stopthatbluecat:

Yes, send the lady who is going through a personal crisis to try and help Garak, the man who reads everyone for filth when he’s feeling defensive

wanderingwriter87:

i know that ASIT enjoyers generally presume it’s all or mostly true in the beta canon world at least, but you have to admit it’s funny if garak invented tolan because he wished he had a better dad. just, y'know. listen doctor i know you met my dad but i actually have a much cooler dad. you don’t know him because he goes to school in canada

bijoumikhawal:

Andy: remarks that Garak has a “Prussian demeanor” in a panel

Me: huh that’s a specific phrase lemme look it up

Wikipedia:  Prussian virtues (German: Preußische Tugenden) refers to the virtues associated with the historical Kingdom of Prussia, especially its militarism and the ethical code of the Prussian Army…It has also significantly influenced wider German culture, such as the contemporary German stereotypes of efficiency, austerity, and discipline.

Me: yeah makes sense

Wikipedia: (regarding historical figures it took after) The father had taken over an over-indebted public budget and saw himself as a moral role model, while the son saw himself as an exemplar of reason for the religiously, ethnically, and linguistically diverse Prussian state. The extended Prussian territory was home to Protestant, Catholic and Jewish subjects, of Germans, Poles, Sorbs and Kashubians. Frederick William I considered himself to be a role model, while his enlightenment-era son relied on reason and tolerance to rule his multifaceted state.

Me, thinking about Andy’s beta canon writing: hm. Clever way of sliding that in

Wikipedia: The Prussian virtues may be summarized by the opening lines of the poem “Der alte Landmann an seinen Sohn” (“The Old Farmer to His Son”) by Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty … “Practice always fidelity and honesty / Until your cool grave; / And stray not the width of one finger/ From the ways of the Lord.”

Me: oh now you’re just making a joke out of the man

deancodedjimkirk:

gwendolynnby:

little dramatic things i love about garak

• breaks into bashir’s room when he literally could have just knocked
  
• thinks appearing as a traitor is a great way to help your friends
• will have a petty argument in the middle of a countdown to death
• fashion always on point but still chooses to dress like a watermelon every now and then
• quotes shakespeare in the middle of a space battle
• decides in the moment that genocide is a great way to handle difficult situations, and doesn’t care if he dies in the process
• judges everyone’s fashion sense, no matter the circumstances
• hits on bashir the very first time he sees him and comes on a little too strong
• really, he just needs to know that he looks good
• commits actual murder on more than one occasion and always gets away with it
• seriously, how does he always get away with it? is it his smile?
• smiles like he’s going to eat you but is also stuck in Retail Mode™ 50% of the time
• quotes john keats at customers
• can make anything an innuendo
• breaks into bashir’s holosuite when he literally could have just asked
• wrote an entire novel as a response to a letter from bashir

he’s literally the most character ever

garakcore:

Julian: Your scales are like stones made smooth by running water :))

Garak, thinking: Oh no. I have to compliment him back!

Garak: Your eyes are like the government NO JULIAN DON’T WALK AWAY I CAN DO BETTER I PROMISE

ifihadmypickofwishes:

Of all the insights into Garak’s psyche I expected to have through reading A Stitch In Time, “Garak has a fondness for Rom because Rom means exactly what he says,” was not anywhere on the list. I’m here for it though.

thisandthisandthis:

thinking about “cardassians dont believe in luck. you survived because youre strong.” that was so tender. dont tell me sentiment is a weakness you old lizard you have so much love in your heart

roxyfication:

i have escaped containment and am going to GET you lol ^_^

elim-flower:

could someone draw garak in lingerie i think we as a society need it