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​(Armin Shimerman on Profit and Lace)

• Armin Shimerman reportedly hated the script for this episode, as he felt Quark did not learn anything from his experience as a woman. Indeed, the original script had Lumba crying a great deal, but Shimerman refused to play it that way as he felt it was a negative stereotype against women. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
• Shimerman commented: “…I just don’t think Quark learned anything in [“Profit and Lace”]. That was disappointing. I didn’t mind Quark’s sex change, I minded that nothing came of it”. (“Boom and Bust”,Star Trek Magazine, issue 127)
• Shimerman elaborated: “Quark has been a chauvinistic pig all of his life. He becomes a woman. Should he not learn or realize something from that experience? That would have been a great episode, to see Quark begin to realize the error of his whole culture’s ways”. (“The Once and Future Ferengi: Armin Shimerman Reflects on Quark”, Star Trek Communicator, issue 130)

Dear Armin Shimerman; I love you <3

Conclusion of the episode: awkward as hell but some funny stuff [Ishka, you rock, girl], but the awkwardness is… bigger. But at least, Julian was adorable in the seconds that he appeared

“You are so lucky. No man ever gave me a ring.”

Seriously, Odo’s face when Quark hugs him

I wonder if it counts as a gay kiss

Jesus fucking Christ

I guess I’m scarred for life