#julian bashir headcanons

[walkingstackofbooks]

The trauma of Inquisition leading to Julian starting to dissociate at times when he's alone... He realises he's losing time and starts to wonder how real everything actually is, and if Sloan has done something more to him, or if Sloan had a point and maybe he really was reprogrammed by the Dominion...

Alternatively, Julian having experienced periods of dissociation fairly often *before* Inquisition, and when Sloan asks him "have you ever found periods of time unaccounted for?" Julian has to answer "yes" and finds he really can't be certain that the Dominion didn't get to him... Especially since his answer means that *Sloan* is even more convinced his hypothesis is correct.

[martianbugsbunny]

My TNG poll is over (Data won and I should not be surprised lmao; proud of dealer's choice Will Riker for pulling a solid third) so let's do another one!

Dax and Odo don't get to be in it because that feels like cheating. they're actually trans.

[hyperlexichypatia]

This is the kind of thing I do instead of sleeping.

Also tag yourself I'm Sarek I guess?

[idonotbitemythumbatyou]

Whenever a fic has Bashir going “what? A man? I’ve never been attracted to a man before! I’ve never had sex with a man before!” I’m always just like you fucking liar. Like As though you and Jadzia don’t have weekly drinks competing to see who was more bisexual this week.

As though Julian Bashir the guy is lying to me and not just, you know, that the author has a different headcanon than I do.

[ds9jack]

Why does it seem that so many people think Julian Bashir is cis on here? Your cisgender king canonically has a womb and a deadname

[honeybadger-who-gives-a-shit]

My headcanon is that Bashir is not autistic but has an intellectual disability. This read is more interesting, imo, because it goes to the roots of both the diagnosis itself and the ideology of meritocracy in starfleet and the Federation.

Obviously, he could be both, but when we hear his mother explaining how he had difficulties as a child, it reads to me to be a more accurate explanation.

Also, we often times see autistic characters as geniuses, and maybe it's more interesting for me to see this character in a different light, beacuse we don't get to see a lot of characters with a learning disability as more than a cute sidekick or the butt of the joke.

[ikementally-deficient]

Okay, hear me out:

Bashir gets Garak to read the original ACD Sherlock Holmes stories in his ongoing quest to introduce his friend to the Federation's cultural wonders.

Garak finishes the series, and the next time he sees the doctor for coffee, asks "where's the rest of it?"

Bashir: "The rest of what?"

G: "Well, the final reveal, where Watson admits he's been the puppet master all along!"

B: " . . . what."

G: "Obviously he's the true identity of Moriarity, isn't he?"

B: "What? Garak, no! Watson is Holmes' biographer and friend!"

G: "But Holmes dies."

B: " . . . yes?"

G: "History is written by the victors, Doctor, haven't you realised that yet?"

[dustykneed]

oh... my hwife (wife who is also a husband) save me... save me my hwife......

things i can (ostensibly) draw without references:

correctly labelled heart diagram

the starship enterprise

dr julian bashir (i did not know i knew how to draw him but apparently the adhd game is just too strong <333)

btw slowly getting to my asks everypony i am SO sorry for taking so long but also for some reason my brain has determined that i Must draw something regardless of the content of said ask (and it must be said that yall make me feel a good many things <33333 ilyallssssm). also sooo many tests upcoming rip. KTHXBAAIIIII

[urbandunsel]

so i like to think nana visitor walked into the writer's room and said "hey guys, just wanna let you know im pregnant so that might affect shooting and whatnot" and the writers are like "oh okay! we didn't know you were involved, who's the father?" and visitor says "okay we're all mature adults that don't judge, it's our good friend alexander siddig" and they say "okay neato congrats"

and then visitor leaves the room and the writers say "okay literally how many jokes and sneaky dialogue can we write for kira and bashir during these months cmon guys go go go"

[xbuggyxboyx]

headcannon that Bashir is and was a theatre kid

[timongerart]

When your Husband is the ideal temperature for sleeping, naps come easy (this goes both ways)

[the swooshes on Garak's side are my own indulgent headcanon for Cardassians - they're Salt Glands! On earth, birds and reptiles have them to help expel excess salt and take some of the strain off their kidneys]

[walkingstackofbooks]

During away missions, Julian makes a point of recording his logs frequently, sometimes almost to the point of noting every small detail as he goes along. He says it's because he doesn't want to forget anything, and it definitely adds to his reputation of being more than a little obsessive over his work - but really it's too avoid the guilt of having to intentionally leave details out if he were recording them from memory at the end of the day, so as to avoid suspicion.

