Data Appreciation Thread

[Spicy Thunder]

Let's show some love for our favorite android!

 

[Farscape One]

I have always maintained that Data is the best embodiment of a hero and what a hero should represent.

I think the best evidence of this is "Thine Own Self". Even with no memory of who he is or what he knows, he still just wants to help people who are hurt. And he was killed while trying to help the same people who killed him. (Thankfully, it was a deactivation and not a full death.)

The JAG captain in "The Measure Of A Man" says she doesn't know if Data has a soul, and that was the basic question. The answer, to me, is yes, he has a soul. And it's one of the best souls the galaxy could have.

 

[Kilana2]

There were so many great and memorable Data scenes......

 

[Tosk]

My first thought is that I love when Data disses Worf (perhaps) without realizing.

Examples:

Data "Lieutenant, I am curious about something. If you met a double of yourself, would you have difficulty interacting with him?"
Worf "I think so."
Data "Why?"
Worf "I am not easy to get along with."
Data "Mmmms" in agreement, Worf glares at him.

Data "How is your diplomatic assignment progressing?"
Worf "Fine."
Data "I have heard that in moments of diplomatic tension, it is often helpful to find elements of commonality."
Worf "Ambassador Byleth is demanding, temperamental, and rude."
Data "You share all of those qualities in abundance. Perhaps you should try to build on your similarities."

 

[Spicy Thunder]

I have always maintained that Data is the best embodiment of a hero and what a hero should represent.

I think the best evidence of this is "Thine Own Self". Even with no memory of who he is or what he knows, he still just wants to help people who are hurt. And he was killed while trying to help the same people who killed him. (Thankfully, it was a deactivation and not a full death.)

The JAG captain in "The Measure Of A Man" says she doesn't know if Data has a soul, and that was the basic question. The answer, to me, is yes, he has a soul. And it's one of the best souls the galaxy could have.

IKR! I always try to use him as a role model. He never judges anyone and always tries to help people. I absolutely loved in "Silicon Avatar" when he read the journal for the lady in her son's voice.

Also, I feel like in every episode where there is someone that resents him in the beginning, they always end up his friend by the end.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

I like the way he handled Hobson in Redemption.

“I don’t think I’m the right choice to serve under an Android.”
“I understand. Request denied.”

 

[NewHeavensNewEarth]

Hopefully you'll appreciate this appreciation thread then, Spicy Thunder: Remember when Data all of humanity 6 times? (at minimum)

 

[Spicy Thunder]

Hopefully you'll appreciate this appreciation thread then, Spicy Thunder: Remember when Data all of humanity 6 times? (at minimum)

Thanks! You can call me Spicy

 

[Mojochi]

Data "How is your diplomatic assignment progressing?"
Worf "Fine."
Data "I have heard that in moments of diplomatic tension, it is often helpful to find elements of commonality."
Worf "Ambassador Byleth is demanding, temperamental, and rude."
Data "You share all of those qualities in abundance. Perhaps you should try to build on your similarities."

The best thing about that exchange is that if you think about it, that was the absolute correct course of action in that case. The guy was picking for a fight, & was happy once he got it

In that vein, my favorite Data moments are ones where instead of him having to be schooled in humanity, his unique perspective actually sheds some enlightenment on its own

Data: Sir, Lieutenant LaForge's eyes are far superior to human biological eyes, true?

Picard: Yes.

Data: Then why are not all human officers required to have their eyes replaced with cybernetic implants? I see. It is precisely because I am not human...

Data: Is it not true that had you refused to prosecute, Captain Louvois would have ruled summarily against me?

Riker: Yes.

Data: That action injured you, and saved me. I will not forget it.

Data: Captain, why have I not been assigned to command a ship in the fleet?

Picard: Well, I thought that you would be needed here. Why do you ask?

Data: You have commented on the lack of senior officers available for this mission. I believe that my twenty-six years of Starfleet service qualifies me for such a post. However, if you do not believe the time has arrived for an android to command a starship, then perhaps I should address myself to improving...

Picard: Commander, I believe the starship Sutherland will need a captain. I can think of no one more suited to the task than you.

Spock: Fascinating. You have an efficient intellect, superior physical skills and no emotional impediments. There are Vulcans who aspire all their lives to achieve what you were given by design.

Data: You are half Human...

Spock: Yes.

Data: And yet you have chosen a Vulcan way of life...

Spock: I have.

Data: In effect, you have abandoned what I have sought all my life.

Troi: What did happen, Data?

Data: I witnessed something remarkable. Individually they were both so...

Troi: Wounded? Incomplete?

Data: Yes. But no longer. Through their joining they have been healed. Grief was transmuted to joy. Loneliness to belonging.

Troi: Data, you do understand...

Data: Yes, Counselor, when Tin Man returned me to the Enterprise I realized that this was where I belong.

 

[Tosk]

Data "Lieutenant, I am dissatisfied with your performance as First Officer."

Worf "May I ask in what way?"

Data "You continually question my orders in front of the crew. I do not believe this is appropriate behaviour."

Worf "With all due respect, sir, I have always felt free to voice my opinions even when they differ from those of Captain Picard or Commander Riker."

Data "That is true. But in those situations, you were acting as Head of Security, not as First Officer. The primary role of the second in command is to carry out the decisions of the Captain in this case, me."

Worf "But is it not my duty to offer you alternatives?"

Data "Yes. But once I have made a decision, it is your job to carry it out regardless of how you may personally feel. Any further objections should be given to me in private, not in front of the crew. I do not recall Commander Riker ever publicly showing irritation with his Captain as you did a moment ago."

Worf "No, sir."

Data "If you do not feel capable of carrying out this role, I will assign it to Commander La Forge and return you to Tactical. I would not enter it into your record as a reprimand, simply as a transfer."

Worf "I would prefer to remain at my current post."

Data "Then I expect you to conform to the guidelines I have laid out."

Worf "Aye, sir."

Data "Dismissed. ...Mister Worf, I am sorry if I have ended our friendship."

Worf "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."

Data "I would like that as well."

Worf "Thank you, sir."

 

[Spicy Thunder]

Awesome quotes!

 

[at Quark's]

DATA: I am curious. Do you still think the real Kahless will return someday? Or has this experience only deepened the spiritual crisis which originally sent you to Boreth?
WORF: I do not know.
DATA: I understand your dilemma. I once had what could be considered a crisis of the spirit.
WORF: You?
DATA: Yes. The Starfleet officers who first activated me on Omicron Theta told me I was an android, nothing more than a sophisticated machine with human form. However I realised that if I were simply a machine, I could never be anything else. I could never grow beyond my programming. I found that difficult to accept, so I chose to believe that I was a person, that I had the potential to be more than a collection of circuits and subprocessors. It is a belief which I still hold.
WORF: How did you come to your decision?
DATA: I made a leap of faith.

Brilliant lesson from Data imho -- if you're having a belief in your life (religious or otherwise) that holds you back, you can choose to evaluate it and change it if necessary.

 

[Spicy Thunder]

Brilliant lesson from Data imho -- if you're having a belief in your life (religious or otherwise) that holds you back, you can choose to evaluate it and change it if necessary.

Seeing this quote was the thing that got me to watch TNG!! I saw it as a couple of pictures with the quote written on it, and from that moment I know I loved him