#a bit of sisko

[walkingstackofbooks]

A song about grief, and losing Jadzia Dax.

I've always felt her death was severely under-mourned in the show, and so here's a song remembering her, from the point of view of her crewmates.

Once again, it's not a perfect recording, for I do not yet have the patience when my wish to share it is so strong ❤❤ I'm just a bean who likes singing and DS9 and who's been bitten by a creative bug recently. ^_^

I would LOVE to hear what you thought? A comment in the tags would actually mean the world!

Lyrics under the cut:

This place doesn’t feel the same: It’s emptier, heavier. You made us feel alive, So tell me what’s next?

Here’s where you played your games,  Laughed at us, urged us on, Is the ghost of your smile All that remains?

And it aches, this hole in me. I’ve been shot, I’ve been beaten and all that hurt less Than this pain - I can’t believe. I wish I had died instead. I wish you were here.       

But I can't regret missing you, Even when I know it means That my heart won't lighten again. Even losing one memory Would be the death of me: You were magnificent, and I won't forget that You were magnificent and I'll keep remembering you.

Wise words came easily, You’d long mastered bravery, You led with your heart, No matter the cost.

The stars themselves knew of you, Their glimmer’s diminished now, Without you to guide and chide us to explore.

And it hurts, it’s agony: My heart is torn open, your presence ripped out. When I dream, it’s you I see, But I have to wake up, and th’illusion breaks down

But I can't regret missing you, Even when I know it means That my heart won't lighten again. Even losing one memory Would be the death of me: You were magnificent, and I won't forget that. Oh, you were magnificent And I'll keep remembering you.

No corridor’s long enough to escape your phantom touch. Our lives were so intertwined; I never realised how much. I won’t complain - I’ll face these flashbacks face-on.  If I still hear your voice, are you really gone?

There’s so much we still need you for, Please come back from Sto’Vo’Kor, We’re fighting a war here, don’t say you forgot. 

And you should’ve worn the Niners’ shirt, Helped our heist, been a flirt, And held in your arms a small spotted Klingon.

And it hurts, what could have been.  Your future cut off in one bat'leth-sharp beat. It’s not fair - no, nothing is.  Can we have one last joke, one last bet, one last drink? ‘Cause I hate how my heart still thinks you’ll reappear.

But I can't regret missing you, Even when I know it means That my heart won't lighten again. Even losing one memory Would be the death of me: You were magnificent, and I won't forget that. Oh, you were magnificent And I'll keep remembering you.

[1960z]

ds9 characters as onion/reductress articles

[ourobororos]

ds9 dump 3.... (falls over)

[bahrmp3]

[id: 6 gifs from season 4, episode 16 “bar association” from the tv series “star trek: deep space nine”, the gifs show worf son of mogh, a wounded julian bashir, miles o'brien in a holding cell, with benjamin sisko on the outside.

1st gif: worf, julian, and miles are standing in a cell. miles starts talking, "we were..." he trails off. miles and worf look at each other as if trying to figure out how to put the best spin on things. "having a difference of opinion." worf concludes. in between them julian is looking at each of them.

2nd gif: miles continues with worf's narrative, "i suppose there at the end, we might have done... a bit of shoving."

3rd gif: camera cuts to sisko, who is not letting them off the hook. "according to odo, doctor bashir got shoved over a table."

4th gif: camera cuts to the holding cell. worf says, "that was an accident." and julian adds, "things just got a little out of hand."

5th, 6th gif: camera cuts back to sisko, he says "things got more than a little out of hand. i suppose i'm going to have to talk with quark myself... find a way to settle this strike and get things back to normal around here." /end id]

[doctor-octiddius]

guys, i can't do this. i am not god's strongest soldier.

[gar-licked]

imgonna throw up

this fucking image haunts me every day. its so funny. i cant not laugh when i see it. what is he Doing why is he doing that

[coolseabird]

DS9 Cast as DnD Characters

Benjamin Sisko – Cleric (Order Domain), Human Kira Nerys – Fighter (Champion), Tiefling Jadzia Dax – Warlock (Great Old One), Genasi Worf – Paladin (Oath of Glory), Half-Orc / Orc Julian Bashir – Artificer (Alchemist), Human Odo – Rogue (Inquisitive), Changeling Quark – Bard (College of Eloquence), Kobold

EDIT FORGOT:

Garak – Rogue (Mastermind), Dragonborn

[a-most-beloved-fool]

Dukat having a normal one.

DS9 Season 6 Episode 11: Waltz

Transcript:

Dukat: I have to know that he (Sisko) respects me. I think I've earned it.

Damar (hallucination): Of course you have! He's just trying to deny you the satisfaction of hearing him say it. You know in your heart he secretly admires you. Isn't that enough? Kill him, and be done with it.

[romulan-gf]

hey is this anything

[exasperatedoctopus]

The dichotomy between how Sisko and Odo’s first contact with the Founders is hysterical.

