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s t a r t r e k d e e p s p a c e n i n e created by rick berman, michael piller Female Changeling of The Founders [the search, part ii, s3ep2] 'No Changeling has ever harmed another.' - female changeling [to odo]
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Mr. Garak, I never knew we thought so much alike.
siskarak textpost memes 10/?
#siskarak#benjamin sisko#sisko#garak#elim garak#ds9#my siskarak textpost memes#in the pale moonlight#the quote is from the episode The Search part 2 though
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Ok so… Garak dying in Julian’s arms in the group hallucination…. Was that like all Bashir’s influence or is that how the whole crew views them? And if they didn’t before do they have a new opinion on the two?
#O’Brien: weird that garak was so involved in our group hallucination#everyone: looks at Bashir while he sweats nervously: haha yeah weird#garashir#ds9#the great ds9 rewatch#3x02#st#ep: the search part 2
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Sashaying in to break daddy out of mall jail wish a happy 30th birthday to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
#ds9: the search part 2#jadzia dax#julian bashir#elim garak#terry farrell#alexander siddig#andrew robinson#jonathan frakes#directed by jonathan frakes#star trek: deep space nine#ds9
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Capping The Search Part 2 for @directedbyjonathanfrakes is making me feral
Sir why are you imagining looking at each other like this
Sir?
SIR?!
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IT WAS A SIMULATION??????? THE CHANGELINGS ARE THE DOMINION?????????????????
#YOOOOO#I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING#I suppose I should have#bc everything was happening so damn easily#ari watches ds9#3x02 The Search Part 2#DS9 3x02#ds9#deep space nine#deep space 9
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The Search Part 2 3x02
#garashir#siskoshir#siskarak#julian bashir#benjamin sisko#elim garak#ds9#deep space nine#the search part 2
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I can't believe that Garak telling Julian that he misses him and their lunches together wasn't real and it was ALL PART OF A SIMULATION NOOOO
And then what had me sobbing was when Garak was shot by a Jem'Hadar, he told Julian he would no longer be able to make it to that week's lunch with him 😭😭😭
#garashir#ds9#star trek ds9#star trek deep space nine#elim garak#julian bashir#this ep was a ride a half#but hey#even if it was all part of a simulation#it still happened#a win is a win#the search part 2#ds9 rewatch
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The best part?
This is not Garak.
This is an illusion created in a Dominion simulation based on their mind probes of Bashir, Sisko, Dax, and Miles to see what they would do if the Dominion came and Alpha Quadrant powers just let it happen.
Their collective imagining is that Garak is a charming, sharp eyed schemer with a mastery in double speak who would ally with them against anything he sees as a mutual threat.
On one hand - this Garak thinks “so much like” Sisko because he is being created by Sisko. On the other - three seasons later Garak fully allies himself with the Federation against the Dominion threat, which includes an episode where Sisko looks to Garak for some very ruthless problem solving.
[id: 10 gifs from season 3, episode 2 “the search, part 2” from the tv series “star trek: deep space nine”, the gifs show elim garak and benjamin sisko sharing a table in the replimat. garak is seated opposite to sisko.
1st, 2nd gif: garak is shown from the chest up, he tells sisko,"if it means anything to you, commander, i happen to share your feelings about this dominion treaty. i've thought about it a great deal, and the only explanation i can find is that our leaders have simply gone insane." he looks like he is holding back a smile towards the end.
3rd gif: switching to show sisko, who smiles slightly, and tells garak, "it seems that way."
4th gif: "unfortunately, there's nothing you or i can do about it." garak looks around as he tells sisko.
5th gif: "i suppose not." sisko agrees, and lifts his mug to take a sip.
6th gif: "after all, you have your orders and as for me, well..." garak pauses to chuckle before continuing, "i wouldn't dream of opposing the wishes of the central command. a pity." he is looking straight at sisko.
7th gif: "i agree," sisko nods, and pauses for a second, "that it's a pity."
8th gif: "i thought you would." garak informs sisko with a smile.
9th gif: "mister garak, i never knew we thought so much alike." sisko tells garak.
10th gif: "life is full of surprises, commander." /id end]
#he can live with it. he CAN live with it#the search part 2 is a prelude to Garak’s arc#they had a good read on their resident sneaky lizard man#star trek ds9#benjamin sisko#elim garak
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Watching Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Part the Second
First impressions of the second half of the movie:
Just what *is* Spock doing?
