Hi my name is ButtBourdeight, I like well trimmed lawns, steaks, and cops.

  • someone [comrade/them, they/them]
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    4 days ago
    Want to know how to annoy a DS9 fan?

    Point out that Ezri was far more interesting than Jadzia.

    You all know it's true. Don't deny it.

      • someone [comrade/them, they/them]
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        4 days ago

        You know I'm right. Jadzia was just a standard overachieving top-of-their-class type of Starfleet officer, like dozens we've seen before in great detail and thousands more in passing. The only interesting thing about her was the worm. Jadzia didn't matter, just Dax.

        Ezri was what every long-running series needs, a shakeup of main cast interactions. Babylon 5 is a masterclass on how to not only deal with real-world-complications cast changes but to actually turn them to one's advantage in allowing for fresh character interactions and new dramatic tensions. DS9 never really managed that trick, except for Ezri, so it got really stale in terms of main cast character drama towards the last few seasons. It was also so refreshing to see a Starfleet officer who is having a more-or-less-permanent existential crisis but is also rooted in her new post. Ezri felt very relatable, someone suddenly completely out of their depth for reasons both out of their control and permanent. We don't watch Ezri talk technobabble. We feel Ezri trying to keep a mental grip in the face of crazy circumstances. We all know what that's like. Ezri mattered, not just Dax.

        I think a lot of the Lower Decks writers were influenced by Ezri episodes. There's a nervous directness / earnestness / outwardly-brave-inwardly-panicking in a lot of Lower Decks characters that's very Ezri-like. Ezri would totally fit in on the USS Cerritos.

        Also, I loved seeing her explain to Worf why the Klingon Empire was (a) fucked, and (b) deserved it.

        • Dolores [love/loves]
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          4 days ago

          i mostly agree, actually, i've just never had occasion to pod person emote, its a good bit.

  • Dolores [love/loves]
    ·
    4 days ago

    I like well trimmed lawns, steaks, and cops

    Hexbear mirror universe becoming a Levittown is a funny bit

  • Robert_Kennedy_Jr [xe/xem, xey/xem]
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    4 days ago

    I'm vegan, advocate for professional medical advice and have never been infected with a brain parasite.

    union-man is also basically the same person, he's just single.

    • ButtBidet [he/him]
      hexagon
      ·
      4 days ago

      A vegan? I'm just so attracted to opposites.

      left-unity-4

      Damn I'm so into old men in this universe.

  • someone [comrade/them, they/them]
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    4 days ago

    DS9 mirror universe

    Fucking first of all, DS9's mirror universe?

    Show

    Back to the topic.

    We need to determine what effects the mirror universe has on attractions and libidos. Does it actually reverse them on some arbitrary scale, or does it somehow reduce inhibitions? Considering I'm already very centrist-bi and high on the slut scale, then this has a significant ramifications. Would I become plain old gay or straight, and also a prude? Or would I just let my dick do even more thinking than it already does for me?