Space Broke ™️

bashir:

worf:

Image 1 shows Sisko on grassy plains. He is standing in the shade with his back to the camera, there are trees and flowers around him, there is black text on the top left corner that says, “If you were lonely and you saw the earth you’d think”

Image 2 shows Sisko with Jennifer, sitting on the grass as they watch the previous memories of themselves. There is black text between the precious memories that says, “here is the end of loneliness” in italics

Image 3 shows Sisko with equipment attached to his head, he is either unconscious or presumed dead as Jake leans over his chest very upset. There is text below him that says, “and I have reached it by myself.” in italics

Image 4 shows Sisko grinning widely as he shows off the baby beetroots to Bashir who looks uncomfortable, and Odo who stand behind Bashir and watches them curiously. There is text over Sisko that says, If you were sad and you saw the kitchen you’d think"

Image 5 shows Sisko in a baseball uniform, he has a black cap on to shield his eyes from the sun, and is sitting on the empty benches. There is text next to him that says, “here is the end of sadness” in italics.

Image 6 shows the DS9 crew, minus Sisko, on the baseball field and cheering in apparent victory. Text next to them says, “and they have prepared it for me.” in italics.

Image 7 shows Sisko on his own and raising a glass of clear liquid, the text next to him says, “Turner painted his own sea monsters,”

Imahe 8 shows Sisko looking out at the stars through a window, on the right we see him from behind and he is wearing his uniform. On the left we see his reflection, his reflection is not in uniform and appears to he wearing a blue shirt and yellow vest, he appears stunned. Text between the reflection and Sisko says, “but hired someone else to do “small animals.”

Image 9 shows Sisko leaning on his right hand and appearing wistful, text beside him says, “Apparently he could do a great sky,”

Image 10 shows Sisko from above, the view is looking down at him as he sits on the floor with barrels in front and around him, there is text between two barrels that says, “but not rabbits.”

Image 11 shows Sisko with Kassidy, his hand is holding onto her face, the background is white, there is text above Kassidy that says, “Much like god at the end.”

I am ESPECIALLY proud of this idea.

Trektober25

I fear this needed its own post.

It’s odd to me as well, because so many fans and critics praise DS9 for its willingness to be critical of the Federation and of Starfleet, and yet I see relatively little acknowledgment of how much of that criticism is accomplished through the character of Bashir (alongside, of course, Sisko). His infamous “frontier medicine” line is the very first example - it completely upends the ethos on which Star Trek rests, and it’s placed in his mouth. That matters, given that that he is set up as a character who believes in the utopia in which he grew up, and whose altruism is well-intentioned but shown to be naïve. That’s why he’s paired with Sisko in Past Tense, in which he’s shocked by the injustices of the past; it’s why we have episodes like The Quickening, which demonstrates without a doubt that his heroic impulses are good and worthwhile, but need to be tempered by humility.

And two of the arcs that are the most sharply critical of the Federation - namely, the augment thread and the Section 31 subplot - both centre Bashir. That’s not an accident. Those arcs raise all manner of questions related to institutional corruption and self-protection, the narrow standards of normalcy in Federation society, disposability and unpersonhood, the degree to which moral standards can be stretched for the greater good (similar questions to those raised by In the Pale Moonlight), etc.

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