#ds9 pel

[sparklylovegiver]

So I got a new sketchbook Monday bc I wanted to see how drawing bigger things would go, and your Pel is the inaugural drawing! :)

(I took some creative liberties with her Quark date dress ik, but I hope you like it! Also It has pockets! XD)

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH 💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭💞😭 I FREAKING LOVE HER OMG!!!!!!

The pockets are VERY on brand too. 🫡 all her designs 100% have pockets. Thank you so much 😭💞😭

[denahi]

A very late Multifandom Doodle gift -- I started this in 2021. I saw these eight characters being requested and came up with a 4-piece idea themed around pairs of characters in Quark's family celebrating a Ferengi holiday themed around Rule of Acquisition #75 ("Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum") and the date the Ferengi acquired warp drive technology, but then didn't have the time to actually execute it. I was finally able to finish this up for Late Treat Bonanza. More notes under the cut if you're interested:

Jake and Nog are in charge of cooking. This is post-canon, so Jake has some facial hair, and also can cook Ferengi dishes.

Rom and Leeta are in charge of decorating. I get the feeling they'd both enjoy making things look pretty. I wanted to come up with a holiday that Ferengi might celebrate, so I decided on a commemoration of when Ferengi bought warp drive technology and so were able to travel the stars for the first time (and so engage in many new business ventures!). Traditional decorations are the Tower of Commerce (this one here is an official 1/300 scale model) plus the Ferengi Alliance insignia, stars, and slips of latinum. This one took me forever -- trying to figure out poses and perspective and the background... ToT

Pel and Ishka are making the dough! Pel is on a business call, and Ishka is giving her advice while also doing some stock trading.

Finally, Quark and Odo are doing nothing of value arguing with each other at the dining room table.

[antisocial-transfag]

Was watching Quark try to give Sisko (I think?) relationship advice, and he was saying that ferengis don’t have these sort of problems, and I had to stop for a moment cause like. He says he wants a ferengi tradwife like he didn’t fall in love with a crossdressing criminal instead. I dunno Quark, seems like ferengi ideas about relationships didn’t work out so well for you

[spritespi]

[ID: A screencap from Star Trek:DS9 S2e7 of Quark and Pel, with Quark laying on his back and Pel leaning over him in a partial straddle, captioned “Something really lgbt just happened to me”. End ID]

[sarahwatchesthings]

DS9 S2 E7 “Rules of Acquisition”

Dax: I don’t care what anybody says. I love him.  Pel: So do I.  Dax: You really do, don’t you? Pel: What? Dax: Love Quark. Pel: [looking around uncomfortably] Dax: Don’t bother trying to deny it. I’ve seen the way you look at him.  Pel: Please, keep your voice down.  Dax: Does he know? Pel: [whispering] He doesn’t even know I’m a female.  Dax: [in profound shock] You’re a woman?  Pel: Please lower your voice! Please.  Dax: I knew there was something different about you. 

I’ve always liked this bit. Because even though we’ve never seen a gay Ferengi, and even though this show was made in the early nineties by people who even tried to make Garak straight, Dax expresses almost no surprise at the idea of Pel being into Quark, before she realizes Pel is a woman (which is the real shocker). I’d never made the connection before, but watching this last night I realized this is probably a nod to the fact that Dax is a Trill—to her, the link between romantic attraction and gender is tenuous at best. It’s a nice subtle detail, especially given that this episode aired well before “Rejoined.”

[denahi]

Quark's exes - Natima, Grilka, and Pel. "Some of Quark's past lovers, I think it could be a lot of fun if they met up (and maybe found each other to be romantically interesting, wink wink)."

Drawn for Multifandom Doodle 2021.