The necklace means a lot more than just what it means on "Picard". I recognized the symbol immediately and my autistic brain started info dumping all the ways it could apply to the story. And his autistic brain knew this was a particularly personal level of special interest, so he quietly bought me the necklace.
@weirdfizz society is wrong, nerd proud, your necklace is beautiful. I’ve been avoiding Picard because I bawled on episode one. Need to retry it but whew that first one threw me!
@Coffee_and_Salt We're probably past halfway through season 1. Bring a box of tissues. It's not a big intro that pulls you in and then settles. Pretty sure the whole season is just the upward climb at the beginning of the rollercoaster.
@weirdfizz thanks for that heads up… it’s Patrick Stewart man. He messes with me. When did we say he could age? That was never part of the deal.
@Coffee_and_Salt Yeah, TNG came out when I was in 5th grade. They don't know it, but those actors all helped raise me through their characters. I see how old they're all getting and I'm like, "Nope. Nobody's aging. And even if they are, I still want to look like Doctor Crusher. Nobody. Is. Old. I'mma go read a book with LeVar Burton!"
@weirdfizz I feel this. Captain Picard was like a stand in grandad (he seemed “old” to me at the time) and the show would rerun at 10:30 pm. I often used it to fall asleep. It was like being read bedtime stories.
@Coffee_and_Salt RED ALERT! We just finished season 1 of "Picard"! If you give it another try, you need four boxes of tissues, a pillow to hug, and some Earl Grey!
@weirdfizz okay I just stocked up on tissues recently so I’m in luck, but if you tell me I’m gonna need earl grey, hot, I may just start tearing up now.
@Coffee_and_Salt You will, in fact, need Earl Grey, hot. You may need to change the laws of physics. And I highly advise that you start loading the photon torpedoes.
@weirdfizz oooh no. This is gonna take some serious emotional prep. Like watching all of TNG first. I’m not avoiding it what are you talking about?
And you can't really see it in the picture, but I'm wearing a "Doctor Who" shirt today. Society failed to train me to be embarrassed about being a nerd. Probably because my power is over 9000.