Day 6 - Happiest Event

[rivendellrose]

30 Days of Star Trek Meme Day 6 - Happiest Event

I didn't really expect to be so uncertain about this, but... wow. That's just a huge question, you know? I'm not sure I can pick just one. So, a few:

- The "I set a star" scene from the first episode of Disco. I can't call this the moment I fell in love with Philippa Georgiou, because as previously established I was in love with her from the minute she was announced, and possibly even before that. But oh my god, I might have welled up at that line.

- Pretty much the entirety of "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang" (DS9). I love that whole damned episode. If I have to pick just one moment, though, it's Sisko and Vic Fontaine singing "The Best is Yet to Come" at the end.

- Okay, this is odd, but: I can't remember what episode it's in, anymore, but there's a scene in ENT where Archer and Shran are drinking Andorian ale in, I believe, Archer's personal dining room. That in and of itself is not monumental, but after disowning the show some twenty minutes into the pilot, I saw this scene in a bubble tea shop near my university while I was in college, with Korean pop music played over it, and two things stuck in my head: "God damn it, of course they would bring the Andorians back NOW, when I'm not watching anymore!" and "This is the slashiest thing I have ever seen in my whole life." When I finally, a decade later, got around to watching ENT and encountered this scene in its native environment, without K-pop playing instead of the dialogue... that impression did not change in the slightest, and I was thrilled. So that whole narrative is one of my favorite events. ♥

- The moment I realized who the Emperor was going to be in Disco's Mirror Universe. I nearly flailed my brains out.


Day 1 - Favorite Episode of TOS
Day 2 - Favorite Federation Race
Day 3 - Favorite Ship
Day 4 - Favorite Captain
Day 5 - Saddest Event
Day 7 - Favorite TNG Episode
Day 8 - Favorite Federation Enemy
Day 9 - Favorite Character
Day 10 - Most Shocking Moment
Day 11 - Crew Position You Would Want
Day 12 - Crew Position You Wouldn't Want
Day 13 - Favorite DS9 Episode
Day 14 - Favorite Time Travel Episode
Day 15 - Favorite First Officer
Day 16 - Favorite Voyager Episode
Day 17 - Favorite Trek Novel
Day 18 - Favorite Non-Aligned Race
Day 19 - Favorite Enterprise Episode
Day 20 - Character You're Most Like
Day 21 - Least Favorite Character
Day 22 - Favorite Trek Film
Day 23 - Best Trek Tech
Day 24 - Best Overall Space Vessel
Day 25 - Favorite Discovery Episode
Day 26 - Planet You Would Most Like To Visit
Day 27 - Character You Would Date
Day 28 - Name Your Own Starship
Day 29 - Favorite Trek Quote
Day 30 - Favorite Trek Series

Comments

[gaslightgallows]

There are (I think) a total of 2 scenes in the entirety of ENT where Archer and Shran drink Andorian ale together, but I'm pretty sure the second is in "Babel One". It's also the scene where Shran tells Archer that he and Talas are screwing. XD

[rivendellrose]

Yes! That was it! I remember, now, because when I hit it for real I was like "Oh, that's why Shran keeps making such leering... nah, still think it's the slash, too. He's just showing off and being all 'SEE I DON'T REALLY LOVE YOU, WE'RE ALL ONLY INTERESTED IN OUR OWN SPECIES HERE.'" XD

[nenya_kanadka]

Oh aww yes, Vic and Sisko doing The Best Is Yet to Come! I still hear that song in their voices, always.

And everything about Emperor Pippa's appearance was equal parts joy and terror tbh. 😍 Still not over it. I think the moment of pure glee for me was probably when I realized Michael was bringing her fucking back to the goddamn Prime universe. I lost my ability to can. Omg. 🤩

[rivendellrose]

That bit made me so goddamned happy. My only regret is that I can't just have it on my playlist, whether mp3 or Spotify or whatever.

Bringing her back was amazing, I totally lost my mind at that. Some people (I'm sure you recall) were all "They're bringing her back just to kill her again!" and I remember feeling like "No... that doesn't feel right..." but I didn't know how it would go, and then BAM, Michael makes the most bizarre and yet totally understandable split-second decision EVER. Would I have been able to leave her to her death? HELL NO, of course not!