Aug 1, 2024
I do think that the single most chilling thoughtless/accidental piece of timing in all of DS9 has got to be that Ziyal was conceived like, firmly within the same year as Kira Meru's (incredibly untimely and implausible) death
#ds9 tag#like I'm pretty sure the writing intends you to go oh a Bajoran died of illness during the Occupation that's unremarkable#no no. *Dukat's mistress* did that after 7 years of associated decent-standard-of-living#in her what. maybe not even 40s? that's horrifying#Kira was about 3 when Meru was kidnapped and Meru died 7 years later#Kira is canonically 10 years Ziyal's senior#like I presume maybe someone did do napkin math just to make sure Meru wasn't wildly overlapping with Tora Naprem#but I do not get the impression that anyone thought through the actual implications there#(because fridging women is a free move lol)
