• @TheDoozer
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    575 months ago

    The cat one is enjoyable in a stylistic way, but the first one is just generally good. It’s a little bit sad, showing two people sharing a sunset on a beach together, and ends with one side feeling alone even while sharing the moment. It’s like, to the narrator, the science of it, the how of it doesn’t detract from the beauty of it, it’s what makes it beautiful. And the other person makes it seem like to think about it is to stop enjoying it.

    It’s got irony, it’s got depth, it seems like it represents a lot of Data’s experiences, and it does it with a pleasant scene. I think that poem was fantastic, and it blows my mind that the people in that room would be anything but impressed.

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      5 months ago

      My take is a bit different.

      It’s about neurdivergence.

      Data has troubles understanding emotion, but this poem is about a win in that regard.

      It’s about two lovers or friends watching the sunset. One of them is enjoying the beauty on an emotional level. The other is enjoying it on a platonic level, because that is Data. Data starts explaining how the scientific processes cause the view, but the other person tells data to shut up, silently hinting that they just want to enjoy the moment with Data. Data picks up on that hint and stops talking to simply enjoy the sunset together. Picking up on that social que, was a huge accomplishment for data, that’s why he wrote a poem about it.

      There’s no sadness at all. It’s all about overcoming you limitations. It’s a celebration.

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      155 months ago

      Plus he asks geordi’s opinion, of all people, about feelings on a somewhat romantic, wistful poem. Geordi, whose idea of creating a romantic atmosphere is to awkwardly half lie half sit on a beach towel while a rando circles around playing violin at you.