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lady-sci-fi · 28 days

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Hi hey hi so

I just finished your Electric Organisms fic series on ao3 and i just wanted to express some sentiments towards your work "^^

1. The fics are so damn good aaa it infected my brain so much i would regularly tell my best friend all about it even though she doesnt watch star trek

2. The fact you dug up unused scenes and scripts and wrote them into fics is so damn cool!! Also may i ask where you found those?

3. Your character writing is so well done, i was so disappointed they didnt explore Geordis personality more in the show. I love that you went into his family background and mental health properly also I honestly love that he just gets to be happy a lot of the time, the show constantly made him suffer for some reason

4. The drawings are such a nice addition to the fics and theyre sooo well drawn <3

5. The way u handled the Fajo&Borg queen assualt implications was so well written. Im still angry the movies and show basically dropped the whole thing and never went into what it would do to datas mental state

6. The romance was so well written i cant- i dont usually read romance but maaan was i invested in this one <333

I swear you basically rewrote the entire series while fixing all the shitty parts and making the good parts *sparkly*

Also just the raw amount of stuff you wrote is crazy impressive!!!!

Unrelated your blog is really cool ive been following for a couple of months or so and it delights me whenever you show up on my dash.

Anyways you're a great writer and artist and i hope my ramble could express that your work is very very appreciated :)

Thanks so much for telling me all this! It does indeed make me feel warm and fuzzy. 🥰

The full series link if anyone else is interested.

While I have written the start and end points for the series, there are still more ideas I'm going to write for it, so stay tuned.

1- That's a huge compliment.

2- It's great to find those little nuggets that were cut out from final script to aired episode for whatever reason. You can read them at Star Trek Minutiae.

3- I like to think I've watched too much TNG to get them too wrong in character 😜. I would've definitely appreciated more Geordi episodes.

4- Thank you. In addition to a fic list, I also have an art list, and DaForge is taking up most of it 😅

5- I'm glad you think so. I don't really blame the show for that, since mostly "one-and-done" episode stuff was the overall structure of shows in that time. A few character things get mentioned or used later, but not everything.

6- The boys deserve a well-written romance 😊It's great to know you think I'm achieving that.

Believe me, I'm also surprised how much I've written for this series since I started it in June 2022. I didn't expect a one-shot fic that came from Brent Spiner saying he much rather would've found Geordi instead of Spot in the Enterprise-D wreck to have led to all this.

It's nice to know you think I'm cool enough to follow on here 😜

Thank you again for saying all this. I'm glad you really like this series.

#asks #daforge #tng #data #geordi laforge #data/geordi #star trek : the next generation

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littlewalken · 2 months

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mar 5

For those who don't know the whole star Trek TNG Brothers thing it's roughly that this guy Brent Spiner-

(The one on the right is part of the Accidental Renaissance Pictures thing if you don't watch Trek) Was also playing this guy in the episode-

And it was sort of kind of maybe we can keep it a secret from the viewing audience as long as possible for funsies sort of thing.

And for the record this is how Brent Spiner actually aged-

Seeing more lady b*ners before lunch than some people have had hot dinners.

Because like with Alexander Siddig and his aged make-up, there was no way for Michael Westmore to know that becoming a silver fox would somehow make them even hotter.

And all of this has me telling myself to keep the plot complication based on not knowing who it is under the make-up going for a bit longer in my Hollywood story.

Last chance to read it in it's current state before I get out the hard copy and start making notes and stripping it down to its bare bones for a complete rewrite.

And I found the paper bead maker so I will then be able to cut all 250+ pages in to triangular strips and make however many cone shaped beads out of it.

But let's give that the rest of the year and know I will not delete the previous version until a newer one is typed in to the puter. Or the previous file gets something like 2023/old version so I know which ever one is the latest is the one to go with.

Something something the first few Gashir episodes, ponder if it was until The Wire or not, Sid-

Had no idea what Andy (Garak) looked like under his make-up.

So imagine flipping thru late night TV or something and suddenly you hear Garak's voice coming out of the Scorpio killer or the asshole of the week on 70s TV, extra points if you catch Dukat somewhere, and... Like hello, how many times might a young Sid have seen something like Hellraiser only to have it eventually click in his mind that's the bloke I just did one of the greatest of-course-it's-not-a-love-scene-they're-just-friends things to ever come out of television.

Even if you aren't a Star Trek or a sci fi person and just appreciated great acting the Star Trek DS9 episode The Wire is worth watching. No prior knowledge or back stories required.

