#lore tng

Calling this edit: "Father's Day"

Firstly, Lore is so not evil in that episode at first. He shows up, realizes that he was not called for on purpose, and, because he's hurt and insecure he decides to fucking dip ! He's more upset than vengeful. And he almost does leave, until Soong says he's dying .... And this is I think when we get to see genuine emotion from Lore in the whole series. When he stops and turns and he looks crushed.

"Dying? What do you mean you're dying? You're not that old! You're fine! You look fine!"

Such horrible devastation in his voice poor thang.

Above it all, he's sad to lose him. Even though later in the episode he is obviously mad and bitter, as he feels that Soong does not care for him as he does for Data (middle child syndrome), and that's why he takes the chip. "You don't fill Data with substandard parts." That's what causes his 180, that, after all this time, Soong still doesn't love him like he loves Data. He deserves that chip! He was broken, and instead of fixing him and loving him he shut him off and built Data. I'd be mad too tbh.

Unfortunately, because Soong did program his android with mental illness, he lashes out far worse than he should. Yada yada.

I guess its my fave episode because Lore is so unabashedly genuine for most of it. Its great insight into his character, and his weird little idiosyncrasies! His ticks! Drumming his fingers on his arms, smacking random things around in the room because he's peeved, putting his tongue in his cheek. Singing because he's just quirky like that. It's delicious.

You can also see exactly when he decides to trick them both, to take the chip. Riiiiiight here.

a continuation of an AU where Julian escaped the institute at 14, and met a good, union man.

he’s the (slightly evil) fun uncle

a portrait of Lore inspired by that one shot of him right after shutting off Data