#bc this looks more like the wardroom

[ltwilliammowett]

HMS Victory- upper gundeck von Gordon Dedman

[omittedharpy]

to follow up on my post on cardassian light sensitivity (or possible lack thereof): what really got me, when looking up screencaps, is the number of times cardassian interiors featured these. hugeass light panels

like:

(from left to right: the wardroom table, which was present on terok nor(can be seen in that ep where dukat fucks kira's mom) - cardassian ship - tekeny ghemor's house)

these are not the interior design choices of people who are very sensitive to light

that being said i do think signs point to cardassians preferring less light than humans, but garak being more sensitive to light than the average cardassian (bc sensory issues and/or migraines or something along those lines). probably ds9, which seems to be slightly dimmer than federation ships and such, would be fine with most cardassians but is too bright for garak

[ectogeo-rebubbles]

Poll: Timing of the Siskarak fling that definitely happened at some point for sure

If you don't think Garak and Sisko ever banged then this is maybe just not the post for you. <3 If, on the other hand, you think they did bang, but not at one of these specific moments, PLEASE DO tell me about the scenario(s) you're imagining in the tags or replies or reblogs or whatever, bc I ABSOLUTELY want to hear about it!!!! <3 <3 <3

DETAILED EXPLANATIONS OF THE POLL CHOICES:

pre-canon: The crackiest one by far. We know that Garak was at the Cardassian embassy on Romulus at some point before canon, based on Broken Link. According to a deleted scene (therefore DEF not actually canon facts, just for fun lol), Sisko was at the Federation embassy on Romulus at some point before canon. YOU DO THE MATH

post-Profit and Loss: "Oh, and if you'd like, stop by the shop one day. I have a number of suits that would look quite flattering on you." We all know from Past Prologue that this is Garak's fave pickup line.

post-The Search part 2: Sisko has a charged little conversation with simulation!Garak in the Replimat, including many sly smiles and the line "Mr. Garak I never knew we thought so much alike." This could easily be the moment when Sisko realizes Garak's attractive.

approx. The Way of the Warrior: Remember how Garak offered Sisko a new suit earlier? This ep involves Sisko cashing in on that, and making Garak do a fitting for him in the wardroom to pass him information. Maybe once the crisis has passed they do a more private fitting, if you know what I mean. Or maybe they've already hooked up before The Way of the Warrior, and that's why Garak makes that expression of interest when Sisko call him up to the wardroom and asks him to bring his tailor's kit (thinks it's another booty call).

approx. Favor the Bold: This ep is where it's mentioned that Garak is temporarily stuck hanging out on the Starbase, and it also happens to be when Sisko is working from an office there. So the hookup would not necessarily happen during this ep, but just when they are in similar conditions of being the only Niners left behind on the Starbase. Garak is starting to cooperate more extensively with Starfleet than he ever has before (he even has some anxiety and paranoia during Favor the Bold that could be taken as a precursor to his more severe breakdown in Afterimage). But yeah what could better symbolize his desperate the-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend sort of cooperation that he now has with Starfleet than to sleep with Sisko. <3

In the Pale Moonlight: Exhibit A, this meme of a screenshot from ITPM that features the text: "they call it committing murder because it’s a commitment. it’s a more serious commitment than marriage." Enough said. <3 ^_^ I mean, who WOULDN'T get turned on by all that shady plotting and scheming, whew! Not to mention the inherent intimacy of sharing a dangerous secret.

[kiranerysismyhero]

Ezri has a hard time adjusting to being a host and is having an especially hard week when the anniversary of Jadzia's death is coming up

Kira notices that Ezri seems really down, kind of distracted, poorly-rested during a meeting. Afterwards she asks Ezri to stay behind as everyone else files out of the wardroom. Ezri stands there awkwardly, visibly nervous that she's in trouble for something. Kira puts her hands on her shoulders kind of like what she used to do for Jadzia (she was shorter than Jadzia so her hands would go to Jadzia's upper arms, but with Ezri it's more natural to reach for her actual shoulders bc she's shorter) and asks if Ezri is okay, comments that she looks like she could use a hug

Ezri just nods, and Kira embraces her. Kira kind of expected her to do something like hug back at least, maybe even cry but Ezri just stands there enjoying the hug. The longer Kira holds her, the more Ezri's muscles start to lose their tension and eventually she lets out a soft sigh.

Kira can't stand there forever because she does have a station to run, but she gently asks Ezri to come by her quarters when she goes off-duty that evening.

Kira's door chimes as she's re-rearranging a blanket on the couch. No, actually she was praying at the duranja she lit for Jadzia. She opens the door to a cautious-looking Ezri. Ezri starts to ramble something about how she forgot to ask why Kira wanted to see her that evening and how she wasn't sure if she should bring something etc. and Kira interrupts to calmly tell her to come in and she leads her to the couch.

Kira hands Ezri a warm mug of soup, puts the blanket around her, and sits down next to her with her arm on the back of the sofa behind her. When Ezri moves a little closer to Kira, she takes this as the go-ahead to wrap her arms around her and scooch her even closer. Kira sits there just holding Ezri as she sips her soup, and gives her a moment before asking if Ezri would like to talk about it.

Ezri says that she isn't sure how to put it into words, but everything Kira's doing so far is already helping. She kind of requests that Kira talk about something, anything, to kind of fill the silence and help occupy her mind so she's not concentrating so much on the replaying memories of dying violently.

Kira asks if she'd heard the story of the three brothers who go to the city; Ben liked that one. Ezri sips her soup and listens intently as Kira tells that story and a few others, from Bajoran folk tales to personal stories. Kira gets a few laughs out of Ezri when she starts talking about her first impressions of some of the people on the station. Especially Julian.

At one point Ezri teaches Kira a Trill nursery rhyme. When Kira starts softly singing Bajoran songs from her childhood Ezri gets more and more sleepy, and Kira decides not to wake her to go back to her own quarters for the night.

Kira was used to sleeping huddled together for warmth in the Resistance. She decides that it's more enjoyable, comfortable when it's not out of necessity