“Curiosity, Mr. Decker. Insatiable curiosity.” – Spock
And, for that matter, why do all the uniforms look like pajamas?
I love Decker’s relationship with the Deltan woman. How her “vow of celibacy is on file” and the way she tells Kirk this very flippantly upon first meeting him… Yet she seems to want to break that vow with Decker. Somehow, I think ‘the power of love’ is going to save the day.
Let’s all take a break for Spock on his little unauthorized spacewalk. Dun dun dun.
Spock and Kirk holding hands in the sickbay has me feeling all sorts of things. Kirk holding on with both hands, thinking he’d lost his better half – his science officer – his first officer – his partner – ahem – in crime.
The way Kirk says Spock’s name is like a prayer on a benediction every goddamn time and no one can tell me otherwise.
I like the parallels. Spock comes back changed… H arrives, changed (and not for the better) in his search for logic on Vulcan. He ignores his friends, he barely responds even to orders. Even Kirk can’t reach him. And then he comes back changed from his mind meld with the living machine, in search of that self-same logic. He comes back changed and charged with emotion, more like his ‘usual self.’ And his usual self is half-human and wholly in love with James T. Kirk, and acts like it. In his search of logic, he acts rashly. In search of his Vulcan side – he acts so very human.
Yup and then he goes and starts to cry off his makeup as if just to prove the aforementioned point.
“Each of us, at some time in our lives, turns to someone… A father, a brother, a God, and asks, 'Why am I here? What was I meant to be?'" – Spock to Kirk and Decker.
I think that for Spock, Michael was that person in his youth. And Jim becomes that person. Spock’s ‘forever person.’
Oooh the sheer idealistic ambition displayed by the Voyager 6 probe… Shame we only got up to 2.
… And once again, the Captains of the Enterprise save the day. Or is it the Power of Love? Either way, planet Earth lives to see another day. Yay!
Also is it just me or is McCoy kind of like a Jovian planet orbiting the binary star system that is Spirk? Like, the tension between them all is palpable, but Spock and Kirk’s chemistry just outshines everything else on the screen. So beautiful and so brilliant.
Caption of the GIF for all the Captains out there who can't see it: Spock is lying prone on a biobed in sickbay. Kirk is already holding his hand, and then ever-so-gently clasps his other hand on the reverse side of Spock's hand. Cut to Spock smiling as much as he ever does, nodding a small lil nod. McCoy is in the background, blinking like a cursor when you're typing and stop for any amount of time. Love the parallels between this GIF and the one below of Julian and Garak holding hands in sickbay in DS9, where Garak holds up his hand from a prone position and Julian slides his hand into Garak's, and Garak wraps his fingers around it. Such sweetness....
#star trek#st#star trek the motion picture#the motion picture#star trek tmp#tmp spoilers#tmp#star trek tos#star trek: discovery#is also mentioned#spirk#mcspirk#mckirk#spock#kirk#james t kirk#mccoy#star trek ds9#ds9#julian bashir#garashir#elim garak#deep space nine#julian bashir x elim garak#garak x julian#all the pairings#yes why not#i ship almost everyone#it's true#google it
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So I read Revenant because im a jadzia lover & you hyped it up & I really enjoyed it! (If only she was given a plotline with that much agency in the show ugh)
What other ds9 books have you read? Could you elaborate on why you liked the ones you liked if you haven't already? Looking for more recs!
