Oh, gimme a head with hair... or don't
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theatrical_muse, today.
239: Hair.
What is it with humans and hair?
It grows all over their bodies, but when it's visible anywhere other than the top of their heads (or on their eyelids), they shave it, they pluck it, they wax it, anything to get rid of it or minimize it. But if they lose it from the top of their heads, suddenly it's a disaster! Even Picard, who is one of the few humans I've met who's totally comfortable being who he is, went through months of mourning for his hair when he lost it very young... but his precious Federation absolutely has the technology to restore it, and he never bothered to. It upset him to go bald but it upset him more to admit that going bald had upset him, and fixing his hair would have proven that he actually cared about being bald. Except that he *did* actually care.
WHY?
If something bothers you and you have the power to fix it, *do* it! Don't pretend it doesn't bother you if it does! I know, I know, he'd totally have lost "I am completely comfortable with my own body" points by admitting there was something about himself he wanted to fix. But he did, in fact, want to fix it, so why lie?
At least by the time I met him he really *was* used to it. Which I appreciate. I think the bald look is actually quite aesthetically pleasing on him. Others, it doesn't work so well for. Did Benjamin Sisko have *any* good reason for shaving his head other than trying to tell the Cardassians that he was a total badass, and did he really think it would work?
And if Kathryn Janeway wants to have long hair why doesn't she just let it be long? She has to put it up in a bun every time she leaves her quarters. What's the *point*? Grow it long or grow it short, but why grow it long and then tie it up to be short?
And don't get me started on facial hair. Ugh! It looks disgusting on nearly every human I've seen it on. I almost thought William Riker had potential, once; even granted him the powers of the Q. But then he grew a beard, and now I'm grateful he turned me down. Talk about dodging a bullet! Any being who actually thinks that rug on his face makes him more attractive does *not* belong in the Q Continuum.
No, of all the things that puzzle me about humans, I think their own attitudes toward their hair is one of the most trivial and yet the most puzzling. It's *fur*. Every mammal on your planet grows it. Why do you make such a huge thing about it?
Muse: Q
Fandom: Star Trek TNG and others
theatrical_muse, today.239: Hair.
What is it with humans and hair?
It grows all over their bodies, but when it's visible anywhere other than the top of their heads (or on their eyelids), they shave it, they pluck it, they wax it, anything to get rid of it or minimize it. But if they lose it from the top of their heads, suddenly it's a disaster! Even Picard, who is one of the few humans I've met who's totally comfortable being who he is, went through months of mourning for his hair when he lost it very young... but his precious Federation absolutely has the technology to restore it, and he never bothered to. It upset him to go bald but it upset him more to admit that going bald had upset him, and fixing his hair would have proven that he actually cared about being bald. Except that he *did* actually care.
WHY?
If something bothers you and you have the power to fix it, *do* it! Don't pretend it doesn't bother you if it does! I know, I know, he'd totally have lost "I am completely comfortable with my own body" points by admitting there was something about himself he wanted to fix. But he did, in fact, want to fix it, so why lie?
At least by the time I met him he really *was* used to it. Which I appreciate. I think the bald look is actually quite aesthetically pleasing on him. Others, it doesn't work so well for. Did Benjamin Sisko have *any* good reason for shaving his head other than trying to tell the Cardassians that he was a total badass, and did he really think it would work?
And if Kathryn Janeway wants to have long hair why doesn't she just let it be long? She has to put it up in a bun every time she leaves her quarters. What's the *point*? Grow it long or grow it short, but why grow it long and then tie it up to be short?
And don't get me started on facial hair. Ugh! It looks disgusting on nearly every human I've seen it on. I almost thought William Riker had potential, once; even granted him the powers of the Q. But then he grew a beard, and now I'm grateful he turned me down. Talk about dodging a bullet! Any being who actually thinks that rug on his face makes him more attractive does *not* belong in the Q Continuum.
No, of all the things that puzzle me about humans, I think their own attitudes toward their hair is one of the most trivial and yet the most puzzling. It's *fur*. Every mammal on your planet grows it. Why do you make such a huge thing about it?
Muse: Q
Fandom: Star Trek TNG and others