subatoism:

[Julian getting therapy over subspace post-DBIP]

Julian: So until now my parents were the only other people who knew I was augmented—

Deanna Troi: And my mother.

Julian: What?

Deanna: She is literally telepathic, Doctor Bashir.

milktrician-hell:

im going to go insane

raisinchallah:

ill say it i think lwaxana should have been an ex of curzons and have really weird tension with jadzia because of it

ghostpunkrock:

lwaxana: how big that dick

odo: it’s not a real dick leave me alone

cowboyworf:

i think we should have just had a lwaxana bonding episode for every character in ds9.

sisko: a little confused, but very amused. would show her old videos of baseball, she would talk about how great their butts look in uniform.

kira: horrified at first, but then they would find solidarity over being strong women who have faced adversity. episode has very strong gay energy.

jadzia: best friends immediately. gossips constantly. makes worf uncomfortable over how much lwaxana knows how his sex life. tricks julian and garak into a “one bed” situation. wins dabo repeatedly, much to quark’s disdain. also gay.

julian: victim of the “one bed” situation, but is definitely also a gossip buddy. is pleasantly surprised at how intelligent lwaxana is and they have lunch often. lwaxana asks about cardassian anatomy with dubious motives, which julian doesn’t notice.

garak: he is shocked by her vulgarity. secretly loves it. he treats her with utmost respect and surprises her with handmade gowns. only participates in gossip if he thinks it will be beneficial. also a victim of the “one bed” situation.

quark: he hates how much she wins at the dabo table, but is drawn to her because he loves strong women. she loves his wardrobe and they go shopping together. he falls in love over how she haggles prices on his behalf. discuss goo dick, naturally. she doesn’t tell anyone he smuggled tribbles on board for some convoluted money making scheme and that’s why ds9 is now infested.

worf: he is extremely uncomfortable around her, but she earns his respect once he realizes what a strong “warrior” she is for overcoming her trauma. she visits him in his quarters when he is definitely not hiding from the tribbles. he will only use her entire title to address her and though he acts indifferent toward her, he brings her a klingon artifact as a gift for when she departs.

rom & leeta: she takes on leeta as another daughter and buys rom a new wardrobe. rom thinks she is wonderful and is completely unphased by how extravagant she is. “moogi would love you.” she gets into contact with moogi and they have a life long friendship. also kind of gay.

jake & nog: participates in pranks with them. comes up with most of the prank ideas and they all are directed at odo. secretly funds a book deal for jake and writes letters praising nog to the academy every six months. gives them good life advice. gives them very bad life advice.

ezri: she also takes on ezri as another daughter. is very gentle with her and protective. teaches her that crying is not indicative of weakness and checks in with her every single day. tries to dress her up in extravagant clothing, but gives up.

dukat: spits in his fucking face

wesley-crush-her:

You know what I love about DS9?

DS9 had some really powerful women. But they weren’t all powerful in the same way. They weren’t the generic “independent woman” trope.

Lwaxana, who originated in TNG, had the chance to be independent from her child in DS9. We got to see a woman in her middle adulthood still have a romantic and sexual life without it being a joke. She was a renowned diplomat, a compassionate softie, and generally had the vibes of “I’m gorgeous, and so are you.” But we also got to see that she had insecurities!

Ishka was also more than just a mom, even if her sons didn’t want to admit that. She was changing shit, openly defying misogynistic tradition. Despite never having had formal education on how to, she earned hella profit!

Keiko was a kind, intelligent person who put her family and work first, and we got to see her be torn between work and family a lot. She also didn’t originally intend to be a teacher, but she ended up being so passionate about it by the time Kai Winn was arguing against her curriculum. Keiko went through the weirdest worst shit and just kept going.

Leeta, though!! Leeta was often assumed by other characters to be dumb or to be just a dabo girl, wasn’t taken seriously because of her job. But she was smart, hella kind, and a damn good step parent.

There are so many others (ofc Kira, Jadzia and Ezri), but I just wanted to highlight some that don’t often get as much attention. But ofc add onto this!