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DS9 | Garashir | OFMD || She/her | 30s | Aroace AO3: timetraveller14 | Fanvids: youtube.com/@timetravellr14 I like music, animals, optimistic comedies with unexpected depth, bootstrap paradoxes, and complex lizard/human courtship rituals. [My original thoughts are tagged #op, #reblog, or #conversation]

[timetravellr14]

⭐DS9 / Julian Bashir fans going to STLV⭐

Since this is my first time going and Alexander Siddig will be there, I have this idea that I'm hoping to manifest. I'm trying to get a group of cosplayers together for a group photo with Sid dressed as Julian's "love interests." We have Jadzia, Leeta, and Garak (plush) and are looking for an Ezri and one more (Melora, Lt. Watley, etc.).

Up to four people can be in a picture. Might recruit a live Garak if no one is interested in cosplaying the one-offs but I think it would be cool and unique to have some less-represented characters! I would love to see a Melora. We could even split it into two photos if we gather more niche ones like Vash or the unnamed Bajoran date from season 1 (and/or try and see if we can get a table selfie together).

Anyway I think this would be really good and silly, and it is my dream lol. Would appreciate reblogging for reach and/or tagging people you know who may be interested ❤️

[spocksocksrock]

tbh garak was real for this, i also want bashir to dress sluttier

[hvezdnastreka]

Might delete this later as I genuinely hate how this turned out, but I wanted to have a shot at the Swiss cheese tunic. It's so ridiculous and I do think Julian can be convinced to do some ridiculous stuff lol

[ettaberrytea]

id: Julian wearing a green tunic that has giant hexagon shaped holes in it. He's saying "you had to have realized, that I could never wear this in a respectable company right?" The drawing is based on the first image which is a excerpt from a book. The text says: Garak indicated a headless mannequin just inside the door. It had on a gaudy green tunic with large and rather revealing holes sewn in the front and sides. It looked like nothing so much as a jigantic green swiss cheese, Bashir thought. "It's perfect for a doctor," Garak said with a smile. "It's so revealing," Bashir said. "All of your patients will see how healthy you are, which in turn will give them greater faith in your medical abilities." "Uh I'll have to t think about it." end id.

[transstuffandmore]

Please Reblog is Your Blog is Safe for Non-Binary People.

[bees-and-voids-deactivated20210]

If my mutuals can’t rb this then we can’t be mutuals

[mollymerula]

we need to normalize a tradition where nonpartnering aros are like "hey, i'm officially never getting married, please come to this party and give me whatever kitchenware you would have bought me for a wedding"

[aroacesafeplaceforall]

This is me.

[timetravellr14]

Spreading the word to DS9 cosplayers going to STLV!

There's a group getting together to take a big DS9 cosplay photo, trying to get every main character. The time is not decided yet, it will depend on the con schedule. All DS9 cosplayers are welcome, but they're specifically looking to get some rep for the following:

-Odo -Julian Bashir -Nog -Jake Sisko -Ezri Dax -Garak

Anyone doing these? I'm still also looking for an Ezri to join our photo op with Sid!

So let me know if you're doing DS9 cosplay :)

[wastingyourgum]

Taika confirming on Trevor Noah's World Cup Watch Party that YES, We're Wolves is happening and YES it will star Rhys Darby!!!

Source: https://www.youtube.com/live/dk4idCfM8eA?t=8346s

[timetravellr14]

Pliable Truths by Dayton Ward (2024)

A really cool TNG/DS9 crossover! Great story but rude to ASIT believers :’(

Read it if you want to see: -TNG and DS9 people working together -Transition of Terok Nor to Deep Space Nine -Origin of O'Brien's transfer to DS9 -Same-sex honeypotting -Ro Laren -Keiko doing botany -Kira's first interaction with Federation people -Kira and Garak's first interaction -Bajorans getting fed up and kicking ass -Garak being polite but shady -Starfleet officers calling out the Federation for not helping the Bajorans sooner

9/10, points lost for ASIT non-compliance were regained with the equal opportunity honeytrapping

[writergeekrhw]

what parts of real history were most influential on your writing in ds9?

Off the top of my head:

Bajor - WW2, the Troubles, Israel/Palestine, the Belgian Congo

Dominion - Roman, Mongol, and British Empires

Cardassia - The Cold War, DDR

Federation - The Red Scare, various CIA scandals, post-WW2 America in general

Maquis - The Maquis

Ferengi - late stage Western Capitalism, Robber Barons

[startrekds9]

Star Trek: DS9 | Cardassians – Way Down We Go

[startrekds9]

Bashir Smiling (2/2)

requested by lemonsweetie

[fatalism-and-villainy]

What I find offensive about the “memory probe ex machina” writing maneuver of establishing Ezri’s feelings for Julian is how little weight that procedure is actually given outside of its role as a narrative prop. She is tortured! She undergoes a significant mental violation, with cognitively impairing effects, while being held prisoner, and it is relegated to a romcom-esque plot mechanism.

