#ds9 rewatch

[theflikchic]

Odo being good with/liking kids is such a peak character trait. Like, all accounts suggest he should find kids so annoying but he is consistently shown to not only be good with them but he's almost better at interacting with them than he is with adults. A part of me wonders if that's because in changeling years, he is a kid but it's just, like, a small thing I really appreciate.

[zani-is-a-stan]

Berman: No homo

Robinson: Counter offer. All homo. Every homo. Extreme homo. Homo max. Homo plus subscription -

Siddig: Into it.

Robinson: - Homo brothers discovery. Homo.zip.org. Homo shopping channel. Homoswap. First time homo owner -

Bernan: Stop.

Siddig: No?

[horrorfilmlesbian]

girl I think Paramount+ is missing a scene in the final ds9 episode. Unless I fucking hallucinated the scene where Garak said goodbye to Julian in part 2 of what we leave behind

Edit: yes they have why is paramount+ using a version of the show that is missing scenes. I have to kill someone.

[cmdrcepicard]

Julian Subatoi Bashir u lil shit how the hell u gonna be 90% forehead and still be the most ethereally beautiful man I have ever laid peepers on

[fatalism-and-villainy]

First observation about the development of the Sisko-Kira dynamic is that there are several moments in the very early episodes where Sisko extends trust towards Kira despite the friction between them. In Past Prologue, she insists that she should accompany Tahna Los on the runabout for credibility when he goes to make the exchange. Sisko goes along with it despite his reservations, because he listens to her reasoning and realizes she’s right. And this is the same episode where earlier he was laying into her for going behind his back with Starfleet Command, and where he was suspicious as to the extent of her involvement with the Kohn-Ma. In Babel, right when Kira’s about to storm off to abduct Dr. Surmak (insane of her), Sisko tries to stop her, but relents when Odo points out that they’re in a pretty desperate situation.

And I think that pattern really lays the groundwork for her stated willingness to work collaboratively with him at the end of the season. In the pilot, when she’s hostile towards him, he says that he specifically requested a Bajoran First Officer. His later behaviour shows that it wasn’t just a symbolic request, and that he does value her input and shape his approach based on it.

(It’s also interesting that in both those examples, Odo is acting as something of an intermediary between them - the Babel example, and the fact that in Past Prologue, when Kira confides in him about her conflicted loyalties, he gives her a nudge towards telling Sisko everything by calling Sisko to his office, which paves the way for Sisko trusting her to be a part of the plan to apprehend Tahna.)

[enby-xb-nomad]

I'm finding myself unexpectedly moved by Bashir's character growth in DS9 during this rewatch. His progression from inexperienced doofus who was constantly on an ego trip about practicing "frontier medicine" to the doctor (and the person) we see in Hippocratic Oath, Hard Time, The Quickening, Nor the Battle to the Strong...? Just, the emergence of this mature seriousness and strong moral code and profound compassion over his time on the station is a really beautiful thing to watch, tbh.

Don't mind me, just watched "Nor the Battle to the Strong" and was legit choked up watching Bashir step into a caretaker/protector role for Jake when shit got real, knowing that S1 Bashir would have completely biffed it. (Also wept at the end of "Hard Time" at the way he showed up for O'Brien.)

[theartistac]

Star Trek really needs to bring back DS9 fashion.

[hincithur]

— weirdo beige goth gf flirting >>>>>