#deep space nine

[jentirely-true]

Special Guest Star

Andrew Robinson

as

"Garak"

#star trek ds9 #ds9 #deep space nine #garak ds9 #elim garak #garak

[voskhodart]

I've been feeling very normal lately.

#non-trek followers can you look away for a second? i need to um. well... #my art #i drew this #ds9 #star trek #deep space nine #elim garak #garak #garashir #julian bashir #ds9 bashir #Took everything in me to not give him a Gucci belt btw.

[harrykim]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; 7.26 What You Leave Behind | 4.03 The Visitor | ID in ALT

#star trek #star trek ds9 #trekedit #ds9edit #deep space nine #ds9 #jake sisko #kira nerys #edit #scifiedit

[kryptidkhaos]

I need someone to draw the entire DS9 crew having a very emotional discussion about whether ACAB includes Odo or not.

Kira is in agony and looks like she's about to have a mental breakdown.

Someone stands up up from the back and shouts a very clear "YES."

It's Odo.

#star trek #ds9 #deep space nine #orignal post

[astoriachef]

#star trek #st:ds9 #deep space nine #nana visitor #alexander siddig

[leehallfae]

“lieutenant commander jadzia dax is a trill, a humanoid species that attains its fullest realization in symbiotic connection with a species of large, long-lived slugs called symbionts. a trill is also a musical articulation created, with an instrument, by the rapid alternation of two tones, either a whole or a half tone apart, or, with a voice, by the rapid vibration of one speech organ against another. a trill, then, is a singular musical motif created by the contiguous motion of two distinct notes or organs. it is simultaneously mobile and arrested, present and absent, ‘a sound locked in movement.’ likewise the trill are, in their fullest realization, a plural species, two distinct organs creating a unique and fluid singularity. the constant transformation between the two voices/organisms constitutes the fragile yet durable continuity of the t/Trill.”

— kathy e. ferguson, “this species which is not one: identity practices in star trek: deep space nine”

#my reading #words #kathy e. ferguson #star trek #trill #ds9 #deep space nine #deep space 9

[brynthatalien]

Fanart of @the-data-files’ Said because I love him :,)

#star trek #not my character #ds9 #my art #deep space nine

[multiverserift]

An often overlooked aspect of character and relationship building is the question: "How do the characters adress each other?"

It's a surprisingly interesting facet of DS9. I think Worf not once calls Quark by his name, it's always "the Ferengi".

Rom calls him only "Quark", I think, once or twice in the whole run of DS9. Otherwise it's always "Brother" or "my Brother". While Quark uses "my Brother" mostly derogatively, but when things get ugly, he says "Rom!"

[For all people reading this not familiar with Star Trek, another example: When Dean Winchester says "Sammy" you know things are escalating horribly.]

If someone knows an instance where Worf calls Quark by his name, let me know. I am looking for this for years. Maybe I heard it in the german translation.

Sisko is always called "Ben" by colleagues, which looks like an intimate name. Until you realize that he is called "Benjamin" only by his most intimate familiar, Dax. And mockingly and twisted, by Dukat. His full name is his pet name, while the abbreviated version is his more distanced, regular used name. Awesome detail.

Odo even mocks Kira for being interested in Chief O'Brien. Excuse me, I mean "Miles" 😉 In my own comic (not Star Trek related, I'm not brave enough for that), I, as the time of writing this, have only three characters on screen. And I put a lot of thought into the question: How do they adress each other? And even made a bit of fun of it.

Why am I telling you all this? Because Garak and Bashir have a very interesting dynamic. Firstly, there is not one instance of Bashir calling Garak "Elim". Garak calls him "Doctor Bashir" or the classic "my dear Doctor".

Now when we imagine Garak telling Julian how he actually doesn't like him (at all!) and then he says "ok bye. Julian. wink wink 😉" I don't really know if it would feel out of character for Garak. Damn, somebody get Andrew Robinson on the phone and pay him to say it.

