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sshbpodcast · 3 months

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Character Spotlight: Lwaxana Troi

By Ames

Lwaxana haters, see yourselves out (or stick around and see how wrong you are!), because A Star to Steer Her By loves our black-eyed Betazoid mama. She’s the daughter of the Fifth House, holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx, heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed, and also one of our favorite characters from The Next Generation!

Like Katharine Pulaski (whom we also stan with the best of them!), Lwaxana Troi is a character who gets way more hate than she deserves, who grew substantially every time she appeared on the show, and who has way more nuance than even some of the main characters we’ve discussed from the show so far! And that fashion sense? Holy cow. So pack your absurdly huge luggage, don your fluffiest wig, and meet up with us and Mr. Homn as we celebrate (and occasionally criticize) all things Lwaxana below and this week on the podcast (sashay over to 55:22 for the convo). We’re going on a manhunt!

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Murderers! Assassins! While her first couple of appearances in TNG were fairly annoying, as you’ll see in our next section, the one thing Lwaxana gets emphatically right in “Manhunt” is figuring out the two Antedians the Enterprise was carrying are actually assassins. And she drops this information in the most nonchalant way possible, cementing her status as a major boss.

Release them and I will stay with you willingly Oh boy is “Ménage à Troi,” a tough episode to gauge. While it certainly has its lows (Lwaxana constantly crashing Deanna’s day, Ferengi shenanigans at their worst, and some sexual assault and implied rape swept under the rug), Mrs. Troi does put her daughter first and insists to Daimon Tog that Deanna and Will be released if she sacrifices herself like any mother would.

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? The other great scene that Lwaxana inspires in “Ménage à Troi,” is one we mentioned in our Picard Spotlight post, when she and JL work together to trick the Ferengi into releasing her. Even from across viewscreens, she compels the beautiful diatribe of Shakespearean poetry from Jean-Luc that ends up saving the summer’s day!

What does that little one do, Mister Woof? I don’t know why, but it always tickles me the couple of times on the show that Lwaxana calls our Klingon security head “Mr. Woof” as she does in “Half a Life” and others. Is she doing it just to evoke a reaction from him? Does she actually know his name at all? Regardless of the answer, it’s a cute joke that the writers play.

It is the custom for your loved ones to join you at this Resolution, is it not? Our fuller opinion of the character really started getting formed once the show reached “Half a Life” – one of our TNG faves – and we got a different look at this man-hungry helicopter parent. Suddenly, Lwaxana has nuance. She fights for people other than herself or her immediate family. She becomes vulnerable with Timicin, something we didn’t think possible from her character. And when she decides to go with him to his Resolution, it feels personal, complex, and complete.

A child who is trusted becomes worthy of that trust We gave Deanna some rightful criticism for thinking that writing up a contract between Worf and Alexander would be a good idea in “Cost of Living,” and Lwaxana waltzes in like a fairy godmother and throws that terrible idea in their faces! Immediately, she knows how to better parent Alexander than anyone else on the show ever had, low bar that that is.

You’re telling me you’re not going to be naked at your own wedding? It feels like such a triumph for Lwaxana to so brazenly show up naked to her wedding in “Cost of Living,” fully embracing her Betazoid heritage and throwing her strong will and individuality in Campio’s and his little toady’s faces. Now why she was engaged to that uptight twat in the first place is another story, but good for her anyway!

Whatever it is, we can face it together Here’s an actually good moment she shares with her daughter: That tear-jerking moment in “Dark Page.” It’s another instance in which we see Lwaxana as having more personality traits than we were led to believe she had as she comes to acknowledge the death of her daughter Kestra, and also we see Majel Barrett nailing some acting we’d never seen from her before.

Nobody’s ever seen me like this By the time we reach Deep Space Nine, the writers have figured out what to do with Lwaxana Troi to make her an impactful character. Sure, she’s still a great comic device, especially against rigid characters like Picard and Odo, but it’s in the way that she is humanized (or Betazoidized?) in scenes like the truly remarkable turbolift scene in “The Forsaken” that she really shines.

