Eyebrows of a Chaotic Dumbass™

One gifset per episode - S04E07 'Penny MacQuarrie'

Or alternatively, if I could go back in time, I’d have the show done in this art style!

This is a homemade cure for depression.

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This is not just some random artist he found on the Space Internet, mind you. Tolar was on death row in a Klingon prison, and Sisko somehow convinced Chancellor Gowron to pardon him, even though he wouldn't have been able to specify the *reason* he wanted this particular death row inmate pardoned.

And Tolar's first thought, when he meets the man who saved his life (with an extremely non-trivial feat of international diplomacy), is that he did it because he really really wants some very specific pornography custom-made to his specifications and is willing to call in no-questions-asked favors from a foreign head of state in order to get it.

They've got holosuites with MULTIPLE editions of Vulcan Love Slave, but also people can just code their own (thanks Felix) or say things like "Computer, add a horny Klingon to this simulation" and suddenly your nice walk in the park is porn.

There's got to be a certain amount of legislation around using real people's images in holosuites (so you can't say "add a horny Gul Macek to this simulation"), but then there's that whole "Our Man Bashir" thing where you can accidentally end up with real people's images in holosuites. And make out with them.

But there's got to be stuff like the LMH- who are very much capable of getting someone off if they're programmed to do so. I could imagine a whole prostitution industry based around hologram people- personalize them to your desires! No clean-up required, no judgement even possible.

Or folks who prefer old-school (also better if you're somewhere with less power/no hologram/holosuite) in which case you're back to "1900's style" pornography.

But like. Computer can also do a LOT. You could probably say "Computer, tell me an erotic story about a human being seduced by the Borg and having an orgy before escaping." And Computer could do it. Would she? idk, but she could.

I mean this is essentially what TNG 3x21 "Hollow Pursuits" is about - Reg Barclay uses some of his crewmates' images in his private holoprograms, and they find out and get (understandably) upset about it.

But that episode also establishes that there aren't any existing rules against it (not even Starfleet regulations, much less actual laws). I wouldn't be surprised if such legislation was introduced in response to the events of that episode, but we do know for sure that at the time, it was perfectly legal.

There are also a handful of other episodes that touch on the issue, but I can't remember if any of the others address the legality of it.

prostitution industry based around hologram people

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