Lt. Commander Data

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“Yeah? How’s he supposed to feel? I’d be mad too if somebody tried to tear my eyes out.”

“I was on duty–I left Lieutenant Rhodes on duty while I got some lunch and they tried to–” The cyborg bites his tongue and shakes his head. “This keeps happenin’–over and over again. I’m just sayin’ eventually he might not be the only one looking to put those idiots through a wall.”

“You know as well as I do that Starfleet regulations prohibit corporal punishment.”

Trip laughed. Data had the deadpan humor down even better than T’Pol. “That would be perfect. It is terrible. You’re gonna love it. It has sharks in the sky, what’s not to like?”

“Tell me somethin’…when’s enough enough, huh? They hit him, he has to take it? Is that the kind of message Starfleet’s sending to people these days? Lie down and take it…they tore his eye out.”

“You misunderstand.”

@theandroiddata

“I dunno. I left to go get somethin’ to eat, came back and he was all busted up. Maybe those ensigns deactivated the shield, don’t see how they’d still be alive, though, seeing as how he was talking about murdering them.”

“I see.”

“Again?”

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“If only we could all be as enlightened.” Batou laughs. “Stuff like that must roll off you like water off a duck’s back, huh?” 

The cyborg leans forward a little, his expression going more serious then, “So you’re Lore’s brother, right? Ya know Commander Riker’s got me guardin’ his cell. This is gonna sound bad no matter how I put it, but what’s wrong with that guy? Seems like he’s not firin’ on all cylinders if you know what I mean. How’d he end up like that anyways, weren’t you both programmed by the same guy?” 

“His programming was damaged by an errant emotion chip that he tricked our father into installing in his brain.”

* GETTING  TO  KNOW  THE  ACCOUNT  *

WHAT  INSPIRED  YOU  TO  TAKE  ON  THIS  MUSE : (I got tagged on both Data and Picard so I’ll be answering for both for all of these) I went into TNG expecting to pick up muse for Picard, but Data just kind of happened along the way. I am very very weak for Nerd type characters (as demonstrated by that muse list up there) and Data is just so earnestly sweet that I couldn’t not play him.

As for Picard, I knew from the start that chances were high I’d write him. He’s also a nerd, but he’s a fruitcake as well-- which puts him doubly in my wheelhouse.

WHAT  ARE  YOUR  FAVORITE  ASPECTS  OF  YOUR  CURRENT  MUSE : My favorite thing about Data is how strongly he’s austistic-coded. Obviously everything “autistic” about him can just be attributed to him being an android, but nevertheless the coding is heavy, and after spending more than fifteen years with various people in my life on the spectrum who are extremely important to me, it’s so refreshing to have a character like Data who fits so neatly on the spectrum but isn’t relegated to “the Special token r-slur”

My favorite thing about Picard is how prissy he is, legitimately. I love the concept of a man who is so supremely in charge and on top of his shit, but would absolutely shower every single day, takes great pride in his appearance, and drinks tea in tiny bath robes. At the same time, he HAS the ability to put up with dirt and grime and sweat and mess-- but if he had his way, he’d be so clean he squeaked at all times, smelling of cologne, and wearing pore-cleansing masks while curled up with a book.

WHAT’S  YOUR  BIGGEST  INSPIRATION  WHEN  IT  COMES  TO  WRITING :  uhhh honestly, the people who read it. i have no patience for or interest in solo writing whatsoever. for me writing is a group experience that i share with RP partners exclusively. im just not into writing by myself. FAVORITE  TYPES  OF  THREADS :  HMMMM am i a slut if i say shipping BIGGEST  STRUGGLE  IN  REGARDS  TO  YOUR  CURRENT  MUSE :

for data, the biggest struggle is how badly i wanna ship him with people but he’s such a hard ship to get into that i don’t wanna put any pressure on anyone. i! love! data! in! love!

the biggest struggle with picard is just overcoming my feelings that im somehow betraying TOS by getting into TNG as of late. TOS was such a massively important series to me at the time when I was first watching and getting into it, it helped me to grow as a person in such enormous ways that i won’t bother getting into here-- and the way other TNG fans had reacted to me in the past over being primarily into TOS for so long really really turned me off the series for years. they would generally act like snobs about it and tease or belittle me for being into something as “lowbrow” as TOS, and so i retalliated by being viciously, LOUDLY anti-TING for a long long time. I only recently finally decided to get over a bias i’ve had literally since i was 16 (nine years!) and give it a shot, but the old feelings are still there sometimes.

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“Believe me, I get it, it’s just a shame. You’re a damn fine officer, and you worked just as hard as anybody else to be here. I guess people hear ‘android’ and they think that Starfleet just handed you those lieutenant commander pips.” Batou just sighs. 

“I am flattered that you are so offended on my behalf.”

“Yes. That we’re both, um… b-bad at people.” He sighed. “You… you don’t feel embarrassment, sir?”

“An intriguing question. Ever since the emotion chip was installed in my brain, I possess the capability of being embarrassed, however the nuances of shame are lost on me in many cases. I can feel regret and remorse, but those are often not the same thing. My ability to process embarrassment does not mean that I feel embarrassment over my failures. It is simply a learning experience, if I do.”

@theandroiddata Continued from here

“Yes!” He said excitedly, feeling that Data had gotten the idea. “And the company,” he added. “I’ll organize a movie night, find something so bad it’s funny and you can see what you think.” He said it with some trepidation because he wasn’t at all sure if Data would really get it. But he felt it would be remiss of him not to offer Data the experience.

“Might I suggest the old cult classic Sharknado from the 21st century?”

[ O P E N ]

“I can’t believe they really said all that stuff about you…it just seems so out of character.” He scratches his head. “Some people’ll really turn on ya once they think they’ve got somebody’s ear, huh?” 

“I am used to it by now.”