Or have you heard of that absolute fucking freak who paraded her kid around to different panels? She named him after all the Starfleet captains and ‘raised him under Gene Roddenberrys bubble’.
I’ve watched a bunch of Star Trek panels over the years and she has popped up in three of 'em. One of them you can even hear the entire audience groan because presumably she’s been shoving him around the convention too. Marina Sirtis even responded with “Why would you do that to your child?” and the audience cheered her.
So I found the panel in question. Heres the link to the specific time stamp but it starts at 13:29. I was wrong on the name. IT wasn’t named after all the captains. It was “Patrick James Tiberius Kirk”. But you can hear the audience groaning almost immediately. The whole interaction is awkward as fuck. Patrick Stewart is trying not to laugh at Marina making fun of her too.
Fans can be nuts for sure. Did you ever see the Trekkies documentary? There’s the lady who can see Brent Spiner’s house from her balcony and has a “Brent break” when she’s feeling bad where she goes out and watches and the lady who was dismissed from the jury in the Clinton Whitewater case because she only ever wears a TNG uniform and insists on being called ‘commander.’
I can see where you’re coming from, but it looked kind of uncomfortable at her job to be honest. Everyone else was in short sleeves, meaning it must have been hot, and she wore a belt with a tricorder and a phaser all the time. And expecting everyone to call you Commander is not cool IMO. I don’t think this is a deadnaming situation, she wants to be referred to by a military rank she does not have and did not earn.
I don’t want to discourage someone’s fandom, but there’s such a thing as going too far.
Oh, absolutely. You simply can’t bring that kind of fantasy to every part of your life and impose it on others. It’s not only rude, it could be a sign of issues understanding reality in a functional way.
I have it downloaded and I’ve been meaning to but I didn’t realize it was that insane. I also thought it was like a mockumentary thing. You’re telling me that’s fucking real?!
It is real. I actually befriended Roger Nygard who made it. He put me in another one of his documentaries that has nothing to do with Star Trek and I still don’t know why.
Or have you heard of that absolute fucking freak who paraded her kid around to different panels? She named him after all the Starfleet captains and ‘raised him under Gene Roddenberrys bubble’.
I’ve watched a bunch of Star Trek panels over the years and she has popped up in three of 'em. One of them you can even hear the entire audience groan because presumably she’s been shoving him around the convention too. Marina Sirtis even responded with “Why would you do that to your child?” and the audience cheered her.
Like their name was Kirk Jean-Luc Benjamin Kathryn Jonathan (etc.)? Or she just kept lying about his name?
Disturbing either way.
So I found the panel in question. Heres the link to the specific time stamp but it starts at 13:29. I was wrong on the name. IT wasn’t named after all the captains. It was “Patrick James Tiberius Kirk”. But you can hear the audience groaning almost immediately. The whole interaction is awkward as fuck. Patrick Stewart is trying not to laugh at Marina making fun of her too.
Fans can be nuts for sure. Did you ever see the Trekkies documentary? There’s the lady who can see Brent Spiner’s house from her balcony and has a “Brent break” when she’s feeling bad where she goes out and watches and the lady who was dismissed from the jury in the Clinton Whitewater case because she only ever wears a TNG uniform and insists on being called ‘commander.’
That second example sounds like a great way to get out of jury duty tho…
Unfortunately, she was like that all the time. She wore the uniform at her screen printing job and everyone there called her Commander.
I dunno, that sounds kinda rad, she’s got something figured out…
I gotta take my uniform to get tailored or something 'Cause I’m hanging mad knuck every Halloween
I can see where you’re coming from, but it looked kind of uncomfortable at her job to be honest. Everyone else was in short sleeves, meaning it must have been hot, and she wore a belt with a tricorder and a phaser all the time. And expecting everyone to call you Commander is not cool IMO. I don’t think this is a deadnaming situation, she wants to be referred to by a military rank she does not have and did not earn.
I don’t want to discourage someone’s fandom, but there’s such a thing as going too far.
Nah fuck it. She’s living the best life. I’d call her commander lol.
Oh, absolutely. You simply can’t bring that kind of fantasy to every part of your life and impose it on others. It’s not only rude, it could be a sign of issues understanding reality in a functional way.
Just casually mention you know about jury nullification. You’ll never see a judge.
I have it downloaded and I’ve been meaning to but I didn’t realize it was that insane. I also thought it was like a mockumentary thing. You’re telling me that’s fucking real?!
It is real. I actually befriended Roger Nygard who made it. He put me in another one of his documentaries that has nothing to do with Star Trek and I still don’t know why.
What the fuck. To both of those things but very much especially the first.
I am afraid.
You think you’re afraid, can you imagine how Brent Spiner must feel?
I’d have hired snipers
Oh I fucking love Marina’s sass!!
Also I keep forgetting she’s British. Her accent really threw me at first! 😂
Oh her panels are a riot. There’s one of her at a Toronto convention and the whole time she’s just being a badass bitch. Love her so much.