FictionalRed

90's kid - autism being - any pronouns other than it - trekkie - bi - Belgian 🖖 Welcome! 🖖 I try to tag everything. Feel free to ask me anything.

[fictionalred]

ma thing is eepy style

[terkaterr]

ah doing ma thing just like god int- (remembers im atheist) just like the universe intend- (remembers i don't believe in determinism) just like noone and nothing intended ever. doin ma thang fucking unpredictable style

[writergeekrhw]

There are some DS9 fans who really insist that The Big Bashir Retcon couldn’t have actually been a retcon, because it was so well-laid out in various hints prior to Doctor Bashir, I Presume?, and therefore must have always been intended.

Obviously, this isn’t true, and the folks who actually wrote that episode have explained how the retcon came about (they needed a second act twist and didn’t think about the implications). But as someone who worked on the earlier seasons of the show, with the usual assortment of inconsistencies that most shows of that era would have, episode to episode, do you have any thoughts on:

A) how well it does or doesn’t gel with things like Bashir’s ever-changing story of why he decided to become a doctor, or why he didn’t finish first in his class, or why he decided to seek a post on the “frontier” instead of somewhere more prestigious, and also

B) on how well the show incorporated Bashir’s unique status as an openly genetically engineered Starfleet officer going forward? (I think that all that was after your era and I would never encourage you to talk smack about your fellow writers, but I’m still curious about your thoughts as a writer if you have any you’d like to share.)

(Personally I think as a retcon, it works amazingly well with all of the said minor inconsistencies in Bashir’s appearances on the show, but it does seem like that was more of a happy byproduct than anything else—one of those glorious accidents writers sometimes trip and fall into without planning it.)

Yeah, totally a retcon. That said....

A) I think it fit pretty well. It gives a solid reason for him tanking his exam, motivates his profession, and explains his occasional arrogance, especially early on.

B) Can't really speak to that because, as you said, I wasn't on staff for Season 6 and 7.

(Addendum): I agree!

[tomb-mold]

my foul demeanour and ill temper. my quarrelsome and disagreeable nature

[5ner]

[fictionalred]

It is extremely hard focusing on my miserable post apocalypse playlist during my post apocalypse gaming when ephron is laughing his ass off at smth he's watching xD

[blanc-ci]

Pressed to the pulse point💙💛

Spock’s captainly devotion can now be immortalized forever in your home as a mini print !!

[adestroy]

Can we all agree that shoe optimization peaked in the early 21st century?

This comic was cowritten by the real Nurse Chapel AKA @psychoticpterodactyl16

[evenlyevi]

Moonlight Dandelions (in color) - original bw ver!

[mr--spock]

Why, Mr. Spock, you almost make me believe in miracles. (insta | timelapse here! | commissions/prints)

[fuzzygifs]

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[babygirlbaka]

Arachne from Soul Eater

[waywardvictorianconfessions]

I'd give my arm just know the BTS of the Liar/DITNA EP. Dope Stars inc., Velvet Acid Christ, Angelspit — these guys are LEGENDS and i'm dying to know how those collabs ever happened

[darkpagesworld]

[stilltheeking-deactivated202605]

idc if I we kissed 174543638 times i WANT ANOTHER KISS

[puppygirllaika]

"chekhov's gun" my ass. he used a phaser.

[melis-writes]

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