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[–] 6 points 2 days ago*

Which is exactly why I think we should use AI to add 1 scene that's 7 seconds long in the episode after Tasha Yar gets killed of Data opening up a makeup kit in front of a mirror. Then a goth phase literally no one talks about for the whole season. Away missions, Holodeck scenes, all of it, Data in full goth attire. More than one black lace dress. No change in voice or dialogue.

Then it just ends. No one says anything. Add in another 3 second cut of Riker and Picard giving each other a look when Data walks on to the bridge not dressed up for the first time.

Edit: Which isn't to say that Data "goes goth" is a dismissive phase. That in the exploration of what it means to be alive, Data plumbs the depths of human emotions and arrives, I think rightfully, expressing inner darkness. That everyone goes about without noticing it and commenting on it only speaks to the advanced nature of their society to let anyone process grief however they process. Even an android.

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