#he needs kira and natima lang to occasionally waterspritz him when he thinks about instituting a secret police or cracking down on protests

[fauvester]

What was garak like as castellan? (ps your art is 💞💕❤️❤️💕💞💕❤️💕💞💕)

OOHOHO GARAK AS CASTELLAN....

I think his time in the Federation has, despite his best efforts, affected his outlook on politics. He's a wary centrist now, as if Cardassia has the luxury of political discourse not related to basic sustenance.... trying to delicately excise the most distasteful parts of the prior totalitarian regime while still supporting the structures that keep people alive.

I don't think there's a way to be a well-liked leader after an annihilative disaster, honestly. Garak's not an exception. He's NOT a popular Castellan, but he WAS the least bad choice immediately on hand, and he's adept at securing badly needed aid from Federated interests. He can be very persuasive and diplomatic, and he circumvents or cuts through the bureaucratic and political obstacles that would've trapped less canny men. He's in power during the setting of the foundation of the Cardassian economic miracle and he stalwartly weathers years of vicious criticism and assassination attempts (that he easily evades). As soon as he retires his approval rating goes from like 15% to 80%. He's the Grandfather of Cardassia, their mercurial constant, their deviously bitchy figurehead who can hold his own against any rival leader. The wily old regnar who raised a generation of hungry utopian statesmen. A Castellan to be privately eviscerated and publicly saluted.

Mostly he's just trying to go home at some point during the night to quietly whisper 'good-night' to his kids and husband, though

#dee s 9 #garashir adoption au #HEHEHE THANK YOU OUUUUGHHHHHHHHHH #i always thought. bully for abraham lincoln getting offed RIGHT as the war was coming to a close #you KNOW that he would not enjoy his current reputation if he'd had to preside over reconstruction. he'd be andrew johnsoned. #I do not think Garak would like being Castellan at all. I think he would be adequately good at it. #he needs kira and natima lang to occasionally waterspritz him when he thinks about instituting a secret police or cracking down on protests #lol between him and julian working full time and a half at the hospital lim and iskra are like raising themselves lol #no jk jk they figure out a good work life balance at some point... #hwaugh i want to draw so much more but my MOMMY is coming to visit. ill do more later and rebagel it. #rekelen and hogue... castellan lang (my FAVORITTTEEE trope) and her attache iskra... #castellan garak meeting a federation diplomatic delegation...