#and frankly i have never found another satifying reason for If Wishes Were Horses. my sibling is a genius.

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My sibling is watching DS9 for the first time, just got to If Wishes Were Horses, and has the best headcanon for why Julian's imagination creates creepy, sexualized Jadzia. Also my sibling thinks Julian gives off aromantic vibes so keep that in mind for context.

Creepy imagination Jadzia isn't Julian's fantasy - she's an intrusive thought. Like the ones aromantic and asexual people tend to have due to all the pressure to be 'normal' - we make up crushes, we fear being forced into romantic and sexual situations, which is exactly what's happening to Julian in this episode. He keeps trying to get imaginary Jadzia to go away and she just won't - and let me tell you as an aroace myself that is an experience straight out of my nightmares. My sibling (also aroace) even confesses to having had intrusive thoughts similar to this when they were younger - so yes this is absolutely a real and realistic aro experience.

#i love garashir but honestly the aro julian headcanon feels more accurate to me #he acts like he's forcing himself to pretend to be this lady's man and he's awful at it #his crushes are so over the top especially the one on jadzia #and he forms this weird close friendship with garak - who i absolutely believe has a crush on him #i just think its entirely possible julian didn't reciprocate it and went 'oh this is what normal people do with/for their close friends' #and frankly i have never found another satifying reason for If Wishes Were Horses. my sibling is a genius. #hylian rambles #star trek #star trek ds9 #julian bashir #headcanon #ds9 #aromantic #headcanon accepted