Rokassa juice: Is it fish juice or fruit juice?
Fish juice
Fruit juice
Other (explain!)
I've seen both in fanfic. I've been wondering what the most popular opinion is! Feel free to explain your reasoning, if any, in the comments.
The question is, is rokassa juice the fish juice referred to here, or something else? 🤔 Do ALL Cardassian juices smell funky to off-worlders? lol
I voted other. My take is that it’s either a straight vegetable juice or like a V8 Splash situation. Purely because I think it’d be funny, I imagined it to be similar to beet juice to play into Julian’s hatred of beets. (That one time Sisko was making a big dinner for everyone, was that when he got promoted? I don’t recall. But Julian made a face about beets.)
And I forget if it was Past Prologue, Cardassians, The Wire, or a different episode. But the way Siddig delivers the line, “And you’re drinking Rokassa juice, aren’t you Garak?” (Paraphrasing, that might not be the direct quote.) It just came off like Julian thought it looked or smelled gross. Unless he was annoyed at Garak, that could be why he said it like that.
I don’t blame anyone who picks the fish option. I just feel like if it was fish juice, Julian would be far more grossed out than if it was just similar to a vegetable he didn’t care for. But honestly, these are probably meant to be throwaway jokes and not meant to be analyzed. Instead I’ll just agonize over Julian’s augmentations and “You love tennis more.”
I don’t even hate Distant Voices. Quite the opposite. I just can’t stop thinking about the plot holes. It’s why I’m writing a fic about it.
@imadoctornotanescalator what do you think?
Another vote for the Beets Theory™!
You get me.
@timetravellr14 Hell yeah, I’m not the only one! I was thinking either straight beet juice or beet juice with some fruit juices mixed in. Maybe Cardassian kids need to get tricked into eating fruits so they need some beet juice or some other vegetable juice to mask the taste. This tactic could also work for stubborn Cardassians reluctantly listening to Dr. Sexy’s medical advice so he doesn’t actually have to set foot in the Infirmary. Plus Garak probably thinks Julian’s disgusted nose wrinkle is adorable. But he can’t say shit because it’s a miracle the lizard takes any of his advice seriously.
I legit did not remember Julian’s heel turn on the subject of beets. I only remembered his reaction in the episode with Sisko’s cooking. Which episode had him liking beets, if anybody knows? And what was the one I’m trying to remember?
It *is* adorable <3
It's just part of my headcanon that Julian changes his mind about beets after making out with rokassa-breath Garak for a year lol, not canon
@timetravellr14 That *is* quite cute. My Julian never relents on that, but loves his beet breathed Garak. So when a certain somebody is having gravid cravings for all manner of beet dishes, he obliges. Under protest, mind you. He is allowed to sit downwind from the beet fumes and Garak has to brush his teeth if he expects any makeout sessions.






















