And my final piece for the weekend - the companion piece …. Garak and Julian think of each other post DS9 - Julian is reading one of Garak’s Cardassian novels and Garak is sitting in his stone garden. 1,000s of miles apart they are thinking of each other…. (Spot Julian’s teddy bear on the shelf!)
being a trek fan is hilarious bc u can point at a barely human looking character and say “yeah thats blorp from the planet zeep and they’re so fuckable” to fellow trek fans, but if u said that to non trek fans u would end up on an fbi watchlist
I love when star trek has alien characters and your first instinct is always to assume their species is just Like That whenever they do something ridiculous and then every time you meet more of the fucking, blorbogians or whatever nobody else acts like that
Spock. Jadzia. Worf. Etc. None of these people are normal for their respective cultures either it’s JUST them
That’s because Starfleet attracts weirdos!
The Federation is a post-scarcity society, so most citizens have near infinite free time to goof around with art, education, or entertainment. But what if you’re not that type? What if you’re a troublemaker, or wayyyyy too into strange bugs, or simply will not shut the fuck up about gaseous stellar phenomenon?
Starfleet’s for you baby!
Starfleet is where parents send their rowdy kids to go break stuff. It’s like year-round summer camp, but also helpful. Starfleet channels all that energy into first contact & protection.
So of course nobody in Starfleet is “normal”.
TRUE it’s because there aren’t any neurotypicals in starfleet. That’d do it