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.
My God this guy is gorgeous. This was taken on the last day of filming for DS9 in 1999. Taken by JG Hertzler!! I’m posting this only because I can hereby acknowledge him - I did NOT take it nor would I ever have been so lucky as to have been in this spot to HAVE taken it - except in my alternate universe life in Dreamland.
When a friend told me that the guy who played Dr. Bashir on Deep Space Nine is the great-grandson of the Mahdi, I didn’t believe it….but I looked it up, and, well, it turns out it was true. Alexander Siddig’s full name is actually Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abdurrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdul Karim El Mahdi. The last are a reference to his grandfather, Muhammad Ahmed of Omdurman, the Mahdi of Khartoum.
Interestingly, Odo actor Rene Auberjonois’s great-great-grandmother was actually Napoleon’s younger sister, Caroline Bonaparte Murat (wife of Joachim Murat, King of Naples). So it’s like everyone on Deep Space Nine is related to some important 19th Century historical figure.
I’m posting this little clip (from a fan club meeting in Raleigh in 2000) for two reasons. One is, I find Andy absolutely adorable here - he’s so CUTE, and I’m eternally grateful to whoever filmed this! (I wasn’t there - I saw him in WV later that fall.) I’ll try to share more, although I’m not sure of the propriety of putting it all on Youtube - Andy and Sid talked a lot about their play, though, which was never filmed, and they really get into it.
The second reason I’m posting it is because it shows I’m not immune to “oops” moments. I told Andy much later that I read (actually, re-read) his book in one night - it was true and I thought that would really please him. Well, he said it did, but then I later recalled his words at this meeting. Oops. You’ll see what I mean.
