conceptadecency:

New Headcanon:

Mila’s from a huge working-class family of fifteen brothers and sisters and they’re all gardeners and tailors and housekeepers and stuff. Garak’s got a million aunts and uncles and cousins and he’s very close to them because Mila and Tain would send him to stay with them all the time when they were off on OO business.

After the war they were all super glad to see him return to Cardassia and were like “glad you’re back, cousin, wasn’t it harsh of your mom’s boss to exile you like that? Ruling classes, am I right? Anyway, do you need a job? Uncle Rusty’s getting on and could use a little help in the tailor shop.”

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This idea was from @crisisoninfintefandoms !

This gif set is an alternate ending for Julian’s character arc and a last scene that mirrors Julian and Kira’s first scene.

cosmictuesdays:

astrangergivingthestrangewelcome:

astrangergivingthestrangewelcome:

Okay but to build off some previous posts of mine we know that Bashir is kind and compassionate but also capable of murder and deception if that’s what the situation calls for. And we know that Garak specializes in deception and murder but honestly he also has quite a bit of compassion and kindness and what’s interesting is both of them are the opposite Bashir wears his kindness on his sleeves because he’s proud of it whereas Garak wears his deceptiveness on his sleeve (the. irony. but that’s also the correct statement) and hides a softer nature. something something recognition of the self though the other

#I’ve had this idea in my head for a while that#on some level#Bashir and Garak are like…very similar people#almost IDENTICAL people actually at the core#but#have come under VASTLY different influences and circumstances#so like#you start off with two very intelligent but somewhat odd little children#who both have the POTENTIAL for huge amounts of compassion AND deception#who are both capable of idealism AND ruthless pragmantism#but one of them is raised in the Federation and internalizes Federation values#while the OTHER is raised on a Cardassia controlled by a restrictive military and secret police#and internalizes THOSE values#and so they turn out–like you said–almost like inversions of each other#but it’s really kind of like they’re REFLECTIONS of each other#but they’re being reflected through some kind of distorted fun house mirror#because one of the things Bashir and Garak have in common#is just HOW MUCH  they have both clearly been shaped by their environments and the things they have been TAUGHT to value#because they also share a kind of innate malleability and adaptability and desire to ‘perform well’ and please those around them#and a lot of both of their arcs on the show actually involve them coming to terms with and DECIDING#how much of the values that have been instilled in them by others#are values they actually want to keep#and taking control and gaining agency over who and what they are going to be#rather than being content to be something shaped according to someone else’s idea of what they should be

Go off.

#validation!#but yeah#this is part of why I think they’re so compelling together#and why they seem so drawn to each other in a way#it’s that despite how different they seem to be–and are!–#there’s just something they can’t help but recognize in each other#that’s really it#they RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER#and so even through all their bullshit and deception and walls they both put up#there’s still always going to be a bit where they look at each other and just go#'oh. there you are. i know you.’#without them even realizing it [x]