#julian x garak

[andorianminingconsortium]

Just rewatched DS9 episode "our man Bashir" (s4e10). It was thoroughly enjoyable. Here are some of my thoughts!

(I hope it is clear. English is not my first language and depression makes my brain foggy :) )

It's such a fun premise to put the real life secret agent in the holo program with someone playing 'secret agent' in a way that is compelling wrong for the real secret agent, yet (probably annoyingly) effective in this make-believe world. Almost fanfic worthy how unserious yet serious the plot of this episode is.

I love when Garak jokes, "I believe I joined the wrong intelligence agency" as a way to signal that the way Julian is playing James Bond is just not the way it goes in his lives experience. I would have liked to see Garak lean in to his role as "secret agent how it apparently works in this make believe world". I would have liked to see Garak use his real world skills in a cool way in this holo program that would have given Julian insight into the kind of person Garak was. But I also appreciate how Garak's skills are continuously (throughout DS9) kept vague and are only really shown when it's an extremely important matter that Garak needs to help with. It fits with his character that he doesn't use his Obsidian Order skills willy-nilly (in a holo program at that).

I like how Garak was willing to sacrifice the crew that was kept in the holodeck program to safe himself (and Julian). It stays true to his morally grey alignment. It was a nice touch. But then when Bashir harms Garak, Garak finally sees Bashir is taking this seriously and Garak helps him again. This is interesting because Garak earlier commented that Bashir should stop seeing things as a game. It might make the audience think that Garak was only pretending to be willing to sacrifice the other crew to teach Bashir how serious everything was. Interesting!

I also liked when Julian and Garak had their argument about why allegedly Garak was not enjoying his time pretending to be a James Bond-esque secret agent. I don't remember exactly what was said but I feel like Julian dropped some good truths and gave Garak a good read. On the one hand it's fitting for Garak that he did not really retaliate or confirme/denied anything Julian accused (?) him of or ascribed to him. On the other hand I would have loved for there to have been a slightly deeper discussion between the two that might have revealed something about how Garak thought about his time with the Obsidian Order and how it impacted him even now. I would have like to be able to infer from the argument how Garak reflects on himself (as (former) Obsidian Order agent), in a way. But maybe he said something about which other people from the audience (you) have different takes? I'd like to hear them.

I think the most important quote Garak said, assuming from how the episode was written, is when Garak said that he had learned when the odds are against someone that someone should recognise it and choose to walk away and that that has kept Garak alive while his colleagues aren't. I think it is a most important line because Julian uses it to basically "win" the episode or the holodeck game. The quote saves him and Garak. Now the quote in itself is interesting. Is Garak a coward? Is he someone who gives up too quickly? Judging from the episode, we might think yes. But as I said before, maybe Garak only pretended to give up to teach Julian something. Is Garak simply very situationally aware? I think so. I think he is very intelligent. I think with the quote itsself, Garak triwd to teach Julian a different point of view. I think Garak hoped Julian would understand him better andI think at the end, Julian did. I choose to read this with gay subtext, as I always do for Julian and Garak of course. I also think "knowing when to walk away" is such an interesting and almost painful skill to have. I can imagine someone who wants to fight and tries his very best to fight. Or to win. To safe people. But at some point you have to learn when to stop. When to walk away. It's a very mature skill to have. I think it's the difference between burning yourself to keep others warm and having the respect for yourself to know when to be "selfish". It might be very interesting to compare this with Cardassian society but I haven't done a recent deep dive into that so I'll leave that to someone else. Anyway it's a skill I can only respect and I do not think any less of Garak for knowing when enough is enough. I think if we look at his character as a whole, it fits him that such a 'tragic' (not heroic?) skill is one that is highlighted and important to him. Interesting!

I don't know if anyone finds this interesting but I love talking about cool Star Trek episodes and doing a bit of a deep dive/analysis. Feel free to share your opinions as well! I'd love a friendly discussion/conversation! So... As always,

Thank you for reading!

#star trek #star trek deep space nine #deep space 9 #deep space nine #our man bashir #julian bashir #elim garak #garak #doctor bashir #garak x bashir #gashir #julian x garak #episode analysis #star trek analysis

[vorta-vortex]

Bashir, looking at a selfie of Garak I hate this photo Garak: I’m cute as hell in that photo! I’m smiling kindly Bashir: You’re not smiling kindly; you look like you’re up to something Garak: Up to kindness

#julian x garak #elim garak #garashir #julian bashir #deep space nine #st ds9 #ds9

[eps-relay]

Garashir - Me and the Devil

the best part of ds9.in my humble opinion. i love them and this relationship is canon for all i care i will not take any questions

#star trek #garashir #star trek ds9 #julian bashir #elim garak #julian x garak #i love them

[dipstick-university]

#star trek #st:ds9 #deep space 9 #garashir #julian x garak #garak x bashir

[lonelymoonrambles]

I just finished watching season 3 of ds9 for the first time and here are my thoughts:

- everybody has a crush on kira but she's loyal to her hot priest boyfriend, worm girlfriend and slime bestie

- Garak is flirting so hard with you Julian, let him make you a dress please

- Rom is just a wholesome lil guy!?!! 🥺

- Miles is dating Julian while Keiko is away confirmed (Keiko suggested it)

- Odo, babe, dont pine after Kira, Quark is right there! Hiding around the corner hoping you'll pass by (about to say something extremely gay to you)

(ok but seriously Quark and Odo have some of the gayest dialogue I've ever heard)

- Lwaxana Troi, you will always be famous

- rip hot priest 🙏😔 you had a sad energy that I really liked

- Ensign Vilix'pran: a single dad who works two jobs, who loves his kids and never stops

- Nog!!? That's why he needed to go to school 😭🥺

- I do not support Sisko hooking up with the mirror counterparts of his subordinates 🥰

- crazy long hair mirror Julian can get it

- I miss Keiko :(

- Enebran Tain looks like his name should be "Mike" or "Joe" (I can't explain this thought)

- did 👏 Odo 👏 ask 👏 Garak 👏 out 👏 on 👏 a 👏 date 👏 ???!!!??

