Star Trek

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cool-salsa:

Just imagine all the normal people working or living on ds9 when main plot shit happens. They are just enjoying an evening at Quark’s when THE DOMINION IS TAKING OVER THE STATION, EVERYONE EVACUATE or reading a book when THE WHOLE STATION IS LITERALLY FALLING APART or sipping on raktajino when INTERSTELLAR WAR how do you even deal with that

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#Star Trek #DS9 #probably the same way you deal with tsunamis and wildfires and ice storms #every place has got its hazards #though they *really* need better evacuation plans #I was watching ‘The Siege’ yesterday and they were trying to cram everyone into three runabouts #knowing there was no way they were *all* going to fit #maybe somehow other cultures managed to avoid learning the hard way why not having enough lifeboats is a bad idea #but the humans should have taken one look at that set-up when they first got there #flashed back to every time they ever learned about the Titanic #and insisted they get enough ships to evacuate everyone ASAP #(where ASAP is *less* than a year) #tag rambles

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starfleetgrad:

The Trek fandom is basically the original series crew running around the ship drunk like in “The Naked Time.”

 

chaniatreides:

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drtoilette:

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bigmamag:

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I think you’re right.

 

ormondhsacker:

I just sat stunned for a minute at the accuracy of this.

 

taracynara:

Sobbing mathematically?

 

mcgannic:

Everything Spock does is done mathematically.

 

taracynara:

Ooooooooooooooookay then. o.o

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#Star Trek #TOS #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #reblogging for that last picture

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cosmic-llin:

futurecatladies:

fire-of-fire:

doodledeedoo let’s see if this fic is worth reading

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yes

it has passed the ultimate test

WHY DID I NEVER THINK OF THIS?????

Warning: May not be applicable in Deep Space Nine fandom.

My first thought was “What have you got against the Prophets?”. Only then did I remember the whole eye thing.

(If only the use of “sex” to mean “vulva” were so easy to search for. I’ve been running into that a lot lately.)

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#pet peeves #reply via reblog

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trekgate:

 

mylittleredgirl:

woodface:

mylittleredgirl

#okay i love that data’s programming doesn’t allow him to store idioms as frozen phrases the way that humans do#which means he must process language as its root semantic meanings not as specific vocabulary#which suggests that data’s language center in his positronic brain always goes through a translation matrix#so english slash federation standard is not data’s ‘native language’ as his native language is raw android information#it’s also suggests something interesting about the weighted priority of english vocabulary in data’s translation matrix though#since he chooses ‘ignite’ instead of ‘burn’ and ‘petroleum’ instead of ‘oil’#’ignite’ instead of ‘burn’ suggests that english words with latinate roots as opposed to germanic roots#seem to be given more weight in the selection process#both ‘oil’ and ‘petroleum’ are latinate words but data’s program has selected the more subjectively formal of the two#uh i just fell down a rabbit hole that looks like the unholy love child of optimality theory and the oxford english dictionary help me#i’m gonna think on this more carry on nothing to see here#tl;dr: data is a computer mylittleredgirl none of this should be shocking yes ok

#i’m sorry you didn’t think you’d get away with those tags staying hidden did you? (via woodface)

KIND OF because I am a linguistics degree dropout and am not sure my linguistics thoughts are body-of-post worthy I mean I don’t even know what Noam Chomsky would have to say about any of this.

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#Star Trek #TNG #yay somebody else who is fond of way overthinking the implications of Star Trek translators! #overthinking is so much fun

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composethesilence:

Rarely do we give praise to the writers, directors, composers, design team, make-up team, stage handlers, house managers, stage managers, ushers, volunteers, choreographers, agents, script consultant, lighting,  , musicians and arrangers.

We tend focus a lot on the actors (well deserved), but we forget to thank those behind the scenes.

So, a huge thank you to all!

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#Star Trek #DS9 #I’m tagging it that because I frequently *do* express admiration for the DS9 makeup team #have you seen how many Random Background Characters with four seconds of screen time have extensive makeup jobs? #such dedication

Fic: Things [Star Trek: TNG, DS9, Voyager, daemon AU]

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singlecrow:

Things (9468 words) by Raven
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kira Nerys/Odo, Keiko O’Brien/Miles O’Brien
Characters: Kira Nerys, Odo (Star Trek), Benjamin Sisko, Curzon Dax, Jadzia Dax, Julian Bashir, Miles O’Brien, Keiko O’Brien, Kirayoshi O’Brien, Jean-Luc Picard, Data (Star Trek), Deanna Troi, Seven of Nine, Phillipa Louvois, Kathryn Janeway, Beverly Crusher, Geordi La Forge
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe – Daemons

“Needs must in a time of war, sir.”

Starfleet and its daemons. 

(as with so many things, written with the kind assistance of silly-cleo!)

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#daemon AUs #awesome #Star Trek #DS9 #recs #fanfic #dear gods this was fantastic