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dystopia au where we are all assigned one of two chosen genders at birth

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I never got how past TOS every Star Trek writer seems to treat the Prime Directive as some sort of sacred edict rather than the anti imperialist screed it actually is. TOS was made in the Cold War where Russia, the USA, and other countries were basically playing tug of war with smaller countries to their detriment, so writer Gene L. Coon came up with the idea that Starfleet should not do that, that civilizations should be allowed to develop on their own without being used as catspaws by more powerful entities.

The problem is that somewhere along the line this got lost and it turned into “these people are all going to die but saving them would violate the Prime Directive”. Like yeah you should save people from dying, just don’t do it in a way that makes them your client state!

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shinji ikari

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So smooth

actually. question. did the Cardassians as Lizards thing ever come up in like, canon star trek or did we all just collectively decide that they had to be reptiles based on design choices

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As a trombonist myself I am both insulted and delighted. Trombone players are all a little bit evil. The black sheep of the orchestra. Beautiful work, as always!

Proceeding with my Orchestra Series Dukat paying trombone was one of the first images that came to me when I decided to go into this series. The most suitable for him as I see it. In a good way.

For those who want to participate in discussion about this AU, please join here, you are very welcome, I read everything and I am grateful for all ideas and knowledge you provide there :) Sorry in advance for inaccuracies in drawing instruments if there are any (there are).

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Who could believe they end up having a baby together

1x19 - In the Hands of the Prophets

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i really do want to see what the alpha quadrant yelp reviews for quark's bar are like. do they fuck with him. does he get 100% negative reviews from bajorans for working for cardassians

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Ngl watching DS9 I was expecting Dukat to figure out that Sisko's Ultimate Weakness was babies and come to the station with his new month old son to use as a Distraction.

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Garak is using his Human Filter again.

hey guys do you wanna see something terrible? sure you do

*un-cardassians your garak*

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Literally every neurodivergent person when somebody mentions their interest.

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If I can get it together to flesh out the nebulous idea I have for part 3 of A Way Home, a trip to Earth is part of it. It sounds so fun to write about!

I would pay money to see a post canon garashir trip to earth. I just think Garak would be so thoroughly uncomfortable on every level but also have a good time. I want him to see the northern lights and both be enthralled and absolutely miserable.

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This is incredible! I love the chaos of it all, and Richard and Amsha back there with the stupid guitar, all freaked out! I’m crying. Thank you for this. Beautiful work!

I wanted to try drawing lizard cardassians so I drew the cardassian hospital from this fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/53505502

Some other attempts

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I simply cannot stand how current Star Trek treats Section 31 as some hypothetical moral quandary.

“What if we needed a secret extrajudicial organization to commit crimes to protect us?” We already had one, it was the Cold War CIA, and do you know what it did? It instigated holy wars. It installed dictators. It authorized kill squads to make goods just a little bit cheaper. You’re asking a question that has already been answered and the answer was “When you give people a lot of power, zero accountability, a mission statement of doing awful things for ‘the right reasons’, and a mentality that people are either sheep to be controlled or wolves to be slain, they do not protect anyone. They just kill and hurt and destroy, and even the people they claim to protect just suffer all the more for it.”.

Section 31 was created when CIA declassifications made clear what had been done in our name and with our money. That’s why in its native DS9, its primary purpose was to be rejected as a concept and defeated by our protagonists, why the Federation has to be saved from its rampant, thoughtless cruelty. Section 31 is not a sci fi concept. It is not a “what if?”. It is an allegory for a very real organization and ideology that has harmed billions of people, that will take decades to root out and further decades, possibly even centuries, to heal from. It is evil, it was modeled on evil, and the impulse to defend or lighten it is not a politically neutral one. It has no place in the Star Trek future, just as it’s real world equivalents have no place in our society, and anyone who says otherwise is deceiving you or themselves.

Portraying Section 31 as morally grey or worse, necessary, is a lie. It is repackaged military propaganda used to justify and whitewash its real world equivalents by creating a fantasy where such an organization is anything but evil, to make it easier to sell that same fantasy in real life. I can accept and even enjoy moral quandaries and flawed characters in Star Trek. I will not accept being lied to.

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Love Garak so much because he's out here killing 60 political leaders a month while also keeping up his gay situation ship with the local twink while ALSO coming up with as many elaborate lies as he can WHILE ALSO runing a clothing shop on a station full of people who hate him, and hes still making sure to serve cunt. My hero ❤️

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o captain my captain

(the pattern is based on that mysterious clock sisko built in s1)

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does anyone else watch a tv show or movie and assign star trek races to the characters?

most recently did this with always sunny in philadelphia. i apologise for who i am as a person.

Dennis and Dee - Romulans. Superiority complex, arrogant, entitled. Shallow, obsessed with self image. Vicious little schemers with rare instances of not being total assholes.

Charlie - Orion. Scrappy, ready to fight. Loves salvage and weapons. Occasionally makes a good point but largely should be left out of plan making, especially when concerning money or the police.

Mac - Klingon. Obsessed with being a hardcore badass. Really intense sense of justice but with unpredictable rage triggers. Will start fights over literally anything. Devout believer. Carries a melee weapon everywhere.

Frank - Ferengi. Slimey, partially successful businessman. Morals non-existent. Can and will do anything to save a buck, but will spend money on random stuff with zero behavioural pattern. Loves gambling and cheating.

The Waitress - Human. She just is.

The Lawyer - Cardassian. Vindictive, petty. Goes out of his way to exact personal revenge. Insists he's smarter and better than anyone who pisses him off. His wife left him. (Dukat core)

Cricket - Bajoran. Had his peaceful, god honouring life ruined by a bunch of hostile assholes that repeatedly abuse and steal from him while making him do their dirty work. Deserved better. Fights back real hard when he's pushed too far.

Gail the Snail - Pakled. Just. What the fuck is going on there?

McPoyles - The Borg. I refuse to elaborate.