#fadil-SoS

[catboyelimgarak]

This is a clip from a YouTube upload by Mary Knasinski of Sid and Nana in Missouri in 2000. They are asked about working with Andy and Nana recounts an outtake of being unable to stop laughing to get a scene done with Andy that then irritates him because (as Sid says) for Garak he was “in a wetsuit glued to his body” and he can’t stand the heat, thus he wants to get his scenes done as soon as possible so he can get out of costume. Sid then goes on to give THE best impersonation of an angry and irritated Andy that only a best friend can do so wonderfully.

[kyshkasa]

[snitling]

Julian Bashir's Eyelashes Appreciation Post:

Bonus fluttering gif:

[last-of-the-independents]

ANDREW ROBINSON as ELIM GARAK, ALEXANDER SIDDIG as Dr. JULIAN BASHIR in DEEP SPACE NINE, S6.E1 - A Time to Stand (1997)

[robertfrobisherslover]

The Star Trek: DS9 Wrap Party, April 1999

[youngpettyqueen]

holding the hands of some DS9 fan artists and going "Julian Bashir is a brown man please for the love of god learn how to colour brown people"

[trektown]

Wish I knew the context for this image

[malkaleh]

Listen I doubt JRRT intended Elrond as canonically biracial (though maybe he did because I mean Elrond HALF ELVEN) but Elrond is canonically biracial.

(Also Gondor/Numenor is drawn from Byzantine/Persian/Ottoman influences they all have olive skin and are brown the end)

(I am that Tolkien Nerd who is like no actually I will pull from the text to say there should be more non white people cast in LOTR adaptations frankly)

(Biracial Jewish Woman)

[doctor-octiddius]

hey hi here's some quick bashir doodles :3

[a-stitch-in-time-and-space]

always fun seeing sid posts going out in the wild, just saw a tag on that interview he did say that it was great to see an older (assume older means over 50) guy educating himself on gender and neurodiversity, and im like "first of all, this man is the neurodiverse, and secondly yeah, he genuinely is great on gender related stuff, he's such a fan of his trans and gender-diverse fans" and then i think about how 2020-2021 to me is defined so heavily by his chatting with all of us and creating a safe online space

anyway yeah, he is a good egg!

[lady-lazarus-13]

I could listen to Sid talk about gardening all day. It's ridiculous. This is ridiculous! But yes, give me planting tips.

[kyshkasa]

[quarks-pussy]

[Images description: Twelve pictures of Star Trek actors. The phrase "thank you for being both amazing actors and amazing people" is written across most of the images one word at a time, except for the two images in the middle. The middle images are of William Shatner, reading "not you!" and Robert Beltran, reading "or you for that matter". The actors in the other images are George Takei, René Auberjonois, DeForest Kelley, Gates McFadden, Wil Wheaton, Kate Mulgrew, Patrick Stewart, Siddig El Fadil (aka Alexander Siddig), Nichelle Nichols and Leonard Nimoy. End image description.]

Non exhaustive list of course. Many more such cases, in fact feel free to add

(insp)

[catboyelimgarak]

From a recording on YouTube of the Atlanta May 1995 convention where Andy and Sid also did a bit as Garak and Bashir

[sopranoentravesti]

Ok I’m FINALLY in a place where I have a minute and brain space to recount some of my Convention highlights:

I got 2 hugs from Nana Visitor. And she told me I look good as a Bajoran, asked me what I do, and when I told her, she asked what I do to take care of myself.

I also got told by multiple people that my eyes look similar to Nana’s (brown eyes next to the nose ridge?)

On Saturday, I wore my Kippah with my cosplay, going from Morning Services to Convention.

At one point, Robert Picardo was talking and John Billingsley was crouching down in order to surprise him and his face turned red. I thought he was having a heart attack.

I put my hand on his shoulder and was like “sir, are you okay,” until someone was like “he’s fine he’s just heckling Bob Picardo.”

Thankfully, he didn’t notice

I was a bit late for my photo with the (present) members of the DS9 cast. They had to bring Penny Johnson-Jerald back, but everyone was very gracious, understanding, and sweet.

“Who am I taking a picture with! Oh my goodness, you are too cute,” she (Penny Johnson-Jerald) also wanted to know my first and last name

They stationed Rosie, my Rollator, “center seat.” Terry Farrell complimented my vest, which I crocheted myself, and very excitedly told me she just learned how to crochet.

(I commented that despite my disability, I am unable to sit still and was taught to cope with hyperactivity and keep myself from fidgeting too bad).

J.G. Hertzler at one point approached me and was like “that [my Rollator] looks handy! Can I take a seat?” And growl chuckled and clapped my shoulder ( Klingon friendly style) when I was like “that is not honorable.”

Later he stopped me again. Apparently, one of his loved ones has MS, uses a rollator, but unlike Rosie, hers is not upright, and they are worried about it contributing to back problems. He wanted to know more, how to find one.

I asked Siddig a somewhat rambling question about Julian’s disability, Eugenics, and how that may have affected his relationship to other disabled characters, and disability in trek vs our Society as a whole.

I had my hand up for a minute and he was like “relax, you got next question” I was kind of embarrassed but then he was like “I don’t think you’re hyperactive, I just want you to not exhaust yourself“

He listened attentively, and he gave a vent like answer where he was like “I see your concerns about Star Trek obscuring / erasing disability… my general thoughts are that we are all racist (i was born in Arab Africa, in Sudan, riddled by geopolitical conflicts, Africans are also racist) we are all ableist, and all have the potential to be disabled . And unfortunately, it’s your job to appeal to me as an able bodied person, and my job to appeal to [another audience member] as a brown person …And why we need to work to change laws first, before we work on everything else. Sorry, didn’t mean to get all political.”

Later, I was sitting outside the venue for mingling because of autism ears and photosensitivity.

And he approached me and was like “hey, how are you doing? I just wanted to check in on you.”

Naturally, I aspirated my saliva and stammered something about avoiding the noise and migraines.

I didn’t think he remembered my name (one point I was attempting to steer around him and he was like “so sorry, sweet thing,”) but later when he was signing my autograph! He did! I did have to spell it, but I usually do anyways bc it’s spelled not the typical way.

At one point, I dropped a change of clothes I had packed and Bonnie Gordon came up to me “Darling, I thought your days as a stripper were over.”

Thank goodness I developed a tolerance for making a damn fool of myself.

There’s so much more. I met many cool people, including several folks I knew previously only on tumblr (hi, @xenobotanist @philosopherking1887 @cardassiangoodreads @ettaberrytea and multiple others I am forgetting just now) I got to hang out IRL with some people from the SidCity Social Club, which previously I only lurked at.

I’m still absolutely filled up with warmth. Like I can take anything

[theswampghost]

gang do i watch ds9??? do i have to watch ds9 now??? i feel like garashir would change me. i feel like i would ADORE bashir like oh god i can just tell my brain chemistry would be so altered if i watched ds9 helppppp