I think Q probably had known this from the beginning— that would happen to Jean-Luc sooner or later, he couldn’t interfere but he also knew Jean-Luc would be alright. It will be hard, just as other challenges they had faced.
i swear dukat is soooo down bad for sisko - tell me why at the end there he sighs wistfully and looks away bashfully like 'tee hee omggg aww siskoooo♡'
his twisted onesided infatuation is so awful yet intriguing tbh but i will save the analysis for another day. you are all spared from my dukatdiscussion (for now)
i think part of the reason lost media videos are so fun is that it more ethically scratches the same itch as true crime. a bunch of people online being amateur sleuths and going down rabbit holes is a lot easier to enjoy when theyre looking for a cereal commercial from 1991 instead of liike bothering the families of murder victims
whenever i'm trying to talk myself out of buying something i don't need i always hear my old russian professor's voice echoing in my head: "WHAT??? WILL YOU DIE THE RICHEST MAN IN THE GRAVEYARD?" and then i make an unwise financial decision