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.
I open a book curious ab the plot after reading the summary and the first two pages is this? Do you know how this knocked me out cold and it took me several hours to get back to it? How I had to absorb what I had just read?? This destroyed me. This literally sounds like the stuff we, in the community, write. This is from an official novel… I need to sit down.
[committed set of individuals- were constantly saying things like “Great job!” and “Stunning” and “Castellan, you are unique!” and had a vexing habit of using slang that made him feel old. Commentators on the ‘casts sometimes muttered phrases like “new Golden Age imminent,” and his popularity was high. And sometimes, sometimes Kelas Parmak said, “That was well done, Elim,” and Garak would smile and be content.]
He’s a cis man. He’s transfem. He’s nonbinary. He has 35 genders. He’s a cis woman. He’s a trans man. Gender, he barely knows her. He’s transmasc. He’s gnc. He doesn’t know what a pronoun is. I didn’t say his name but he popped into your head didn’t he
Probably the first character you've been asked about but: Garak
(I don't think you'd get a bingo though because of the way the board is arranged)
Also if you are doing ofmd, Ed!
No one has sent me Garak yet! Hey look, bingo!
And yes I am doing OFMD, so here is Ed. Accidental Parental Figure bc A) in canon he is the crew’s other dad and B) he is step dad to Stede’s kids in so many fics. Also, yes, I wrote ADHD over the Autism™ square.
Stage one: I don’t understand why people like the queer space lizard so much, like this is just another queer coded villain written by straight people who cares
Stage two: oh I take it all back, I totally misread this, I love the space lizard! But idk why people are horny for him
Okay but has anyone discussed the vision of Cardassians (and other trek species, but I’m thinking specifically of a certain Cardassian tailor here). Some of those red/green colour combinations look garish to me but what if Cardassians are dichromats and can’t distinguish between them.
Much more harmonious. Much more Cardassian.
(I’m willing to bet Neelix is a tetrachromat at least.)
[Image id left: Elim Garak wearing a red, green and blue outfit. Right: same picture put through a deuteranopia simulator, making the outfit look yellow-brown and blue, and more harmonious with Garak’s skin tone.]
Garak’s deep seated tendency to anticipate people’s needs and do what they want (usually in the form of murder) vs his desire for other people to kick the shit out of him prompting him to be the biggest annoying asshole…. fight
