Icon by @ThatSpookyAgent. Call me Tir or Julian. 37. He/They. Queer. Twitter: @tirlaeyn. ao3: tirlaeyn. 18+ Only. Star Trek. The X-Files. Sandman. IwtV. OMFD. Definitionless in this Strict Atmosphere.
Writers, artists, cosplayers - Curious about how writers thought Garak’s physique looked? Here are pics of his torso padding - which indicate a very deep and broad rib cage. Photos of original props sold at auction, came from yourprops.com.
I honestly always wondered about his giant chest.
Andy Robinson really was like
Well if Garak can’t end up with Bashir, I’ll write him a male Cardassian doctor with all the same ideals and viewpoints and mention how alike this doctor and Bashir are multiple times in the narrative.
Can we pls talk about how Andy Robinson, as a claustrophobic man, in the Deep Space Nine episode “By Inferno’s Light” had to play a claustrophobic alien getting a claustrophobic panic attack from being inside a very small and narrow space ALL WHILE wearing a very constricting costume that actually gave him a very real claustrophobic panic attack the first time he wore it? Like, damn son… that is dedication
thinking of how in general they didn’t have the budget to have proper astronaut suits on 90s trek until big budget baby first contact had a few made. so obviously they were gracious enough to lend one (1) of the suits to ds9 for one (1) episode and who do they put in the space suit?! fucking garak. the character that canonically has claustrophobia. the character that is played by an actor who already gets claustrophobic from just being in his alien make up djdjdkksskj they really said fuck andy with that one
one of my favorite small details about the little achievements video is this moment right here. in actuality a jokey way to explain the lack of prosthetics, yes, but the fact that they made julian’s reaction to garak asking if he likes the human look be such a firm “no, not a little bit. turn it off.” is so wholesome. no garak, wtf, where is my forehead spoon to kiss :(
Not only is this a fantastic picture of Andy and Sid, it also comes from a wonderful website I found here. It includes and really fucking awesome transcribed panel. Andy’s Q&A is first, Sid joins him, and then Sid is on his own. It’s from 1998 and they’ve started filming Season 7.
Also some quotes -
[There’s scattered applause as Sid joins Andy.]
Sid: The guy I most prefer to be on stage with.
Andy: You know, I was just bitching about the fact that they let our relationship [Bashir and Garak] go.
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Question:Re: the Garak/Bashir relationship and if anything will be done with it in the final season.
Andy: No, no. You know, I just don’t know. I would think that they would try, just as a tip of the hat to the relationship, that’s obviously a very popular one and a very successful one, try to have something that would be at least a valedictory scene between the two of them, you know, a good-bye. It’s too late; they missed the opportunity to get this relationship to the next level after Our Man Bashir. They missed that boat entirely. So, I don’t know.
Sid:They have a wonderful opportunity, if they want to use it, with Section 31.
The first day of shooting in this outfit, Sid (Bashir) stole a large, long cucumber from craft services (on-set catering)
He then taped it to the inside of his thigh underneath the outfit. Then filmed a number of takes like that.
He thought he’d get some sort of reaction, but no one, not the director or Colm Meany (O'Brien) said anything.
So he finally gave up on his joke and extricated the cucumber from his pants.
(As told by Sid at a convention appearance many years ago.)
I’ve shared this before, but always worth sharing again, if nothing else, for those who’ve heard references to “the cucumber story” and have wondered what that’s about. Yeah….
the cucumber is visible in the second gif
I just stared at the gif for like 2 minutes, trying to catch a glimpse of Julian’s cucumber ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
you and me both fam
you’re welcome
I love this fandom and everyone in it.
And Sid, I love you too, you little shit.
Like, they either
Didnt see it or
figured that He Was Just Like That Big and They Couldn’t Say Anything About It
The ds9 cast trying not to look at what they think is sid’s dick
Oh, holy SHIT
I’ve heard them tell this epic story at conventions (via youtube) and the only thing I can add is that it wasn’t just his idea, Andy Robinson (Garak) was in on it IIRC <3
