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quasi-normalcy · 1 year

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I feel like ex-Borg must be dysphoric by default, because honestly, how could you not be?

Either you're used to your body being a certain way, and it now has a bunch of missing pieces and machine parts (and that makes you dysphoric), or you've acclimated to being part of a hivemind only to find yourself in just one body (and *that* makes you dysphoric), or you've experienced the memories and sensory experiences of drones with completely different bodies from you (and **that** makes you dysphoric), or you still think of yourself as basically a drone but you're having machine parts taken away from your body against your will (and **THAT** makes you dysphoric). Any way you slice it, it's just Dysphoria City.

#xBs #star trek #borg #hugh #seven of nine

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enterprise-me-capn · 11 months

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I got this gorgeous, perfect commission from @juliannegriepp of T'Sol, my Star Trek OC. A peek into a more quiet, somber moment where they actually let themselves feel the weight of their past.

Please go commission Julianne, her comms are still open!

#star trek #star trek oc #star trek art #t'sol ph'rhevoss #commission #andorian #vulcan #borg #ferengi #scifi art #honestly i just need as many eyes on this as possible cus like julianne deserves it just look at this art #the textures are sublime. the composition? stunning. the values and colors are delicious #that pose?? the clothes??? can we also talk ahout that hand??? fuck y'all i mean goddamn #i feel so lucky to have been able to commission such a gorgeous piece of my silly little oc #julianne is awesome to work with btw #anyway i'll be over here sobbing on the ground don't mind me #xbs

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lesbian-of-nine · 1 year

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the inherent transgenderism of xBs

#i could elaborate but im working off of 4 hours of sleep rn #xbs #xb #exborg #the borg #ex borg #the borg queen #seven of nine #hugh borg #jean luc picard #star trek tng #star trek voy #star trek pic #icheb #borg collective

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novalin · 11 months

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I Really need people I can Talk to about Star Trek😩😩😩 until it was obviously pointed Out I did Not realise who Hugh was and even that He was a Former borg 😩😩 I was Just Like "oh cool augmentations I guess" Body Altering and such.

But it makes me so happy that Hugh is played by the Same actor.

I Love him and I Hope nothing Happens to him.

#star trek picard spoiler #picard spoiler #pic spoiler #star trek #borg #star trek hugh #hugh borg #xBs #star trek xb #picard #star trek Picard #star trek pic

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80sheaven · 1 year

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Cold War themed 1987 advert with Ronald Reagan puppet featuring the Panasonic RX FW39 XBS Portable Stereo (boombox) with twin cassette and XBS bass boost. Plus, photo.

#boombox #ghetto blaster #panasonic #xbs #ronald reagan #80s tech

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curator-on-ao3 · 1 year

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hello, i’m immensely enjoying Decidedly Motley Stories! if i may, i’d like to request “how long have i been asleep?” with hugh borg & seven or hugh & soji

Oh! 🥹 Thank you so, so much, @clinttbartton! 💕 I’m enjoying getting prompts — and this is a great one! I went with Hugh Borg & Seven, and I hope you like it.

For those who prefer to read on AO3:

For those who prefer to read here:

And When We Awaken, Eyes Open to Possibility, We Find Our Voice in the Night

The doctors at Starfleet Medical marvel over the increased acuity in her artificial eye, the nanoprobes in her bloodstream, the cortical node that replaced the cortical node that regulates the implants that forced their way in where her childhood should have been.

The doctors don’t ask if she likes music. Or Kadis-kot.

But they seem pleased to inform her that the eighteen percent of her that is Borg hardware within her skin, her bone, her very marrow, has been sufficiently cataloged and studied to allow her a choice.

A proportionate amount of humanity, perhaps.

So they ask as if offering a prize, would she like to sleep instead of regenerate? A procedure can tie the electromagnetic activity in her brain to her Borg systems, a one-time algorithmic upgrade — a ticket to dreamland, one doctor says as a joke and she does not laugh.

It’s tempting to agree, to sever her need for the regeneration alcove moved into her hospital room from Voyager’s cargo bay 2, a monolith to her onetime monoculture that subsumed even her slumber.

But more change is frightening.

So she tells the doctors that she needs to think about it.

She’s never had trouble with a decision before.

Crew from Voyager visit her, query as to her thoughts and feelings.

She talks with them, but not about this, this opportunity to rewrite her most basic of functions, this potential deepening of her supposed humanity at the very time she’s both surrounded by more humanity than ever and acutely aware that the ideals she was made to believe pertained to humanity may be lacking in practice.

And not just medical practice.

But a knock taps against her door — not a chime, an actual knock — in a sequence of bursts. Borg alphabet. The letters “x” and “b.”

Curiosity triumphs over wariness and she calls out for the person to enter.

The door opens and he steps in, fluid movements, almost graceful, the metal fragments that pierce his skin evidence of experience akin to her own.

“I’m Hugh.” He doesn’t ask to sit the way most people do, seemingly preferring to stand the way she does. “Formerly Third of Five. I heard you were here and came as quickly as I could. I wanted you to know … you’re not alone.”

She’s been told this before, mostly by members of the Voyager crew.

But she believes it now.

