Oh gosh, thank you! That means a lot to me. I also have crooked teeth, and I think that’s part of why I notice and think about them when it comes to character design. I think it’s a cute detail in fiction and real life. Also, I tend to draw Ziyal’s Bajoran and Cardassian features blending pretty harmoniously together, so it’s fun to give her somewhere they clash, instead.
Oh, and I’d love to see your cosplay, if that okay and if it’s online anywhere! That sounds awesome!
The thing that made me decide to cosplay Ziyal in the first place was her big toothy smile, so it makes perfect sense to draw her that way.
KIRA’S DAD!! I love Tekeny. I never expected to see him again after that buckwild episode where Kira was surgically altered to look Cardassian and then gaslit into believing she was a deep cover spy, so when he showed up again I was like YEAHH!! But then he died of incurable Help Someone Else’s Character Arc Disease and it was very sad. But what a wonderful Kira episode he got to be in for his last appearance. I did cry.
Also I love the big wooly sweater thing they put him in. What a good and sweet old lizard dad.
Thoughts on tie-in novels: I haven’t read any yet! But I do want to read some eventually. I’ve heard good things about A Stitch In Time, so I’ll probably start there, but I’m open to more recommendations!
It is so sad that he dies! I think it makes sense in the story, though, as it shows how fragile the plans to set up a government-in-exile are. Kira pins all her hopes on him, and then it crashes and burns. Her grief over him dying gets turned into a fact-finding mission, and one that gets really emotional for her. It’s such a painful episode, but it is so beautiful.
The tie-in novels are cool! A Stitch in Time is awesome. I think you’d enjoy the other Cardassia-centric ones, as they deal a lot with the occupation of Bajor and its aftermath. (Also, Ziyal is in Neverending Sacrifice!) There are still so many I still haven’t read though.
They gave Ziyal daddy issues but like… They needed to give her MORE daddy issues if you know what I’m saying. I think realistically she wouldn’t have been so starry eyed at her father for so long considering their reunion started with him pointing a gun at her
I think it’s a real issue that Tora Naprem doesn’t get mentioned more than a couple of times (if that) once Ziyal gets established. She’d have been old enough to remember her well, and you’d think that Naprem’s relationship with Dukat would be important in how Ziyal sees him.
Listen I’m only like 50 pages into enigma tales but. Aging gay reptile aliens healing themselves and their planet from trauma are actually something that can be so personal
somehow for me it’s one of the difficulties themes from this list. Lunch? Ok. At the Promenade? Hmm, ok, but what they are supposed to do? Stare at each other?) It was difficult 😆
Cecil. She/her. During the day I sit in libraries staring at books. During the night I write queer fanfiction with a historical slant.
Some not-so-random facts: Gay space lizards are the best lizards. Star Trek is my life. I have too many DS9 ships. Classic Who and the Eighth Doctor Adventures make me grin stupidly. Kelas Parmak is the best. I will defend historically accurate portrayals of Alan Turing to the last drop of blood. Likes and asks end up in the name of @apolesens-otheraccount, because Tumblr doesn't have a way of changing which blog is your primary one. Nothing happens over there - this is the one to follow.
