I love Sisko so much. He really is a good dad. And sometimes he doesn't know what is the best thing to do but he still tries to do the good thing. I can see that it really really hard for him to navigate being a father for the first time, especially alone, ESPECIALLY on a station that is so far from home and not particularly friendly to kids, but he still again and again tries his best. And I can also see that sometimes he really wants to punish Jake but he stops himself and tries to find another way out of the situation.
Like in the scene where he goes to get Jake's ass because he comes home late, but then finds that his son helps Nag learn to read, AND IN THE NEXT SCENE HE STOPS TRYING TO SEPARATE THEM AND TELLS JAKE TO GO TO HIS FRIEND???? I am literally crying
And it feels that he's not only loves his son, but actually likes him and goes out of his way to spend time with him, be with him and help him as much as he can, and also not shielding him from the world, just trying to be near him
This is a clip from a YouTube upload by Mary Knasinski of Sid and Nana in Missouri in 2000. They are asked about working with Andy and Nana recounts an outtake of being unable to stop laughing to get a scene done with Andy that then irritates him because (as Sid says) for Garak he was “in a wetsuit glued to his body” and he can’t stand the heat, thus he wants to get his scenes done as soon as possible so he can get out of costume. Sid then goes on to give THE best impersonation of an angry and irritated Andy that only a best friend can do so wonderfully.
And if your conscience is bothering you, you should soothe it with the knowledge that you may have just saved the entire Alpha Quadrant - and all it cost was 2 hours of sleep, Ayesha Erotica, and the self-respect of your entire online audience. I don't know about you, but I'd call that a bargain.
I'm trying to refresh my portfolio and thought I'll do posters for some ds9 episodes as an exercise. Starting with this one because it's always somewhere in the back of my mind
"he's a butt-headed capitalist who moans like an anime girl whenever he's in pain. has received a handjob onscreen multiple times and, on one occasion, landed himself in the hospital after getting pounded by his klingon ex wife. there's an undeniable charisma about him that, combined with his slutty makeup, makes every mlm viewer i know feel some level of attraction towards him. thank you. i love your blog."
God I can't stop thinking about that classic garak bit. Do the kids these days understand that having a man talk about "accessorizing" in the 90s was so blatant he might as well have been sucking cock on screen