#ds9 past tense

[umanta]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, S3E12 Past Tense, Part II

this episode is about an anti-governmental revolution in 2024 btw. just in case anyone was looking for ideas

#star trek ds9 #ds9 #ds9 past tense #benjamin sisko #remember when they say it takes time for change #that we have been asking for the same fucking things for the last fifty years. they've had time. no more excuses #also for those of yall who haven't watched the episode -- its a stall tactic to send the swat teams in

[filmjunky-99]

s t a r t r e k d e e p s p a c e n i n e created by rick berman, michael piller Past Tense, Part II [s3ep12]

#star trek #star trek deep space nine #deep space nine #rick berman #Michael Piller #ds9 season 3 #deep space nine season 3 #ds9 past tense #past Tense #ds9 past tense part 2 #past Tense part 2 #lot: st ds9 season 3 ep 12/26 (ep 58/176) #avery brooks #terry farrell #alexander siddig #dick miller #Al Rodrigo #Frank Military #Tina Lifford #Benjamin Sisko #jadzia dax #julian bashir #Vin #Bernardo #Biddle Coleridge #Lee

[obsidian-order-of-course]

A year from today, the Bell riots occur in the Star Trek universe. For my non-ds9 fans, the Bell riots mark the beginning of the fight against capitalism that would lead to the foundation of the Federation. People talk about First Contact day all the time, but few publicly acknowledge how scarily accurate the events of Past Tense are.

#star trek ds9 #deep space nine #Bell riots #ds9 past tense #ds9 s3 e11/12

[walkingstackofbooks]

The fact that Past Tense is not too much of un unbelievable future when 2024 is only 2 years away, not 30, is incredibly scary. I love that Star Trek is optimistic about the future, yet realistic about getting through Some Stuff to get there, and it was an incredible episode - but damn was it also hitting hard with the current despair of the world generally being a bit shit rn

#andi watched ds9 #i always love episodes that take place near where we are in time #but it's much nicer in the 60s predicting good things #rather than the 90s predicting realistic things #like dayum #ds9 past tense #WSB

[angelofthewaterss]

Bashir's 2024 trench coat with stripy cardigan waistcoat thingy with hoodie with stripy shirt outfit combination is questionable...

And the best/worst part is that's it's completely believable and people really do be dressing like that nowadays.

#ds9 past tense #ds9 #2024 Bashir dresses like a tiktok fashion influencer #i be dressing like that too though #average lesbian fashion

[spockvarietyhour]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Past Tense, Pt. 1"

#Star Trek Deep Space Nine #DS9 #Star Trek #Past Tense #Past Tense Pt 1 #Benjamin Sisko #Bernardo Calvera #2024 #startrekedit #ds9edit #2024edit #GIF #my gifs #scifiedit #tvedit #1990sedit #Hide and Queue

[klaipeda-witness]

"I... broke my nose"

I love how uncomfortable Kira and Obrien both are with like whacky hijinks

Drawn and rendered in clip studio paint

#ds9 #deep space nine #kira nerys #miles o'brien #star trek #star trek fanart #i love kira nerys #star trek: deep space nine #s3e12 #past tense #bajoran #by far the best drawing i've ever done of obrien

[stra-tek]

This is how we're supposed to dress next year, according to experts

#deep space nine #ds9 #past tense #star trek #fashion #2024

[catsharkie]

#ds9 #deep space nine #julian bashir #jadzia dax #benjamin sisko #sharkie art :3 #past tense

[writergeekrhw]

I watched “Past Tense” for the first time earlier this year and it was brutal (fantastic).

How does it feel to have almost completely accurately predicted the state of the U.S. in the mid 2020’s?

(And if you’d rather answer a less existential question, how does it feel to have nearly predicted 2024’s middle-class fashion?)

"Past Tense" wasn't really an attempt to predict the future as much as it was a reflection on things that were already happening at the time it was written. Things like homelessness, lack of proper care for the mentally ill, and the increasing gap between rich and poor.