If Garak does it slowly with a thick, chocolady sarcastic tone and smirk, I think it would work. But it would also make him VERY vulnerable, no matter how he tries to overplay it. Which would be an interesting scene, to say the least. So it would have the need to feel earned.

It would also be an interesting callback to early twink Bashir, hopelessly in need of human(oid) connection. He forcefeeds Kira the "HEY KIRA I'M JULIAN CALL ME JULIAN! SAY IT!!! JUUUUUUUUULIAN!" stuff very early on. At the end of the Julian and the Federation Ambassadors-Episode, they respect him and call him Julian.

So Garak denying him that indulgence is an interesting trait. And if you're still reading this with me, maybe you agree on that. It's important to notice how our characters adress each other.

Garak denies Julian the un-formality of the first name (what Julian desperately craves), and would propably be shocked or even angry in return, if Julian himself called him "Elim".

What I'm saying it, it would be a big deal. Closing a speech with "Julian" could break that delicate balance and dynamic. Maybe it would work. Maybe it wouldn't.

I would love to hear what Siddig or Andrew think about the question. Or anyone other than the voices debating this in my head. Do you have other examples for this?

#garashir #garak x bashir #elim garak #deep space nine #star trek #julian bashir #doctor bashir #garak #ds9 #ds9 quark

[cardassian-bird-of-prey]

Hello !

I have finished to sculpt my cardassian 3D model. Now, I have to put textures on it.

Suisei

PS: Commissions are open ! See the #commissions open tag for more informations.

#star trek #deep space nine #ds9 #star trek fanart #cardassians

[magpieandpossum]

What Jellycat Plushies Would Each DS9 Crew Member have?

why? why not? (basically just my headcanons of these)

BASHIR - Now, Bashir is going first because he's really only one of two main officers I can see owning these on their own accord. Bashir would 100% pick the rainbow (for obvious reasons), but also because it's bright and cheerful, and lightens up the DS9 cabins.

DAX - Dax, like Bashir, I can also see loving Jellycats. She'd have quite the collection, and I imagine she'd have a fun time picking them out as gifts. Her favorite would definitely be the dragon, both because it's awesome, as well as obnoxiously large (20 in).

KIRA - Kira would have a ladybug, just because.

SISKO - He'd definitely have the sun, probably because it's space-related but also cheerful. This may be a gift from Dax, and she'd probably get a kick out of his reaction. (He'd roll his eyes, but still love it)

ODO - Odo would have this little clementine fellow. He'd just sorta appear one day, and sits on the edge of Odo's desk (much to Quark's dismay, who resorts to making remarks about how similar they look).

WORF - Now, I was waffling between two potential Worf reactions to the Jellycat situation. 1.) He'd be pleasantly amused by them, likely because Dax is so fond of them, so he has to at least put up with them, too. 2.) He'd be completely unnerved by them, so much so that Dax begins hiding a single plush everywhere that he visits, just to scare him (which works). The civil response (1) is represented by the plum, who Worf would get along with. The fear response (2), is none other than the egg.

MILES - Miles would get a Jellycat as a gift, and not really know what to do with it. Maybe Molly would suggest bringing him to work, but one way or another Miles would grow to love the little guy, and start talking to him about power conduits and the shield generator.

KEIKO - Keiko would just adore Jellycats, especially all the botany ones (Bonsai, Orchid, etc.) I picked the daffodil just because it seemed like what Molly would pick for her, too!

GARAK - A gift from Bashir, because he "has his eyes" <3

QUARK - I imagine Quark would be the one selling all these, so he'd have to have an example of the merchandise, right? (at least, that's what he keeps saying...)

