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hated and loved (quokk.au)
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[–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

That's interesting! Especially given how Picard and some of the others treat him. You could have fooled me saying it was written into the show that way.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    It seems that writing a character that has no emotion just naturally lends itself to comparisons with neurodivergence.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    Also his tendency to info dump, his inability to fully judge social situations, how his "emotional" needs get dismissed by some people (cough picard cough). There's just a lot of social things going on with Data that feel familiar.

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