#space pope

[writergeekrhw]

Can I just say that you and the other DS9 writers did a brilliant job at making Kai Winn the most annoying fictional Karen to ever Karen? Everything about her pisses me off so much. She hits every “conservative lady who would tell me that she’d pray for me if I told her I was bi” button in my brain and it’s clear from the way that she’s written that she’s supposed to. Absolute props.

Thanks. That was absolutely the intention, so I'll take the props. But also, much of the credit belongs to the late, great Louise Fletcher for her brilliant performance.

[kuanyida]

SPACE POPE

[norathecobbler]

So in the episode of Omniverse where Azmuth uses a remote to deactivate Albedo (let's ignore that part), Albedo calls a story about Azmuth apocryphal. In my experience that word has religious connotations and gives me the impression that not only is "First Thinker" a position of leadership, but also that Azmuth has a position of religious significance.

Azmuth's general assholishness is compounded when you realize that he's so smart that he's the goddamned Space Pope

[usstrekart]

“The Collaborator” (S02E24, Stardate Unknown) returns to the Spiritual and Political life of Bajor with a real mystery that doesn't play out until the final minutes. The pacing is even, and Kira gets some solid material to work with. And Bareil is not a plank of wood! Plus we get the beginning of Kai Winn I had a hard time figuring out what to focus on for my episode poster, but I think I am happy with what I landed on.

[notlessperfectthanlore]

I have some thoughts about the Bajorans

There are always those jokes going around about Space Pope and all that & they're funny, I make them too

But watching Ds9 as a Polish person the Bajorans & Kira really remind me very much of my experience, with oppression and a people using organised religion to cope & unite against it, as well as the people in religious power abusing the hell out of this situation and the struggle that then ensues for the individual.

Occupied Bajor reminds me of occupied Poland during the world war & the communist regime. The Bajorans using their religion to cope with that reminds me of a lot of Catholic Poles clinging to Catholicism in times of hardship. The Kai very much reminds me of the Pope, the Vedeks of the Bishops, heck even the robes and texts and candles the Bajorans use seem familiar. The religious angst various characters experience sounds very familiar to me, having grown up Catholic (and Queer!). Kira trying to reconcile her faith with her actions as well as trying to come to terms with her faith leaders repeatedly failing her and the pain that accompanies this while still participating in services and remaining practising. It all sounds very much like my own struggle.

And boy, the religious leaders who abuse their power during but especially after the occupation sounds just like post-communism Polish politics. The religious organisation who was held as the beacon of hope against the regime by many & who abuses its power immensely. The complicated state of religion being simultaneously a point of rallying against oppression and oppressive themselves. The Kai drunken with power. The corruption. Trying to reconcile your faith in the abstract celestial entity with the very real harmful Bajoran/Polish Catholic politics is something both Kira and I struggle with. Her standing up to her Kai but trying to stay faithful despite all strongly resonates with me. I don't know if I will make the same choices as she has but seeing this on screen, idk, it does something. I very much relate.

Tldr; Polish person thinks the Bajorans share a lot of similarities to Polish Catholicism, in all its good & especially bad complexities

[leightoningstrike]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 9/12 Fandom: Captain Marvel (2019), Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Carol Danvers/Yon-Rogg Additional Tags: Dead Dove: Do Not Eat

[thedaily-beer]

Cigar City’s Space Pope IPA (Picked up at Whole Foods in Plymouth Meeting, PA). A 3 of 4. Smells of orange and just a touch of tropical fruit. Lighter, bready body with some fruity sweetness, and a nice bitter finish. Solid.

[crapstitch]

space pope coast to coast