bahrmp3:
[ID: six gifs from season 2, episode 20 “The Maquis, Part I”
from the tv series “star trek: deep space nine", the gifs show, in order from left to right, kira nerys, miles o’brien, julian bashier, jadzia dax, odo standing around in a circle. they are all watching commander benjamin sisko in his office, who is off screen.
1st gif: “what do you think they’re telling him?” julian wonders. kira shifts herself so she is facing julian and replies, “with two kidnappings and a ship exploding in the course of a week, i’m sure they’ve got a few things to say.”
2nd gif: “it’s their own fault. i’ve been warning them since the beginning.” odo comments, still watching commander sisko in his office.
o’brien is surprised
by odo’s words, and asks him “what are you talking about – their fault? you’re in charge of security.”
3rd & 4th gif: odo turns to look at o’brien and replies, “if you will let me be in charge of security, i will give you a safe station. you people tell me to do my job,
then give me a federation rule book listing all the things i can’t do. untie my hands before you start to blame me, mr. o'brien.” as odo speaks, he keeps turning to look at commander sisko.
5th gif: “i’m sure no one meant to blame you, odo.“
jadzia tries to decrease the tension by interjecting. odo keeps going none the less, “give me the right to set a curfew. let me do more searches of arriving passengers. give me 50 more deputies.”
6th gif: kira interjects saying “and this station will be just the way it was during the occupation.” odo disagrees with her, “say what you like. it was safer then.” “unless you happened to be a bajoran.” kira bitterly reminds him. /end ID]
wocscifi:
Star Trek DS9 (1993-1999)
philippageorgiou:
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE — 1x19 ‘In the Hands of the Prophets’
philippageorgiou:
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE — 1x10 ‘The Nagus’
ds9promenade:
angrywarrior69:
ds9promenade:
Deep Space Nine 2x5, “Cardassians”
Keiko does not have time for your space-racism, Miles.
Why is she with him
The cynical side of me would say that the answer is “because the show writers said so”
But I think another answer is, Because Miles proves himself open to being corrected. He isn’t too proud or defensive (or bogged down by toxic masculinity) to listen when people call him out on bigoted bullshit: he listens. Keiko is with him not because he messes up so bad sometimes, but because when he does mess up, he stops, and thinks, and behaves better in the future.
I also appreciate the comments from @firespirited and @onsomekindofstartrek on how the ethnicities of the actors of Keiko and Miles influence this scene, so be sure to check those out in the notes y’all!
Someone had to be the “bad guy” exhibiting the bigoted view for this important scene to take place, and I appreciate that Miles’ actor was willing to play that role. Together, these two skilled actors create a compelling scene that demonstrates to viewers 1) that alluding to the “bad breeding” of any group is very wrong indeed in any context, and 2) that one effective method for calling out bigotry in loved ones is simply to express disgust and disappointment in them, because if they truly respect you they’ll get the message and fix their attitude.
minaharkerx:
The fact that the entire crew was convinced that he might be alive because of this … I love this disaster space family.
