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technoturian · 10 months

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I just wish I had characters like Rok-Tahk on TV when I was a chubby kid as tall as kids two years older than me. She’s so cute and she’s so sweet and she’s so lovable and she’s so BIG. And it’s OKAY. It doesn’t change how gentle and endearing she is or how the others see her, or Gwyn’s protective instinct towards her as a younger girl.

And now the show is gone and I guess big girls today won’t see that either. 😑

#Rok-Tahk #Star Trek Prodigy #Star Trek: Prodigy #ST:PRO #Representation #Body Positivity #Fatphobia #I was such a soft big girl #more soft big girls

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star-trek-fandom-confessions · 2 months

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#483 by @thelesseroftwoweevils

"I'm really happy Peter David's Brikar species got ported into proper canon in Prodigy.

Rok-Tahk's a lovely character in her own right."

#confession 483 #thelesseroftwoweevils #star-trek-fandom-confessions #star trek #prodigy #rok-tahk #brikars #peter david

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psuedofolio · 1 year

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Prodigies

#star trek prodigy #gwyndala #rok-tahk #star trek

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t-rina · 4 months

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GROUP HUG

#I LOVE THEM #i'm (re)watching prodigy and aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #themmmmmmmmmmmmm #rok-tahk #dal r'el #gwyndala #jankom pog #zero #star trek prodigy

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whirligig-girl · 9 months

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Followup to this painting: [Oh You Poor Thing]

The Prodigy kids are so interesting to learn to draw. They have quite complicated color pallettes and designs that don't trivially translate to a 2D cartoon, and figuring out where to simply things without them being unrecognizable was an interesting challenge. I went for something close to the Lower Decks style this time (i.e., my usual Guzcomic style) to complete the crossover. If I ever made more Prodigy-focused comics I think I would first spend a lot of time coming up with a better simplification of their designs and color palletes. If there's one thing that the Prodigy kids absolutely have going for them, it's strong shape language in their silhouettes.

I really hope Prodigy gets picked up. I've been rewatching it and it's just so much fun.

Image ID: Digital art webcomic in a Star Trek Lower Decks like art style.

Panel 1: The alien kids from Star Trek Prodigy are wandering together in a crowd. Dal and Gwyn are calling out Murf's name. Gwyn has turned her liquid metal sword into a bullhorn. Zero says "Come out, come out, wherever you are!" Rok-Tahk says "Where are you..." Jankom, frustrated, says "Come on guys, it's no use. He's gone forever."

Panel 2: Eaurp Guz, a green slimegirl in a yellow starfleet engineering uniform, is running through the crowd with something wrapped up against her chest, holding it like a baby.

Guz: "Hello? Have you seen a--" Stranger 1: "No." Guz: "Have you seen a group of Mellan--" Stranger 2: "No thanks." Guz: "GRR! You'd think another Mellanoid Slime would stand out in the crowd." Guz: "Hello? Have you seen--" Stranger 3: "BEGONE FOUL THING!" Guz: "Ugh."

Panel 3: Guz continues. "Oh! you kids! Have you seen a Mellanoid Slime? Kinda like me. Gooey, sparkly, probably humanoid and bluish?

The Prodigy kids are gathered in a group and look at Guz, a little clueless. "Like Murf?" Dal says. "Who?" Guz says. The viewer can see Murf, the bluish-purple Mellanoid Slime Worm, being cradled by Guz, but the kids can't see him.

Panel 4 & 5: Close-up of the wrapped up Murf, who turns around, a little teary-eyed, and makes a chirp sound.

Panel 6: Murf leaps out of the wrapped blanket towards the kids, smiling, splashing some blue slime onto Guz's face, and she closes her eyes and braces for the goo to hit her. The kids look ecstatic. "MURF!" they all shout at once. Rok-Tahk goes on and says "I missed you." Jankom says, "Hah. Jankom never doubted a thing."

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Guz: so. you're. this slime worm's communal family.

Jankom: what of it, ya bag of snot?

Guz: do. do you even know how to raise a slime worm?

Dal: Yes! Well. Maybe. I mean he's basically indestructible, how hard could it be?

Rok-Tahk: Yeah! He once survived eating a live photon grenade.

Guz: What.

