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I went into season 7 not knowing anything about Ezri except that everyone hates her but i don't get it what's not to love about the pathetic failwoman. this owns actually

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The way Andy talks about Garak in first person is so wild.

I’M SCREAMING OMG

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One of Garak's character traits that I appreciate is how willing to apologize he can be when he's really fucked up at something.

I definitely think the distance between his actions and him deeming a thing he's done as something he should apologize for is pretty broad—both in the way that it can take him a good amount of time to reach that conclusion and also that I think there are a lot of shitty things he doesn't feel bad about. And I don't think he likes apologizing. But I think he can be very pragmatic/intentional/volitional in that gesture when he really knows he needs to and it's a great piece of depth to his character. Some examples, http://www.chakoteya.net is such a great resource: The Die Is Cast:

GARAK: The shields are gone. Odo, I hope that you will accept my sincere apologies for all this. ODO: A little late, isn't it? GARAK: Nevertheless. ODO: I may not agree with what you did, but I can certainly understand your desire to return home. GARAK: Thank you.

Empok Nor:

GARAK: Yes, I've been told that. Chief, I was hoping to ask a favour. O'BRIEN: Don't worry. Once they know the facts GARAK: It's not about that. I'd like you to express my deepest regrets to Amaro's wife. I'd talk to her myself, but I'm not sure she'd welcome that. O'BRIEN: I'll tell her. GARAK: I'd appreciate it.

Afterimage (not technically an apology but I think it's a frank acknowledgment that matters and serves a similar purpose):

GARAK: You know, when I first agreed to help Starfleet, I was convinced it was the right thing to do. I didn't allow myself to doubt it, even for an instant. I never realised how much it was gnawing at me. I suppose I was looking for a way out and the claustrophobia gave me an excuse to stop fighting my people. EZRI: Now that you know that, what are you going to do? GARAK: Get back to work. What else can I do? The Dominion must be stopped. Even if it does mean the destruction of Cardassia. EZRI: The Captain will be glad to hear that you're back on the job. GARAK: Well, he has you to thank for it. And so do I.

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Andrew Robinson on playing Garak for the first time. 

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me at work rn

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I'm 9000% convinced they're gay for each other but I've never actually read a Julian/Garak fic. Could you recommend me one (or several) as an appetiser?

fuck, babe, I’m almost on the same boat, I’ve only just gotten started! I come off strong, but I only finished ds9 a little over a week ago and didn’t start reading fic until finishing A Stitch In Time (which if you haven’t I actually suggest you start there, because it essentially amounts to a 300 page love-letter from Garak to Bashir, lamenting the end of their relationship and hoping they’ll see one another again, AND it’s written by Andy Robinson so it’s just the most)That being said @conceptadecency does some neat writing from what I’ve seen so far and @sigynpenniman knows way more than me (and may have also written fic in that direction, I haven’t actually checked yet, cos am a slowcoach) - you guys have more, please tag for us poor souls yet to fully indulge in the goodness of Julian and Garak? + anyone else feel free to plug on this post, we are yearning!

also um, this isn’t an appetizer as it is jumping directly into the main course, but I started reading “Under the Blind Moon” by @syaunei yesterday? and it is uhmazing! (I am the person under Damned_Writers who’s splurging comments on most chapters btw, when I’m not just trying to get from one to the next as quickly as possible!) It looks foreboding, but the chapters are super easy to get through, I’m already on chapter 31 and that’s without having the time to just sit and read all day (sigh, if only).

It’s set post-ASIT so again, if you haven’t read hiiiiighly recommend because it gives you such a depth of understanding of who Garak’s character is!

(also as an aside, loving the nursie icon, that takes me back)

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I THOUGHT YALL WERE JOKING ABOUT THE DICHOTOMY OF DS9 A AND B PLOTS

WHY IS THE A PLOT "JULIAN, KIRA, AND WINN DEAL WITH A MEDICAL ETHICS SHIP OF THESEUS SITUATION WHILE CONDUCTING NEGOTIATIONS TO REPAIR A LEGACY OF OPPRESSION" AND THE B PLOT IS "JAKE AND NOG HAVE A BAD DOUBLE DATE AND GET FAKE ARRESTED TO BECOME FRIENDS AGAIN"

this is so funny but also why am i crying

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2014 dst germany deep space nine panel cringe compilation

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HoloBashir spitefully sleeps in a bed despite not having a body. He doesn’t need to sleep, nor does he require space to occupy. He does it purely to torture his husband. They have such a beautiful relationship ❤️

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nobody move. tri'pol decades long marriage is real and true in some random alternative universe

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What I love about this is that it confirms what we've always known : That if Garak and Bashir actually got together they'd be completely insufferable

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The other thing to keep in mind is that Lower Decks is just not going to do a big relationship or sexuality confirmation - at least in a way that impacts other potential future shows - for prime universe preexisting characters. I thought for a long time if they were going to do any "Garashir canon" it would be Mariner offhandedly mentioning Bashir dating a Cardassian in the past when she was on DS9, something like what the mobile game gave us. So that we instead got an AU version where they could actually kiss and act like an old married couple and call each other "darling" and "my love" and talk about following each other to every universe, is wonderful. It's more than I would've hoped for really. Now we have our own Garashir kiss when we can gif and post everywhre like the Quodo outtake. Meanwhile, we also have "Little Achievements," performed by both actors, a great fic by @almaasi that is also set 20 years later and doesn't contradict anyone's headcanons for how they get together. We know Andy and Sid are firmly on our sides from that and from interview after interview and, for some of us privileged people, watching Sid talk about it on Zoom during the lockdowns. Already seen multiple cases of the "Star Trek going woke" guys getting mad, which is how you know it is Real in a way that fan stuff and non-canon mobile games are not. I get we're all super fans who can't help but speculate about this to the nth degree but tbh we are eating and should feast. This is for us! Don't complain about a delicious cake just because it's not a five-course dinner lol. So many fans of lesser-known ships want to be us right now!

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y'ever have a 30+ year old ship go canon?

HOLY FUCKEN SHIT, i am losing my mind! genuinely fucken feral rn! SUCK MY DICK, R*CK B*RMAN!

i don't care about the "technically's". elim garak and julian bashir, played by andrew robinson and alexander siddig, are MARRIED and IN LOVE and KISSED square on the fucken MOUTH!!!

that's CANON! GARASHIR is CANON! and the two men who started and carried on the ship got to return to those roles to MAKE IT CANON!

the two biggest garashir shippers are the guys who fucken played garashir and THEY GOT TO MAKE IT CANON!

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fucking imagine being Andy Robinson and getting that call.

"hey do you want to reprise your favorite role ever. and he gets to kiss siddig on the mouth and moan about it. and you don't have to wear the makeup at all. what do you mean you're in the studio already? what do you mean can you kiss him with tongue?"

a great day for people who are fucking insufferable about that lizard first and foremost that lizard himself. truly congratulations. we should all be so lucky

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30 years later and Lower Deck finally gave us Garak/Bashir with Andy and Siddig doing the voices. They were the pairing’s biggest shippers but it was the 90s and the network wouldn’t let them. What a time to be alive.

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Also, I think it’s really sweet that Trip and T’Pol were married for sixty three years.