yesimgaythanks:

dantooiine:

when the first episode of deep space nine has sisko explaining linear time to aliens and then it turns into an examination of how trauma manifests as a disturbance of linear temporality you know youre gonna be in for some Good Shit with this show

“Trauma manifests as a disturbance of linear temporality” is maybe the most validating sentence I’ve ever read

ansonmount:

STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE (1993–1999)
A Man Alone | 1x04

ansonmount:

STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
Past Tense, Part 1 | 3x11

butchspock:

weirdtrek:

Bless DS9

Some people are responding to this saying, “the ferengi are misognyistic capitalists though”, and i personally feel like theyre missing the point. There are absolutely valid criticisms of Ferengi society, but Ferengi culture and ferengis in general cannot be simplified down to a single set of traits and beliefs. There are ferengi with absolute faith in the system, but there are also reformists, rebels, and dissenters. Individual Ferengi are not inherently worse than individual humans or vulcans, they simply come from a different society which, yes, has oppressive systems, but which also has an ability to change. When Federation members view Ferengi as backwards and immoral, they deny that, and deny that their own cultures are also morally complex, and have histories that involve just as much misogyny and exploitation as ferengi culture. In order to judge, Federation members have to view their culture and beliefs as superior and valuable in a way that others are not, and assume that they come the moral high ground.

Quark doesn’t say that Sisko should like all Ferengi or all of Ferengi culture, he asks him to name a single Ferengi he likes. This points out the way that Sisko and others in starfleet have othered and stereotyped ferengi, and assumed they must all be the same. Its a patronising and arrogant viewpoint, one which offers no respect to ferengi on a cultural or individual level, and its something that deserves to be questioned.

kiranxrys:

          Don’t apologise. It’s been the high point of my day. Don’t do it again.

S02E05 ’Cardassians’

danvers-carols:

STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE (1993-1999), S3 E12 ❝Past Tense, Part II❞

ncc-1907:

startrekds9:

Come on, Nog, tell me. Why is it so damned important for you to get into Starfleet?

requested by bengiyo

One of the best moments in DS9. Hell, one of the best moments in Star Trek.

logicheartsoul:

Benjamin Sisko in Emissary