Hi everyone 👋

I'm sure some of you noticed I haven't been especially active lately....which is why I think it's time to put this account on hiatus. I might return here to blog a bit if I ever get around to watching Enterprise but for now I've decided to start posting Star Trek/Sci-fi stuff on my other Tumblr! ( @vile-wizard )

So! It's been fun! Live long and prosper! 🖖🩵

Outfits.....

Important announcement! In the Section 31 episode of the ST Lower Decks mobile game Mariner calls Bashir a goody two-shoes. :)

Kickstarting the "what books would Garak actually enjoy" discussion by boldly declaring that One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez is Garak's favorite work of human literature.

Similar to the Cardassian repetitive epic, One Hundred Years of Solitude chronicles the story of one family over six generations. The characters (most of which have share duplicate names and personality traits) live their lives in a cyclical fashion as they unwittingly fall into the same patterns as their ancestors then die tragically. Garak would eat that shit up! I know I'm right!

Feeling absolutely SICK bc of that star trek mobile game. I'll be sitting there tapping away thinking "I need more LATINUM" without a trace of irony.

When I was watching VOY for the first time (2019 I think) I remember getting as far as Threshold and then stopping for a year. That episode really undid me.

Just Cardassian Things

Vedek Bareil was the most basic reoccuring DS9 character hands down.

"What about the boat scene?"

"The boat scene, Doctor?"

"The boat scene! The famous boat scene I told you to pay specific attention to while you were watching the film, remember?"

"Ah, yes, the boat scene."

"Well?"

"I thought Sofia looked a bit cold. Her wardrobe seemed out of keeping with the weather."

"Is that really all you have to say about Goncharov? No comments at all about the plot, the characters, the fruit stand scene or- or- the clock symbolism! I thought you'd love this film! There's so much to analyze!"

"My dear Doctor, I hope you realize that the clock symbolism was trite at best."

"Garak you can't mean that!"

"Oh but I do! It was far too heavy handed to be interesting. It was as though they had to bring up the passage of time in every scene!"

"That's the point Garak! It's the passage of time that haunts them! Goncharov can't escape it for the entire film!"

"I see what they were trying to accomplish and I applaud the effort made but I prefer my symbolism to be a bit more subtle. After a certain point it gets to be a tiresome. It was as though they didn't trust the audience to reach this conclusion on its own. A child could figure it out with less prompting."

".....So you didn't like the movie."

"I think, Doctor, this is one of those times where our differences in taste are.....too different."

"Ah. Well."

"However.......with a few changes here and there, Cardassian influenced changes of course, Goncharov could be a masterpiece yet."

"You're just saying that to tease me, aren't you?"

"On the contrary Doctor. I believe there is some underutilized potential here. Let's start with Ice Pick Joe-- now there's a man with a trustworthy face! I would have liked to learn a bit more about him and his family....."

I had this episode downloaded on my phone and decided to try something.....a little emo.....😏

The Arbiter from DS9 S1E7 is one of my favorite minor characters. She's so swagful.

They're all looking at me

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DS6 rewatch happening........

This was my Goncharov

The Vorta in DS9 are great. What's not to love?

I'm having a bit of a Vorta moment

Thinking about how I was reading Starship Troopers and Ender's Game at age 12.......absorbing the military propaganda.....