in 2025 I will stop just ~lurking~ on garashir tumblr and actually commit to the bit (aka it’s time to start writing porn)
The "Deep Space Nine isn't interesting because they aren't going anywhere" complaint is so funny. Like, even ignoring that they do frequently go places, I don't watch Star Trek eagerly anticipating seeing what angle they filmed Vasquez Rocks from this week. I watch anticipating seeing a story, and while this may be shocking, stories can indeed happen in one place
been thinking about this nonstop. garashir isn’t like spirk where the characters have gradually transcended their original grounding in shatner and nimoy– julian and garak ARE sid and andy. they have been so instrumental and so generous to this fandom, I could cry knowing they finally got to do this. I could cry knowing THEY got to come back as these characters, THEY got to be the ones writing the canon.
not to be morbid but andy is 82 and im so glad they did this now. even if it wasn't literally prime universe canon or 'real' julian or whatever, im just so glad they did this while they still can.
After starting A stitch in time, it’s crazy to me how buck wild Cardassians are. Like they are psychologically torturing their youth and for what? No wonder all cardassians are like That
I literally laughed so hard making this edit I almost threw up
And another thing I find hilarious about Garak is that - he is such a snob.
Like, Quark's too vulgar and loud for him, close range fighting is "undignified", no one can set a foot on the station without having this middle aged Cardassian criticizing their fashion choice right in front of their Bolinian salads or whatever, he debates epic literature at lunch, he has had Shakespeare for like 5 minutes and he is already quoting it during life or death emergencies.
And it's absolutely hilarious because this man chopped up his countrymen for a living.