The payoff of that story is far better as well. In Generations, Data uses the emotion chip, then at the end, digging through the wreckage of the Enterprise, they find Spot. Data cries tears of joy.
<span style="color:#323232;">Felis Catus
</span><span style="color:#323232;">is your taxonomic nomenclature
</span><span style="color:#323232;">An endothermic quadruped
</span><span style="color:#323232;">carniverous by nature
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Your visual, olfactory,
</span><span style="color:#323232;">and auditory senses
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Contribute to your hunting skills
</span><span style="color:#323232;">and natural defenses.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I find myself intrigued
</span><span style="color:#323232;">by your sub-vocal oscillations
</span><span style="color:#323232;">A singular development
</span><span style="color:#323232;">of cat communications
</span><span style="color:#323232;">That obviates your
</span><span style="color:#323232;">basic hedonistic predilection
</span><span style="color:#323232;">For a rhythmic stroking of your fur
</span><span style="color:#323232;">to demonstrate affection.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">A tail is quite essential
</span><span style="color:#323232;">for your acrobatic talents
</span><span style="color:#323232;">You would not be so agile
</span><span style="color:#323232;">if you lacked its counterbalance
</span><span style="color:#323232;">And when not being utilized
</span><span style="color:#323232;">to aid in locomotion
</span><span style="color:#323232;">It often serves to illustrate
</span><span style="color:#323232;">the state of your emotion
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Oh Spot,
</span><span style="color:#323232;">The complex levels of behavior you display
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Denote a fairly well developed cognitive array
</span><span style="color:#323232;">And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend
</span><span style="color:#323232;">I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.
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Interestingly, I can search for my pixelfed user ( @negativenull ) in Lemmy search, and can find the user, but it shows zero posts. When I search my Lemmy user in Pixelfed, I find it, but it shows zero posts.
I love how much this fits her character. Leaving the collective and rehabilitating to “normal” life, emotional development was core to her character over Voyager’s arc. So a late “teenage angst” arc would only make sense, even if it didn’t exactly fit the age of the character.
Then again, we kinda/sorta get this in Picard, just without the goth aesthetic.
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