#the prophets

[quarkslobes]

star trek has always handled trauma/mental illness well imo but sisko explaining to the prophets in the first episode that humans live in linear time and can't ever go back... and then the prophets are so confused and show him his wife dying and ask "but you exist here?" that was. that one.... hit

[derangedrhythms]

Robert Jones, Jr., from 'The Prophets'

[writergeekrhw]

Thanks for answering all these questions! Were the Prophets inspired in any way by the Tralfamadorians in Kurt Vonnegut's books? That's just what naturally came to mind for me for "aliens who live outside of linear time and teach a human they hand-selected to see things that way too" even if the Prophets, I assume, don't look like plungers in their natural state

Not to my knowledge. Unfortunately, the only person who'd know for sure is Michael Piller, and he's with the Prophets now. May his memory be a blessing.

The Prophets are shaped more like toilet brushes.

[vasquez-rocks]

sisko is a human but he's also a prophet. the prophets don't understand time but they also planned everything. they're gods but they're just aliens. sisko was born a chosen one but he became a chosen one through his own actions. jadzia is curzon but she's not curzon. she dies but she also survives. the founders are a collective but also individuals. time is linear but you exist here.

[kingoftheu]

So O’Brien was definitely hell on Cadets at the Academy right? Like he made it his life goal to remind them that being an Officer did not make you a god. Never unfair but by the stars every Cadet dreaded Engineering 101, which he teaches specifically so he gets a chance to put the fear of the Prophets into Security, Command, and Science. Every Ensign has his lessons branded into their minds by the time they graduate.

On the flip side, the minute an NCO, be they a Warrant Officer, Petty Officer, or a newly enlisted soul walks through the doors he is the sweetest most supportive man who ever lived. Coffee, a sympathetic ear, and advice. The entire enlisted ranks love “Mister Miles” and they fact that he terrifies the officer corps makes them love him even more.

In conclusion the LaForge kids and the Lower Decks ensigns live in perpetual fear of Miles O’Brien but the Prodigy kids are gonna love him.

[flowerbloom-arts]

I love them alot.

(Original Tumblr post and comic under the cut)

[totally-unfounded-headcanons]

tbh i kinda get why winn was so pissed off with the prophets. like you spend your whole life- fighting colonisers, surviving a concentration camp, becoming the pope- trying to get your gods to reveal themselves to you, and not only do they ignore you, they end up talking to a shitty gay bartender at your local airport and his CEO before you

[divine-swag-summit]

Lower Bracket Round 1-A: Match 16

Zorc Necrophades(Yu-Gi-Oh!) vs The Prophets(Star Trek: Deep Space 9)

[blackinperiodfilms]

Knowledge was a strength even when it hurt.

Robert Jones Jr., The Prophets

[quarkslobes]

the kirk vs picard war rages on when sisko is right there. he's cool dad he's black space jesus he's a 20th century novelist he's a loving husband he's lied he's cheated he's bribed men to cover up th

[derangedrhythms]

Neither of them chased the other and yet each was surrounded by the other.

Robert Jones, Jr., from 'The Prophets'

[writergeekrhw]

Hello good sir! In hindsight do you think Sisko was able to punch Q because he was part prophet? Maybe that scared Q a bit and made him stay away?

Nope. Sisko was able to punch Q because he was willing to punch Q because Sisko is a badass who doesn't suffer fools, even omnipotent ones. Q stayed away after that because Sisko wasn't as fun as Picard or Janeway. The punch taught Q that Sisko doesn't play.

Also, I don't think Sisko is genetically "part Prophet," at least in my opinion. A Prophet manifested as his mother, in order to make all the correct things happen that were always happening correctly, from their perspective. But I think her DNA was human and therefore Sisko is purely human. He's just a human the Prophets value. He's important and his birth was necessary, but he's still mortal. To me, anyway.

[ichayalovesyou]

Strange New Worlds tie-ins to Deep Space Nine in order (so far):

In “Tears of The Prophets”, Benjamin Sisko receives the Christopher Pike Medal of Valor for defending DS9 when it was under siege by Dominion forces.

On Pike’s personnel file in the Star Trek Discovery episode “Brother” Pike has the Carrington Award on his list of Starfleet commendations. An award Bashir was the youngest nominee for but did not win in “Prophet Motive”.

The author of the children’s book Dr. M’Benga is reading Rukiya in “Ghosts of Illyria” and “The Elysian Kingdom” which shares the book’s title is by sci-fi/fantasy novelist Benny Russel. An ancestor of Benjamin Sisko whom the Prophets gave Sisko a first hand glimpse into the life of in “Far Beyond the Stars”.

Rukiya gives up her ailing body and joins with “Debra” (her mother’s name, not entirely unlike how a Prophet was Ben Sisko’s mother). Debra is an entity whom does not fully understand corporeal reality or linear time. Rukiya stops experiencing time linearly and returns to her father as an adult to comfort him and reassure him he made the right choice, telling him that she’s certain they’ll see eachother again.

General cinematic/personality parallels between Pike and Sisko: Highly decorated fighting captains, paternal figures who love to cook, with fates that are as much pre-written as they are sealed by their conscious choices.

A tweet on July 23rd, 2022 by Eric Goldman, and I quote: “Asked if we could catch up with the DS9 characters (beyond the Lower Decks episode). Alex Kurtzman says ‘Sisko’s a critical, critical character for everybody. Conversations have definitely been had.’ #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds #SDCC”

All I’m saying is, a SNW & DS9 crossover is basically confirmed at this point right?!

[kingoftheu]

One consequence of DS9 being underrated is that we really don't talk about both the Cardassians and Bajorans as all-time Sci-Fi Species.

[flowerbloom-arts]

The Devil and the Hierophant offer you either natural pleasures or joyless betterment.

What does one pick?

[johnyorks]

Kai Wynn (spelling wrong?) was pure evil.