You know, I’m so sad right now about all the wasted potential in the Picard series, but one thing I keep thinking about is that we never really had any interaction between Data and Soji, huh

And I keep thinking about Lal, about how Data was such a good dad to her, and how sad her death was…

And yet no one tells this android man that he has a daughter that is alive and well??

Star Trek owns me money for that.

yvvaine:

Data and Lal

Star Trek: The Next Generation || 3x16 ‘The Offspring’

hoyjboe:

trek-tracks:

It was a lot less awkward the second time Riker met one of Data’s children

i saw the argument that the Picard show is Bad and full of plotholes because of the androids essentially being used as slaves up until the Mars incident, because Measure of a Man had granted the androids the rights of autonomy and is so dumb because like, the only decision reached in that episode was that Data was not in fact property of Stafleet, it was not about rights everywhere for androids.

it so much wasn’t about that, it was one of the main issues of The Offspring - Data was granted his autonomy, but they weren’t so willing to grant the same grace for Lal and the poor girl stressed so much she literally died because of that. Picard and Data were fighting tooth and nail to give Lal this same rights, but in fact for what I remember no conclusion was reached because she died. had she stayed alive, big chance was that she would have been kept by the Federation anyways

also the moral argument (Federation wouldn’t do that) is also dumb like, wasn’t there a Voyager episode where they were using sentient EMHs to essentially do slave labor? smh

clicksarts:

WE JUST GOT TO THE OFFSPRING IN TNG AND IT MESSED ME UP :•(

clicksarts:

super super self indulgent lal,,,

spockvarietyhour:

Data’s family: good, bad, and questionable. 

Bonus:

doodlingleluke:

summer fun :’)

artofsarahthebear:

I had to; she’s too cute