May I present you the 80s Ds9 anime that beamed itself directly into my brain. It’s got everything, angst, spies, cursed beach episode … what more could you want.
What more could I want??? Just more of THIS! Brilliant.
Upon Garak’s return to Cardassia in a position of some influence, he no longer has time to make his own clothes, and it wouldn’t befit his new status. Thus he goes through at least half a dozen tailors before he finds one he can deem acceptable.
The others were all relieved he didn’t return.
He also posts signs with all tailors/clothing shops that have Julian’s face on them: “do not serve this customer unless I am with him”
And Parmak gets in touch with all tailors and tells them to get in touch with him if Garak turns up unaccompanied, so he can come and serve as a buffer.
Years of birth of major TNG and DS9 characters, as found on Memory Alpha and listed here in order for your reference. Notably there are no dates for Odo (birth or date he was found as an infant) or Garak. Quark’s year of birth is also not listed, but I made a guess based on Rom’s.
2018 - Dax Symbiont
2305 - Jean-Luc Picard
2324 - Beverly Crusher
2328 - Miles O’Brien
Early 2330s - Quark
2332 - Benjamin Sisko
2335 - William Riker
2335 - Geordi La Forge
Mid-2330s - Rom
2336 - Deana Troi
2337 - Tasha Yar
2338 - Data (activation date)
2340 - Worf
2340 - Ro Laren
2341 - Julian Bashir
2341 - Jadzia
2343 - Kira Nerys
2348 - Wesley Crusher
2353 - Nog
2353 - Tora Ziyal
2354 - Ezri Tigan
2355 - Jake Sisko
2366 - Alexander Rozhenko
2368 - Molly O’Brien
2373 - Kirayoshi O’Brien
2375 or 2376 - unborn child of Benjamin Sisko and Kasidy Yates
Character ages at the beginning of TNG (2364-2370):
Jean-Luc Picard - 59
Beverly Crusher - 40
Miles O’Brien - 36
William Riker - 29
Geordi La Forge - 29
Deanna Troi - 28
Tasha Yar - 27 (27 at her death)
Data - 26
Worf - 24
Wesley Crusher - 16
Character ages at the beginning of DS9 (2369-2375):
Dax Symbiont - 351
Miles O’Brien - 41
Quark - about 40
Benjamin Sisko - 37
Rom - about 35
Worf - 29 (32 when he joins the crew of DS9)
Julian Bashir - 28
Jadzia - 28 (death at 33)
Kira Nerys - 26
Nog - 16
Tora Ziyal - 16 (19 when liberated from the Breen prison camp, 21 at death)
Ezri Tigan - 15 (21 when joined with the Dax symbiont and joins the crew of DS9)
Jake Sisko - 14
Alexander Rozhenko - 3
Molly O’Brien - 1
Character ages at parenthood:
Beverly Crusher had Wesley Crusher at 24
Miles O’Brien was 40 and 45 when his kids were born
Benjamin Sisko was 23 when Jake Sisko was born and 43 or 44 when his child with Kasidy is born
Rom was 23 when Nog was born
Worf was 26 when Alexander was born
When it comes to Garak, I estimate he is born around 2310, making him around 60 at the beginning of DS9. The reason for this is that he must be around the same age as Dukat, and Dukat was not only an adult, but the prefect of Bajor by 2346 (when Kira was three years old and Meru was taken from her family). Let us say that he was around 40 at the time, meaning he was born 2306. Garak’s exact year of birth can’t be pinned down (let’s face it, he probably lies about it most of the time), but I tend to say it’s 2309, for no other reason that it makes it easy to calculate his age in DS9.
As for Julian, isn’t he 27 at the beginning of DS9? When Sisko asks Dax if Bashir isn’t a bit young for her, she says “He’s twenty-seven, I’m twenty-eight.”
Your Garak age calculations make sense to me! Cardassians seem to either be pretty long-lived or not to show signs of age until they’re quite elderly.
As for Julian’s age, you’re probably right! I was just going on the years of birth listed on Memory Alpha, so depending on what month we’re in at the beginning of DS9 the ages could be a year off. But I totally forgot about that exchange. I’ll edit my original post.
I think Cardassians live longer than humans of the 21st century at least. (Memory Beta claims that the average life span is 107 for men and 120 for women, but I have no idea what that is based on, and I tend to take beta-canon with a pinch of salt.) Garak seems to be in better shape than a human in their 60s. However, for all his talk of age leading to respect, I think he might dye his hair to cover up grey, so it might be hard to tell his actual age.
Re: Julian’s age - you’re right about that too. He just hasn’t had his birthday. This of course means he tries to get everyone who has known him for like a month to come to Quark’s to celebrate with him.
Julian bashir, fixing his hair in the space mirror before stepping out onto ds9 for the first time: maybe I’ll meet a cool and glamorous enemy spy and we’ll fuck but then develop a tenuous emotional connection amidst political drama
Julian bashir: okay julian don’t be childish that sort of thing doesn’t happen in real life
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