millie

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[–] millie@startrek.website 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I hadn't even thought of this. Apparently it gave him terrible headaches too, because they screwed the damn visor into his head. Crazy. Poor guy.

[–] millie@startrek.website 49 points 8 months ago (6 children)

I can't not think of Peanut Hamper.

[–] millie@startrek.website 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I assumed he was talking about something written for him recently. Sulu showed up in Lower Decks not too long ago, and I know the franchise in general has a penchant for nostalgia at the moment. He certainly seemed to have a little more of a Takei tone in his LD appearance, but that may also just be him having grown more into himself over the years.

But yeah, if it's someone else playing it and it doesn't inform an established performance, then whatever.

[–] millie@startrek.website 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

I mean, if it informs the performance meaningfully, it's part of the end product. Doesn't mean it's necessarily canon or whatever, but it certainly has the potential to impact later performances if direction moves away from the actor's previous internal preparation.

I could see it being off-putting to work under a director or with writing that bleeds your public personality into your role, especially if it's one you've gotten to a certain place with.

Like even as a roleplayer, any character i might embody in the moment has a life of its own that's distinct from mine, and would make decisions that I wouldn't. If someone tried to push me into acting a way that's more typical of myself out of character or that's more in line with a different character I play, or if they reacted to the character based on that outside stuff, I'd certainly resist it.

[–] millie@startrek.website 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Clearly Rom is neutral good and Moogie is chaotic good.

[–] millie@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago

I get out my sunglasses and prepare for lens flare.

[–] millie@startrek.website 8 points 10 months ago

That looks like a shut up kiss that didn't work on either of them.

[–] millie@startrek.website 5 points 10 months ago

This honestly went the other way around for me. There was a lot of stuff I couldn't manage as a teenager and in my 20s, and a lot of pain I had that I don't have anymore. Though I definitely have to do more negotiating with my body about food.

But I started taking estrogen in my early 30s, which seemed to make a big difference.

[–] millie@startrek.website 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If it helps, everyone else around our age is also creeping up on 40.

I don't think we spontaneously turn into our parents or adopt the thinking of their generation.