#ds9 spoilers

[prokopetz]

One thing that kind of annoys me about how Garak is often characterised by the Deep Space Nine fandom is like "he's such a cringey loser, but in spite of that it turns out he really is the badass superspy he affects to be, What A Twist". It's not in spite of: it's because of. That it's impossible to possess the skill set he possesses and be a functional person is literally the thesis of his character.

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[automatonknight]

id: a halfbody digital drawing of odo from deep space nine. he’s shown facing the viewer, holding one of his hands, which is still goop, in the other. he’s looking down at them with a smile. the background is a mix of blue, pink and yellow lines, all going outwards from odo’s head like he’s lighting up his surroundings. end id

#i started season 3 today and his scene made me cry so i had to draw it #*THIS not his #i was going for a very different vibe at first but i decided to just have fun with it halfway through so #i did have fun btw. i love colors!!!! #art #fanart #ds9 #deep space 9 #odo ds9 #ds9 odo #ds9 spoilers #eyestrain #bright colors

[totally-unfounded-headcanons]

gotta love odo. guy has all the tragic backstory of a wattpad protagonist- abandoned at birth for a quest, grew up horrifically experimented on in a lab, solves mysteries with the coolest woman alive- and he just,,, refuses to be interesting (affectionate). he has made a commitment to being the beigest not-man alive, micromanaging a strip-mall, and obsessing over a small-time smuggler/line-cook/bartender, and we love him for it

#go on girl give us nothing!!! #deep space 9 #ds9 #odo #quark #quodo #ds9 spoilers #tw medical #ferengi

[kiranerysismyhero]

what if how we could have both ezri and jadzia in s7 went like this:

jadzia is mortally injured, and the destiny is trying to get her/dax back to trill while she's still on life support. ben comes along bc jadzia is not actually dead yet and he has good reason to distrust the symbiosis commission.

things take a turn and it's looking even more urgent for the symbiont. ben doesn't want to let anyone remove dax from jadzia (again) while she's still alive but is overruled by starfleet brass at the behest of the commission. the ship's surgeon joins dax to ezri, who in this version is still just as reluctant but now at least the 15 minutes of improvised lecture substituting for years of preparation comes from ben. like how would he approach that conversation?

ezri wakes up and meets ben this time as dax... but in the next bed over jadzia is still hanging on. an hour, then two pass and the symbiont's vitals are a lot more stable now in ezri while jadzia is not doing well but is still fighting for her life. the destiny's doctor is kind of lost because they tried to contact trill about how they should care for jadzia but all the symbiosis commission wanted to talk about was dax and how soon could they get their hands on ezri

and ben is like 'okay i know you just met me but also you've known me for lifetimes now... hear me out...' and ezri's like 'yup solid plan let's do it but also what if we took even more risk bc dax's got a bit of starfleet medical now too' and ben's gotta be 'oh i had more appeals ready that you didn't even wait to hear, okay'

basically action sequence now– the destiny had slowed down to respond to an emergency signal and pick up some escape pods bc y'know dominion war, and ben and ezri work together to sneak jadzia into a biobed and off the ship in a runabout. and we see some of ezri accessing previous hosts as they hide the runabout in the debris field and get some distance before the destiny realizes they're missing

and just when it seems like the destiny is going to find them as ezri's breaking down a little bit about 'i'm a counselor and i'm still in training and out of all these lifetimes i'm still the one with the most medical knowledge in here??' as she tries to keep this woman that she remembers being stable-ish in stasis... the defiant decloaks! grabs them! re-cloaks! outta there!

julian checks that ezri is really really sure and then does what the symbiosis commission was never going to consider as an option: rejoining dax to jadzia now that the symbiont has been rehabbed/bolstered by ezri

jadzia is able to recover, if slowly. ezri is physically relatively unharmed by the ordeal, but a whole lot of psychological upheaval just happened and this woman is sat here making jokes about remembering being ezri for a hot minute and while ezri no longer remembers being jadzia, she does remember remembering being jadzia... it makes her head hurt. and jadzia's just like 'nah it was still less traumatic than last time when i had to be awake for more of it' and ezri just desperately wishes she could remember what the hell she means by last time

the symbiosis commission is piiiissed. they reallly want to excommunicate dax, jadzia, and/or ezri for all this but ben's like 'i'm adding the viability of respite care for symbionts to the list of info that you don't want me to share with your whole society' aand the symbiosis commission concedes under the condition that ezri is now GOING to be the next dax, WHENEVER that may be, there has been eNOUGH hot potato with this worm already, you two are going to STAY CLOSE so you don't end up pulling anyone else into dax's chaos being another intermediary when the time comes

so now jadzia and ezri are bureaucratically handcuffed to each other and both alive and have fascinating things to talk about :)