Then sway with me, Odo. Sway with me. While Lwaxana’s constant pestering of Picard gets tiring really quickly, her relationship with Odo proves something more interesting. In one of those Odd Couple kind of pairings, she’s able to get Odo to come out of his shell, even if it’s just a little bit, so when she gets him to dance with her in “Fascination,” it’s delightful and shows more layers to their respective characters.

Before I met her, my world was a much smaller place Okay, so the weird inspiration vampire side of the plot of “The Muse” may be idiotic, but the Lwaxana-Odo scenes are pure gold. Lwaxana and Odo, again, find each other to be the only people they can be vulnerable with, and Odo agrees to marry a very pregnant Lwaxana to get her out of an existing marriage, delivering the purest, most intimate and beautiful speech we’ve heard from him (until Kira, at least).

Strut your stuff on the catwalk Finally, we just have to give massive points to her remarkable fashion sense. One of our favorites is this blue number from “Fascination,” with the perfect wig to complement it and accessories like whoa. Make sure you check out our full screenshot assemblage that we put together previously to give fair credit to the excellent costuming of this iconic woman.

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Worst moments

Momzillas gone wild Mrs. Troi is not without her faults, however, and most are man-related. How much pressure she puts on her daughter to get married is more than uncomfortable, it can get downright offensive. When the arranged marriage she initiated between Deanna and Wyatt comes due in “Haven,” it’s clear that this momzilla doesn’t always have her daughter’s best interests in mind; just her own.

Use your mind, not your mouth We also found it just plain rude how much Lwaxana insisted on communicating with Deanna telepathically in “Haven” and other episodes. a) Deanna has made it clear she’d rather speak out loud, and b) Picard and other crewmembers can’t hear what’s being said and that’s impolite, especially coming from someone of such standing in the Federation.

Oh, Jean-Luc, what naughty thoughts It becomes a running gag for the first couple appearances of Lwaxana how much she makes sexual advances on Captain Picard, who is just trying to do his job most of the time. But “Manhunt” really takes the cake for just going overboard with presumptuous behavior unbecoming for a woman of her stature. Leave the poor guy alone!

Until death us do part Later in “Manhunt,” it’s even grosser for Mrs. Troi to declare that she and Riker are to be wed. Whatever physiological state she was in is no excuse for how she goes out of her way to mortify her daughter, to put the moves on Deanna’s imzadi without consent, and to make scene after scene all for romantic attention. Why Gene Roddenberry would make his wife act like this is beyond us.

No man has ever been such a mystery to me Lucky for the flesh-and-blood men that Lwaxana spends most of “Manhunt” sexually accosting, apparently she has no idea what a hologram is. I don’t know how, but she’s so horny that when she meets Rex the bartender, she’s so intrigued by her inability to read his mind that she doesn’t even realize it’s because he’s not a real person. We can just imagine how far it went before it dawned on her.

Oo-mox is only the beginning It’s only fitting that someone like Lwaxana Troi should be there for the introduction of oo-mox on the show, and one time was already too much. During “Ménage à Troi,” Lwaxana unknowingly performs what’s essentially a sex act on her captor, which is gross enough as it is, but we learn later in an episode of Deep Space Nine that she also slept with Daimon Tog, and I vomit in my mouth.

Swipe right! We learn in “Cost of Living” that Lwaxana has gotten engaged to Campio, whom she effectively met on a dating app and whom she has absolutely no chemistry with. It strikes us as entirely out of character that she’d accept marriage to someone who wouldn’t allow her to be who she intrinsically is just because he’s rich. Thank the Four Deities she found a way out of it!

My name is Mud While we gave Lwaxana credit for spending more time with Alexander and treating him better than Worf ever does, we have to admit that the jacuzzi scene in “Cost of Living” is off-putting. Sure, it’s the future and we know that in Betazoid culture, nudity is entirely normal, but we’re still not sure it’s something Alexander is accustomed to or had any ability to consent to and that’s weird.

The worst thing that can happen to any parent This is a complicated one because it’s so triggering. I’m not sure it would be fair to blame Lwaxana or anyone for the accident that befell Kestra as we learn in “Dark Page,” but it’s very clear that Lwaxana blames herself. This is truly the lowest her character had ever been, and it explains a few things about how she so tightly latches on to Deanna, but it is a bad, bad time for her.

