Personally I Do Think Julian Bashir Is Trans, But Not In A Way That Sublimates His Genetic Alterations

personally i do think julian bashir is trans, but not in a way that sublimates his genetic alterations into a trans allegory. i think he's disabled and trans at the same time, but i think his rebellion against his parents--the symbolic death of his old self with the name change--that's not about gender, for him, at all.

it's about the incredible violation of autonomy he experienced as a disabled person under the knife of a eugenicist society. it's about the need to reclaim some, any, of the agency that was so completely stolen from him by his parents.

it's about discovering that his entire self was deconstructed and reconstructed, without his knowledge or consent, for the express purpose of being less of a burden on his parents.

because let's not forget that the death of julian's old self was not his decision. it was his parents who killed the old self and created a new one.

let's not forget that human society in star trek is still recovering from the eugenics wars--that just because it's post-scarcity doesn't mean it's a utopia.

let's not forget the multiple episodes where bashir is forced to confront the fact that his "success story" is truthfully a gross reminder of how deeply his society (and his family) hates disabled people, not only shown in how they tried to fix him, but also in the fact that the process so rarely works as intended, yet is still done anyway--and the failures and the ones too far gone to save are locked away! with no connection to general society, and only the bare minimum provision for their physical needs, with no privacy and no autonomy!

and let's not forget that julian sees these people and is torn between the empathy he has for them, and his urge to fix them. and he goes through with this urge on Sarina, "fixing" her to conform to his idea of what she ought to be, treating her as a problem to be solved, objectifying her via "my ideal woman was trapped in this disabled body/mind and i saved her," thus continuing the cycle of violence, because even he can't conceive of a world where the disabled do not need to be fixed. where the violence done to him was wrong. fuck man

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7 months ago

Imagine vulcans learning human slang and than realising there was a time where humans would go "What the sigma?!" Quickly regretting first contact

AND MR BEAST Spock is forced to babysit some human kid and the TV plays Mr beast and its revealed to us that Mr beast is actually immortal in the star trek universe

Vulcans would be distressed at the state of modern slang😭😭

Random ensign 1000: Wow thanks for helping me Mr, Spock! You're the GOAT!

Spock: I am not a goat.

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lezleonardo

5 months ago

Alright class gather around and share your mdzs& svsss fic recs with me. Any kind of fics!

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lezleonardo

3 months ago

Actually I've been thinking over my star trek X mdzs au again (which I plan on drawing soon)

And although I've been pretty vocal abt betazoid!wwx and vulcan!lwj I realised that while watching ds9 the other day...

What abt augment!lwj and trill!wwx instead, like wwx coming back as mxy after death tho still identifying as wwx from back than, lwjs mom (or dad) engineering him for *insert reason* without his consent and no one bothering to tell him even after his parents death, and once he finds out he cuts off lxc and lqr from his life etc etc

Like maybe it's just the ds9 brainworms speaking but.. cmon

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Raccoons are surprisingly intelligent and they also happen to be extremely curious and persistent creatures, features I think that fit Thomas pretty well

-Newt would be hmm let's see... a wolf. Again why?

It has to do with how wolves are devoted to family and are usually caring and playful :)

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Eagles are known for being fearless and never giving up no matter the size of their prey, they're also a symbol of leadership!

Ahh that's all! I'd love to hear what animals you guys have got in mind XD

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"What?"

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Maze runner modern au except Newt keeps dying his hair black and Thomas is stuck in a constant loop of "Newt... nooo!"

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