Sisko: A war drama, a spiralling disaster of beurocracy and survivalism that implacably approaches the Horrors of War, Dread Incarnate

Odo: The closest thing to a disney musical training montage I’ve ever seen on Star Trek, they can show him the wooooorld

[restlesshush]

Watching other star treks through the lens of “what would sisko do ❤️”

[walkingstackofbooks]

A version of DBIP where Julian coped with his parents' sudden appearance just a little less well and had a minor panic attack... Which Jadzia and Sisko notice and help him through, assuming, however, that it's another (unfortunately-timed) prison-camp flashback, and so they still don't realise how bothered Julian is by his parents' arrival until much later

[youngpettyqueen]

im gonna be unreasonable about Julian having the Klingon chef actually make their lunches rather than just getting the food from the replicators

[the-eldritch-it-gay]

shaking your hand in 'the dream visitor is a haunting', so how WOULD majexatli feel waking up to see dream visitor althyran for the first time?

I think there’s so much racing through their head. Like, on the one hand they’re terrified, suddenly once again facing the man who took so much from them and who they ran away from decades ago. As much as they believe everything that happens is their fault and don't reflect on the way Althyran was manipulating them and had so much power over them, they also can’t deny that it was Althyran that very publicly blamed them for what happened to them which led to their loss of status in the circle. And losing the circle meant losing literally the only home they ever had and the only family they ever had.

So there’s that but also, seeing him after all this time suddenly throws into perspective the way their relationship wasn’t health or balanced. Because Majexatli has spent at least 2 decades now away from him and becoming their own independent person, and when they see him and instantly fall back into the way they were when they were a teen they can see how different it is. When they first was involved with Althyran, they had never had so much as a friend, let alone a partner, they had no frame of reference for what was healthy or normal back then, they had no idea that things could be different, they had no idea that things could be better, but now they do and can see just the world of difference between how they are now and who they were with Althyran.

On the other hand, though, the dream visitor first appears when Majexatli’s about to transform, when they’re feverish and nauseated and weak and he shows up to help them and. Isn’t that what Majexatli wanted? Those decades ago, when they were weak and barely hanging on after their attack? Majexatli had tried to reach out for Althyran’s hand, both when they were in the cave before the attack and when they were on a cot in the infirmary after it. But Althyran wasn’t there, he pulled away, abandoned them, ridiculed them. All Majexatli wanted was to be comforted by him, to be loved by him.

The Dream Visitor coming to save them, to help them, that’s what they always wanted from Althyran. How can they resist that? Even though they have the knowledge now to realize how what was between them wasn’t healthy and in fact was incredibly abusive and exploitative, even though they can’t help being afraid, they’ve never been able to resist Althyran as much as they hate that, and they can’t deny how much they’ve wanted him to take care of them. One of their biggest things they grapple with, is they still cling to the dreams they once had of marrying Althyran and having a family, and the fact that they cling to the belief that if they had been better or if they hadn’t been so scarred by the attack that maybe Althyran would have actually loved them.

They know it isn’t a dream, because their dreams aren’t kind, the dreams with Althyran almost never are. But it doesn’t cross their mind that it might be an ilithid trick until the next day when they hear their companions mention the dream figure and what it said to them.

I do think the next morning, they stay on their bedroll and the others go off to work on the quests. And they just lay there, awake, just unable to grapple with it all and not wanting to let the others see them like that.

[bahrmp3]

[id: 8 gifs from season 4, episode 16 “bar association” from the tv series “star trek: deep space nine”, the gifs show worf son of mogh, julian bashir, miles o'brien in a holding cell, with benjamin sisko on the outside.

1st gif: worf, julian, and miles are standing in a cell. miles calls out, "captain?"

2nd gif: camera cuts to sisko, who was leaving the holding cell. he turns to look at them.

3rd gif: now that miles has got sisko's attention, he continues, "can we leave now?" julian looks between miles and sisko, while worf only looks away from sisko towards the end.

4th gif: camera cuts to sisko. sisko thinks about it for a beat, and speaks. "i'll tell constable odo to let you go..."

5th gif: camera cuts to the holding cell, the three look at each other with relief. off camera sisko continues, "in the morning."

6th gif: camera cuts to sisko who exits the holding cells, leaving worf, miles and julian together in the holding cell.

7th, and 8th gif: back in the holding cell no one says anything. julian looks at both of them as he speaks, "i hope you're proud of yourselves." he sits on the bench in the cell, leaving worf and miles standing who look properly chagrined. /end id]

[gossyreblogs]

I’ve been on a slow rewatch of Star Trek DS9; tonight I’m on S2 E23, “Crossover”

And, just. Damn. I’d almost started to think it was just part of Avery Brook’s acting style, but he absolutely can be mobile and expressive—even with subtle expressions—when he wants to be!

Which just… means that Sisko, as a character, isn’t. With very nearly the sole exception being when he’s interacting with Jake. Huh.