Dal: Yeah you know it was probably all the time he spent enslaved in the chimerium mines; hardened him up to it.

Guz: WHAT?

Gwyn: It's a long story.

Guz: wait. hey aren't you those wanted fugitives?

Jankom: Desperately, desperately wanted!

Zero: I can't read her thoughts but I do not think that's the kind of wanted she means.

Dal: Gotta blast!

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dukeofriven · 11 months

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Jankom gets it.

#star trek #star trek prodigy #Jankom Pog #tellerite #borg #dal r'el #Rok-Tahk #Gwyndala #Zero

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best-star-trek-character · 11 months

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PRODIGY FINALS!

#best prodigy character competition #best prod character competition #rok tahk #rok-tahk #hologram captain janeway #holo Janeway #st #prod #best star trek character competition

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scientific-tricorder · 1 year

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I love Rok-Tahk's excitement when she discovers that there's multiple types of science.

#Star Trek #PRO #Asylum #Prodigy spoilers #Star Trek: Prodigy spoilers #Rok-Tahk #You can science just about anything and now she gets to try it all #So excited to see our little scientist

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baylardian-1 · 1 year

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just some proggy Mindwalk cringe in Threshold AU lol.

I FINALLY GOT MY JANEWAY + HOLO-JANEWAY INTERACTION!!! and that was important really only see how i'd broach how janeway feels about it looking all young and 'human' and such uwu WHICH!!!!!! she seemed pretty unphased by her (or they didnt have time to waste with dialogue lol WHICH IS FAIR LOL). which pretty much leaves it open as to whether or not i can headcanon that janeway knew of its implemented appearance as being younger and "less evolved" before or during her mission to rescue chakotay heehee. i dont think i have a preffy but i think regardless she'd be MIFFED about it. in a cute quirky cringe way i wonder if she'd have moments of insecurity over it being around chakotay and looking like THAT. but yknow shes mature about it, treats her hologram self cordially if not a little patronizing lol.

it was cute to see janeway be pretty unresponsive to Dal's ganglia or tendril or w/e dare i say like shes used to having something similar to that on her face hahaha. contrasted with dal in janeway's body who has 0 control over the barbels that are just CONSTANTLY quivering.

ALSO,,,,, JUST SAYING,,,,,,,, janeways TECHNICALLY been "body swapped" before,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, in Vis a Vis lol,,,,,,,,,,,, (i think her body gets "morphed" into Paris's,,, SAME CONCEPT EFFECTIVELY),,,,,,,,, just a missed opportunity there but its probably a harder-to-grasp comparison than threshold is. i just thought it was funnyyyyyyyyyyyyy ive humored the idea of doing some janeway "in Paris's body" thiiingsssssssssss

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sshbpodcast · 10 months

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Won’t someone think of the children?! A Rok-Tahk Appreciation Post

By Ames

Last week, we covered just why your hosts here at A Star to Steer Her By largely dislike the children characters in classic Star Trek (tl;dr: it’s mostly because they’re written as props instead of people, or so I make my claim). There is one show in the franchise, however, that’s a huge outlier in how its children characters are written, acted, and treated overall as individuals who grow and develop. Obviously, it’s Star Trek: Prodigy. Since basically all of the main characters are children, the show would have failed if it couldn’t make them compelling and relatable to both a young audience and the preestablished fanbase.

And against the odds, it succeeded like whoa. There’s a reason why the fanbase is in such an uproar right now about Paramount’s avaricious cancellation of the Emmy Award–winning animated underdog (go sign the petition if you haven’t yet!), and that’s that the show is just so surprisingly good. We’re the last group of people who would laud a kid’s show so much, and we absolutely adore it.

Read on below for what Prodigy gets so right when establishing its children characters. Rok-Tahk is the prime example here because a) she’s voiced by Rylee Alazraqui, a legit child voice actress, who NAILS IT, b) she ticks all the boxes for what makes a good child character, and c) she’s just the best. Period. But let me explain anyway…

[images © CBS/Paramount… I guess? For now? Yikes.]

Rok is more than you expect

I think all the kids who made our favorites list in last week’s blogpost have one thing in common: they had some kind of hidden depth to explore. A character having some kind of twist or secret or hidden identity is just a staple of science fiction. We see it in Barash and Taya, who turn out not to be the children they appear to be. We see it in Mezoti, whose dual nature as both a young innocent girl and a Borg drone with the collective experiences of a whole hivemind makes her endlessly fascinating.

