



[id: 8 gifs from season 3, episode 14 “heart of stone” from the tv series “star trek: deep space nine”, the gifs show julian bashir, and benjamin sisko walking through the promenade.
1st, 2nd gif: julian and sisko are walking in tandem, sisko asks “I see you’ve put in a request to reassign Ensign Vilix'pran from cargo inspection.” julian takes a breath before replying, “I think that would be best. Given his condition, I don’t want him coming into contact with any hazardous materials.”
3rd & 4th gif: sisko asks, “his condition?” and julian elaborates, “vilix'pran is budding. his buds are undergoing individuation in just over a month.” sisko is elated with the realisation, “you mean, he’s pregnant.” julian confirms, “twins.” “ah. reassignment granted.”
5th gif: “i’ll have to make sure I offer my congratulations to the ensign the next time i see him.“ sisko continues.
6th & 7th gif: “well, o'brien and i are throwing him a baby shower in a couple of days. i think it would mean a lot to him if you were there.” julian informs sisko. “are you getting him anything?” sisko asks, “o'brien’s building him a hatchling pond and i’ve put an order in with garak for some new baby clothes.”
8th gif: sisko and julian come to a pause. “count me in.” sisko tells julian and claps him on his shoulder, “aye, sir.” sisko walks away with a smile, he speaks to himself, “ensign pran… hmm.” /id end]
[id: 6 gifs from season 3, episode 23 “family business” from the tv series “star trek: deep space nine”, the gifs show commander benjamin sisko and jake sisko in their personal quarters.
1st gif: sisko is cooking, he is humming to himself when jake enters their personal quarters, “hey, dad.“ jake greets his father, and places his bag on a chair. sisko turns back to look at jake, he tells him, “jake-o. take your seat.”
2nd gif: “dinner’s almost ready.” sisko continues, he dusts his hands off to get rid of any spices left. jake comes to stand next to his father and tells him, “hmm. let me guess.”
3rd gif: jake continues, “you’ve convinced the peljenites to exchange ambassadors with the federation.” he grabs the salad bowl and grabs something to eat. “how did you know that?” sisko asks as he pays attention to the food, he notices jake eating from the salad bowl and chides him with a gesture to put it down.
4th gif: “you’re cooking chicken paprikish.” jake replies, and sisko corrects him on the food name, “paprikash.”
5th gif: “you only cook hungarian food when you’re in a really good mood.” jake mentions his observation, “you know, i always said that you are a smart child.” sisko replies, he grabs the food.
6th gif: “runs in the family.” jake replies smiling, “huh.” sisko smiles back at him. /end id]
[ID: nine gifs from season 2, episode 12 “ The Alternate” from the tv series “star trek: deep space nine”, the gifs show benjamin sisko, and his son, jake sisko in their personal quarters.
1st gif: “well… first of all you don’t know what you’re going to be when you grow up.” benjamin tells jake, he stands up from the couch and starts pacing.
2nd gif: “you may discover along the way that you want to be a musician or you may find yourself” he continues, the camera cuts to jake who is not looking impressed.
4th gif: “among some klingons… in a job… somewhere.” benjamin trails off.
5th gif: the camera is back on jake, “dad, even if i did they wouldn’t be going around singing operas.“ he is not convinced of his dad’s examples.
6th gif: the camera cuts to benjamin when he answers jake’s question, “it helps you understand their culture.” it cuts back to show jake who instantly replies, “when was the last time you listened to klingon opera?“
7th gif: “when i was your age.” benjamin looks troubled with this realisation. “there, you see?” jake has a slight gotcha smilw.
8th gif: “ yes. do you?” benjamin asks, he walks back to the couch.
9th gif: “just because you suffered through all that doesn’t mean i have to.” jake understands now what his father was planning along. benjamin smiles when he tells his son, “yes, it does.” /end ID]
[ID: four gifs from season 2, episode 18 “blood oath” from the tv series “star trek: deep space nine”, the gifs show parallels from the episode with benjamin sisko and jadzia dax. in the first two sisko is sitting on a chair looking at jadzia, who is standing and carrying a bad on her shoulder. in the last two, they are both standing ]
1st gif: “let’s say you even survive this insanity. you expect to come back here and resume your duties, as though nothing’s happened?”, sisko asks dax, he is angry and worried for dax
2nd gif: “i guess that’ll be up to you.” dax repies and walks away.
3rd gif: sisko sees dax, he walks away saying nothing.
4th gif: dax goes to sit in her seat, relieved to be back./end ID]
—“So they get put in here?”
—“Welcome to the twenty-first century, Doctor.”Deep Space Nine Season 3, Episode 11: Past Tense (Part 1)