when i say “i wish ds9′s budget/tv cg at the time was better b/c they could have had odo do so much more” i mostly either mean “gratuitous body horror” or “what if odo turned into a tiny car and repeatedly crashed into quark’s ankles” and not like, anything cool or important to the plot
It is Kelas’ hatchday, and although Kelas liked to pretend they’re too old for such trivialities, Elim wants to mark the occasion.
There are few places where flowers bloom, but Elim knows this land well. He knows his floral-lore, and picks accordingly - electric blue d'man for passion, starry sungia orchids for steadiness and belt mallow because he knows Kelas likes it in tea.
When Kelas sees the luminous bouquet that evening, they bark out a laugh.
“You are a charmer,” Kelas responds wryly, but their vitiligo scales are flushed blue, and they lean up to kiss him warmly.
After three years in a labour camp, Kelas Parmak is released, but he is not free. He is remanded into the custody of his sister, and the incarceration has left him scarred. Still his belief that the Cardassian state needs to be overthrown is as strong as it was before he was apprehended. As he tries to recuperate, his views threatens to disrupt his family’s lives, and his very presence changes how others see that which once was beyond reproach.
A new day - and many new problems for poor Parmak.
It’s weird when I watch an episode thats pointed to by some as an example of Julian being a bad person or used to justify writing him as one and he’s. Not. (Not to say they don’t exist, but it’s interesting when this incogruity happens)
I rewatched “if wishes were horses” and like. Julian is being sexually harassed by fake Jadzia. The first scene she shows up in is almost an assault scene. She starts touching and feeling on him when he’s asleep. When he wakes up, he’s nervous and trying to get away from her until she asks why he’s resisting (the obvious answer of “you started macking on him without his consent” not occurring to the writers because it’s the 90s). Like, yes it’s uncomfortable for Dax and she’s not in the wrong for that, but Julian has no control over fake Jadzia. If he did, she wouldn’t have been touching him when he was trying to get away from her. Julian is not speaking to or touching Jadzia. An alien looked at his dreams and decided to make it everyone’s problem.
Even the scene at the beginning (which I’ll grant, was probably written to be somewhat genuine “I’ve been friendzoned!!!”) is not acted in a manner that supports Julian being shitty outside of the fact that he’s still trying to ask her out after being told no. His exasperation when Jadzia says she likes him as a friend is playful and theatrical, not angry. He’s being dramatic as a form of banter.
You’re very drunk and your wife is out of town and you’re trying to give your best friend advice about women but then he turns and looks at you over the back of your couch and he looks like this:
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.