[martianbugsbunny]

Alright guys bc everybody was so nice and rabid about the last one here's DS9 Poll: Ultimate Trans Edition

calling this the oops!alltrans poll

[aretheyqueer]

Is he bi?

disclaimer: this is a hc, not speculating on what the writers intentions were.

[jenlrossman]

Darts as a metaphor for gay sex between Miles O'Brien and Julian Bashir

Yes, I'm serious. Bear with me.

Miles and Julian first play darts in season three, episode 16, "Prophet Margin."

They are playing darts because Julian was getting tired of racquetball—since Miles's wife has been away, they have played 106 games of racquetball. ("Rivals," the episode where we first see them play racquetball, make a strong case for that being a sexual metaphor as well. So basically Keiko is gone and Miles has been… "Playing with Julian" a lot 👀)

There's some good natured mockery/flirting, and Julian ends up throwing off Miles's concentration by mentioning his wife.

In the next episode, season three episode 17, "Visionary," Miles convinces Quark to put a dartboard in his bar. Quark argues that no one has ever come in asking for a dartboard, but Miles assures him people will.

To me, this reads like trying to convince someone that marketing specifically to queer people is important even if no queer people have ever complained about not being marketed to.

Miles and Julian play darts twice during this episode as well, but nothing particularly gay happens (outside of them being gay for each other in general).

Season three, episode 24, "Shakaar," has Miles playing darts with various guys on the station until he ruins his shoulder and needs to have Julian perform surgery to repair it.

Well that's what you get for playing with people who aren't your boyfriend. It's called karma.

In the fourth season premiere, "The Way Of The Warrior," Miles and Julian invite our old buddy Worf to play with them.

He throws a dart, and it goes extremely deep into the board.

The boys look intimidated. And rightfully so. As Jadzia will later (happily) learn, sex with a Klingon is anything but gentle.

(I wish he had thrown two darts, wink wink.)

Keiko returns in "Ascension," season four, episode 17, thereby ending Miles's "year as a bachelor," as Julian calls it.

Miles spends more time with his family, even trying to teach his daughter to play darts (in this context, darts with Molly does not represent sex, it just represents him trying to be a good father and husband and not having sex with his boyfriend). But he is clearly missing Julian; look at the way he longingly gazes at the outfit they wore together:

Julian has also been unsuccessfully playing darts with other people, and he and Miles lament that it just isn’t the same without each other. Eventually, Keiko arranges for them to spend extra time with each other because Miles is so depressed.

Season five, episode 16, "Dr. Bashir, I Presume?" reveals that Julian is augmented and has exceptional strength and hand eye coordination, among other things. This makes Miles realize Julian has been letting him win at darts all this time.

He is understandably upset that his boyfriend has been… uhhh… "faking it" 👀 and makes him play from 3 feet back to level the playing field (Miles metaphorically using marital aids).

He also suggests Julian play blindfolded. 👀

The next, and last, significant time they play darts is in season seven, episode 23, "Extreme Measures."

This is the episode in which Miles and Julian go through a harrowing ordeal which forces them to finally acknowledge that they love their significant others, but they like each other more.

At the end of the episode, the boys are playing darts in the bar. They are drinking. Miles is struggling with his sexuality at the realization of how close he and Julian are.

He says he needs to go home to Keiko. This is the conversation they have, word for word:

"She's a hell of a woman."

"That's why you love her."

"Mmm. That's right. That's why I love her."

There is no eye contact. It is awkward as hell. Is very obviously Not About Keiko, but rather Miles's last ditch attempt to avoid admitting that he would rather be with Julian right now.

So he leaves. Julian is alone, sad.

Then Miles pops back into frame. He has reconsidered. "Do you want to come?"

They leave the bar together, but not before Julian throws one last dart.

It's a bull's-eye. He scores, and, if you believe my metaphor, it won't be the first time he scores that night.

[ladyylavenderrr]

Headcanon that Julian is absolutely a bit of a wifeguy when he and Garak finally get together. Probably the type of guy to literally start crying because of how much he loves his partner. Definitely the ambien wife guy (Garak is only a little exasperated)