Bad thoughts, they hurt her What’s more accurate to say about the events from “Dark Page” is that Lwaxana had handled her trauma in an ultimately poor way. By blocking those memories as evidently Betazoids do with triggering events, she never was able to mourn or accept the loss of Kestra, instead avoiding the memories entirely in a way that turned out to be harmful to her and not fair to her late daughter’s memory.

Does no one understand quarantine procedures? I’ll nitpick about it every time some disease breaks out in an episode and no one seems to understand you shouldn’t go around touching everyone around them. So when Lwaxana has Zanthi Fever in “Fascination” and suddenly her horniness becomes contagious, I’m doubly pissed off because it resulted in a really, really stupid premise for an episode.

What I’d mistaken for love was nothing more than a prison After we mentioned just now when Lwaxana leapt at the chance to marry Campio in “Cost of Living,” we see she’s made the same mistake with Jeyal in “The Muse,” except now there’s a baby involved. The most irritating facet of Lwaxana’s personality is how man-hungry she always seems to be. It always clouds her perception, making her make bad decision after bad decision, and worse: making her compromise who she is.

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Give it up for Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who could really do it all. Stick around next week for more kickass recurring characters on the Enterprise-D, and for our continued ride through the series Enterprise over on SoundCloud or wherever you podcast. You can also send us love notes over on Facebook and Twitter, but stop marrying every eligible dude you meet!

#star trek #star trek podcast #podcast #lwaxana troi #the next generation #deep space nine #haven #manhunt #menage a troi #half a life #cost of living #dark page #the forsaken #fascination #the muse #majel barrett

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fauvester · 1 year

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1830s ferengi are my new artblock unstopper. as IF the ladies would let ferengi males take over the trade of millinery and fashionable accessories!

I like to believe that lady ferengis comprise a class of competent and sometimes ruthless merchants and milliners, as well as very discerning consumers of finished products. fashionable suppliers in all quadrants brag about the quantity and loyalty of their ferengi customers (since they'll ruthlessly drop anyone they think is offering subpar goods.) ferengi fashion isn't particularly popular outside ferengar, but if you need any kind of trim, fabric or tchotchke, it's best to get a ferengi female's advice. They know all the best deals, but they may charge a finder's fee.

as for tailors? oh, the best come from cardassia. if you only know the planet for its monocultural militarism and you're surprised to hear it, you clearly haven't seen a gul in full uniform! their structured bodices (don't call them that to their faces - they're breastplates) are architectural masterpieces. If a ferengi brings out your best qualities, a cardassian will invent ones that don't exist - boning, interfacing, padding, buckram, lacing, until you're the perfect inverted starfleet insignia shaped model of a modern lizard general, complete with a coquettish flash of neck. They generally work via flat-patterning, lots heavy duty construction and mathematics. of course your cardassian tailor will do their best to drape your bias cut slip, but they may call a hit on you after wrestling with your risian silk charmeuse...

#ds9 #ferengi #JUST speculative....#the CW jumpin out #i had so much fun w the first plate i wanted to do another...#but also. a garak #i love the idea of 18th century tailor cardassians vs milliner ferengi #cardassian bodices look so similar to like. 1840-1860 bodices #it took me a couple eps to realize why its so familiar #and the pants are so FUCKING TIGHT #theyre wearing evening gown bodices with pleather leggings its fierce it fucks you go girls

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slippery-domjot-balls · 10 months

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Our Man Bashir S4 E10

Saw this episode for the first time this week. There were so many little touches that made the episode a perfect parody of the Bond aesthetic. It payed tribute to classic James Bond (Sean Connery and it even teased the silly nature of Roger Moore's Bond).

The opening sequence of a villain crashing through glass with a follow up KO by the champagne cork was a lovely campy tribute. It had a Our Man Flint with James Coburn vibe! Try those if you like Bond parodies.

The Bondesque portrayal of Bashir works well. It both fits the desire he has to be heroic, to be more alluring and charismatic, and to take confidence in life outside the holosuite. Julian already is those things though. He just needs help realizing that sometimes. He was heroic in Hippocratic Oath when he stood for the lost Jem'Hadar. In his medical domain he is charismatic and in charge. All of his interactions with Garak show his subtle and alluring personality. He is on his journey of gaining confidence and with each passing episode he gains more self-esteem.

