#built in test for how good you'll handle conflicts together during the courtship! I can sort of see the logic

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the cardassian 'arguments as flirting' thing makes a whole lot of sense to me the more I think about it honestly. finding someone you not only feel safe to disagree with but can completely enjoy the company of even while you disagree seems as good a metric for chosing a life partner as any haha

#you owe your compliance to the state not to your spouse sort of cultural ideal I guess lol #built in test for how good you'll handle conflicts together during the courtship! I can sort of see the logic #star trek #star trek ds9 #ds9 #a cultural tendency towards tsundere nonsense. imagine #cardassians #quick someone hand garak a copy of much ado about nothing I want to know what he'd think