But what’s striking about it as well is that Julian Bashir has not only also been a political prisoner, but has undergone a very comparable trauma in the form of having Romulan memory probes used on him in “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges.” I think one could argue that that episode also does not attend to the trauma of that experience as fully as it could (instead only noting that the devices weren’t effective on him), but it does at least get emotional follow-through in “Extreme Measures” when he takes a cold and vindictive pleasure in turning the same instrument against Sloan, and it becomes pretty unambiguous that He Didn’t Enjoy That, Actually. There is no such gravitas placed on Ezri’s experience (even though Ezri has been established as struggling with violent impulses since the joining, something torture trauma would only exacerbate).

Anyway, it’s a baffling aspect of the writing of that relationship to me - that it has to manufacture this device to establish Ezri’s feelings for Julian, and in doing so, completely ignores the point of commonality that doing so establishes between the two characters.

[yeahiwasintheshit]

[prideprejudce]

here’s a hard pill to swallow: abuse does not just exclusively occur in romantic or family relationships. friends can be just as toxic to your physical and mental wellbeing as a partner or a family member. also, the aftermath of being in an abusive friendship can be just as traumatizing as any other abusive relationship. don’t boo me i’m right 

[prideprejudce]

for some reason people don't know this but toxic friends can mirror all the same behaviors as seen in an abusive romantic partner. i will use my own story of my ex-high school best friend who abused me for several years. signs of abuse include but are not limited to:

Humiliating or embarrassing you - my ex-best friend LOVED to try and make me squirm in any way possible to see my reaction. once she went up to a guy and told him i had a crush on him to watch me struggle to explain myself

Unreasonable jealousy - if i so much as went to hang out with any of my other friends i would have to let my ex-best friend know beforehand. i pretty much had to get her permission to see other people or she would be convinced that i was ‘ditching her forever’

Refusing to communicate - if she was ever angry with me or upset she would never tell me that so we could talk about it. instead, she would ignore me or respond to all my texts with ‘k’ or ‘ya’ and i would have to struggle for hours to get her to tell me what was wrong

Ignoring or excluding you - she would ignore me for weeks at a time as a ‘punishment’ knowing that it would eat me up inside wondering what i did wrong. i still remember spending nights wide awake crying in bed because i didn’t know what to do 

Mean jokes or constantly making fun of you - she would constantly poke fun at my appearance and personality to where my self-confidence plummeted. god help me if i ever said anything about her though

Saying things like “If you don’t _____, I will_____.” - she would constantly threaten to kill herself if i didn't do what she wanted

Guilt trips - she never apologized once to me in our seven-plus years of being friends. not once. every time we argued i would be the one who apologized in the end. once when i stood up to her and called her out on treating me like crap she would make up a story of how her life was miserable and that i was making things worse 

Isolating you from friends and family - been mentioned before but she was extremely jealous of all my other relationships and would override my plans with other people on purpose and would guilt trip me if i still went to see them

 Domination and control - also mentioned before but i needed her permission on everything. if i joined any group or extracurricular activity without her knowing she would be furious   

Extreme moodiness - after ignoring me for weeks she would contact me out of the blue and act as if nothing happened. she would also refuse to talk about why she ignored me for so long and did not care if my mental health suffered from it

anyway, abusive friendships need to be acknowledged more because they are not only extremely common but also very damaging to someone’s mental health. i personally had to go through years of therapy to unlearn the guilt and self-hatred that my ex-friend helped instill in me. stay safe yall

[prideprejudce]

a GREAT addition from @mememic-bry

#also- because sometimes I think people throw around words like ‘abuse’ a little carelessly on this site #people who aren’t abusive sometimes might do one or two things on this list #because people are flawed #and sometimes we screw up and hurt each other and it’s ouch and it sucks #if your friend does one of these things once they are not an abuser and please don’t bring it up by saying ‘you’re being abusive’ #instead say ‘hey this specific thing you did hurt me and here’s why it was p stressful’ #and a good friend will hear you out. maybe they will get defensive or sad (cause who *likes* being called out let’s be real) #but ultimately they will listen to you. they will own up to their actions. #and they will make a genuine effort to not act in that way that hurt you again

#ON THE OTHER HAND #an abusive person will do several of these things *repeatedly* and *consistently*. it is a pattern woven in your relationship #and it just keeps happening #and if you try to bring it up they will deny any ownership of their actions #they will either say they never did those things OR that they *DID* but it’s not their fault #every single time they will gaslight you or make themselves the victim and refuse to hold themselves accountable for hurting you #that’s an abuser. that’s a toxic friend 

[deadmaidclub]

idk what do you guys think they did with all that time in prison. this was really the only option to me.

[timetravellr14]

Meridian is the Sub Rosa of DS9.

Deanna should have known immediately that something was wrong with Beverly.

Sisko should have known immediately that something was wrong with Jadzia (she should have been clearly compromised in some way).

[timetravellr14]

Killer line from Kira in Pliable Truths

"Accountability feels like oppression when you've never been held to account."

[spankerella]

Just in case you need this.

@ antifascist_615