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[I think I read somewhere that Martok’s remark in that gifset roughly translates to ‘Humans. Go figure.’]

There’s a note about this at Memory Alpha:

In a BBC interview, Hertzler recalled, “All that was written for me to do, was to sort of shrug my shoulders and drink. I said, ‘Man, if there’s ever a time when Martok would say something in Klingon, at least to himself, it would be then.’ So I said, ‘If that’s the intent then let me just say [barks out some Klingon],’ which means, ‘Humans, go figure!.’ So that’s what I did.” [13]

The BBC transcript referenced above no longer exists. But I pulled up an archived copy via the Wayback Machine. It not only confirms the Memory Alpha entry, but there are all sorts of wonderful observations from Hertzler in the interview:

The secret is this: I’ve said it before - Klingons are a race of linebackers. In American football you have the linebacker who is usually the most psychopathic, insane, fanatical ball player on the field.

I was a linebacker, because I had no real athletic talent, but I was insane, and I did very well. I brought that entire persona to General Martok. He was basically a linebacker in command. That’s my particular secret…

Martok was very much that way, and what I liked doing about him was he was both a volatile, angry, cranky Klingon but he was also extremely thoughtful. He had a perspective that most Klingons up to that point did not have. That basically came from the writers. They added and they added and they gave me the perspective which changed Martok over the five years that he was part of the show…

I don’t think Brannon and Rick [Berman] are that captivated by the Klingon empire, whereas Ron [Moore], I think, really lived there. He added a poet’s soul to the Klingon empire in terms of presenting everything about the culture.

So when Ron left it began to cut the Klingons out, and I think that was a mistake for the show. I think everybody needs Klingons. Almost every show on television, I don’t care if it’s Seinfeld or Everybody Loves Raymond [if] you put a Klingon on that show suddenly you have a little bit more action, passion, insanity, fanaticism, and people want to see that.

Martok is my favorite Klingon and I’m glad Hertzler was cast to play him.

mayleavestars:

my final post canon hot take of the night is this: my hc is that worf keeps in touch with ezri (because they’re canonically good pals) while martok keeps in touch with julian because of their whole prison-camp-forged mutual admiration thing. so they’re respectively witnessing the two sides of their disaster relationship, their emotional infidelity standoff , whatever it is u want to call it. now klingons don’t do gossip but they ARE big proponents of true love so they’re both kind of appalled by the situation. and in between rebuilding the klingon empire they frequently have entire conversations along the lines of like “my brother. my comrade in arms. when is she going to dump him already.”

terribleoldwhitemen:

me at the beginning of season four: I know worf is gonna grow on me but honestly I can’t be bothered with klingon storylines

me now: thinking about the fact that worf, a man struggling to reconcile two halves of his identity, chooses to side with his morals over his government, and receives exile as a result; ultimately becoming a pariah of klingon society and even suffering the loss of his brother in addition to his father, and then martok comes along, who’s been in a dominion prison this whole time and has no idea who worf is or why he’s an outcast, who approaches worf without prejudice and judges him on his own merits as a klingon and ultimately recognizes him as a fellow comrade and gives worf that validation and acceptance; and worf in turn gives him his loyalty and friendship, and they save each other’s lives enough times that martok says to worf, a man with no society and no living relatives, I don’t give a fuck what my government or my wife says; you’re family now, and not only you but also your houseless son and your trill wife, and the show doesn’t take that away from them: worf comes from a noble house but he never asks for it or wants it back because he belongs to the house of martok now. this is literally the definition of found family. and worf’s respect for and faith in martok is such that he makes him chancellor; and martok trusts worf enough to let him. they are an ODD pair canonically: martok one of the most celebrated klingon generals; worf, a starfleet officer, looked down upon even when he wasn’t houseless; and yet they have this relationship of equals built on a blank slate and developed through trial and error and by the end of the series they are such important parts of one another’s lives that worf KILLS GOWRON in order to prevent him from dishonoring martok (and also I suppose incidentally prevent the fall of the alpha quadrant) but i digress

and man that shit got to me

dreadshredder:

general martok: so you see, doctor, the rounded bat’leth carried in the right hand means that the carrier is the one who performs the courtship song, and when paired with a hinged d’k tagh in the left hand it also indicates that he is looking for.. well… actually i forget, i haven’t been to this club in awhile

dr bashir, struggling to read the happy hour menu in 15 impossibly red lumens: what’s in the pink drink

martok: bloodwine