[ SECRET POST #2421 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #2421 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

01.


__________________________________________________



02.


__________________________________________________



03.


__________________________________________________



04.


__________________________________________________



05.


__________________________________________________



06.


__________________________________________________



07.


__________________________________________________



08.


__________________________________________________



09.


__________________________________________________



10.


__________________________________________________



11.


__________________________________________________



12.













Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 051 secrets from Secret Submission Post #346.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[transcriptanon]

[Picture is Doctor Ira Graves caressing Data's neck, from the TV show "Star Trek: The Next Generation". Ira has his back kind of turned to the viewer, obscuring his face. He is a middle-aged man with light rosy skin, very short light hair and wearing a very light brown jacket or sweater. Data is an android with pale skin and short dark hair slicked back. He is wearing a dark blazer of sorts. He is looking down, sort of confused.]

This The Next Generation episode ruined the bodily possession trope for me. (It's "The Schizoid Man" from season 2, by the way.)

I never had a problem with the trope before. But something about how Graves acted while in Data's body (and how it was described) gave off such a strong, detailed, palpable vibe of someone smothering and trapping another and violating every aspect of their autonomy by animating their body and words in ways the original would never act or speak that it made me noticeably distressed for several days and ruined the high-concept-ness and fantastic-ness of all other instances of possession in any fiction ever. The way he systematically psychologically manipulated Data into trusting him and volunteering information about himself was also unusually squicky for the show.

Secret because: No one seems to discuss individual Star Trek The Next Generation episodes anymore.

[(Anonymous)]

Teeny correction: he's not caressing his neck. He grabbed Data by the head and roughly turned it back and forth (he also did the same to his arms I think) like he was testing out the joints of a doll or a piece of equipment. I remember this because of how uncomfortable that made me.

Of course, you can't tell from the screencap here, but just thought I'd mention it ;)

[transcriptanon]

Thanks, I'll correct that!