IM SO HAPPY YOU LIKED REVENANT I fucking love Revenant so MUCH it should be required reading for every Jadzia fan its sooooooooooo fucking good
of the DS9 books ive read... A Stitch in Time, Vengeance, Warchild, Bloodletter, The Heart of the Warrior, and The Laertian Gamble. im also almost finished The Big Game. of those, I would highly recommend-
A Stitch in Time: I could say so much about this book, its definitely my fav of the ones ive read so far. an incredibly well-written history of Garak, written by Garak himself, what more could you ask for? this book is a must-read for all Garak fans. its beautiful, its heartbreaking, its fucking hilarious, some scenes are genuinely haunting, its just SUCH a good book
Vengeance: I am the #1 fan of this book ok. Vengeance is solidly written with some of the best character writing for the DS9 cast ive seen so far in the books ive read. the plot is good, the characters are great, pretty much everyone gets time to shine, and we get to explore some really good under-utilized dynamics while we're at it. also, fucking hilarious. laughed out loud so many times. this book reads like a really good 2 part episode, and I cannot recommend it enough
Warchild: want a good Julian story that lets him be angry and upset and cry? want to see Julian at peak defiance and rage? want to get a deep dive into Bajor post-Occupation that is heartbreaking and all too real and at times even hard to stomach? boy, do I have a book for you. this one isnt super highly rated which is a TRAGEDY cause I really enjoyed it
Bloodletter: lets hear it for a good KIRA CENTRIC STORY which has some INSANE stuff going on in it. I love Bloodletter its dark, its tense, its got some INSANE side quest stuff, and best of all its Kira centric and really dives into her and her psyche early on in the show. again, not a super highly rated book, but a really good read imo
those are the ones I would recommend of the ones ive read!! hope this is helpful in your search for more DS9 books to read <3
#star trek: ds9#Heart of the Warrior is ok imo and is good if you want a Worf and Kira centric story#Laertian Gamble is also very. ok. its Julian and Quark centric which is fun#but the writing style is BIZARRE and very jarring#I did enjoy both books but where I would reread the ones ive recommended#I would not reread those two
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DS9 S2 E21 - The Maquis (Part 2)
Before I destroy this episode, I also enjoyed this one. I'm very dissatisfied with the ending but it was overall a very good episode and there were some fantastic moments. Also I want a Dukat/Sisko team up show where two enemies have to work together to deal with various issues and they still hate each other by the end of the show but it's fun to watch them also be buddies. Frenemies if you will.
On to the recap though.
I'm kinda pissed Hudson got to live. I really wanted Dukat to reach across the console and just fire on the fucker. Hudson is so far gone that only death is going to stop him.
I'm also kinda pissed the Sisko didn't tell the Admiral about Hudson when she showed up.
I'm also also pissed at the Admiral thinking that ANY terrorist group would just stand down after being talked to.
I 100% agree with everything Sisko said in his Earth is a Paradise speech that he spewed to poor unsuspecting Kira. He hit the nail on the head about how those who are living within any issues just assume that other places live the same way or can change super quickly to do so. None of the folks living on Earth (in the far far future) understand a second of hardship at least not to the extent that half of the species we come across do. They're living in pure Heaven while a majority of the universe is still fighting to live. And in some ways their ignorance is deserved, no one SHOULD have to go through war, have to starve, have endless crime, or other horrible things. But that doesn't mean that the Admiral isn't blind to it.
When the Cardassian Command showed up I knew they were throwing Dukat under the bus because that was the easiest thing to do. They wanted to blame him and let him die so that they could continue their attacks but I'm super happy that Sisko saw right through that. I was afraid he was going to be too optimistic about the whole deal and take them for their word.
The fact that Dukat can resist a mind meld was fascinating to me but honestly should have been expected. The Cardassians are known for their torture methods so of course he'd be able to block his mind.
Dukats discomfort after realizing that his superiors left him to die was fun. Especially since he had just given a whole speech about how Cardassians don't make mistakes and how trails are decided before they begin, so if he had one he'd be on the losing side. What I liked most about this scene, though, was when Sisko left and said that Dukat would have save Sisko if the situations were reversed. In that moment Sisko chuckles because its such a bizarre thing to say but Sisko actually believes it and then the camera pans to Dukat doing the same. I think Dukat, in that moment, realized that he probably would have. Not for sentimentality but rather to hold it over his head, but he'd still do it.
Another thing I liked was the scene where they're trying to find the ship that might be smuggling weapons in for proof and Dukat has to intimidate the Captain into letting them search the ship. In that moment Sisko is pulling ever diplomatic Federation line he can and then Dukat stands up and essentially outs the aliens crimes. During this specific conversation Sisko ends up slowly smirking. The thing that got me though was Kira's admiration. It was so clear that she was uncomfortable every second of it but a part of her was having an internal conflict of how badass Dukat was in that moment. She'd never say the words out loud but they were there lol
And Quark, out logicing the Vulcan? It was a beautiful thing to see. He might have help start all of this and he is certainly not the brightest of bulbs but its rare to see someone change a Vulcans mind, even just a little.