#ezri dax #jadzia dax #ds9 #ds9 spoilers #star trek spoilers #deep space nine #ds9 s7 #worf: 'you are not going to move into our quarters and watch us fuck' #ezri and jadzia: 'NO ONE SUGGESTED THAT!!' #maybe she's given her own quarters but avoids spending any time in them bc suddenly it's lonely being alone in her head #maybe she still tries dating julian and it's not good bc she's using him for company and he's #well he's always spending more time with garak or miles anyway #when voyager returns to the alpha quadrant ezri and seven 👀👀

[iamthecutestofborg]

#text post meme #star trek memes #star trek: deep space nine #ds9 memes #star trek spoilers #ds9 spoilers

[unfortunate-cantaloupe]

I CANNOT get over In Purgatory’s Shadow/By Inferno’s Light because the whole Tain dying debacle is just Garak wanting Julian to know him. He could’ve sent him away, told him to leave, and Julian would’ve but instead it was the most blatant show of trust we have seen (and, I’m guessing, will ever see) from Garak. It’s consuming my soul. And don’t get me STARTED of Julian’s constant worrying about Garak working on the whatever -it-was, even BEFORE it was revealed that Garak has severe claustrophobia. And the way Julian climbs in after him without a second thought once Garak starts having flashbacks i aM FROTHING AT THE MOUTH

#AAAAAAAAAA #It me guys I’m screaming about them #ds9 spoilers #so many spoilers #garashir #garak x bashir #elim garak #julian bashir #ds9 #deep space nine #star trek #star trek deep space nine #deep space 9

[mergaliscious]

would you still love me if I was a worm living in the body of some chick you'd never met?

Image descriptions:

Screencap of Deep Space Nine with Jadzia Dax kissing another young female Trill.

Screencap of Ezri Dax having an uncomfortable conversation with Worf.

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[stopthatbluecat]

Okay but now I'm haunted by the fact that the Dominion chose Lakarian City to destroy first.

Like is it famous for it's amusement center for KIDS??

Because no fuckin wonder the Cardassians all revolted after they destroyed it. Sure, with any city they're gonna revolt, but one that's famous for families to be at?

#I forgot about this cuz it was dukat who said it but holy shit #cardassia #lakarian city #ds9 spoilers #ds9 #deep space nine #defiant

[spocks-husband]

Hey gamers just watched the season six finale of ds9. Ending it all right now.

#bye gamers #star trek #axel rambles sometimes #ds9 #ds9 spoilers #jadzia #jadzia dax #ds9 jadzia #jadzia ds9

[spacelessbian]

me when heterosexuality:

#star trek ds9 #star trek deep space nine #elim garak #ds9 spoilers

[ecosine]

julian bashir/the ideal husband by father john misty

#ds9 spoilers #this killed me to make #juuuuuulian #ds9 #julian bashir #jezri #garashir #jiles #jadzia dax #deep space nine #father john misty #star trek #elim garak #ezri dax #my amv

[fuzzyhairedfreak]

okay ds9 girlies (gn) in my phone, in the good universe where instead of Jadzia dying there’s some insane transporter accident that clones the Dax symbiont and that’s how we get Ezri,

#ds9 #jadzia dax #ds9 jadzia #ezri dax #ds9 ezri #star trek #st #this has been an post #okay. for real this time. Jesus Christ sorry I can’t use technology #polls #ds9 spoilers

[walkingstackofbooks]

Just a little ficlet that I doubt will make it into anything larger.

Post-canon Cardassia: Julian asks Ezri (and Dax) to be a part of his and Garak's wedding.

It had been lovely to properly catch up with Julian, and see how happy he was now. Conversation had flowed as easily as ever as they ambled along; it was hard to believe they'd once thought that dating-and-breaking-up would stop them from being friends.

Ezri wasn't sure how long they'd been walking when Julian came to a sudden stop, flexing his hands in that way he did when he was worried about something.

"Actually, there was something I wanted to ask you. Well, you and Dax. If that makes sense? A couple of things, really," he said. Ezri wondered how many times he'd silently rehearsed that, only for it still to come out so awkwardly.

"Go on?"

"Um, first of all - will you be my best man? At the wedding?"

Ezri laughed, taken aback, but Julian seemed completely serious. "Me?" she said, incredulously. "I mean, I'm flattered that you're asking - but I'd have thought you'd have wanted Miles?"

Julian nodded, chuckling through gritted teeth. "Yes... and no - I was trying to decide who of you I'd ask. No offence!" he added hurriedly, probably realising how that sounded. "But, you see, the thing is that Garak asked Miles before I could."

"Garak? Why?"

Julian sighed, rolling his eyes. "Garak says that since it's a human tradition, he felt it was only proper to ask one of his human friends - actually, "acquaintances" was how he put it. Personally, I think he's just doing it to irritate both of us - but I don't have any proof. Yet."

