Icon from a picrew by grgikau. Call me Tir or Julian. 37. He/They. Queer. Twitter: @tirlaeyn. ao3: tirlaeyn. 18+ Only. Star Trek. Sandman. IwtV. OMFD. Definitionless in this Strict Atmosphere.

subatoism:

Data: The odds of our survival at this juncture are approximately 1 in 327, much like those of an asteroid colliding with Archia IX’s moon in the next two centuries, or seeing a d’shraka flower bloom in an average human lifetime, or,

Data: …

Data: This is the point at which people generally interrupt to remind me of the urgency of the situation

Julian: God, no, please say more

lady-sci-fi:

One piece of evidence for my headcanon that Julian and Data keep in good contact and work on projects together long-distance? (Which is heavily used in my fics).

In “DS9: Life Support”, Julian uses positronic brain implants to try to save Bareil. Who does he know as the only person who has a positronic brain? Someone who he stated interest in at least writing a paper on?

So I’m thinking Julian and Data were already working on this long-term project together. Then Bareil’s situation happens, where nothing else is working, so Julian is like “well, guess I’ll try this.”

And I checked Memory Alpha and Beta to see if there were other uses of this idea in the shows and beta canons. This is the only instance. 

tvarchive:

[…] and though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend

DATA & SPOT in
STAR TREK: the next generation (1987-1994)
+ STAR TREK: generations (1994)

+ bonus:

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startrekdescribed:

julianbashirlesbian:

;-; they consider each other friends… they would like to continue to consider each other friends!!!!!

[Image description: screencaps from Star Trek: The Next Generation featuring Data and Worf.

Worf looks to be leaving the room when Data says, “Mr. Worf. I am sorry if I have ended our friendship.”

Worf turns towards him and says, “Sir. It is I who has jeopardised our friendship, not you. If you will overlook this incident, I would like to continue to consider you my friend. Thank you, sir.”

Data says back to him, “I would like that as well.”

/end image description]