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Iron Crowned posted:Anyway, watching this episode with my roommate really just gave me a relaxed, familiar feeling, like when I used to watch TNG with my dad. It really is too bad my dad is a trek lifer who's all-in on STD. I feel like one of the goals of Star Trek is to make the future look like somewhere you'd want to live. There's bad stuff going on but it's still nice with hope and a proper "spirit". STD doesn't give me that feeling but Orville definitely does.
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also, earth has species without sexual dimorphism, so Moclus probably has some animals that DO have sexual dimorphism.
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The solution is simple. Platypi. Mammalian, yet they lay eggs and provide milk for their young both. (Sure, they don't really use teats for that, but close enough).
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It doesn't even look like Moclons have nipples.
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TheScott2K posted:It's a shame they didn't name her Chris Devin
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the moclans spent all their cultural energies writing wicked awesome sci-fi, speculative fiction and intersectional theory. they have many theories and much knowledge on feminism, birthing, motherhood and teat-suckling. sadly, this is also why their porn is quite banal and tame. seriously, they had to go outside the species to discover what 'orgies' are.
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I mean, I imagine the holodeck simulations that come standard are pretty limited. It’d be the interactive porn equivalent of solitaire and minesweeper.
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once you hit post-scarcity what else is there to do, really? adversity is the catalyst for creation and some brand of mental health issue is what takes that to genius. absent those two things all you're gonna be left with are increasingly degenerate gently caress-sims.
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I'm sure Moclan children get hungry for something though. Or there's some other sort of Moclan idiom to express something as simple as being eager for something. What is the PC way to say being super OCD and nerdy about something that doesn't matter?
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jfood posted:once you hit post-scarcity what else is there to do, really? adversity is the catalyst for creation and some brand of mental health issue is what takes that to genius. I'm glad we've determined the simulator can make real things disappear because otherwise I would not envy the poor fucker who has to clean it.
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Phenotype posted:
"A fan"
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Phenotype posted:What is the PC way to say being super OCD and nerdy about something that doesn't matter? Critique.
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McTimmy posted:It doesn't even look like Moclons have nipples.
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Phylodox posted:He’s jacking Horner harder than Bortus was jac- There was at least one episode where Debney stopped one note short of just straight-up doing the seaQuest DSV theme.
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Huh. drat near impossible to see on the group shot.
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The Human Crouton posted:I think we're assuming too much Federation protocol here. Wait is there actual Federation protocol that you can't have too many important people on the bridge at once?
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Gaj posted:Rewatch: Bortus does refer to their child with both male and female pronouns at different times in the episode
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When they make contact with the planet aliens they mention that it'll take several trips to get all 75 of them. For some reason I found it odd that they had audio only. Because we couldn't see what the aliens looked like I felt the design of the porn alien was a subtle reminder that hey, not all aliens are humanoid. Look how big this guy is he can't even wear a uniform. I figured that plot things would happen and they'd only be able to make one trip on a timer, but oh man they can't take all 75 at once and much drama and hand wringing would ensue. Then they open the door and they're CGI Smurfs. You could load up 700 of them and still have room to stretch your legs. The pee episode was a weird choice for a season opener, but thematically it lines up with the episode coming out just in time for New Years. But if you're going to open Season Number 2 with an episode about a Great Release you'd think it'd be a Number 2. Why go with the pee when you can do the poo, Seth? I am likewise surprised they had the restraint to not end that one with a huge torrent of urine that was super gay rainbow coloured.
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Heathen posted:
Because he doesn't want to repeat from his other works.
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Baronjutter posted:
Holy poo poo I had no idea that was him. I've always loved him in everything he appears in. That is so much fun.
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The first episode is a metaphor for the season. They've been holding it in for a year. They are now free to release.
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Now I can’t stop imagining an episode of TNG where Worf develops a super awkward porn addiction and everyone finds out.
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Delthalaz posted:Now I can’t stop imagining an episode of TNG where Worf develops a super awkward porn addiction and everyone finds out. What the gently caress do you think he's doing in the holodeck with all those monster-men?
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worf's a bridge officer on the enterprise, so treating them to woodwind solos or teaching them how to watercolour paint only the enlisted knew how to have a good time on that ship
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jfood posted:worf's a bridge officer on the enterprise, so treating them to woodwind solos or teaching them how to watercolour paint ...with his dick
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Delthalaz posted:Now I can’t stop imagining an episode of TNG where Worf develops a super awkward porn addiction and everyone finds out. https://www.somethingawful.com/news/blue-stripe-life-4/
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Baronjutter posted:Seeing tough-guy Chad Coleman play a sad neglected husband so well has been really adorable and entertaining too. Quite a contrast between his role in the Wire or Expanse, almost like he's an actor or something! Holy poo poo its that guy infinite emmys for that man immediately.
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For all the arguing about why Bortus would know what titties are for, no one batted an eye that Mochlans have belly buttons have no need for umbilical cords
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It's the Moclans' inverse third tit, of course.
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It could make some biological sense for Moclans to nurse through a belly-button type arrangement. Also, "mother" could clearly be universal translaterese for a word like "egg-layer" or "egg-hatcher" or whatever denotes a caretaker in Moclan society. Bortus' pronoun-switching was really interesting though and I hope something comes of it later on.
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Iron Crowned posted:For all the arguing about why Bortus would know what titties are for, no one batted an eye that Mochlans have belly buttons have no need for umbilical cords Stuff like that is harder to get rid of, but a line of dialogue has gone through a lot of people before they say it.
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Iron Crowned posted:For all the arguing about why Bortus would know what titties are for, no one batted an eye that Mochlans have belly buttons have no need for umbilical cords It looks like a belly button, but it's actually their tertiary pleasure hole.
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Jazerus posted:...with his dick with his dicks
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Iron Crowned posted:For all the arguing about why Bortus would know what titties are for, no one batted an eye that Mochlans have belly buttons have no need for umbilical cords Egg gestation generally involves a yolk sac which is absorbed by the fetus for nutrition, its not completely dissimilar to placental mammals. It wouldn't be crazy for there to be a vestigial scaring from the connection to the yolk sac like a belly button.
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Laying eggs could be a genetic modification after they (or perhaps the races former overlords if such exist) eliminated females from society Then maybe being a self-liberated slave race from long ago is just a vibe I get from them looking half Klingon half Narn
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Zurui posted:It could make some biological sense for Moclans to nurse through a belly-button type arrangement. He said "she" to refer to the child before the operation, and "he" at all other times. I don't think it's that complicated. He considers the operation something that was done to a child who was 100% a girl at the time, but is now his son. That's actually his whole conflict. He believes that his daughter's identity was changed to his son's without the daughter's understanding, regardless of recognizing that he's (probably? unless they return to this again with Topa's actual involvement, he didn't really say anything this episode) been raised as and considers himself his son now and Bortus acknowledges that and loves Topa as his son. Caphi fucked around with this message at 20:38 on Jan 6, 2019 |
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LividLiquid posted:Is this an anagram for something? Chris and Devin were the names they made up when they infiltrated the Krill ship
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Baronjutter posted:I like how their quarters are decorated in pretty pictures of the industrial hellscape that is their homeworld. When we were first dating we would meet in this lovely cafe on the 32nd level of the core-drilling rig support hub. The view was breathtaking, even before the micronuclear testing facility went critical.
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