#tam elbrun

[rhinexstone]

TNG 3x10 “the tin man” is SO hyper empathetic autism coded

Like someone who was hospitalized in the past with his main issue being intense sensory input, and dealing with being able to feel so deeply so quickly so often for so many. UGH ITS SO GOOD

#tam elbrun #star trek #Star Trek tng #tng #betazoid

[quotent-potables]

Perhaps you're just different. It's not a sin, you know. Though you may have heard otherwise.

Tam Elbrun, Star Trek: The Next Generation, 3x20: "Tin Man"

#quotes #st:tng #star trek: the next generation #tng #the next generation #star trek #3x20 #tin man #different #tam elbrun

[autismtrek]

#star trek top autistic character poll #star trek #star trek tng #lwaxana troi #tam elbrun

[sarahwatchesthings]

Infuriating that Troi spends half of "Tin Man" violating Tam Elbrun's patient confidentiality to the entire bridge crew. "Oh, I know him—he was a patient of mine!" "Here's the story of his childhood." "Here are his personality issues." "Here are the details of his mental illness." Good grief, ma'am. Just publish his patient notes.

#star trek tng #deanna troi #tam elbrun

[green-mug-tomato-juice]

the trek pages from my portfolio

#tng #ds9 #data #lal #ezri #tam elbrun

[startrek-headcanons]

I want to lock Tam Elbrun and Lon Suder in a room together and just see what happens. They are both such interesting characters who I love with all my heart, but… can you imagine? How much of Suder’s thoughts/ emotions would Tam Elbrun even be able to pick up on? We know Suder isn’t empathic or telepathic, but I can’t remember if Voyager actually addresses if OTHER Betazoids can read him??

#star trek #star trek tng #tng #star trek ds9 #deep space 9 #lon suder #tam elbrun #tin man #non headcanon #fucked up and mentally ill betazoid characters who are barely in the show at all my beloveds <3 #also I am getting so very close to just writing a fic where Suder doesn’t die and instead has to live with the aftermath of what happened

[bunchofcrickets]

Data and Tam Elbrun being friends is peak neurodivergent solidarity.

"It's not a sin to be different"?

Understanding one another's struggles?

That shit is legendary

#lt commander data #star trek tng #data star trek #star trek #Tam Elbrun #he deserves a tag #they deserve happiness

[ds9jack]

Lon Suder and Tam Elbrun... :3

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#Betazoid men are beautiful #Tam Elbrun #Lon Suder #Star Trek #Star Trek Voyager #Star Trek The Next Generation #TNG #VOY #Voyager #The Next Generation #Portrait art #art #digital art #fan art #Star Trek Fanart #Star Trek Fan Art #not jackshir propaganda

[spacedadpicard]

i simply distrust people who dislike tam elbrun

#like i get it on an initial watching i guess? when you first meet him and he's interrupting everyone and all that #but like if you've watched the thing in full and dislike him... #i've got my eye on you #tng #tv shows #tam elbrun

[countesspetofi]

Saw Harry Groener in an episode of Remington Steele and almost didn't recognize him without his Betazoid contacts.

#remington steele #star trek the next generation #1980s tv #harry groener #tam elbrun

[wheelybard]

Tam Elbrun from the TNG episode “Tin Man” is autistic.

#star trek #Star Trek TNG #tin man #tam elbrun

[raisinchallah]

the way i am just going thru it today i rewatched tin man and it made me sob literally just having a moment here i think

#all a bit humiliating but ive been feeling very unsure if ill ever have a place to belong #ive been like having the hardest time finding a job and i just dont know if i will be able to keep going as i am #literally society if i could do what tam elbrun does... be alone but also never alone you know

[startrekplotnthemes]

S3 Episode 20 Tin Man

The Enterprise picks up Betazoid delegate Tam Elbrun on a mission to contact a large sentient starship named "Tin Man" by Starfleet. The Enterprise competes with two Romulan ships fighting to see who can get into contact with this large alien ship. It eventually provokes a response from Tin Man who blows up the warbird and damages the Enterprise with a wave of force.

The whole episode, Elbrun has been dealing with overwhelming voices from those around him, and forms a special bond with Tin Man revealing it's actually called Gomtuu. Elbrun's character has an individual who feels overwhelmed and lost in a sea of voices, whereas Gomtuu is a solitary being who has lost voices of its kind and people. The two meet each other and Elbrun decides to stay behind. Meanwhile, Data, who is not affected by Elbrun's powers, learns more about his own place on the Enterprise when almost left behind on Gomtuu.

#star trek tng #star trek #star trek the next generation #tin man #star trek tam elbrun

[autismtrek]

#star trek top autistic character poll #star trek #star trek tng #star trek prodigy #star trek ii: the wrath of khan #star trek iii: the search for spock #star trek iv: the voyage home #tam elbrun #saavik #captain picard #zero star trek #intermediary round

[chronicallyaunline]

Neurodiversity in Star Trek TNG S3 E20: “Tin Man”

Tam Elbrun: It worries you that I can’t read your mind?

Data: Perhaps there is nothing to read. Nothing more than mechanisms and algorithmic responses.

Tam Elbrun: Perhaps you’re just different. It’s not a sin, you know, though you may have heard otherwise.

Many autistic Star Trek enthusiasts see themselves in Lt Cdr Data, an android who was designed without the ability to experience emotion (though there is plenty of context to suggest that he merely experiences emotion differently from other people). While Data and certain other characters are widely considered to be neurodivergent by fans, the earlier series are rarely so explicit about neurodivergence as in the TNG episode “Tin Man.” This episode introduced Tam Elbrun, a Betazoid who is unusually proficient in negotiation with sentient non-humanoid organisms. It is made abundantly clear that Elbrun is considered neurodivergent among Betazoids, as he possesses a telepathic ability that is so powerful it becomes debilitating.

Counsellor Troi states that Betazoids normally come into their telepathic abilities in adolescence, but a small minority are born with their abilities. Troi also says that those children require early diagnosis and intervention so that they can be taught to manage the overwhelming experience of being aware of the minds of others before their own brains are capable of handling it. At least in the case of Elbrun, that power seems to continue to grow with age. By the time we meet an adult Elbrun, he experiences the emotions and thoughts of others so powerfully that he is disabled by being in the presence of large numbers of sentient minds. The one exception is Data, as Elbrun is unable to read his unique mind.

Data and Elbrun have opposite experiences of emotion. Data cannot feel emotion in a traditional capacity, and Elbrun cannot stop experiencing it. Neither one is capable of experiencing normal social bonds because of the intensity of their differences, yet they find some companionship through their similarities. Ironically their opposite experiences are both representative of autism. Autistic people tend to experience much lower or much higher empathy than the average person, both of which can prevent us from socializing normatively with others. To me, the most important part of this episode is that it is so ahead of its time in how it approaches people with unusual brains. Difference is not wrong, and it does not cancel out your basic humanity. Star Trek TNG aired years before I was born, but there are plenty of modern shows that would do well to treat their characters more like this.

#autism #actually autistic #autistic #star trek #star trek tng #star trek the next generation #data my beloved #data star trek #lt commander data

[rovermcfly]

Tam Elbrun is the representation I didn't even know I needed:

autistic

constantly overwhelmed

too much empathy

in love with Data

#star trek #tng #star trek the next generation #and another thing but I'm not gonna say it