Seeing how none of the problems we were writing about have gone away and how much worse many of them have gotten makes me sad, to be honest.

As for the fashion, all credit to Robert Blackman!

#ask me anything #tv writing #ask me stuff #ds9 #star trek ds9 #star trek #deep space nine #star trek deep space nine #deep space 9 #star trek deep space 9 #past tense

[vaguely-concerned]

I am developing such a deep understanding and sympathy for garak, honestly. It's only been a couple of weeks, but already so much of my mental and emotional well-being is wrapped up in getting to see Julian Bashir's little face Do Things on a regular basis. I can't even imagine what 7+ years of that could do to a motherfucker

#little does the federation know that their greatest weapon is julian earnestly going :} #garashir #star trek #star trek ds9 #ds9 #elim garak #julian bashir #I watched 'past tense' and it was so good on so many levels (SISKO!!!) but also. tour de force of julian's face being there and doing thing #in ways that touch my heart past several levels of exhausted cynicism and existential ennui

[filmjunky-99]

s t a r t r e k d e e p s p a c e n i n e created by rick berman, michael piller [past tense, part II, s3ep12] "Peace"

#star trek #star trek deep space nine #deep space nine #rick berman #Michael Piller #ds9 season 3 #deep space nine season 3 #ds9 past tense #past Tense #ds9 past tense part 2 #past tense part 2 #lot: st ds9 season 3 ep 12/26 (ep 58/176) #nana visitor #colm meaney #kira nerys #miles o'brien #Peace

[thresholdbb]

No pictures have surfaced of me stripping on stage yet

#THEY ASKED ME TO #Dax would #ok jadzia would idk the other Daxes #cosplay updates #stsf #bell riots #over here still critiquing the coat #after it won me $500 in Monopoly money #if you're cool and want to see my face you can have my insta #but you have to ask ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #apparently cannot take the ballet training out of me on a stage #star trek ds9 #past tense #an amazing number of people came up to me to say it was their favorite episode

[walkingstackofbooks]

DS9 3x11 and 3x12 Past Tense thoughts (I'm re-watching, so there may be future spoilers)

Part One

Ohhh, I am Definitely looking forward to seeing this again

Learning the Rules of Acquisition is a strong move on Sisko's part

Jadzia is goood at cottoning on - bless this guy for telling her his assumptions

"And then we find our way home." *reassuring hand*. Ngl I'm living for Sisko's comforting touches

"Twenty first century history is not one of my strong points. Too depressing." It's pretty depressing as is - but I imagine it would be even harder for him as this is the period just after the Eugenics Wars where anti-augment sentiment would be at its peak. I wonder if that had anything to do with him avoiding learning about this point in history (and avoiding it must have been, if he knows this little).

"Then what did they do to deserve this?" "...Nothing." Don't mistake Sisko's knowledge of the situation as approval.

"Welcome to the 21st century doctor." ((Yea, I don't like it too much here either, Julian.))

That is the clunkiest of computers XD I always like seeing what people thirty years ago imagined computers would look like today!

"You mean my tattoos?" Girl you are smooooth.

Oof, the commercial before the guy could use the computer to look up the fingerprints - that's just a little too on the nose.

Jjulian's snarky "Thank you" and Sisko's soft touch warning Julian to not go any further into sarcasm. My heart <3

Sisko's sigh as he notices the date :o

Julian's mental health rant is so precious to me. I wonder if it is something more personal to him - imagining how Jules would have lived if he'd been born three-and-a-half centuries earlier.

"Not 'just in our time'!" He is so, rightfully, outraged and I love him for it.

"...if we are frightened enough, or desperate enough, how would we react? Would we stay true to our ideals?" I can't help thinking of the compromises Julian makes during Extreme Measures...

Sisko again having to hold Julian back <3 <3

The soft smiles between O'Brien and Kira after he says "I think I know a few likely candidates." And the way Odo looks back and forth between them like :o

Sisko looking after Julian and getting him breakfast is just so wholesome

"It can't hurt to just look."