So when this massive rock creature whom we start off being intimidated by turns out to be the sweetest little girl, we’re immediately interested because it subverts our expectations. We’re forced to remind ourselves not to judge someone by how they look on the outside, something Star Trek has been doing since its very conception. And then when we learn even more about her and realize that her jailors put a child in a prison camp, we can’t help but root for her.

Rok is allowed to just be a kid

Sure, Rok is still smarter than your average kid, but she’s smart without being obnoxious like other naturally brainy kid characters I could name. *cough cough Wesley Crusher* As the obvious example, Wes is exhausting as a character because he’s a boy genius who is acutely aware of it and his supernatural smarts force him into situations another kid wouldn’t be in. He isn’t allowed to be a kid because he is first and foremost a child prodigy.

Rok, on the other hand, is first and foremost a child in the show Prodigy! Her excitement about new encounters is because most encounters to her are just that: new! She plays “Delta Heart Magical Veterinarian” in the holodeck, she loves ice cream, she plays with the cute little creatures on “Dream Catcher” planet, she naturally cares for Murf as though he were her puppy. Rok’s youth informs how she reacts to circumstances in the show and she acts accordingly in ways that aren’t forced, better suited for other characters, or just downright unnecessary. And seeing the universe through the eyes of someone with such a clean slate allows the audience to make their own judgements about the Protostar crew’s circumstances episode by episode.

Rok is a freakin’ alien monster

Prodigy also introduces us to the Brikar, a new alien race of rock monsters. And everyone accepts her without a single word! Now that’s the Star Trek way! From the moment we meet Rok-Tahk, she’s not physically cutified or even feminized, which is frankly refreshing. She’s less humanoid than most creatures we meet, outside of say, the Horta or Murf. It’s also a great use of the CGI-animated medium because live-action shows can’t pull stuff like this off.

I’m honestly impressed to see any female character, let alone a little girl, portrayed in a way that isn’t that cookie-cutter kind of attractive that we see everywhere. Rok is BIG. Rok is HARD. She’s not feminine or pretty or soft. Her cuteness comes from how she acts, talks, and treats people. And the crew of the Protostar and the Starfleet officers we meet later treat her like they treat everyone else: like a person. The people who run the slave show in “Preludes” pin her as a monster because they don’t/can’t know her. But our other main characters do get to know her and barely even bring up her size! And when they do, Rok subverts it by proclaiming that she doesn't want to be the muscle on the ship, and they go with it. I love that.

Rok has character flaws

Like any person, especially a well-written character in a television program, Rok isn’t perfect. Perfect people make for obscenely boring television (unless it’s a satire or something), and perfect children are just plain not believable and take you out of the story. But Prodigy writers went a few extra steps in developing someone like Rok to have credible flaws for her situation that also informs how she acts, changes, and grows. Rok overthinks and doubts herself constantly because she has anxiety. She’s suffered through traumas, like some of the orphaned boys mentioned in last week’s blog have, and that gives her something to overcome over the course of the season and [hopefully] beyond.

And, as mentioned above, she’s also really young! She doesn’t have the experience and knowledge yet to save the day every week. She knows she has limitations and when she remembers this, she panics, freezes, and languishes in self doubt. I’m thinking specifically about the turmoil she goes through in the supremely excellent “Time Amok,” in which she is forced to be alone (already terrifying) and also with so much pressure put on her (downright immobilizing!). Audiences can relate to anxiety and stress like this. It doesn’t matter that she’s a kid: we all get what she’s going through and connect with her immediately.

Rok grows throughout the season

You’d think it would be easy to create story arcs that help child characters grow since they’re going to grow up just by virtue of natural development anyway, but it’s harder than you think. Both Jake Sisko and Wesley Crusher get things to do as they get older that build on the foundations for their characters, but they also had several seasons to work with. Rok, in just one season, has her entire world opened up for her because of the nature of the story, and she runs with it!

