so i recently started a tng rewatch… i’m only a few eps in and it’s shocking how often the crew balk at data making jokes, using colloquialisms, playing….
even tho he’s doing it correctly and in a totally normal human way??
like riker smirks incredulously when data uses the expression “to write home about” but he used it correctly???? but no one bats an eye when geordi uses the expression, and i shit you not, “like an ant pushing a tricycle”
???? that is way more weird????
sorta getting the impression that data subconsciously stopped emoting because he didn’t want to end up like lore by upsetting humans/believed lore’s lies about his emotionlessness? we sorta get confirmation of this in “brothers” (i am not less perfect than lore)
that would explain the change in characterization between s1-2 and s3-7
idk maybe i’m crazy i’ve been note taking during this rewatch and it’s been interesting. not sure if anyone is interested in these observations.
while it seems the tng crew treat data better than most, they very often needlessly otherize him 😕
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