I love the Seven of Nine character from the Star Trek: Voyager series, just like I love Data on the Star Trek: The Next Generation series.
Yes, I like Star Trek - it tends to be low-drama entertainment that bases a lot of its humor and depth on the philosophical dissimilarities between people and cultures, which is something I love to think about.
I didn't expect to like Seven of Nine as much as I do, but I absolutely love the contradiction in terms her feminine body is with her direct, focused and very masculine emotional state. I'm sure there are also a lot of males who enjoy this contradiction, but for distinctly different reasons than I do. ;)
The main reason I like Seven so much is because she's like Tuvok the vulcan - highly logically-driven in her decision making processes, and because of that fact, anyone who tries to manipulate her for their own personal gain or to protect their pride... fails. Also, because she was rescued from the Borg collective which has distinctly different social dynamics than either humans or vulcans, she's even MORE interesting - she is logical and strong, and is trying to deal with illogical human social customs and taboos.
"Irrelevant" is her favorite word, and quite often, I find myself agreeing with her assessments.
I've got some people in my life who don't like those assessments because they've found the logic difficult to debate without bringing emotions into the mix.
Some say the emotions are a natural part of the debate, and I agree - Seven shows a passion and conviction and hunger to truly understand - but that doesn't mean she allows people to use emotions such as fear, anger or guilt to sway her logical debates.
Seven is my hero!
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
What Melts My Heart vs Turns Me On
I've been paying closer attention these days to what I find attractive, and spending more time thinking about why it's attractive to me.
So, as I interact with friends, family and strangers, and as I watch television and watch the choreographed social interactions on a long-running TV series, I pay attention to how I feel and what I'm thinking about a lot more than I used to.
I watched an episode of Star Trek: Voyager the other night that surprised me and gave me a lot to think about - it was in Season 6 and was an episode surrounding the highly logical Vulcan security officer by the name of Tuvok. At the beginning of the episode, Tuvok was hit with a weapon fire that damaged his brain, and severely altered his emotional personality away from the logical and towards the emotional.
Throughout the episode, Tuvok was "growing up" over again. Acting very child-like and embracing his emotional states with fervor we never see from his Vulcan character. He smiled and laughed and moved around in a way that was playful and relaxed - quite opposite of his normal Vulcan demeanor.
Of course, since he was demonstrating and embracing emotions, good emotions weren't the only ones he expressed. He got frustrated, he had little temper tantrums, a few victim pukes, and had some emotionally difficult encounters with those who were used to him being much more logical.
What I found fascinating about the episode was how I had always loved Tuvok's character and derived great joy out of his highly-logical way of looking at the world, but now that he was moving around more freely, smiling, showing his artistic side, and things like that... my heart completely melted to him.
When my heart melted, I realized there was no sexual polarity/attraction in the feeling, but just having my heart melted was like having my barriers lowered, and I felt closer to Tuvok in that moment (yes, yes I know, TV show, bear with me).
I immediately pulled back emotionally, however, realizing that the "artistic, sensitive and vulnerable" persona he was putting on was really NOT something I wanted to let my barriers lower about - at least when it comes to grown men. THIS is a habit I will be de-programming myself of.
Perhaps I do have a wee bit of maternal instinct in me, because a small child who is vulnerable, sensitive and artistic seems perfectly natural for me to lower my barriers to, and perhaps my example in that child's life could help them discern healthier relationships in the future. I certainly remember those kinds of adult coaches when I was a kid :)
So, as I interact with friends, family and strangers, and as I watch television and watch the choreographed social interactions on a long-running TV series, I pay attention to how I feel and what I'm thinking about a lot more than I used to.
I watched an episode of Star Trek: Voyager the other night that surprised me and gave me a lot to think about - it was in Season 6 and was an episode surrounding the highly logical Vulcan security officer by the name of Tuvok. At the beginning of the episode, Tuvok was hit with a weapon fire that damaged his brain, and severely altered his emotional personality away from the logical and towards the emotional.
Throughout the episode, Tuvok was "growing up" over again. Acting very child-like and embracing his emotional states with fervor we never see from his Vulcan character. He smiled and laughed and moved around in a way that was playful and relaxed - quite opposite of his normal Vulcan demeanor.
Of course, since he was demonstrating and embracing emotions, good emotions weren't the only ones he expressed. He got frustrated, he had little temper tantrums, a few victim pukes, and had some emotionally difficult encounters with those who were used to him being much more logical.
What I found fascinating about the episode was how I had always loved Tuvok's character and derived great joy out of his highly-logical way of looking at the world, but now that he was moving around more freely, smiling, showing his artistic side, and things like that... my heart completely melted to him.
When my heart melted, I realized there was no sexual polarity/attraction in the feeling, but just having my heart melted was like having my barriers lowered, and I felt closer to Tuvok in that moment (yes, yes I know, TV show, bear with me).
I immediately pulled back emotionally, however, realizing that the "artistic, sensitive and vulnerable" persona he was putting on was really NOT something I wanted to let my barriers lower about - at least when it comes to grown men. THIS is a habit I will be de-programming myself of.
Perhaps I do have a wee bit of maternal instinct in me, because a small child who is vulnerable, sensitive and artistic seems perfectly natural for me to lower my barriers to, and perhaps my example in that child's life could help them discern healthier relationships in the future. I certainly remember those kinds of adult coaches when I was a kid :)
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