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[sebilini]

another idea from @ggarashirr

[ds9promenade]

ID: incredible artwork of Garak Julian Bashir in the style of ancient Greek art, specifically imitating art on a vase featuring Achilles bandaging Patroclus's arm. The art is done in an earthy orange tone on a black background: framed by a circle and surrounded by small stars as embellishment, Garak sits cross-legged while Julian kneels beside him, wrapping Garak's bicep in a strip of bandage. Both have serious expressions, and Garak's head is turned away though his eye gazes subtly back towards Julian.

Under the readmore is @ggarashirr's text post reading "using my telepathic abilities to send the idea to someone with more art skills than me of redrawing the patrochilles bandage vase art with julian and garak," followed by the original Grecian vase with Achilles and Patroclus.

[frogayyyy]

Spin this wheel twice... These are your new roommates at Starfleet Academy!

How do you feel about this?

AMAZING!!!! This is the best case scenario

Great! I like both of these people

Good.

Eh... Could be better, but it could be worse

Bad. I'm not going to enjoy this year

TERRIBLE. Someone will end up dead

I'm dropping out

other/nuance/secret whatever option

Remaining time: 6 days 21 hours

if one/both of your new roommates is a child you assume responsibility of that child

if you get the same person twice, you have to live with both of them

[frogayyyy]

there's actually only one best case scenario

[hellodarjeeling]

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

[imadoctornotanescalator]

DS9 Textposts pt 121-???

[2nostrils]

amok

[knivesandteeth]

The only star trek medicine i respect is trauma surgeon Bashir's bare below the elbows Defiant era look

[lazuelazuli]

@imadoctornotanescalator Well no wonder there’s so many Garashir fucking on the Defiant era fics. The absolute deadly combo of depressed rizz and exposed skin. It borders on a Cardassian deep v. Garak is going to gnaw on him like a rawhide. *I* want to gnaw on him like a rawhide.

[thatswhenmylifebegins]

I audibly gasped when I saw him in that episode.

[fuglydrawingz]

I had to draw them

[spockvarietyhour]

[onetobeamupart]

Frak and Yeenaszar are rivals in love, each determined to win the attention of the same elusive female Slad. But the bitter courtship may fail entirely due to the lure of parthenogenesis. Each must prove himself to her satisfaction, because the option of neither looms over them both. Good Luck.

Gorn romance novels are . Incredibly blunt and weird

[galaktio]

It supposed to be a sad lizard moment, but its also cute&funny somehow. Dealing with no-sun depression is so hard

[onetobeamupart]

In Bajoran historiography, journeys into Holy Lands are treated less as tourism than as disciplined inquiry—an effort to establish, against the hazards of distance and rumour, which sites may properly be named, visited, and interpreted. This famous historical account of Vedek Ibn Badar proceeds stage by stage: routes and escorts are recorded alongside the traveler’s method for weighing testimony, comparing ritual practice, and determining how sacred geography is encoded in the built environment. What emerges is not merely a catalogue of places, but a study in evidentiary practice—how devotion, logistics, and verification converge as the traveler moves through contested thresholds toward meaning.

[unamccormack]

This is so incredibly beautiful.

[onetobeamupart]

Heat in the shadow

[trek-eu]

Bones McCoy is a gift from god

[mumbo-isthemoonbig]

i was so naive in thinking that spirk shippers were exaggerating. what the fuck is wrong with these two.

[mumbo-isthemoonbig]

SPOCK HAS A MATING CYCLE?????

[problematic-character-tournament]

ROUND 2 — Match 8 of 138

Lestat de Lioncourt (Interview with the Vampire)

Problematic because: "Toxic. Manipulative. Selfish. Egotistical. Jealous. Clingy. Codependent. Vampire who delights in killing. There's a pretty prominent instance of severe domestic violence and at least one quick instance of child abuse, and just a lot (a LOT) of emotional abuse/manipulation at his hands. And now he's a rockstar, with all the excess and abuses associated with that. Not to mention the incestuous situationship he's got with his mother." Propaganda: 1. "I meannnnnn he's hot, he's cunty, and he's kind of funny" 2. "His fear of abandonment/loneliness/being alone and his desperate need to be loved is honestly very understandable, very sympathetic. He's incredibly charming and charismatic to mask those insecurities but they're very much a core component of his character. His backstory earns him a bit of sympathy and there's also the fact that the story we've been told so far is one-sided and Lestat himself insists much of it is untrue. How much? Which bits? Can we believe him anymore than the other unreliable narrators? Who knows, but it's utterly fascinating to follow along."

vs. Q (Star Trek)

Problematic because: "He has the general flaws you might expect of a character who is omnipotent; a massive ego and unwillingness to consider the needs and desires of anyone he sees as beneath him (that being anyone who isn't also a Q and some who are). People are mostly playthings to him, and if you actually manage to get his interest that just means he will make your life even more complicated." Propaganda: "He's so fun! Dealing with him in person would be a nightmare, but watching your favourite characters deal with his antics is always a good time. And John de Lancie inhabits the role with so much humor and charm it's just impossible not to love him whenever he's on screen."

Who should advance?

Lestat de Lioncourt

Q

Voting ended onJul 21

(Disclaimer: All text above was sent in by submitters and not written by OP.)

[problematic-character-tournament]

ROUND 2 — Match 22 of 138

Garak (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

Problematic because: "worked for the space fascist lizard KGB" Propaganda: "there is truly so much going on with him. he was exiled from his home for mysterious reasons, he's gay, he kills people, they put a chip in his brain, at least 2 regimes want him dead, he is determined to escape exile and he wants to die but the twink doctor he's involved with won't let that happen. i don't want to spoil more than i already have"

vs. Kyubey (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Problematic because: "manipulating young girls into contracts that force them to kill monsters until they themselves turn into monsters" Propaganda: "This behavior was ultimately not based on any form of malice, as they supposedly have no emotion(considered a rare mental illness for their kind) and they needed to harvest human girls to stall out the heat death of the universe. Plus they're just this unkillable little freak that will just consume their corpse as soon as they get into a new vessel, just to bother one of the girls that they're talking to."

Who should advance?

Garak

Kyubey

Voting ended onJul 24

(Disclaimer: All text above was sent in by submitters and not written by OP.)

[tj-dragonblade]

Propaganda for Garak: He lies. He manipulates. He assassinates. He obfuscates. We assume a past full of atrocities but maybe he's just letting us make assumptions. It's all true, especially the lies. Willing to do whatever it takes to further his goals, and possibly yours, particularly if they're in alignment. Attempted genocide at least once. Cannot believe a word he says, except when you can. Cannot trust him as far as you can throw him, except for when you can. Will feed you insane amounts of half-truths and bullshit with a smile on his face and sincerity dripping from every word. Is he telling the truth this time? That's up to you to decide, my dear. Moral compass is wildly askew, except for when it's not. His rampant patriotism is outstripped only by that pesky nagging insistence that sometimes one must do The Right Thing, regardless of what your country's loudest voices are telling you. A dangerous man to have as an enemy, and a dangerous but invaluable ally. Easily one of the most richly complex and memorable characters to ever grace the small screen

[onetobeamupart]

Kiss your Klingon comrade in arms