My favourite things about the “are you prepared for the kind of death you’ve earned, little man?” meme are that a. it’s not an “incorrect quotes” gag - that’s actually what Brent Spiner is saying in that shot; and b. he’s talking to Wil Wheaton.
I don’t remember this, so please, tell me where I can learn more.
The Next Generation, season one, episode thirteen.
archer: i’m a GOOD PERSON!!!!! *destroys an entire vulcan monastery*
t'pol: *sips tea* this is vulcanphobic
trip: y'all’d’ve
reed: ceh for a spot of tea, govnah?
travis: i’ve been to 3247039821354892 planets and counting! too bad none of them are planets that the NX-01 visits cuz boy howdy that’d be convenient
hoshi: if you’d let me translate for 2 fuckign seconds i could tell you that this species doesn’t want us here but okay yeah sure beam down anyway you do that
phlox: i know all about your species’s genitalia but don’t worry your secret’s safe with me C:
shran: hello naughty pinkskins it’s murder time
soval: get your grubby human hands off of my logic
Okay, so this is some Star Trek meta, I apologize in advance for getting extra nerdy here.
One of the little things I’ve always loved is how they’ve shown ways that the Klingons and the Federation don’t understand each other. Some of them are subtle- take spelling. Obviously, the Klingons have a different writing system, but even when it comes to using the Latin alphabet, they have disagreements. Like how they spell their homework Qo'nos, while the Federation would use Kronos. Or how the House of Martok is more properly Martoch, like the ending of loch. Even the empire itself- they’d more properly spell it Qlingon, but the Federation doesn’t.
And it’s kind of a cool, little way to demonstrate how they aren’t on the same wavelength. When it comes down to it, the Federation just doesn’t get it that Klingon culture, at the heart of it? Is K-less.
