define "you" theyre all me. even the ones that are someone else? especially those.
tip: everything you pretend to becomes a part of what you are and even the facade you wear for the sake of deception reveals a crucial truth.
i really love how many ppl are like “i’ve never watched star trek but i would die for data” because that’s truly the biggest mood
literally everyone regardless of whether they’ve seen every single episode of TNG or absolutely zero:
star trek heritage post (August 6th, 2019)
Star Trek DS9: Profit and Loss // The Wire // Second Skin // By Inferno’s Light
dude idk i got bored and wanted to draw data, i dont know what this is
im not even on the episode where he has the phone thing yet, but it looks cool so there you go
BRACKET 2, PART 3, ROUND 8
The old 4:3 aspect ratio forced everyone to stand uncomfortably close to each other all the time but these are decently wide shots. These two didn't have to be walking so close their shoulders were touching the ENTIRE TIME, but they did and it's wonderful.
Also look at that last look Beverly gives Picard in the lift. Amazing. Shippers delight. 10/10. Date night at Quarks.