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Credit to kelasparmak - and I wish I knew where to get one of those umbrellas myself.
So in the end,
nothing was really different,
except in all the ways that it was~
story by agatharights
honorable mention: hatepig

Ah, Judith Beheading Holofernes! A very Cardassian story for Terrans, a loyal citizen performing a somewhat distasteful act for the greater good of the State! Of course, Terrans have such a bloody history, usually by perpetrated by men, but this is one of the few depictions of women performing such things. An interesting choice of Valentine de Boulogne to paint Judith in a stance similar to cutting up a loaf of bread, when, of course, the neck isn’t quite so easily severed. Note her facial expression, practically impassive. Her maid, on the other hand, is much more grotesque, which is the most defining aspect of this piece as Terran and not Cardassian, as similar figures appear in Caravaggio’s works of the time, and contemporary Cardassian painters were much closer to Terran Romanticism at this time. The handling of light is very delicate, something that makes this painting much closer to Cardassian aesthetics in general. Now over here-
lemonsweetie wanted DD9 Garak mentoring Ziyal on Cardassian aesthetics and I’ve been thinking a lot this story and im feeling really nerdy about art history so it culminated in this! MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PAINTING/STORY
I DREW MORE ABOUT ZIYAL AND JAKE IN DEEP DISH NINE AND IM NEVER LETTING THIS AU OR THIS SHIP GO YOU CAN PRY THEM FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS

aceofwands asked for deep dish nine Ziyal, Nog, and Jake!
some things are universal constants, like how jake shouldn’t be allowed to buy his own clothes
idk whether ziyal/jake is a ship that exists outside my own head yabut i like it.
i think im gonna do more of them later