I love this photo so much. Nog hard at working scanning something, the height difference, Garak looking at Nog like an uncle looking at his nephew and his success, also Garak in a starfleet jacket and normal clothes?? I think this is the most casual I’ve seen Garak outside of off set bts photos
In the Cards is a fantastic episode just for the 1 - 2 combo of 1) Julian without hesitation declaring his childhood teddy bear would be the one thing that would make him happy right now and agreeing to get Jake and Nog what they want if they get him Kukalaka and 2) the reveal that Leeta fucking stole it and has been sleeping with it
The point is, we Ferengi are just as tough as anyone in the galaxy. And this is our chance to prove it, once and for all.
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - 6.10 THE MAGNIFICENT FERENGI
I love how when Janeway finds out her mission is to take Voyager to the Badlands, she's like "I will need the best pilot in all of Starfleet, and I will go to New Zealand myself to get him out of prison"
and when Sisko's mission is to take the Defiant into Dominion controlled territory in the middle of an active war, he's like, "meh, Nog finished one year at Starfleet academy, that's good enough. Set a course into the heart of the warzone, Ensign!"
Something I really enjoy about post-academy Jake and Nog dynamic is how their roles have just. Flipped. Instead of Jake being the semi-responsible one to Nog's chaos, it's Jake being chaos and Nog desperately trying to keep him in line.
jake canonically going to their little railing over the promenade almost every day because he misses nog when nog is away at the academy. tearing up. crying. sniffling.