We all were admiring Julian just like Garak is. Look at that sweet face. Garak recognizes Julian's chance at character growth as his spy persona. By taking him under his wing, Garak can help him develop as a man of mystery!

The clothing is also perfect. Fashion was nailed for a Bond film parody. The high class tuxedos and the casual sweaters! We only missed out on the incredibly short-short-short-swim-shorts that Sean Connery seemed to love.

Miles as the main evil henchman was an excellent choice. Silly falcon eyepatch was just a bonus. It was nice to see a little spy gadget used by Bashir as well. Gotta have those!

I will make of gif of it later, but Worf blew a genuine smoke ring at one point. The white tux also looked amazing. More Klingons should wear white! It would be great for battle too. Showcases all the blood of their enemies.

Another A+ costume designed by the fabulous Trek Costume designers. The flair, the jewelry, all just works with that stunning Bajoran. She also played the Russian accent really well (not that I am an accent expert). Underneath this holosuite persona though we still enjoy Nana Visitor's warm smile. Nothing can stop her from making all our hearts melt!

Dr. Honey Bare....of course there would be a silly name like that. I wish Dax's character was treated less as plot device, but as a parody of older Bond movies I see the placement and and ridiculousness of it. It did feel like the cast enjoyed making fun of it.

This gem....I cannot even begin to state my delight over this single high pitched chort....giggle...laugh? What even is it? I knew of this gif out of context but now having seen the episode I see that Sisko was the deranged villain set out to destroy the world so he could create his human 2.0 sex island.

Above all of this, we must give the spotlight to the REAL hero. Rom. He is an absolute genius!!!! I love that he is so intelligent. Sure, Lt. Mr. Little Boy Eddington was there too, Odo helped a bunch, and Quark wanted to show off his jacket, but Rom saved the day. Rom singlehandedly saved the entire main cast. On the fly he rigged up an engineering masterpiece in a Frankenstein's monster way. Under incredible pressure with try or die high stakes, he pioneered a solution. I sure hope that Rom can be the star of the show more often in the coming seasons. He is a brilliantly written Ferengi and a well acted character. A loving and supportive father, caring brother, talented engineer, and an all around good friend to everyone.

For me, this episode surprisingly became a "wow, I love Rom" episode. Of course, I enjoyed and can see how iconic and quintessentially Star Trek the entire Bond tribute plot was, but this episode is about Rom for me as much as it is about Bashir and anything else.

I am glad that I can share my first watch of DS9 with all you lovely people. Thank you for sharing all your insights and passion for DS9 and Star Trek as a franchise with me.

Here is to many more shared laughs and warm moments together!

#our man bashir #star trek ds9 #deep space nine #julian bashir #garak #worf #benjamin sisko #jadzia dax #kira nerys #rom #quark #miles o'brien #michael eddington #pictures courtesy of trekcore.com #thank you all you lovely trek fans

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herschelkrustofsky · 1 month

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so i just finished season 2 of DS9 for the first time and i have so many thoughts about quark and his relationships with the crew; specifically ben, kira, jadzia, and odo. throughout the season, we see quark either trying to connect to these four — albeit in his own grating way — or proving his worth to them after a major fuck-up. (this is the case for jadzia specifically; he inadvertently put her on danger in invasive procedures [2x03] risked his own life trying to save her. we see them hanging out in playing god [2x17], so we know they’re cool and that jadzia forgave him. this should go without mentioning jadzia sticking up for the ferengi more than once throughout the season, specifically to kira, and insisting there’s more to them than their money grubbing ways.)

with ben, quark attempts to connection with him over a drink in second sight [2x09], only for ben to turn him down — presumably because he has too much on his mind and quark is quark, but the way the camera lingers on our favourite bartender, we can see how the rejection ate at him. the rejection sensitivity is dialled up even further in shadowplay [2x16] when quark attempts to get playful with kira, only to be told she utterly despises him for collaborating with the cardassians during the occupation — forcing him to realize that their snark isn’t a game and that she legitimately doesn’t like him, to the point where he says (verbatim) that he wishes he hadn’t brought it up. this comes up again in the jem’hadar [2x26] when he mentions to odo that kira specifically doesn’t like him, showing how much he internalized that conversation and ruminates over it even with the passage of time — and that’s still not all!

