#Bajor

[rhinexstone]

Y’all ever think Bajorans play baseball as like. A religious act. Because I know people have talked about Bajorans joining star fleet or going to Siskos restaurant/New Orleans like a pilgrimage, but how many watch old baseball games or even play the sport?? Like, does Bajor become one of the greatest planets of the sport because so many of them play with such fervor??

[chadepitanga]

Oh. My god. The Bajoran religion is like. the Orb Pondering religion. They ARE PONDERING those orbs.

[purplespacekitty]

dude, i can’t get over Li Nalas.

he knew what was going on from the beginning. sure, a moment of brief confusion and then the realization that these people he’s been trapped in a labor camp with for the past ten fucking years, Memory Alpha says, believe his return to Bajor will bring restoration. the realization that they have such confidence in him as to place his life above their own.

he gets shot and then he’s hauled off to a shuttlecraft within minutes, forced to leave behind his decade-old reality. to leave behind people who shared it with him until just moments ago. and he’s dying, maybe. in excruciating pain, so he can’t even object, can’t even think. and Kira looks at him with this intense certainty. like he’s the missing puzzle piece she’s been scouring every last corner of the universe for. only he knows he isn’t.

and then he’s off to sickbay before anyone else despite his protests, where a human operates on him. a doctor who won’t stop regaling him with all the wonderful things he’s supposed to have done, all the battles he’s supposed to have won.

he is on his feet soon after, clean and dressed in warm clothes. he has no time to rest or breathe in his newfound freedom before he is swept up for a tour of the station he knew too long ago. and now every Bajoran he comes across in this ore processing center turned glitzy space mall looks at him the way Kira does, like they know him, like they need him. their words and shining smiles of praise when he reluctantly stands to address a crowd of them tells him just how much they believe they do. he does not forget the ones he left on Cardassia IV.

it is with relief that he hands the crowd off to Jaro. a deep sigh of familiar aggravation just beneath the surface of his skin as Jaro panders to the crowd's enthusiasm for his return.

that scene where Sisko shows him his quarters, i don’t blame him for striding over so tentatively but nevertheless excitedly to the small flower in a vase. Sisko hardly notices it but it is the first thing Li locks eyes on. a plant. a sprig of life clipped and close to its end, kept alive only by means necessary for display. a being which demands nothing of him here besides fresh water and a light to lean towards.

he stows away on a ship, running now, not from the Cardassians, but from Bajor. from the lies others fabricated on his behalf. Sisko - after the Tygarian freighter captain has dragged him by the ear back to the station, after Li has laid bare his truth in earnest - tells Li they are not lies. they are legends. and Bajor needs them.

and Li Nalas, a man encased in a shell of legends crafted by hands which are not his own, is tired. but he accepts the responsibility his people have placed on his shoulders. because Sisko is right. they do need him.

never mind the political unrest on his home world or the ministrations of the politicians, the Kai, the Circle: he can hardly wrap his head around it all, much less speak to it. the Bajor he has returned to is not the Bajor he knows. his people are afraid with a new kind of fear, one of unbearable uncertainty. they look to him and he can barely speak. but he will play the part he’s been told to. he will be a good soldier. that, he can do.

in the moments just before his death, he is Kira's puzzle piece. he is the flower in the vase. he is simple. uncomplicated. dying.

only then does he rejoice. he may finally rest.

[writergeekrhw]

I was wondering - because I’ve seen a few people say this - who were the Bajorans supposed to be based off of? I’ve seen several people say they were supposed to be based off of palestinians but I could have sworn I’d seen a post somewhere saying that it was based at least partially off of vietnam, and honestly I personally always felt that the bajorans were a pretty good allegory for Jewish people (especially Kira, she always reminded me of the Jewish people in Eastern Europe who formed their own resistance groups to dismantle and disrupt Nazi encampments).

All of the above, plus the Irish, plus Native Americans, plus the Lebanese, with a bit of South Africa and a dash of Eastern European partisans in general. Religiously, they were a little of this and that, but probably Buddhism plus Catholicism plus Islam, with an extra helping of fundamentalist Protestant for Winn. Most decent alien cultures have more than one inspiration.

[vesperstardust]

Self-care is drawing Shaxs doing Bajoran things (I drew him with Kira on DS9 before the season 3 trailer was even out, so as far as I’m concerned I manifested it)

[eggthedyke]

Kira and the Prophets

[cdr2002]

Mirror universe headcanon:

Intendant Kira actually hates Gul Dukat too. Kira probably hates Gul Dukat in every universe.