Sorry for my rambling, anyways, hope you can tell I just adore jellycats <3

#star trek #ds9 #deep space nine #deep space 9 #star trek deep space nine #star trek ds9 #julian bashir #bashir #ds9 bashir #dr bashir #garak #ds9 garak #elim garak #sisko #ben sisko ds9 #ds9 sisko #sisko ds9 #miles star trek #miles obrien #keiko o'brien #ds9 kira #kira star trek #kira nerys #worf son of mogh #lieutenant dax #ds9 jadzia #ds9 odo #jellycat

[iconsumethesoulsofthedamned]

Just saw a really funny post about how the ds9 crew tends to beat all moral dilemmas by giving them to garak instead so they aren’t left with the guilt.

While this is correct I think it’s also worth noting that whenever they do this (and they do it a lot) they are left with two kinds of guilt.

GUILT 1:

They put the hard decision on someone else.

They also did that knowing that Garak is gonna take the most beneficial of the two evils not the most moral. He’s going to do what’s best for the people he’s loyal too at the moment regardless of the morality of the choice.

They are giving a moral dilemma to a man who has a fifty fifty chance of picking the moral option knowing that he will never pick it for the ‘right’ reasons because they didn’t have enough balls to do it themselves.

GUILT TWO:

People are going to get hurt.

Not always, sometimes Garak finds a way to bypass the problem entirely and get everyone out. But usually, someone gets hurt. And whoever chose to get Garak to do it for them has to live with knowing that inadvertently it’s their fault.

Anyways in the pale moonlight is so good go watch it.

#ds9 #deep space nine #in the pale moonlight #elim garak #Star Trek #star trek ds9

[dustykneed]

queer friend groups meeting up for brunch (but make it ds9)

fun fact i have a version of this where julian is butt (buck) naked because i thought itd be funny to adhere to the meme and only give him a hat and boots. sadly i realized i could not release that particular rendition on tumblr. boo.....

#star trek #star trek fanart #star trek ds9 #ds9 #deep space 9 #garashir #julian bashir #elim garak #jadzia dax #miles o'brien #ds9 polycule #always and forever<333333 #garashir fanart #julian bashir fanart #i love that it looks like elims hand is on miles' ass btw lmao #and miles.... keiko said he looked cute and he agrees 100% #I FORGOT MILES' GLASSES ANF CHEEKS AND ALSO JADZIAS MARKS GDI #ok sorry too tired to fix it... my apologies or something like that #star trek meme #deep space nine #by gum i have two very scary things tomorrow. i should be prepping for them but instead i have been brainrotting over riker........ #wish me luck i suppose #ohhhh boy. oh boy

[star-trek-fandom-confessions]

#564

"I'm still a Lwaxana/Odo shipper. The episode of them in the elevator together is one of the best portrayals of intimacy and vulnerability on TV."

#confession 564 #star-trek-fandom-confessions #star trek #deep space nine #odo #lwaxana troi #episode tag: The Forsaken

[cucumbermoon]

Help, I just realized that when Rugal bit Garak's hand, it actually felt good because of his brain implant and he had to pretend it hurt. That scream of pain was totally fake.

#ds9 #star trek #star trek ds9 #elim garak #st ds9 #deep space nine #ds9 garak #cardassians #Rugal

[datasoong101]

OKAY GUYS LOOK AT WHAT I GOT

LOOK AT HER SHE'S LITERALLY GORGEOUS WHAT THE FUCK UDBEJVHDMFIWBDJSNN

A family friend got this from a flea market and bought it for me, I now owe them my first born bc what the hell that's the best present ever help meeeeee!

#also i was stupid and picked off the orginial proce tag without a second thought #but oh well #shes literally my husband #this is the coolest thing #im just going to gaze longingly ar her all day #kira ds9 #kira nerys #nana visitor #deep space nine #star trek #star trek deep space nine #star trek ds9 #ds9

[trekmascing]

Some Odo for this Thursday

(I actually thought twice about making this one cause he’s a cop but he also said ACAB a few times so at least he’s self aware)

#forced masculinization #autoandrophile #autoandrophilia #forcemasc #ftm hypno #force masc #star trek #masc hypno #transmasc #ftm hrt #star trek ds9 #ds9 #deep space nine #odo ds9 #odo #acab1312