Julian is just so gentle, my heart aches watching this <3

The sudden switch to the rich people's dinner is suitably jarring

The old starfleet two handed punch XD Haven't seen that one in a while!

Julian's so shaken by that fight

"We have to save them. Whatever it takes, we have to make sure those hostages survive." Sisko <3 <3 <3

I LOVE Kira's outfit

The amount of technobabble in this episode XD O'Brien is so good at delivering it

"That's five hundred people we've talked to today." Oh Julian just casually knew that, did he? HOW is the augment storyline not foreshadowed and planned in? Julian's constantly too clever!

"The name is Bell... Gabriel Bell." Chills. This line. So powerful. What an end to an episode.

Part Two

"You ever play any football?" "Baseball actually." It had to be mentioned in a 21st century episode.

"It's not just them I'm worried about, its you." This is such a Siskoshir episode, I love it

"My friends are in there." "I know they are, but there's nothing you can do for them." "I have to try." He doesn't understand her at all and I love that for her

I love how much of a tactician Sisko is and how easily he transfers all his skills to this situation

"I really think we should kill this guy." XD

"Why didn't you tell someone?" Why do you think?! there's that classic Julian naiveté. He still hasn't adapted to this century...

"It's not your fault that things are the way they are." "Everybody tells themselves that, and nothing ever changes." Damn. That is the toughest, most hard-hitting line... and still I'll probably continue to tell myself that and not change anything.

"I'm trying to save your life, and the lives of every hostage in that room. And mister, you are not making it easy." "If you're so concerned about our welfare, why don't you let us go?" "You don't know what any of this is about, do you?" The fact that Sisko is so angry on the behalf of people from a different time is just... Oh, I don't know. I forgot for a second there this isn't where he lives, he's not fighting for a personal cause, he's just fighting because it's the right thing to do.

"It would be a start." The emotion in his voice. I love you, Benjamin Sisko.

And now we take a short break to laugh at Miles and Kira <3

Miles' "uh-oh" XD

That is such an eighties photo of his family

"I do know that someday there won't be a need for a place like this." I don't think you're supposed to say that, but I love you for saying it anyway <3

JADZIA! She's so wonderful. Just casually breaking into a super dangerous place like it's nothing. You're the best <3

"You remember my friend Gabe?" Okay so that was smooth, I'm impressed.

"Sir, obviously Jadzia has got to leave. If something were to happen to her, it wouldn't take a doctor long to figure out she wasn't human." I thought was going to be the horrendously misogynistic because she's a woman line - I'm so glad I'm wrong 😅

"...But you're still going to need help to keep those hostages alive, and if it's all the same to you, I'll stay." Sisko's smile at that ^_^

For all Julian's talk about mental health, he's pretty uncomfortable around this guy. Bit disappointing. Maybe again because of the Jules thing hitting too close to home? But still.

"You are asking me to break the law." "I am asking you to give those people a voice." This is such a good line. Go Jadzia!

Big mobile flip phone. I was amused at how not 2020s it was until I remembered that flip phones have actually come back and they do keep getting bigger nowadays XD

"So what do we do with them?" "I don't know." "You could let us go." "All right." Well that was easy

"There is one more thing.... Tell people the truth about what happened here."

I love the way Julian talks with his hands always :3

"You know, Commander, having seen a little of the twenty first century there is one thing I don't understand. How could they have let things get so bad?" Same, Julian. Same.

Well these sure are episodes that hit hard in 2023. Damn. Damn.

#ds9 3x11 #ds9 3x12 #ds9 past tense #benjamin sisko #julian bashir #andi watches ds9 #WSB

[bed-batleth-and-beyond]

Only 242 days until America adopts the metric system

#bell riots #star trek ds9 #ds9 #st ds9 #star trek deep space nine #deep space nine #star trek #past tense #2024

[stopthatbluecat]

"I could probably use a shave." "Not to mention a bath."

"...and if it's all the same to you, I'll stay." "Alright."

#siskoshir #julian bashir #benjamin sisko #past tense #ds9 #deep space nine #gifs