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Canon Corrective: Julian Bashir

Julian remains a bit of a woman/manizer(??) in his first year of DS9. Julian craves interactions and connections in every category and seeks them out at his new post. This lessens as time goes on and he grows more confident in himself and becomes more comfortable with being in his own company.

The big one, Romance: DS9's writers were great but they absolutely biffed almost every romantic interaction with Julian. As for me, Julian tends to be allergic to romance concerning patients. Being a doctor and being a partner are 2 very separate modes for him. That being said, in cases where a partner needs medical help in some fashion (short or long term), Julian provides without issue, and has practices in place to ensure that should he and the person break up, the information gained and treatments done aren't affected and their care is uninterrupted.

Julian does still hit on Jadzia when arriving on the station and once or twice afterwards, but after she rejects him, Julian focuses on learning to be her friend (and works on not idolizing people). He has an incredible platonic love for her, considering her one of his truly closest friends. Occasionally they'll play wingman for each other at Quark's or spend long hours trying to solve a mystery in the lab.

Jezri as it is in the series is not canon to this blog, but if there's a time that an Ezri would like to develop something from the ground up, I'd be happy to discuss.

Parents: Julian cut Richard and Amsha off when he was roughly 16, moving to Starfleet campuses as soon as he was accepted. They spent years attempting to reconnect, and while he unfortunately gave in to their demands on some occasions, Julian quickly learned that neither would change. After a massive fight with Richard, Julian cut contact for what he thought was the final time, and it isn't until DBIP that Julian is forcibly reunited with them and has to grapple with everything. It goes about the same, except that Julian does not concern himself with Richard's sentence. Instead, he just cuts them off again. As of Postwar, they attempt and fail on many occasions to reconnect.

Sloan and Section 31: Sloan's attempts to recruit Julian fail full stop. He only cooperates because Sisko directs him to. All episodes still run the same. After Extreme Measures, Julian struggles with the mysteries surrounding Section 31 and wants answers, but he is very protective of himself given what they've done to him.

Post-canon: Julian remains on DS9 per the end of the series, but beta canon is only selectively picked from. None of the s31 books are canon to the blog, but ASIT is, and Julian occasionally goes and spends a few months on Cardassia to assist with relief efforts.

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