uncrushable pigeon

i like whenever sisko and/or anyone else is like “respectfully kai winn i disagree with your actions and i will not assist in your nefarious schemes at this time” and then winn makes a perfect louise fletcher face of percolating rage and says like, with a manicured sincerity, “my child, it pains me to hear that you want to kill yourself right now”

the insane toxic gay energy in the wire is literally unbearable like Julian goes to odo and he’s like “odo my war criminal boyfriend who lies to me is sick and won’t tell me what’s wrong with him :(“ and odo is like “never fear my greedy opportunistic troll boyfriend whom I hate will know the answer, let us monitor these bugs I put in his workplace to spy on him :)” like can we maybe. get a counselor on this station

(That's an uppercase i to hide the UI, not a lower case L)

the inverse placeness of voyager and ds9 is a really interesting point of comparison and once you start noticing it it’s easy to see how it influences the narrative arcs of both shows. the spatial stability of ds9 easily lends itself to the big picture political intrigue plots, whereas the spatial instability of voyager lends itself more to focus on the characters’ personal journeys. voyager by its very nature could never have something like the dominion war, it simply does not stay put long enough for that type of story. ds9 could never have something like equinox or timeless, it’s too connected to the outside world. it’s fine if you prefer ds9 because it can tell those big picture stories, or voyager because of the microscope it provides on its characters, but any comparison of the two has got to take the placeness of it all into account

"Whether someone understands it or not, these are the consequences of the political views they're espousing" is a pretty important analysis tool for online movements because quite honestly, over half of everyone engaging in politics online have no foundations for the stuff they're saying and are just saying whatever makes them feel like a member of an in-group.