He teaches her the word “xB,” an identity, a resource, a decentralized community of individuals who are happy, angry, hurt, healing, afraid, brave — and ready to help those like them.

Her ocular implant is not malfunctioning, though her fingers brush the tears away as if there is something wrong when, in fact, this is finally something right.

She asks questions.

He answers.

And when she wants to know if xBs regenerate or if they sleep, he seems to understand that she’s not just inquiring about rest cycles, she’s seeking information to help her get closer to leaving Starfleet Medical so she can meet those among whom she can be understood, not former drones who still use identifiers forced upon them, but xBs who created their own terminology, their own comfort with each other, their own — individual — place within what they were, what they were before that, who they are, and who they wish to be.

“Some regenerate. Some sleep. It’s not an easy decision for anyone, Seven.” The vestiges of an implant on Hugh’s cheek shift upwards as he smiles — a supportive smile, empathy. “But if you choose sleep and want someone here when you wake up — and that first time can be disorienting, it’s true — then I can promise that I’ll stay with you.”

She accepts Hugh’s promise, regenerates one last time, her back straight, the familiar before yet another everyday aspect of her life changes. And there’s the upgrade, a doctor tapping at a console, no change, she feels no change, but it worked, the regeneration alcove rejects her attempt to interface, and how will she do this? How will she know if her rest cycle is complete if the computer doesn’t tell her so?

“You,” Hugh speaks softly, carefully, “will adapt.”

She attempts it. A pillow under her head, a blanket tucked around her shoulders, the bed soft under her as she … is the human phrase “tosses and turns”?

From a cot in her room set up for his own rest, Hugh talks to her, asks if her parents ever told her a bedtime story, requests that she tell the story to him — the tale of the brave ballerina who flew a starship to the science conference to share her hypothesis.

Her words slur and there’s darkness.

Not scary.

Gentle. Like a hug from inside.

The hug slips away.

“How …” she speaks into the dim light of her hospital room, “how long have I been asleep?”

From his cot, Hugh answers, “About four hours.”

It’s as if she’s been pushed into cold water.

She didn’t complete her first attempt at a rest cycle.

It’s the middle of the night.

She failed.

“Remember, Seven,” it’s as if Hugh knows — and he probably does, “you can choose how to feel about this. Standards of Borg perfection don’t apply.”

Her first attempt at a rest cycle.

And she made it more than halfway to human sleep requirements.

She … succeeded?

“Thank you, Hugh.” Seven adjusts her blanket, curls onto her side. “I will resume this rest cycle and … see you in the morning.”

“Sleep well, Seven.”

“Sleep well, Hugh.”

And she does.

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Send me an ask with character(s) and a prompt and I’ll do my best to write up a gentle hug for your people. ❤️

✨ All prompted Picard ficlets are also available on AO3 as Decidedly Motley Stories. ✨

#questions prompt #i love asks #fanfic #star trek picard #star trek picard fanfic #hugh third of five #seven of nine #xBs #kindness to ourselves is important and friends can help us remember that when we forget #friendship fic #please keep the prompts coming y’all #clinttbartton

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wirthconsulting · 4 months

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Xerox Issues Statement on XBS Cybersecurity Incident

On December 30th, Xerox issued a statement on a cybersecurity incident that affected its Xerox Business Services (XBS) business. The incident was limited to XBX U.S., and was detected and contained by Xerox cybersecurity personnel. The company says it’s actively working with third-party cybersecurity experts to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident and is taking necessary steps to…

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#copiers #Printers #XBS #Xerox

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locusfandomtime · 1 month

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big news! not only do we now have the sequel to “anyhermit”, but Joe just said on stream that he got the idea from his daughter watching my little pony and realising he can replace words with “hermits”… so this is quite literally inspired by “everypony”

#the gentlehermits in question were etho and xb #going insane over this he really saw “everypony” and went. i should steal that #hermitcraft #joe hills #locus fandom time

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mys-dcphr · 1 month

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mojang really captured his big green unhinged orbs and up to no good smirk.

#hermitcraft #goodtimeswithscar #gtwscar #goodtimewithscar fanart #bigorbswithscar #xb is staring directly at the audience it's so funny

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watcheraurora · 2 months

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I find it kind of charming that, since most of the Hermits don't use their real names, the ones that are less familiar with him seem to tend to call him a nickname based on SmallishBeans, rather than calling him Joel. It's just charming to me because they're doing what they're used to and respecting him and his privacy the way they know how

#hermitcraft #Smallishbeans #just thinking about how xB calls him Beans consistently even in a video title #it's just sweet to me

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march-hare01 · 7 months

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enterprise-me-capn · 11 months

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I got this wonderful commission from @mostly-natm of T'Sol, wearing the Mad Hatter's outfit from the Alice in Wonderland ballet. They'd play the part so well, I'd like to imagine their ship put together a production of it. (Actually yeah, fuck it, that's canon now.)

You can find @mostly-natm's commission info here!

#the details in this commission thoughhhh ;w;#the embellishments on the jacket and vest!! the arm!! all the different colored stripes!!#speaking of colors i hecking love these colors #the way the front foot twists? so extra and so good #t'sol ph'rhevoss #star trek oc #star trek #commission #andorian #vulcans #ferengi #xbs #borg

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lockspick · 4 months

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