#pic of oma serving looks in front of a bombed out berlin building

[fauvester]

postwar cardassia :: postwar germany, after a few years of abject disaster they hit an economic miracle based on tech innovation and end up with a striking half rubble/half high rise postapocalyptic thing. ally with romulas and the klingons. get a very mod fashion reboot. i want romulan bobs to be the newest thing on cardassia prime

#dee s 9 #maybe im just spieling cause my family lived thru it #pic of oma serving looks in front of a bombed out berlin building #am always fascinated by the postempire experience #little jadzia bouffants and big clunky heels! and scandalously low necklines! #the romulan shoulder pads for young professional ladies pantsuits! #1950s communism era klingon romulan cardassian alliance propaganda art campaigning against federation cultural assimilation #oogh the seething shame of having to accept federation charity while also resenting that they dont get as much as actual federation planets #so much cultural guilt/resentment/hypercompensatory pride #castellan garak's aggressive campaign of friendship with the non federation aligned powerhouses #“I want to make enemies of no-one” he says. “at least to their faces” #is he playing the long game to establish a union to counterbalance the federation? or just desperately trying to stay relevant? #or does he really just want cardassians to have access to romulan ale that much. #big alpha quadrant youtube meme “my klingon pen pal tries kanar GENUINE REACTION 🤪😱” #i like 2 think that their leaders all try to sweep their beef with each other under the rug for the sake of politics. #sometimes you do shit during war. like take over someone else's colonies while theyre already down. it happens. #but vorta? it's on sight. vorta open season in the alpha quadrant