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weaponsofclairvoyance · 1 year

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we watched a star trek movie for every night of chanukah which i think is very appropriate and then continued on from there so here is my current ranking

voyage home (most completely wonderful in terms of plot and character and pure enjoyment AND made a positive environmental impact irl. also it's fun to see mr spock in san francisco ❤️)

search for spock (the most romantic film ever made)

undiscovered country (genuinely thoughtful political commentary & wonderful performance from all)

wrath of khan (wrath of khan)

beyond (joy and fun and tributes to the original movies that felt loving and appreciative rather than cheap)

first contact (borg queen is there, picard goes crazy, love to see it. this is 6 on the list but #1 in terms of kinkiness)

insurrection (gave us a taste of the picard we saw in measure of a man and i loved it. 10/10 for his performance and his moral integrity alone. the rest was decent too, i enjoyed it even though jonathan frakes is a narcissist)

final frontier/2009 tied (bad but fun. misogyny. shatner and abrams clearly wish it was star wars which they wish was a terrible action movie)

generations (i liked that guinan was there and that kirk's magical immortality brain paradise cast him in the role of bland heterosexual. other things happened too i guess.)

the motion picture (the longest movie ever made where nothing happens at all)

nemesis (i was so mad about picard going "god troi cant you just let that guy telepathically assault you a few more times for a negligible tactical advantage" that i couldn't even pay attention to the rest of the movie. i am genuinely offended on levar burton gates mcfadden michael dorn & marina sirtis' behalf that this was meant to be their last performance of these characters and they either had 8 minutes of screentime and/or were utterly disrespected. it was funny when brent spiner killed data though. free yourself!)

into darkness (would be lower on the list if humanly possible. what aos did to uhura makes me want to kill. benedict cumbersome should be fired out of a cannon)

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cyberspacenine · 1 year

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I feel like watching Gargoyles has made me appreciate Star Trek actors even more somehow. Voice acting in itself is a whole different league, but hearing them pull off roles quite different from the ones they have in Star Trek is something else (Jonathan Frakes as Xanatos, a power-hungry and morally grey millionaire & Brent Spiner as Puck, basically a jester who has magic powers to annoy you, for example)!!!

#tng #gargoyles #star trek

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authortobenamedlater · 1 year

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Picard recap:

Jack IS Picard’s son! Riker called it just like he did with Soji being Data’s “daughter.” So Jean-Luc not the last Picard. Still doesn’t explain why Beverly went on the run outside of Federation space though. Or why all these people are chasing them.

I had a feeling Worf was Raffi’s handler. The “You are a warrior” line in the first episode was very Worf-ish. And the man can still swing a Bat’leth because of course he can. Worf will never lose a step.

So Shaw is just…mentally unstable? Or something? The line about his psych eval. That’s all there is to it? I still smell a rat with this guy. And Picard is an admiral. Couldn’t he relieve Shaw of command?

Speaking of mentally unstable, this Vadic gives me the willies.

I appreciate the foreshadowing, but pretty much everyone had it figured out last week that Jack was a Picard. It felt like the show was stretching that for max drama when there was really no drama. Kid shows up with a British accent claiming to be Beverly’s son and we’re supposed to believe Picard is NOT his father?

Still want to know why Deanna and Will are on the outs, and when we’re going to see Lore and how many characters Brent Spiner will play this year.

#Star Trek #star trek picard #jean luc picard #Beverly crusher #will riker #Worf

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gallwithapall · 7 months

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certifiedwerewolf · 2 years

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So I'm listening to the audiobook of Fan-fiction, Brent Spiner's fictionalized autobiography (with full cast reads from the actual cast! delightful!) and so far I think my favorite lines are when he called Jonathan Frakes "annoyingly handsome" and remarked that "at 6'2 and sans his Klingon makeup, Michael Dorn is the best looking guy in the cast" (this is, of course, untrue. Michael Dorn is the best looking guy in the cast even with his Klingon makeup).

The story is going remarkably well; I admit I was (as I always am when these sorts of things occur) leery about the title and the reference to fanfiction and fandom, but thus far he's spoken remarkably respectfully of his fans, which I appreciate. I know very little of the cast but my impression from what little I have seen of him is that he's a basically nice guy, so I didn't want to find out from this that he was in fact, a dick.

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ploppythespaceship · 1 year

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Picard Season 3 Thoughts

This is a very hard season to review, because my thoughts on it are so conflicted. On the one hand, it has some wonderful aspects -- an overall plot with great twists and turns that ties into the franchise's history, told by excellent returning characters with engaging story lines. On the other hand, the season began to fall apart under its own weight at times, due to poor pacing and an over-reliance on nostalgia.

That being said, this is easily the best of Picard's three seasons -- but the bar was admittedly quite low. I think this will settle into the same spot as season 1 for me. I enjoyed watching it, and the highlights will make it worth rewatching, but I am very aware of its flaws.

Spoilers under the cut.

