Kira Nerys Is Such A Funny Character To Me. Imagine If Your Boss Was Also Like A Religious, Holy Figure

- Nichelle Nichols

the thinggggg the thing about kira and jadzia is that. jadzia is so so so full of joy and the measured, steady, unshakeable optimism of someone much older than she is. but she wasn't always like that, she was a lonely, anxious, nerdy kid who "grew up" 300 years in the span of a single medical/spiritual operation. and a big part of that experience was the dedicated training she got towards knowing herself, knowing her needs and desires and how to meet them, so that she wouldn't get drowned out by the rest of dax. right

and she comes to ds9 and she meets kira, a lonely, anxious fighter who was an adult by the time she was 10, who never had the opportunity to know more about herself than what was strictly necessary--that she is strong, that she makes a good leader, that she can do anything she sets her mind to. but she never figured out what she might like to set her mind to, because freedom was the only thing it was possible to want.

and jadzia sees her old self in kira's face, in the bowstring-tight lines of her, and jadzia takes her by those aching shoulders and says Hey. do you want to know yourself? do you want to know what joy is? do you want to play?

anyway garak canonically calls julian “darling” and “my love” let’s all think about that

Picard and Odo would so vibe. Picard would call him "Mr. Odo" and Odo would love it.

if your girl looks at you with surprise and delight as you transform from a bird back to a human (ish) shape and you regale her with how it felt to fly, that’s not your girlfriend. that’s odo’s girlfriend

When you have a fictional man who's very good and gentle and compassionate but is also a BDSM sadist and has a lot of guilt and shame and general weird feelings about that... nothing sexier than that in the entire gotdamn universe

do you think after children of time, when the dust settled, odo kept going back to the other odo’s memories of what happened?

do you think he replayed the memory of nerys holding his hands, of her kissing him, over and over in his mind, thinking of this memory that feels like it should be his own but belonged to someone else?

MY BITCH POSE IS NEEEEAASTY

ive figured out why i like him so much- hes got the gender. oh to be a vaguely human-shaped goo with a deep gruff voice and the personality of a middle-aged suburban chainsmoking mother.

Yeah, I like star trek! That's the one with Spirk, Kock, boney boy, Nichelle Nichols, Scotland, various women, Oh My, and Russia incarnate, right?

No? Do you mean the one with french Shakespeare, Mr bi, Data, Ms bi, Dr milf, her son, and Worf?

Still no??? Hmm, what about, Cpt Jesus, repressed lesbian, a literal worm, Worf, Dr twink, Traumatized, Cop, Capitalist, and Morn?