- Sisko's midlife crisis episode lmaoooo

- Dukat, you are not slick with those fireworks for Sisko... 😏

- People I think Jadzia Dax has hooked up with: everyone

- Rom defending his son and telling Quark he'll burn down the bar *chefs kiss*

- I really thought there was gonna be another Tuvix situation and they were gonna murder Curzon/Odo

- every season my love for the show grows, and so does the ds9 polycule

#star trek #ds9 #star trek ds9 #deep space nine #First watch #quark x odo #Julian x Garak #Julian x miles O'Brien #Season 3 #Keiko!!! #where the hell have you been loca #I try to keep these short but I have so many more thoughts actually #Enebran tain #Vilix'pran #star trek mirror universe #rom ds9 #nog ds9

[tboyautism]

garashir literally could habe not worked with anyone else andy and sidd's unique form of insanity anf commitment to the bit cannot be replicated

#garak #elim garak #garak ds9 #ds9 garak #julian bashir #julian ds9 #ds9 julian #bashir ds9 #ds9 bashir #elim x julian #garak x julian #julian x elim #julian x garak #andrew robinson #andy robinson #garak x bashir #bashir x garak #alexander siddig #siddig el fadil

[redfingerfish]

I was inspired to draw them.

Sorry if someone has done this one before, but I wanted to try drawing them. My first time too. I don't do fan art usually.

#star trek ds9 #ds9 #julian bashir #dr bashir #garak x bashir #elim garak #My art #fan art #startrek #garak fanart #julian x garak #garashir #deep space nine #deep space 9

[fandomfixation2]

I’m rewatching DS9 and Garak appearing in only 37 episodes is absolutely criminal.

#elim garak #garashir #garak x bashir #julian x garak #deep space nine #deep space 9 #ds9 #star trek ds9 #star trek #gashir

[eew101]

Finished :) under the waters

#garashir #julian x garak #elim garak #julian bashir #ds9 fanart #my artwork

[quietduckpond]

The real reason Garak wasn’t in the episode, “Take me out to the holo-suite” (7.4). Click for quality.

P.s. I’m going to be posting art on my main (@quietduckpond ) from now on and then rbing to my sideblog. If you only want to see my art and not my regular blog posts, head on down to @quietduckpond-art.

Also i hate those fences with a passion now.

#elim garak #garak #garak x bashir #garak fanart #julian x garak #julian bashir #dr bashir #deep space 9 #star trek deep space nine #deep space nine #ds9 #garashir #star trek #also both of them are trans its not relevant to the pic but if you scrolled this far down the tags for some reason you deserve a treat <3 #colour schemes (incl the blue bricks) are from S7E4

[magickfromscratch]

#star trek #deep space nine #ds9 #Sisco #Dax #Bashir #garak #julian x garak #miles o'brien

[art-by-secret]

Kind of unhappy with Julian‘s face but veeery happy with Garak‘s :)

#they are on a date #and talking about Books #art #artists of tumblr #my art #garak #elim garak #julian bashir #garak x bashir #julian x garak #ds9 #ds9 garak #ds9 bashir #Star trek #star trek fanart #ds9 fanart #fanart #plain simple garak #star trek #star trek ds9 #garashir

[scifiisforgirlsgaystheys]

Bashir and Garak should have raised Janeway and Paris’s lizard babies.

I will not be taking any constructive criticism at this time.

Thank you.

#I don’t care if the timelines don’t add up or if voyager was in a different galaxy #if they could go to warp ten and turn into lizards and FUCK I think their offspring can magically be dropped off at DS9 ok #the prophets intervened or some shit idk #I just know julian and garak would’ve loved those lizard babies like they were their own #star trek #trekkie #star trek voyager #star trek deep space 9 #voy #ds9 #captain kathryn janeway #tom paris #julian bashir #Garak #julian x garak #lizard babies #threshold day #threshold day 2023

[topshelf2112-blog]

Firmly believe that all that “my dear doctor,” stuff has to work, on some level, to calm Julian down. What endearment might he say in return, probably without even realizing it? (Garak realizes. Garak is doing mental gymnastics on an Olympic level to get it to happen again).

#writing help #garashir #elim garak #julian bashir #julian x garak #i like talking about them

[am-i-gay-test]

#star trek #star trek ds9 #star trek deep space 9 #ds9 #deep space 9 #julian bashir #julian bashir and his horrible (wonderful) taste in men #jadzia dax #julian x garak #garashir

[tboyautism]

julian bashir voice they wont let me back on ds9 because i keep imprinting on all the older men on the station :(

#julian bashir #this is about so many people hes so ill its not rven funny #garak #elim garak #okay that really thebonly person i ship him withbthe rest of these are just mental illness on his part #elim garak x julian bashir #garak x bashir #julian x garak #benjamin sisko #captian sisko #commander sisko #ben sisko #ds9 sisko #sisko ds9 #miles o'brien #miles ds9 #ds9 miles #garak ds9 #julian ds9 #ds9 julian