This Blog Supports DeForest Kelley's Eyelid

The weird way it wrinkles and a bunch of other fun TOS/TNG/DS9 junk (side blog!)

[hincithur]

— problematic texture gap

[obliviousmelon]

headcanon that a ferengi tradition is putting your new baby up for sale at a ridiculous price to show how valuable they are to you (everyone has to be polite and not actually buy them or hands will be thrown, people will be sued, etc etc)

[libraflyter]

I love the idea of Ferengi traditions that are both ha-ha capitalism but also create a functioning culture that’s more than a metaphor.

[thecottageinthedark]

[datasoong47]

So, this is related to a headcanon I have. There's a kind of ritual sale of childhood goods as part of the Ferengi coming-of-age, which was featured in an episode of DS9. The ostensible purpose is to raise capital for the young Ferengi male. But, like, if the Ferengi were approaching this in their usual capitalistic mindset, you wouldn't really get much from what's basically a glorified garage sale

My headcanon is that it is the accepted practice to buy those goods at much higher prices than you would normally pay, serving as a culturally acceptable way of effectively giving financial support

[shiroikabocha]

Oh I love these, especially because of the spoken and unspoken meta-traditions around the tradition! Maybe they work similarly to the “speak now or forever hold your peace” thing in human marriage ceremonies. Everyone at a human wedding understands you’re not actually supposed to say anything at that point, it’s just a formality—but you see characters do it all the time in literature and entertainment, because it makes for such a juicy plot twist.

I bet “newborn gets purchased by evil jealous ex-business partner” is a classic plot hook in Ferengi soap operas. It’s their version of getting sold to One Direction.

[dredgen-dumbass]

saw this and had to make it them

[weenwem]

Amok Time

[raisinchallah]

the sisko kirk hero worship homoeroticism would be entirely reversed if kirk ever showed up on ds9 thru his own time travel circumstances because the first thing that would happen is he would meet quark and the thing about kirk is there is nobody in the entire space and time of the universe that would annoy him more than quark it would immediately be like the worst day he ever experienced it would be like nonstop torment trying to understand why these things keep happening to him and then he would see sisko tactfully handling quark or god forbid see him getting quark to kiss the nagus scepter and like it would be over for him like sisko handling quark related paperwork would be the single most heroic thing hes ever seen like he would become immediately obsessed and bewitched

[abilugarak]

I know this is an ice cold take but watching TOS was shocking because I thought Kirk was a womanizer before going in and no it turns out he just loves falling in love.

[trekkiesagainstchastity]

Yes, he's a slut, but he's an emotional slut and he deserves credit for that

[unamccormack]

If you haven’t read Kirk Drift, read Kirk Drift.

[itberice]

Jadzia Dax & Lenara Kahn Star Trek: Deep Space Nine I 4.05 Rejoined

[pointyeared]

Update: I'm about 5 or 6 hours in now.

[reject-tiefling]

Bedtime doodle where they k-kiss and the Klingons fujo-out!

[evil-masdane]

intricate rituals

[nugulover69]

[razztazticffn]

Happy First Contact Day!

April 5, 2063.

[worflesbian]

obsessed with the way riker pets this dog

[flo-fae]

Star Trek Deep Space Nine CD player

[aphrostiel]

spock and the whales

last night I watched The Voyage Home and... life-changing is the least I can say to describe it. seeing Spock with whales lighted up something in me, it was so beautiful. I got emotional while drawing, and now while writing, this. many great moments to draw from this movie, but I wanted to make emphasis on this today. I love you so much Spock.

[hellodarjeeling]

Some fake ads for the Neocities Star Trek fansite I've been working on :)

[brighhton]

spirk will CURE artblock type YES to AFFIRM!!!