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duxduxdux:

A while back, on one of the Star Trek discord servers I’m on, we had a conversation about cardassian tails.

This is probably no new subject but we began to speculate that, despite no visible tails on any of the shows, it might be possible that they actually do have them but they get hidden or removed for any of a number of reasons.

One proposed reason was that they stick them down a pant leg. I liked that, but it sounded uncomfortable.

Another was that they are telescopic. So they can be retracted or expanded at will.

a cardassian on all fours donkey punching an unsuspecting bajoan with his telescoping tail. the cardassian cries out  "attention bajoran worker! come here! come look!" and then "cardassia!"ALT

Another proposed theory was that the tails are removed on purpose, but will grow back eventually much like a earth lizard’s tail.

Potential reasons for removing the tail included: military right of passage, not being able to sew tail holes in their pants, and (my favorite) a perpetual food source.

So this idea that cardassians eat their tails or feed them to others when needed prompted a rewrite of the episode Indiscretion (the episode where Kira and Dukat go to a desert planet and she yanks a spike from his ass).

The rewrite involves Kira and Dukat being marooned on the planet long enough so that they run out of rations and Dukat’s tail grows back. Running out of options, Dukat hesitantly puts forth the tail eating suggestion. Kira initially refuses with gusto, but hunger eventually gets the best of both of them and she acquiesces to the idea. The ass spike makes a triumphant return as Kira uses it to sloppily hack off Dukat’s tail, feeling the satisfying tickle of bajoran retribution.

Dukat takes his disembodied tail and begins to prepare it for consumption, all the while becoming more and more self-conscious about whether or not Kira will like the taste. When he finally serves the tail, he nervously watches (like SpongeBob watching squidward eat his first krabby patty) as Kira slowly takes a bite.


a drawing of gul dukat in a "kiss the kat apron"  thinking "i hope she likes my tail" as kira opens her mouth to try a chunk of itALT

To Kira’s surprise, it is edible, perhaps even palatable. But she will never admit it. However Dukat takes the fact that she did not vomit herself to death as a rousing success.

If anybody else has a cardassian tail theory that makes more sense, I’m all ears.

spongebob redrawn as gul dukat saying ' you like my tail dont you major?"ALT

jack-the-fool:

Hob Gadling has easily become the cool and fun professor in the eyes of his students which has, on more than one occasion, lead to one of them sending him a funny video with a caption or pinned comment along the lines of “Videos to travel back in time and show a medevial peasant” and he has to physically restrain himself from making an incriminating joke