Wings That Cross Time

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[chronoxtreme]

Intro I guess

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[chronoxtreme]

On the subject of Spirk and Garashir commonalities, The Wire and Amok Time are equivalent in that they are The Peak Shipping Episode - because they are tonally opposite of the majority of the onscreen dynamic, and that tonal dissonance brings the ship from "those two guys" to "barely even subtext." Spirk is very much a product of its time: a brothers in arms bond that goes deeper than just simple platonic affection. Its subtext is completely accidental; neither actor was intentionally playing a romance. Yet there is something more compelling there than just brothers in arms. There is a sensuality to some of their interactions, but for the most part I read this primal devotion to each other. One half cannot exist without the other. They state this on screen multiple times. And while there is that devotion in Amok Time, it is unabashedly horny in a way that very few other Spirk moments are. They are straight up fight fucking in the sand. People saw it in 1967, people see it today. It is the type of gay sex that isn't actually gay sex but is more homosexual than gay sex because it's not gay sex. It's the complete opposite of their usual dynamic, and yet it brings a primal chemistry to the mix. It exposes that their relationship is not just simple comraderie, there's a sexual undertone there. Garashir, on the other hand, is a far more sensual, even erotic dynamic. It's acted out intentionally on the parts of both actors, especially Andy Robinson's half. Garak literally cruises Julian in the replimat for their very first meeting, and for each one of their lunch dates it always feels a bit subversive (usually because they're debating some hard hitting topics). There's a lot of innuendo going on, visually.

And while there are some erotic moments in The Wire (the cork scene in Quark's anyone?), it is, first and foremost, a story about pure unconditional love. Garak and Bashir might be two utter freaks, but they are devoted to each other in some of the most romantic ways I've ever seen on television. Garak asking for forgiveness and Julian giving it to him freely is a moment of pure, true love. Likewise, Garak submitting to Julian's care and being vulnerable to him, even telling him the truth veiled in lies, is an act of pure, true love. It takes the ship from just two men dancing around each other flirting to genuine romance.

[chronoxtreme]

Ngl one of my favorite commonalities between Spirk and Garashir is that you've got one of them, the alien, yearning. Oh how he yearns. Not just for his beloved, but for everything: home, acceptance, acclaim from his peers. There is a wistfulness to him, a melancholy, mourning something they never really had. And then the other is Mega Turbo Himbo 2000 (until you find out that their backstory is actually kinda Mega Fucked Up)

[trekgate]

[thisisteal-deactivated20181208]

garak:

[gplusbfics]

Well, then.

[ferryfoam]

The first time they meet Garak is immediately fantasing about taking Julian on a honeymoon to his beloved home country okay Garak

[inesk-art]

A glass of kanar Commission for the lovely @samcentral! Yes, I'm open for commissions :D.

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[inesk-art]

Morning coffee on Cardassia for @noveltale <3 Thank you so much, I loved all the softness and the fluff! Castellan Garak is ready to start the day, his husband not so much. Julian is wearing pyjama bottoms... or something like that... cause it's hot. (Or nothing, whatever you want ...) If you like my stuff and want to support me: https://ko-fi.com/inessketches <3 Thank you!

[knivesandteeth]

So like Garak left his pretty doctor a hint to his location in the form of one of the amino acids which enable the viability of cardassian and human mating.... Which could mean nothing

[laurelhach]

Headcanon: because Humans will pet ANYTHING, when he gets to Cardassia, Julian is immediately taken in by riding hounds - who fall for him just as quickly, much to Garak's surprise.

they’re basically the same thing, right

[fauvester]

workaholics at home

[trekgate]

[thisisteal-deactivated20181208]

garak:

[gplusbfics]

Well, then.

[ferryfoam]

The first time they meet Garak is immediately fantasing about taking Julian on a honeymoon to his beloved home country okay Garak

[master-of-the-game]

[jadenvargen]

ok. some. out fits. ……………..and well<3

[seraph5]

Just finished reading Enigma Tales and while it is an absolutely banging read (the best Star Trek book I’ve read) I was left with a renewed Garashir hunger. I don’t know why the top half of Bashir’s onesie star fleet uniform is wrapped around his waist so that his upper body is exposed. Don’t ask me. (Probably working in a garden for Garak or something whombst to know)

[pien-art]

Kira and Dax being cozyyyyyy. As a little treat

Prints available here :p

[captbexx]

Quark & Grilka

[kugelfische]

dont fall in love

[beechicory]

Oh my God, in the DS9 novel "Station Rage", there's a scary invasion situation coming to the station, and Garak tries desperately to trick Bashir into going down to Bajor, to get him out of danger???

The station has been largely evacuated but the department heads have to stay, and Julian insists that anyway he has to stay (and wants to stay) to treat any casualties.

So Garak lies that Sisko had passed a message through Garak that they need Bashir down on Bajor to figure out the source of a medical emergency.

And then, and then Julian figures out it's a lie, because, after passing on this supposed message... Garak lingers too long. Because he's concerned. And that tips Julian off.

OH MY GOD?

'His natural clairvoyance' - aka goddammit he knows me too freaking well.

As echoed immediately by:

Julian can read him, dammit.

AND, a point I think is true and huge: Julian is the only person to have approached and treated Garak like Garak is an individual. He absolutely knows that Garak is a scary spy dude, but he treats that as a facet of Garak, not the sole definition of Garak. Julian has always treated him entirely differently than anyone else has.

Then Garak tries to be all armoured and sharp to hide his anxiety and his deep, personal concern, but he's completely transparent to Julian who is just like, "Yes yes, you adore me, I adore you too, duh, but back to the whole tricking me off the station thing?".

So Garak is just like 'ah crap none of my sneaky attempts to get him to safety worked, not even my attempt to hide my feelings worked!' and just gives up trying to hide his emotions, and is openly like 'I neeeeeeed to get you off the station and out of danger'

?????!!!!!!!???????!!!!!!!!!