She Just Goes Through Everyone's Quarters While They're Sleeping And Takes Their Cups And Plates Away For Her Collection - Tumblr Posts

just had another oddly specific Star Trek thought.... what do they do with all the replicated cups and plates at Ten Forward? like pretty much every food and drink comes with its own glass and its own plate or bowl and cutlery, and yet we never see what happens to them. do they keep them or do they destroy them with a phaser after they're done? does Guinan just have this comically large collection of glasses and plates stored in a secret closet no one knows about?

mid-post update: looked this up and learned they actually just go back into the replicator and get dematerialised. that explanation sounds really boring though so i'm going to imagine Guinan's hilariously gigantic crockery collection instead because that's funnier