What I Liked

The overall story line was fairly engaging, especially with the return of the Changelings. Frankly, just seeing DS9 actually be referenced and the Dominion War acknowledged outside of brief throwaway lines just made me so happy. I was consistently interested to see what would happen next -- though whether this would hold up on rewatch remains to be seen.

I also enjoyed the finale more than expected, just as a big spectacle with the returning characters. I can absolutely see why it was also released in theaters -- it really did feel like it could be another TNG film.

Worf is fantastic, and easily my favorite of the returning legacy characters. Michael Dorn slips back into the role so easily, and seeing him spouting one-liners with his giant sword consistently made me laugh. I wish they hadn't leaned quite so hard on him for comic relief -- he didn't get many actual serious moments in this season -- but he was still just delightful.

Seven is also wonderful, and it's fantastic to see her finally get her due. The show has consistently done very well with her. And while I'm generally over this era of shows based on legacy characters... I would not be opposed to her getting her own spinoff as Captain of the Enterprise.

Vadic is an excellent, compelling villain throughout. Amanda Plummer brings such a unique energy to her, making her intimidating and unpredictable.

I really enjoyed seeing Geordi as a father, and both his daughters (especially Sidney, who had more screen time) were wonderful.

I had a feeling they were going to bring back Data -- they can't do a full TNG reunion and not include him. And I was worried it would feel incredibly strange due to Data already returning and dying again in season 1. Admittedly, the way they chose to bring him back felt contrived -- he just happens to be in the one facility they break into, and has all the information they need -- but once he was back, I was surprised at how good it felt just to watch him. I appreciate how they found a way to resurrect him that allowed Brent Spiner to just be his natural age, rather than continuing the horrific digital de-aging from season 1. They also made it clear that this is a slightly different Data, being more human and experiencing his emotions quite differently. Once all the cast was together, it just felt right to have him there, so ultimately I'm glad they did it.

Deanna actually gets a bit more to do here than she ever did in TNG, actually leaning into her empathic abilities and making her genuinely useful. It was honestly a relief to see her being well-utilized, for the most.

The Tuvok cameos made me so happy. I was hoping to see Admiral Janeway, like a lot of people, but Tuvok is also a great choice.

This is very minor, but I loved the opening and closing credits for this season. The openings for the past two seasons I thought were unnecessarily bombastic and drawn out, and I skipped them every time. I was ready for another similar opening, and was pleasantly surprised to just see the iconic font with the short little musical sting -- the TNG theme seamlessly transitioning to the Picard theme, and that's done. And then the end credits! When I heard the First Contact theme, I clutched at my heart. Paired with all the details of panning across the computer monitors, and the little details... it's wonderful. I sat through all the closing credits every time.

What I Didn't Like

While the plot itself was largely engaging, the pacing was all out of wack. The start of the season drags badly -- episodes 2, 3, and 4 could have easily been combined, and been stronger for it. They also dragged out the mystery surrounding Jack for so long that I just started rolling my eyes every time they teased something weird with him then ended the episode before explaining. Then, because they took so long to get to things, the final two episodes had to rush through everything, introducing the Borg and then getting rid of them just as quickly. The season really could have used some rebalancing, or just shortening.

I also didn't like how this season became a Borg storyline right at the end. Vadic and the Changelings were something new and interesting, with their ties to the Dominion War and unethical experiments -- then they're abruptly tossed aside for a Borg Queen we've seen many times before. While the finale was satisfying as a standalone, it didn't really feel like a resolution to the show we'd actually been watching -- much like season 1, frankly. The themes we resolved in the end were not the same themes we started with.

This also reminded me of season 1 in that we were introduced to a rather corrupt Federation, or at least a Federation with a shady history, but the show refuses to truly acknowledge that. The Federation created this branch of Changelings by experimenting on them after the Dominion War, and should be held accountable for that. But no, why would we mention it?

This season also fell victim to its nostalgia after a while. Some parts were very well-handled, but near the end of the season, they kept bringing the episode to a screeching halt to wax poetic about the nostalgia for several minutes. The worst offender was by far the re-introduction of the Enterprise D. Not only was that development incredibly forced and farfetched, once the crew got aboard they all stopped to admire the bridge and make sure we understood how nostalgic it all was. But considering they were in the middle of a crisis situation -- Geordi's daughters had just been assimilated -- it felt bizarre to just stop and start talking about the carpet and the old consoles and the chairs.

Jack was solid to start, but he lost me the longer the season went on. The more his Borg abilities developed, the less we saw of his actual character. I frankly just wanted to see more of him as a person, and his connection with Picard. Then when he was back to himself in the last few minutes of the finale, I remembered that I'd actually liked him at first.

