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#i've thought abt this#i also have tboughts abt them being masculine and physically fit#as opposed to the vorta that come in two genders and are effeminate and also treacherous selfish manipulative etc#there is this Common Soldier vs Immoral Elites-esque thing about it all#not always but generally quite often#esp. keevan#who is strongly judged by sisko for not taking responsibility for his people#and working to secure only his needs#keevan is sort of a Gay Draft Dodger. or at least an unsymphathetic representation of one

Ha, you landed on the exact episode I was thinking of.

I love “Rocks and Shoals” - I’d rank it in the top ten episodes of the show, easily. It’s a really fascinating examination of the ways in which people are railroaded into being complicit in awful things, and the balancing of Sisko and Kira’s arcs wrt that kind of moral injury is really deft. Keevan is an interesting case study of someone constrained by the violence of the entire system that created him, and for whom the only way out is more violence. Yes, it’s despicable to exploit his power over the Jem’Hadar to send them to their deaths, but he also had very little choice, both due to the immediate circumstances of the episode (without the white, the Jem’Hadar were already slated for death, and Keevan and the others along with them) and due to their prescribed roles. The limited power he holds over the Jem’Hadar doesn’t change the fact that Keevan was created and granted that power by people who see him as nothing more than a tool. His life has no value for its own sake, and he’s never been permitted to cultivate any kind of autonomy or sense of personal identity. I actually think there is something… not heroic, exactly, but admirable about taking steps to ensure his own survival when doing so is anathema to the Founders’ values.

What I find frustrating is the lack of sympathy afforded to the character in that regard - not even within the episode (as I think it makes sense for Sisko and Bashir to be disgusted by him), but in its critical reception. So many people will remark on how smarmy and slimy Keevan is, and how tragic the Jem’Hadar are, in ways that reflect exactly the kind of exaltation of masculine strength and aggression and demonization of effeminate-coded behind-the-scenes plotting that you’re talking about. Also, I think a lot of people are quite uncomfortable with the fact that being coerced into holding power over others, exploiting others, etc, is also in and of itself a form of harm. That the Vorta might be culpable for the harms they perpetuate against the Jem’Hadar and for their place in upholding the Jem’Hadar’s subjugation, while also themselves being harmed by the system that incentivizes their doing so and leaves very little in the way of alternatives, seems to be a set of truths that people have trouble reconciling.

7x15 - Badda-Bing Badda-Bang

Like, not being able to move past the previous host's life was the falling of so many Dax hosts. Jadzia almost let herself get executed for something Curzon did, because she still loved his past lover. And she still had feelings for Tobias' wife and was willing to act on them, if Lenara was up to this. Also she basically got the whole Klingon weabooism from Curzon. Ezri basically just stepped into Jadzia's life and also had sex with her husband.

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However, doing so took out most of my money, and while I was out getting the new plate (private sale, didn't get a temporary one) a cop ticketed me and called a tow (the city that I live in overwhelmingly uses street parking). I got back while she was doing that and before the truck, but even though I had the plate in my hand she refused to give me mercy. As such I had to pay the tow ($315) and will have to also pay a ticket (probably $150, though depending on the day I may be able to go to court and plea to get the fine reduced). I do get paid again early next month, but money is really tight for me until then. If you have the means to help wnd it wont cause you issues, you can hit me up at ko-fi.com/rosebijoumme or $FaeKhawal.