in the collaborator [2x24], there’s a specific exchange between odo, kira, and quark that’s very relevant to the theme of quark feeling rejected and isolated by the crew. transcribing it doesn’t quite do it justice, so i’ll just link the scene itself:

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TL;DR: these two show up and quark immediately gets defensive and nervous. given his interactions with odo on a regular basis + kira’s recent (and completely understandable) anger, he figures them confronting him together probably spells out trouble for him. and unfortunately, in typical odo fashion, he doesn’t exactly make him feel any better:

quark: you want something from me, don’t you?

kira: how’d you guess?

odo: it’s simple. we’ve been here more than a minute, and we haven’t insulted him, threatened him, or arrested him.

quark: exactly. so what is it?

quark values odo’s opinion a lot. and while i’m sure odo was just playing around and being sarcastic, this is the last thing quark needed to hear in that moment and solidifies in his mind that he’s only of any value to the others when he’s useful, which ultimately culminates in this confrontation with ben after they’ve been captured by the jem’hadar:

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i’ve seen this clip before, but it was only last night, after having seen season 2 to completion, that i finally had the full context for it — specifically, for quark’s emotions, and why he went on his little tirade. he isn’t angry at ben specifically; he’s angry at the entire DS9 crew for (in his mind) treating him like an annoyance that’s only worth speaking to when he gives them something in return. i believe he brings up his species as a whole rather than Just Himself for two reasons: 1, it gives him a roundabout way to express his outrage without getting too vulnerable, and 2, he is attempting to rationalize why he’s faced with the indifference and the animosity that he is. chalking it down to speciesism helps him rationalize why this is happening, but the alternative is also pretty devastating: that they just don’t like him as an individual.

but here’s the kicker: they DO like quark! ben lets him come along on the camping trip despite his wishes to spend time with jake and only jake. he engages in conversation with him, feeds him, and is pretty damn amiable towards him despite quark’s incessant complaining. he defends quark to eris when she expresses annoyance over him. meanwhile, odo specifically joins the rescue mission to make sure quark gets home safe (in his own words!!!) and even tells kira she’d miss quark if anything were to happen to him — they ALL would — and she agrees!

the tragedy is that all of these things are discussed when quark is out of earshot (no pun intended) or just not paying enough attention. but despite his growing disillusionment with them, quark is willing to resort to violence (something he’d really rather avoid) to protect his friends; first demonstrated in invasive procedures and then coming full circle when he lethally shoots a jem’hadar trying to hurt ben, who returns the favour by making sure quark isn’t left behind despite eris’ insistence. and this time, quark IS around to hear that someone cares about him; not just anyone, but the station’s commander, which certainly gives him the validation he’s been craving all season long.

while i can’t find the clip, i think quark’s little monologue to the gloomy morn at the beginning of the episode describes it best; he isn’t just their bartender, he’s their confidant and their friend — or desperately wants to be. unfortunately, his learned / cultural behaviours, impulsivity, and selfish tendencies (as demonstrated when he abandons morn to scurry after his boytoy, aka odo) drive a wedge between him and the people he’s come to want the approval of so badly… and despite his glaring flaws and their often flippant treatment of him, they manage to like him anyway. big ears just needs to listen better, it seems — or maybe his friends need to make their affections a little more obvious.

i just. man. it’s such a subtle arc, one you probably don’t notice unless you’ve been watching a bunch of episodes consecutively like i have (not to mention my, ahem, keen eye on a certain ferengi…), but it’s so satisfying. they didn’t have to do all that for him and they did. this show and its attention to character detail is incredible and i can’t wait to see what else it has in store for me. 🖤

#quark #ds9 #kira nerys #benjamin sisko #odo #sid.txt #sid’s stuff 🤡 🌈#sid’s meta 🤡 🌈#real audhd rambling hours folks!#long post /

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rolling-restart · 9 months

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F1 x Star Trek Headcanons

Okay lads, this might not be everyone’s cup of tea but I’d love to present you some of my Star Trek x F1 headcanons that I developed with dear @abovecalamity. If you have any comments or additions, please drop me an ask/message!