Although he had tried to sound cross about it, Julian couldn't stop a fond smile breaking across his face. "I still can't believe I'm going to marry him," he mused, looking off into the distance contentedly before snapping back to face Ezri. "Well, anyway - will you do it?"

"Of course," she replied warmly, taking his hands in her own. "I'd love to."

He squeezed her hands tightly in gratitude. "Great," he grinned. "That's... that's really great, Ezri. Thank you."

As she stepped back, letting go of him, she could see that despite his happiness, there was still an air of anxiety around him.

"And the second thing?" she prompted, assuming that was the cause.

"Ah, yes," Julian said, smile slipping for a moment, some heaviness stealing into his expression. His gaze wandered off over her shoulder.

"Julian?"

Unexpectedly, he laughed, straightening up as he looked at her again. "I'm sorry, it's just that I really don't have any right to ask this of you," he said, hands - as usual - accompanying his words with haphazard gestures. "But... well... I wanted to ask if you'd plan the afterparty?"

"Me?" she asked, laughing again, unable to think of a different way to reply. "Julian, I'm not really a party person. I'm sure you could find someone who would actually know what they're doing. I wouldn't know where to start!"

"I know," he replied, "but Dax does, right?"

She frowned, trying to work out what he was getting at. Julian closed his eyes for a moment, sighing.

"I'm sorry," he repeated, "I was just hoping I could ask you as Dax..." He trailed off and looked away, shrugging. "It's probably silly, really. But I haven't been able to shake the thought that if Jadzia were here, nothing would have stopped her from taking over the party plans. And I just thought that maybe, if you did it, it would be like having a little bit of her, there, too."

"Oh, Julian," she breathed, allowing the strangeness of feeling like she was being mourned to wash over her. It was a familiar sensation, but it was far easier to hang on to her own Ezri-ness nowadays, and she shook herself back into the present.

"Well, I can't guarantee it'll live up to your expectations - but I'll do my best," she promised sincerely. "For you, and for Jadzia."

He smiled back, shakily. "It's not too much to ask?"

"Not at all," she reassured him, although she wasn't entirely certain that was true. She'd cross that bridge when she came to it. "I'm just sorry that you still miss her so much."

He turned his head sharply, as though she'd said something confusing. "I'm not," he said, his wet eyes catching hers with an unusual intensity. She tilted her head, raising her eyebrows in her own silent question.

"I'm not sorry that I miss her, I mean," he explained, voice rough, but steady. "If I didn't, it would mean that I'd forgotten how important she was to me when she was alive - and I'd never want that to happen. Even if it still sometimes hurts to remember her. I wouldn't give up those memories for anything. Not that I can, of course" he added, tapping his forehead. "Perfect recall has to count for something."

Ezri wasn't quite sure how to respond to that. The counsellor part of her wanted to ask if he'd spoken to anyone about how his enhanced memories had impacted on his grief... but she figured now wasn't the right time, and tabled that thought for a future conversation.

"Come on," she said instead, linking her arm through his. "I don't know how much further we've got to walk to get there, but I know we're not there yet."

--

Like I said, I don't expect to write this into a whole story - but this conversation was partly the inspiration for the song I made about grieving Jadzia, if you're interested at all :)

(But I can't regret missing you / Even when I know it means / That my heart won't lighten again. / Even losing one memory / Would be the death of me - / You were magnificent / And I won't forget that.)

(Yes, I am having FEELINGS about Jadzia's death and I want to share them so badly 😅😅😅)

#ficlet #ds9 spoilers #Julian Bashir #Ezri Dax #very implied Garashir :P #Andi writes #my trek musings #ds9 fic #mourning the magnificent Jadzia Dax #I hope I've done Ezri justice here #Like I love Julian and it is ultimately about him #(what isn't 😅) #but i do love Ezri and want her to be her own bean #WSB

[kingoftheu]

Ok so when they were building the Defiant why didn't Starfleet go with a Klingon Cloak. The Klingons were allies, there was no need for the song and dance with the Romulans.

#star trek #deep space 9 #ds9 spoilers #uss defiant #klingons #romulans #starfleet

[theygotlost]

Before we drift away: a commemoration of Jadzia's passing into Sto'Vo'Kor

#jadzia dax #worfzia #worfdax #star trek ds9 #deep space nine #worf son of mogh #ds9 spoilers #mine #ANYWAY. SADSTUCK AMV. #EVERYONE STREAM 😭😭 ITS IMPORTANT TO ME 😭 #vid

[iamthecutestofborg]

Appreciation post for Cirroc Lofton's fantastically deranged faces as possessed!Jake in The Reckoning

#ds9 spoilers #star trek #ds9 #jake sisko #cirroc lofton #ds9 the reckoning