8/10 - this probably would have been a 9 for me if they actually killed Hudson lol
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ok, it's star trek update time. tonight we watched ds9's "playing god" and tng's "eye of the beholder."
playing god (ds9):
i'm trying. SO SO SO HARD to get into dax and it's just not working
out of the 3 dax episodes we've had so far this one included two of them have been mid and one of them was just slightly better than average mostly for the questions it prompted in my mind palace, not necessarily the questions asked by the episode itself
in s1 dax had basically no personality, but in s2 when she does have a personality it seems to be a different one every time. like in one episode she was very prissy and in others she's just one of the guys! and then at other times she reverts to this very buttoned up bordering on bland science officer from s1 again
and then every once in awhile she'll be like oh yeah i LOVE sex i LOVE being a super hot woman who everyone wants to FUCK!!! i can get whatever i want with my SEX APPEAL even though my hair is WEIRDLY SHAPED. and look i am so happy for her and she should literally get some but it borders on the kind of misogyny that starts genuinely annoying me. it is kind of like that anime trope where the teen boy gets put into a body with tits and he can't stop messing with them. its like. idk reducing her to a body, or reducing her to jadzia's body, which dax is taking for a ride to feel hot and fuckable?? it's very blurry what's jadzia and what's dax
WHICH is the most fascinating part of dax, which is where the trill ends and the symbiant or however you spell it begins, but we don't get into that quite as much as i'd like
anyway i guess a shifting personality is a natural result of living 7 lifetimes but it doesnt FEEL like thats why theyre doing it, it FEELS like they just cant seem to keep her consistent
that said. while i did not like this episode or this little guy dax was showing around i DID like the implication that curzon was actually a huge fucking asshole. i love that he can be loved by many people but was still an asshole. it's complex. and now one of the people he abused (?) or at least was an asshole to is now. his successor. IT'S COMPLEX!!! what are he and jadzia to each other...imagine meeting curzon dax and then just becoming him. that's wild. so, points for that! genuinely. it just feels like the trill thing is fascinating because of trills and not because of jadzia dax in particular. i'm gonna keep trying to like her. maybe once she starts banging worf things will be different
eye of the beholder (tng):
ohhhh i hated this one so much (suicide cw for this one lol)
firstly, i don't trust tng to handle the subject of suicide any more than i trust them to handle multiple personalities, but they tried to very special episode it anyway. all of them were so shocked at the very THOUGHT of it i guess because they eliminated all mental illness in tos?? but it was so funny in the rage-inducing way like "maybe he needed to think of the obstacles in his life as challenges to overcome!" come on.
also lmao picard like ive never had to report a suicide before...........girl you have literally told 2 people to kill themselves
and then they dropped the very special episode plot halfway through for this psychic mystery...
here's the thing. if everyone had been searching for a REASON someone who seemed to be perfectly happy would do this, and in the end the answer was just "nothing was going on, he was just hiding a lot of pain, even if we don't want to believe that" that would have been a STELLAR gutpunch. but there literally was foul play involved
AND NOT ONLY THAT! BUT THEY FAKED ME OUT WITH WORF E DEANNA
my ONLY consolation was that they were finally kissing and then later fucking but NO!!!! all a dream
i was already conflicted because deanna e worf means a temporary breakup from deanna e riker but i wanted it anyway and i was so happy when they gave it to me and then they KILLED IT? maybe the actors hated it because it fucking sucked
like, no wonder everybody let deanna walk around unsupervised when there was a high suicide danger. she was dreaming. no one in real life would ever allow this
i wish also that creepy men would stop coming to deanna's quarters to be creepy to her
final note: was told the creepy man was in spn. clocked him as alistair almost immediately. faceblind WHO
TOMORROW: ds9's "prophet and loss" and tng's "genesis" (dread).
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Gasps and cheers when Garak and Bashir are on screen together
#st#I was just wondering like god I wonder how garak is feeling re julian lost in space missing lunch#ds9#the great ds9 rewatch#ep: the search part 2#3x02#garashir
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#ds9: the search part 2#kira nerys#nana visitor#jonathan frakes#directed by jonathan frakes#ds9#star trek: deep space nine
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Sorry but I’m just supposed to be okay about how both Bashir’s and Sisko’s minds were probed by this simulation and it came to the conclusion that Garak was their most plausible lil sidekick ally? How it makes perfect sense to both of them that he would be at their side every step of the way? Sisko thinks he would be the best person to break him out of jail? Bashir has to watch him die to test how much he’ll sacrifice? Help????
Having lots of perfectly normal and proportionate feelings about The Search Part 2
#also jadzia julian and garak entering security in the queerest way anyone has ever walked into a room to break sisko out of jail WHAT#god I love this episode#also martha Hackett is in this episode and she is bringing maximum drama and I love that for her and for me#ds9: the search part 2
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