Half Vulcan!Oscar!!! The neutral face, the apathy, the ‘lack’ of excitement and everything fits so well (I NEED SOMEONE TO DRAW HIM WITH THE EARS)

Vulcan!Oscar’s best side kirk kick, Lando!

Oscar’s mum being human and him being actually a bit more in touch with his emotions that way

Baby Vulcan!Oscar!!!! Him being very young in Vulcan years and being mocked for it sometimes

Vulcan!Mark. Now listen, if anyone it’s him. And he is pretty old. Like around 100.

Lando touching Oscar’s hand and Oscar getting confused af because why my teammate kissed me rn???

Oscar teaching Lando how to Ozh'esta (Vulcan kiss with fingers) and them doing it in public (appearing goofy but also giving Mark a heart attack due to embarrassment)

Imagine how much funnier the Alpine fiasco would be! “I merely stated facts! I didn’t agree to drive for them”

Baby’s first pon farr???? With Lando maybe??

Gay little Vulcan fashion robes for Oscar (not the bowl cut tho, my brain cannot comprehend that)

Directly quoting @abovecalamity :“Ok but Lando’s voice just popped up in my mind asking “but WHY would u suppress your emotions like that 🙄” “It’s managing them, controlling them” “but WHY would u.” Silly illogical human!!!

Oscar with an IDIC helmet design.

Oscar’s discomfort from constant touch (thanks Lando), loud noises and strong scents. Poor baby has to wear earplugs everywhere.

And some random headcanons

Nico Rosberg as Lwaxana Troi. Outfits explain everything. So does weird horny aunt energy. And yes, jokes on you, he reads minds.

Danny ricc is giving trill because he has SEEN things and lived enough lifetime to be super chill about them

However, at the same time, Nando is giving Curzon Dax and I won’t elaborate. You would understand if you saw that specific Zhian'tara deep space 9 episode (03x25).

Bajoran!Seb!! Imagine his cute little nose ridges and political activism.

Ferengi!Guenther Steiner. And a full Ferengi shenanigans episode with Ferengi!Gene (they are committing fraud).

Rescued Ex-Borg!Max à la Seven of Nine. The obsession with perfection, letting himself go a little with help. Obviously Janeway!Christian Horner although I know they are nothing alike as personalities. But he loves his little rescue borg so much ok??? (And obviously, skin-tight jumpsuits for Max).

Cringefail Augment!George à la Julian Bashir. He is cringe, idealistic and impressionable. He is also super fast. You get it.

Hologram!Charles because he is too beautiful to be true!!! Obligatory hologram sassiness and you can just turn him off if he starts to annoy you!

That’s it for now! Again, if you have any comments or additions, please drop me an ask/message, I’m super inspired about this rn.

#f1 x star trek #star trek crossover #crossover #crossover headcanons #f1 x star trek crossover #oscar piastri #landoscar #lando norris #mark webber #nico rosberg #daniel ricciardo #fernando alonso #charles leclerc #max verstappen #christian horner #george russel

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cosmicvaca · 1 month

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I’ve been wanting to make a fashion fan zine exploring Ferengi fashion and my headcanons but also like human fashion trends. Like I wanna talk about how class plays into fashion both in the show and in real life; and I wanna talk about the French revaluation, the rise of socialism, drag culture, etc etc.

#im cooking I promise #this has been on my mind for a bit #Ferengi #star trek #adri blabs

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thresholdbb · 25 days

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👕 Character whose fashion you like.

While I love the Starfleet uniforms and many specific off-duty looks, I think I'm gonna have to go with Quark. (Fashionable Ferengi in general honestly.)

The opulence! The adornments! The colors! The tails! A whole coordinated look!

I don't think any other character or species communicates as clearly through their clothing as Quark and the DS9 era Ferengi. The level of detail in the fabric and construction, the dyes and adornments, not to mention the tailoring. His clothing literally communicates wealth and excess, so it's a delicious detail. While I enjoy the jokes about the DS9 costuming department raiding the leftover fabric, the amount of attention and work that would have had to go into Ferengi costuming is astronomical.

