#ds9 meridian

[walkingstackofbooks]

DS9 3x08 Meridian thoughts (I'm re-watching, so there may be future spoilers)

Oh no it's this creep

"This is Odo. My lover." Soooo convincing, especially Odo's expression XD

"I've convinced starfleet that we must continue our expansion..." BUT WHY THOUGH? I love DS9 to pieces but this never makes any sense to me that exploring is more important than the saftey of the quadrant!

He's a creep and I hate him

"I never won anything before" Awww Kira, your delivery her is just too heartbreaking. She's completely nonplussed

Quark being at a loss when he plan fails to work

I still don't really get how Jadzia can fall for someone so quickly but he's obviously the kind of flirt she's into...

I love finding little things about characters, like Jadzia being afraid of heights

It's so cheesy and romantic, the scene by the lake

"I've got to get this to Commander Sisko and Chief O'Brien... And then we can count each other's spots." Oh boy

Kira is somehow in disbelief over Quark's rapidly escalating lies XD

"I realise you have a life on Deep Space Nine, but now you'll have a place here as well, for when you visit." That's actually pretty cute.

"The person I feel sorry for is Quark" HAH. No, you don't XD (I was so confused when i read this back in my notes, I was wondering why I'd said I feel sorry for Quark :P)

She's surprisingly competitive XD I guess that's actually not so surprising come to think of it...

"I'm going to clean you and Quark out." I thought later on Julian had never played it?

This is the skeeviest thing ever. Ugh ugh ugh ugh UGH

"I'd like to prepare a little surprise." I'm excited for what she'll cook up? I'm imagining she'll replace the holo with herself then slap him or some other such delicious revenge

"Because I discussed it with Julian." Oh to be a fly on that wall.

"I bet this is the first time anyone's ever requested a sixty year leave." Oh, Benjamin, his wide smile and joke and laugh are covering up such a big sadness. You can see it threatening to burst through. This acting tho

Sisko and Jadzia's emotional goodbye is everything <3

I still can't believe she's leaving all her friends behind like that, but I guess I can see the adventure aspect? Weirdly this feels more okay than the first time I watched, I guess because I was expecting it and it wasn't so out of the blue

Hah! Not what I was expecting, but that was sure... not what he was expecting

SHE'S NOT EVEN ABLE TO SAY GOODBYE TO KIRA. THIS IS MADNESS WHAT ARE YOU DOING JADZIA

Oh man, the way she's trying to hold it together as she sinks into the corner, even as she's left on her own. FEELS

The fact she thinks she'll have sixty years left 😭😭 I wonder if Dax goes to Meridian in 60 years time to let him know...

Yeah, this is still a weird episode.

[filmjunky-99]

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 [meridian, s3ep8]

'I've been waiting for you.' - hologram quark

[jvlianbashir]

why does "move along home" consistently get placed in those "worst star trek episodes of all time" lists when every actual person i've spoken to about it is either neutral towards it or likes it and thinks it's good corny fun

[sirellas]

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[trillscienceofficer]

I've been going back and forth about doing a 'favorite Dax episode' poll but I don't think I will simply because I already know “Rejoined” would win (yes even if I included Ezri episodes) and I agree with that because it's objectively the best Dax episode. I think only “Blood Oath” comes close to it tbh, there's no way you can significantly rate “Equilibrium” or “Facets” or “Prodigal Daughter” over that!

[hawkp]

Sisko trying not to straight out sob when he was saying goodbye to Jadzia hurt me a little ngl

[stopthatbluecat]

Meridian 3x08

[dragontamerno3]

DS9 S3 E8 - Meridian

This episode was sweet in a lot of ways but I also kinda found it boring. I will fully admit Jadzia and Sisko's goodbye, though, had me crying. I love their friendship.

I'm not a fan of random one episode romances, the ones where they meet someone and within days turn their lives upside down or make instantly life changing decisions. I'm fairly certain its because I'm ace and don't understand the love at first sight tropes, but it feels silly to me.

That said, the Jadzia and this guy seemed to have some chemistry that it wasn't the worst to watch them come to like each other. Him deciding to stay felt like an okay thing given the planet disappearing part and how their people are dying out. If he stayed he might have been able to help them come back sooner or even had kids if Jadzia wanted to. Jadzia leaving, though, felt... sudden. I realize I'm being hypocritical but its what I think lol

Quark on the other hand, trying to creepily con Kira into walking into the holosuite to get her info? It's rare that I dislike Quark, he's probably my second favorite character but I adore most of them so its hard to pick, but in this episode I did. He was gross. He got what he deserved and so did the creep that tried to buy Kira's image.

4/10 - Because Quark is too awful in this one

[poisoncherrywine]

the lines in this episode are so cringe oh my god why is jadzia suddenly head over heels for some rando with poor acting skills

[asexualjedi]

Odo staring at his hands after Kira has them pretend to be a couple: I’m so confused right now dog.

[sarahwatchesthings]

Rewatching DS9 is just an endlessly repeating cycle of "Oh yay, this episode!" and "Oh no, not this episode!"

[capaldiera]

i open ff.net because ive already read like all the mulcahy fic can bear to read on ao3. i begin reading a f/m mulcahy/oc fanfic from like 2012. i am somehow surprised that a person writing f/m mulcahy/oc fanfiction in like 2012 doesn't get him like i do. i get annoyed and close the tab

[isthereintruthnobeauty1968]

wow this delta quadrant world looks so much like los angeles

[longsleevelaceration]

plus it's the episode where they just put out produce for alien food.

Everyone knows that ‘Meridian’ is a bad episode, but I have a specific argument for why it’s out of character for Jadzia: all of her other impulsive, risk-taking behavior is about preserving her existing relationships! She places an extremely high value on loyalty. Jadzia Dax was willing to suffer total alienation from Trill society and the eventual death of her symbiont to maintain a relationship with Lenara Kahn that Torias Dax started. Jadzia Dax was willing to risk her Starfleet career and commit murder to uphold an oath of vengeance that Curzon Dax made. Yes, she’s gregarious and flirty, yes she’s the kind of person who could meet a guy on a day trip down to his planet and immediately start a relationship with him, but she is not the kind of person who would prioritize that new relationship over her career, her symbiont, her friends, and her family.

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