#Ds9 nog

[idkcowboyuwu4]

Doing a doodle of every important ds9 character challenge, part 1

[ratxiety]

It's Only a Paper Moon

[thatwholethingwiththeduck]

"Comphet Nog" is not a canonical tag on a03 - YET - but omg he is so very that in 'Life Support'. We see Quark and other "typical" Ferengi men around women throughout the series + they are obnoxious but not the same way Nog is. They're dismissive of women but always clearly attracted. They LEER. Nog is just a jerk. He doesn't know what he's doing, he's trying so hard to act like he does, it is epic teenage bravado.

(He has so clearly never kissed a girl. Meanwhile he's giving advice to Jake, who by this point has had a whole relationship with a hot, smart Dabo girl.)

And then in the very next episode ('Heart of Stone') we find out he's decided to join Starfleet. Because he doesn't want to end up like his father. But he can't be like his uncle, either - he's tried that and it's just got him into trouble with his best friend.

And once Nog is in Starfleet, he stops talking about "females" that way. The most significant exchange he has with a woman his own age is picking a fight with Jake's date ('It’s Only A Paper Moon'), which is to do with his PTSD (but could be read as slashy if you squint, esp as Jake really doesn't seem to get it, which is sad-making). Ezri is young + attractive enough for him to be into (Jake notes she's cute) but there's no trace of that there.

Nog's interest in feee-males is just not there. It's performative. Maybe he's gay, maybe he's ace, maybe he is something more complicated because alien sexuality, but as soon as he realizes it's okay to not be A Typical Ferengi Male, he eases up on it.

(He does ask that q about if the Earth guidebook will give him advice about women, 'Little Green Men', but that too feels like he's performing for other men + he drops it pretty quickly.)

(Anyway I wrote fic)

[nuggetsii]

KISMET

this thang has been rattling in my brain since the first time i watched ds9

[geogrewife]

Quark’s band of idiots being yelled at by Nog is the best thing.

[rayne-the-neutrois-nerd]

Part 5 featuring more of the cast finally (Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4)

[avalon-of-babylon]

By far my favorite thing about Star Trek lore is that the Roswell Greys were just these two idiots trying to take Nog to school

[mycocam]

our station boys, all grown up

[ercsir]

Nog! My all time favorite DS9 character. I must admit drawing ferengi is quite difficult but at least his nose wrinkles (??) are easier to understand and draw than say Quark or Rom's.

[k0rr1g4n]

[spocks-husband]

Nog doodles bc I was having Nog feelings

[ihaveaweirdidea]

[eggthedyke]

Ds9 s6e22, Valiant

The detail of Red Squad being in the old uniforms? *chefs kiss*

The way it immediately visually tells us their mission, their actions, have not been updated since several critical things have happened.

They are not in sync with what’s happening in the universe around them, they are not in line with current Star Fleet.

And then the added detail of the special pin, the special insignia on the wall.

And when faced with a reality check? Instead of quoting Star Fleet ideals? They quote Red Squad excellence.

Because they were children that were told they were above the average Star Fleet officer, they forget they are still supposed to be a Part of Star Fleet, report to it, uphold its ideals, maintain its chain of command.

And the uniforms and the pins are the perfect visual cues that they have forgotten all that. That their mission will fail. That they weren’t ready.

[slippery-domjot-balls]

Me entering the new year:

[skee-doodles]

Deep Space Nine doodles!

(Slightly less compact doodles below)

[geogrewife]

Nog is carrying around a giant gun and Garak becoming a deadly psychotic killer is peak tv.

(Someone call Bashir to get his man!)

Who let my goofy kid hold a machine gun???