Also, Quark doesn't really have that many outfits, and Rom and Nog have even fewer, which speaks to their respective latinum situations. Then you add in the fact that Ferengi females aren't allowed to wear clothes, and you get another layer of meaning attached to them. They fought for the right to latinum and the right to wear clothes at the same time

For this ask game

#and the employees have uniforms relegating them to being essentially property of quark #this would be so complicated to make but quarks clothing is a dream make #gotta remind myself how much trouble I had making Dax's jacket #it would also non ironically be very expensive to recreate lol #because yeah counting material costs and hours my bell riots look was EXPENSIVE expensive #I am actually wild about the costuming but tend to focus on specific outfits #star trek deep space 9 #ask game

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britishbilliee · 7 months

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Not my oc!!! The owner of this fashionable ferengi is @berrymimes

For the amazing line up

#myart2023 #star trek #not my oc #No I did not feel like drawing limbs today #Star Trek Mogis

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motsimages · 1 year

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When I think of Garak, the tailor, and I see the costume design in DS9, what comes to my mind is that fast-fashion is dead.

There are some Bajoran clothes' shops in DS9 but there is also a tailor. What we see of Cardassians is that they care about their tailored clothes, so of course there was a tailor in a Cardassian station, but there is still one now that the Cardassians are gone (and he is Cardassian).

On the one hand, this speaks of Cardassian culture and maybe a Cardassian stereotype regarding clothes. But also, in a broader approach, of how clothing works in this world.

Ferengi also care a lot about their clothing choices, they have layer on layer, it shows how much money and profit they have. It is also tailored. Bajorans and Humans seem to be more careless about the fashion choices and while things are their size, the emphasis is not necessarily on "tailored". Generally speaking, comfort is the main trend (except for Lwaxana).

Generally speaking, most clothes are more or less tailored, but it is interesting that there is an official tailor, not a seamstress, not a dressmaker, although I guess those exist too (especially in societies where money exists as they tend to be cheaper). He speaks of creating new patterns that he takes to the replicator. He also speaks of modifying clothes (that are either bought in shops or replicated, I guess), probably because the replicator works with standards.

But even a replicator is no necessarily instant. It may be for food or drinks, but is it also the case for a dress? For a coat?

We see that they repeat the same clothes often. The first seasons, Jake has a couple of onesies he wears a lot, until he outgrows them. O'Brien has a blue shirt that he wears often. Kira has a red originally knitted cardigan and mustard pants.

This means that clothes are long-lasting, that fashion as a trend is not as important as in other moments in history. Clothes are made to be comfortable and to last, and people who know how to make and mend clothes are valued and necessary. And some things, a replicator could never do anyways.

There are also probably new types of natural fibers discovered in certain planets. I haven't seen Ferenginar yet but I know it rains a lot, so they probably have good waterproof materials (as in treatment of fibers) or even waterproof fibers. I bet this whole look Quark has is waterproof but breathable.

Ferengi women are very likely responsible for making the clothes for their men, they are skillful spinsters, dyers and knitters. The poorest of the Ferengi, those who are unable to make profit, are also probably the ones working in the fields to grow the fibers needed. Sure, many of these tasks could be replicated but why bother when you can use them to show who is in charge?

Bajor must have good breathing fibers similar to cotton or linen (more like linen than cotton as it doesn't seem too stretch generally). And they are particularly skilled at dying lasting colors. They are also creative knitters. Bajoran uniform includes a knitted pattern in their t-shirt.

Cardassians know how to work the fiber to make them stretch or they probably have fibers that naturally stretch like wool (many of their clothes seem to be made of wool-like fabrics). What animals does Cardassia have and how is their stockbreeding?

Klingons, on the other hand, probably prioritise leather-like clothes. So similar question arise: how is their stockbreeding? I gather is a honorable task highly rewarded, as it must be all the leather industry too, especially if it is uniforms for battle. They may also have silk-like fibers, as good silk is difficult to puncture for civilian clothes, along with other animal originated fabrics.

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