He’s tried to maneuver for a greater Alliance presence on Bajor for years, and Kira has spent the majority of her career making sure that doesn’t happen, reducing Cardassian troops to being limited to Terok Nor, Klingons restricted to only planetside military instillations, appointing Bajorans to planetside administrative positions, including as slave overseers…

She knows what an occupation looks like and that that’s exactly what Dukat is planning. And she is not having it.

Bajor may come second to her ego, but it’s still a high priority.

Her protecting Bajor from being fully bled dry by the Alliance might actually be one of the reasons Garak was always trying to kill her…

And of course, it’s one of the ways she and our Kira have more in common than we think…

[dykespirk]

human things I think bajorans would be good at:

I cannot say because my account will be banned

makeup tutorials

[spocks-husband]

WAHHH KIRA'S SMILE 😭😭 SHE'S MY BABYGIRL

UUUUHGGGHGHHHHHUUUHHHHHGGGGHHHEEEEEEGGGHGHHHHHEEEHHHHHUUUHHHGGGHH

[kingoftheu]

The Great Bajoran Political Compass Project. Notes in the Notes.

[obrienmustsuffer]

pray

[ireallyamabear]

“I shot an unarmed Cardassian in his Underwear. He was so Embarrassed.”

godfucking damit ds9 was cooking with gas from so early on. they have like two establishing matte paintings of bajor, a couple of earring props and some old clothes but you are *there* with all these resistance cells. also this actor is so good and Avery Brooks hits it so well, too

[sepsisklock]

The Sisko is Bajoran Jesus now I guess. Great emissary, son of the prophets, or whatever. I sure hope he doesn’t die a great sacrificial death that saves the Bajoran people or something. But that’s just a theory, a biblical allusion theory.

[writergeekrhw]

I understand not answering this out of consideration for your career but I am watching DS9 to take my mind off of things and noticing that there's a lot of parallels between Bajor's story and current events. Was that intentional?

We definitely drew from history and things that were going on in the world in the 90s when we came up with stories for Bajor and for all the civilizations of DS9.

[hopeful-bat]

ugh just thinking about a comment on the popular Kira Nerys post I made and I just need to talk about faith for a second. Like yes the wormhole aliens are real. They do crazy stuff. But I hate that the fact that their “miracles” as being so tangible is taken to mean that it is easy to then believe in them. Like my dude. The facts don’t matter when it comes to faith. Faith is a Feeling. It is innate. It is not a response to something. And I think that even though it would have been easy to make Kira and acknowledger of the Prophets, I am so so grateful that she is faithful instead. I love the character of Kai Winn because she is such a FOIL to Kira as a character because of the fact she has no FAITH. Like she knows shit has happened to other people but is incapable of really believing or having FAITH in the prophets BECAUSE THE BIG MYSTICAL EXPERIENCES NEVER HAPPENED TO HER, or even WORSE, they just didn’t feel like she expected them to feel!!!!! Am I making sense? Even though the evidence towards the prophets is undeniable not every Bajoran Believes in them!!!! Just like Sisko is undeniably Faithful even though he is predisposed to simply acknowledge like all Star-fleet officers!!!! Just ahhhh I love deep space nine soooo much hahaha

[se7envale]

STARFLEET RECORDS

USS MARY CELESTE NCC-10684 (PERSONNEL)

Rank: Captain

Name: Alenis Meru

Age: 39

Race: BAJORAN

Starfleet Academy Class of 2384

With Honors

Nova Squadron

Valedictorian

PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS:

USS ENTERPRISE : NCC 1701-E

RANKS

Ensign, Lieutenant Jr Grd, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Cmdr

USS ENTERPRISE : NCC 1701-F

RANKS

Lieutenant Cmdr

EARTH STATION SPACEDOCK

RANKS

Commander

USS MARY CELESTE

After the loss of the Enterprise Meru was posted to the redesign team of the remaining Odyssey Class ships. During the redesign she was requested to serve on the USS MARY CELESTE as first officer under Captain Ezri Dax and would succeed her and still holds the position as Captain of the MARY CELESTE (the last active of the Odyssey Class ships)

RANKS

Commander (first officer), Captain

BIO:

Born on Bajor in post Cardassian Occupation Era and just prior to the Dominion War, Meru the daughter of Alenis Ruwan (father) and Kira Nerys (Mother) both Bajoran Military Leaders who served in the Dominion War. Meru was highly educated and versed in military tactics used by the Bajoran Militia.

Upon her graduation she was requested by Capt Jean Luc Picard with the distinction of being the last to be posted by Capt Picard. She continued on the Enterprise E under Captain Worf and then the Enterprise F under Captain Shon and helped in salvaging the Enterprise F during the Monfette Gambit which resulted in the decommissioning of the ship.

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