This is a science fiction show, so of course the characters are going to love science, and watching Rok learn, try new things, occasionally fail, and try again is an excellent entry point into STEM. Just like how a lot of today’s doctors credit watching Dr. McCoy and today’s engineers got their start because they wanted to be like Scotty, and just like how many women and people of color joined the space program specifically because of Nichelle Nichols, I really hope that kids today watching Rok-Tahk and crew are captivated by science in that same way. I would be.

We love you, Rok! We love the other crew members of the Protostar too! We love Star Trek: Prodigy! Check out the other character appreciation posts for Dal R’El, Gwyndala, Jankom Pog, and Zero while you’re here. I know I can speak for not only the other hosts here at A Star to Steer Hey By but for myriad other fans when I seriously hope someone picks up this wonder of a show. We’re really looking forward to seeing more from these amazing child characters, and we’re seriously wishing we get that opportunity. #SaveStarTrekProdigy

#star trek #star trek podcast #podcast #star trek prodigy #prodigy #save prodigy #save star trek prodigy #rok-tahk #brikar

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aniketsanimationblog · 1 year

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Here's my Sketch of Rok-Tahk from Star Trek: Prodigy (along with new-design Murf)!! She's So Goddamn Cute!!

#star trek prodigy #star trek #nickelodeon #animation #animation art #Rok-Tahk #murf #sketch

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rosalie-starfall · 10 months

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hi! i think it's time for star trek and animation fans to unite once more, because paramount+ has chosen to remove star trek: prodigy from its library as a tax write-off. lucky for star trek fans, star trek is a 57 year old IP with fans all around the world, so we're hoping as much support as possible will get the show saved, since paramount is planing to sell the show to other streaming services! please consider watching prodigy (illegally if you must, since it was removed from p+ by now) and spread the word for support, it's a real gem of a show! #savestartrekprodigy

Friend, I am so crushed over this! I will make some Prodigy gifs for us all because the whole thing is bogus and I'm mad AF about it.

It's such a phenomenal show and had me emotionally wrecked by the final episode. I don't think I've cried that hard for a show in a very long time. It's so beautiful and a perfect Trek show! I could go on for hours about all the different and amazing things this show can teach little ones but I don't want to go down that worm hole. Plus it's just gonna make me emotional.

#savestartrekprodigy

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star-trek-fandom-confessions · 5 months

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Confession #81

"Rok-Tahk is my favorite Prodigy character because not only is her design adorable, but also I can relate to her a lot since we both get judged by our looks.

Rok-Tahk is a little girl but doesn't always get treated like one; instead, people expect her to be an arena "monster" or in-charge of security instead of science.

I myself am a petite thirty-year-old woman but people treat me like I'm "innocent" and act shocked when I curse. I've also had some guys downplay my intelligence or think I'll be the perfect little waifu who'll cook and clean for them (I HATE cooking!)

So seeing Rok-Tahk, who has similar struggles (albeit for different reasons) really resonated with me. Plus, we both like cute animals so we'd probably be good friends if we met in real life."

#confession 81 #star-trek-fandom-confessions #star trek #rok-tahk #prodigy

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returnofahsoka · 1 year

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so i've been thinking about rok and her story and. she knew what a monster is. what a hero is. she knew how a story works.

which means she'd been told stories before.

she had someone in her life, before somehow ending up in that arena, who told her stories of heroes and monsters and magic. by the time she got there, she understood what her role was, even without knowing the language. she understood that in this story, she was the monster.

and just... maybe it was her parents. maybe she doesn't even remember them anymore, but back then she did remember at least the stories they used to tell her at bedtime. stories where she was the hero.

and then they took her and made her the monster.

#god this show is depressing #st prodigy #star trek #prodigy spoilers #well this was last weeks episode but still #rok-tahk #how even do you spell her full name??#rok #my posts #i wanna give her a hug 😭😭😭😭 my daughter

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t-rina · 4 months

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HOLO!JANEWAY&ROK HUG I REPEAT HOLO!JANEWAY&ROK HUG

#that is so important to me you have no idea #bc a few episodes earlier when she said ‘i wish i could give you a hug’ i felt that in my soul #hologram!janeway #rok-tahk #asile watches prodigy #star trek prodigy

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obi-troll-kenobi · 2 years

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I just watched Star Trek Prodigy so here’s a meme

#star trek prodigy #time amok #jankom pog #rok-tahk

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