I did not like Captain Shaw. A lot of the fandom has latched onto him, and I simply do not understand why. He was so unnecessarily rude, and grating, and never really did anything to endear himself to me. Also, a lot of his points of conflict with the TNG crew were perfectly reasonable, or at least understandable, and they could have made him fill the same role without being such an asshole.

Crusher felt a bit OOC to me. In TNG she always had this warm, maternal energy to her, being the kind and compassionate one you could always turn to when you needed. While I do appreciate her being given a bit more of an action role when appropriate -- I totally buy that she'd fight to protect her son -- a lot of that caring nature was lost along the way. She also didn't get all that much to do after being rescued, mostly saying "I'll find a solution" then hiding in the med bay, only to emerge a bit later having found said solution.

Bringing Ro back was an interesting choice... but they did her so dirty. I respect them trying to resolve her relationship with Picard, but it felt incredibly forced and rushed. Then bringing her back only to kill her almost immediately -- I just didn't like it. Her hair and makeup also looked horrible, with a terrible wig and nose ridges you could barely even see. If your makeup is outdone by a TV show from the 80s, you've done something very wrong.

I don't really care about Raffi. She's fine, but she feels out of place with the rest of the TNG cast, and gets very little to do towards the end. If they only kept one Picard original character from the first two seasons, Raffi would not have been my first choice -- I would have kept Elnor.

Riker being kidnapped by Vadic and then nonchalantly rescued two episodes later was quite pointless. It only served to bring Deanna into the story, which could have been done in any number of other ways.

The complete disregard of the show's first two seasons felt very strange at times. Apart from Picard now being an android, none of the story lines from earlier in the show mattered, and there were only a few throwaway lines for some of them. When the Borg were re-introduced, there wasn't even a mention of Borg Queen Agnes -- I understand that she's a different collective, but she still feels relevant. When the Excelsior was destroyed, there wasn't a single mention of Elnor, their dear friend under 25 who was last seen stationed on that ship. When Data returned, there was no mention of Soji or the entire planet of androids created from his neurons. While none of these things are terribly important, it did feel bizarre to leave them out -- though I suspect they knew some fans would only watch this one season and didn't want to confuse them. Q being brought back after making such a big deal of his death felt very odd, as well.

#personal #star trek #picard #star trek: picard #picard spoilers

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haroldgross · 2 years

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Picard (series 2)

[3.5 stars]

I really wanted to enjoy this season more than I did. And I will admit that the final episode almost redeems my complaints about the journey. I’m also quite sure many will disagree with my frustrations and annoyances, but what can I say? I have high expectations.

The first season of Picard was fun and entertaining. It was clever and though it picked up a lot of threads from previous series, it managed to do so (mostly) in new and interesting ways. But this second round, which focuses on pulling the threads of Picard’s psyche, almost lost me at the top with its choices. It’s just such well-trod ground and has such obvious and, at times, really (really) bad writing at the plotting and character level. Again, they do manage to redeem it with the resolutions and impacts in the finale. However, despite any of the good aspects, those weaker bits really dragged it down for me.

Most frustratingly for me was that they had the opportunity to go somewhere new, even with the setup, and didn’t seem to be taking advantage of that. For 9 episodes it felt like they chose to loop back on themselves creatively, and that feeling lingered even as the 10th unfolded. In many ways if felt like a sad waste of time and talent, though I understand the allure for the show runners.

For the really obsessed, there are some nice Easter Eggs throughout, including one very nice Apollo 11 nod. And the more you know the ST universe, the more you appreciate the brushstrokes and background. Certainly the cast sank their teeth into it all to wring what they could out of some truly stupid decisions their characters were making. Patrick Stewart (Coda) is as good as always. And Jeri Ryan adds some levels to 7 of 9, while Michelle Hurd (Daredevil) and Santiago Cabrera chew scenery with great intent. And then there was Brent Spiner (Independence Day: Resurgence) who fell short of expectations and just manages to create wood chips. But if anyone walks away with this season it’s Allison Pill (Miss Sloane) who, next to Stewart, has the most interesting an impactful arc.

To talk more about the season and the their moments of success would be to spoil it, so I won’t. Suffice to say that it may work better on rewatch for me than it did on the first journey. I honestly didn’t have much trust through it all…in part because of some of the truly bad writing, but in part because of the tired old tropes they appeared to be trotting out. I can at least honestly say that they managed to do something with them all in the end. And, no matter how predictable and obvious some of the resolutions were, that they provided themselves an escape hatch from the disaster I feared they were creating. In the end, it is a must-see for lovers of the series as the impact is going to reverberate for a while (and certainly into the third season that was set up).

#3stars #adaptation #LGBT #popcorn #Science Fiction #sequel #Streamed only #TV Review

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