The Les Mis vibes of the Andor finale were impeccable. People coming together against authoritarianism during the funeral of a beloved city figure? Music as a rallying point? Young boy fucking shit up? Main character staying away from the big fight to make sure his lady friend is safe? Perfection.
On DS9 is an engineer that is absolutely obsessed with musicals. Every time there is karaoke at Quark's they sing at least three musical numbers and over the time all of ds9, even Odo and Garak, could perform at least six Broadway shows without a single mistake.
When Starfleet evacuates DS9 they are heartbroken, but do not disappear without a little surprise for the Dominion.
Cut to a few months later.
Dukat, Damar, Weyoun etc. walk over the Promenade at it's high time, when suddenly drums sound from every speaker on the station. At first they are confused, when a song starts playing.
"Do you hear the people sing,
singing the song of angry men..."
Suddenly everyone stops doing, what they were doing and quiten down, until one by one the whole promenade and the whole station sing "Do you hear the people sing".
Dukat and the Dominion are firstly confused and then angry because obviously they are protesting openly against them, they could be plotting a revolution!
However Odo stops them, by explaining, very smugly, that singing to traditional songs, even if their human, is not forbidden and to change that would take way too long because by then the song would be finished. Also, what should he do? Arrest the whole station including himself? That would be against the contract with Bajor!
So Dukat, Weyoun and the other Dominion soldiers have to stand on the upper level of the promenade while all the people on it are looking up at them, standing still, singing.
"Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the song of angry men?
It is the music of the people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes "
So yeah, that engineering ensign? They got a fat promotion.
Here are some songs that are going into “Les Meowserables,” an all-cat version of “Les Miserables”:
- Do you hear the kitties sing, singing the songs of fuzzy cats? They are looking so adorable in little tricorne hats!
- There are scratch marks on the tables where my friends sharpened their claws, little scratch marks on the tables from a fallen comrade’s paws.
- Go meow, go meow, that’s what the kitties say. Go meow, go meow, make all humans your slaves.
- There is a box that’s full of sand. I like to poop just right outside. Scatter the litter on the floor. Then make my humans clean it up.
- Master of the house! Owns all of the space! Stomps across your keyboard, butthole in your face! Can’t adjust your legs! Master doesn’t care! Every surface covered with big clumps of hair!
- On my own, my humans do not love me. Hungry now, and yet, my dish is empty. I weep, and yet those jerks ignore me. They say I was just fed but not an hour ago - they’re lying.
- I brought a mouse that I just caught. I’m going to leave it on your pillow. I thought you’d like it, do you not? You know, I killed it just for you.
They’re doing it. They’re flash mobbing. They’re flash mobbing at a funeral. They’re flash mobbing at a general’s funeral. They’re flash mobbing at General Lamarque’s funeral.
DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING SINGING THE SONGS OF ANGRY MEN IT IS THE MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT BE SLAVES AGAIN WHEN THE BEATING OF YOUR HEART ECHOES THE BEATING OF THE DRUM THERE IS A LIFE ABOUT TO START WHEN TOMORROW COMES