While Huge Swathes Of Garak's Heart Are Probably Just Like... The Emotional Equivalent Of The Aftermath

jumping off again about garak and moral convictions - two of the best examples of garaks... questionable morality in the show are broken link and in the pale moonlight. we really see in those episodes the kind of fucked up things he's both willing and capable of doing. what's interesting though is that broken link was a reflexive, panic response that came from him alone. like he hears the voice of the link say that the founders plan to essentially kill all cardassians, then he rushes as soon as he can to the weapons systems, fucks up bypassing the security system, and when he's caught, instead of backing off, he tries to attack worf of all people, like he'd have any hope of winning that fight. on his own, he came up with bad plan and got caught almost immediately.

compare that to itpm where he's working under siskos directives and you can see where he really shines. he anticipates siskos needs, going above and beyond. he prepares for contingencies and gives sisko as much plausible deniability as he can. he murders cleanly and efficiently. when he has sisko holding his leash he's an incredibly effective asset.

I know in my heart of hearts that Amsha Bashir is the Star Trek equivalent of one of those social media autism moms who was posting shit like "the autism won today :(" through Julian's entire childhood

Some examples of Cardassian civilian clothing from the It’s A Wrap! auction archive. I decided to only include the costumes of one-off characters and extras that it can be hard to find good pictures of. Although these photos are quite bright, they capture the cuts and fabrics fairly well. I have included the lot numbers to make it possible to look up the corresponding entries on the website. 

Here is Garak subtly trying to make his strategic exit while trying to torture you by staring at you with his spooky blue eyes.

words to live by

I love when the star trek alien actors decide to give their characters traits that they personally think of as the respective alien species influence, because they never line up with other actors decisions. Like we have early seasons Nog, who has that very particular Ferengi accent and vocal rhythm, and then his uncle Quark shows up and he just sounds like a guy who owns a bowling alley. Garak, who moves in this strange reptilian fashion, has his eyes wide open, and then his dad shows up. And its like. Yeah thats just Paul Dooley. Hes not even acting thats just Paul Dooley right there. What we learn from this is that Garak is just a freak.

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lankiest guy in starfleet

they are playing Pretty Pretty Princess and spreading gossip <3