Deep Dish Nine headcanon discussion incoming! Forgive me for not doing this long ago:
Sorry, lost track of this one for a few days!
Oh, here it is! I knew there was another one? (lol’ing at the random proliferation of this weirdness and how much this website hates that we’re using it this way)
Re: Miles O’Brien’s Hinky History – oh, Lady, if you haven’t seen Miles’s TNG episode, you have a real treat in store. God, it’s something special, and I had no idea who he was on TNG; I was all about Data, and kind of went, oh, guy with the lantern jaw that gets married in “Data’s Day”? Why do I care about him? And then the episode was incredible, and suddenly I cared about him. The episode to watch is called “The Wounded” and is highly, highly recommended, and suffice it to say,
a) the song “The Minstrel Boy” will now make you cry (oh fuck he plays the cello and apparently DS9 references this in “What You Leave Behind”? I’m almost in actual tears here at my computer at 1 in the morning just from reading that, what the hell) –
b) O’Brien definitely has reason to feel very, very weird about Cardassians.
c) Also, first appearance of Marc Alaimo as Gul Macet (apparently Gul Dukat’s cousin, for reals), and he has the craziest facial hair, on a less depressing note~
Anyways, there’s some meat there, if anybody ever wants to dig into DD9 O’Brien’s history. I’m busy with these boys for now, but Miles is close enough that one never knows.
Empok Nor would make a fascinating translation to DD9… yeek… perhaps with a little less of the murdering… but the dynamic would still be excellent. Hell, maybe it just turns into a really intense game of kotra, and everyone else kind of tiptoeing around them and asking the customers to keep the noise down, because these two need to sort some shit out.
“No, Miles, I am going to PLANTS” – yesssss, aside from her turn as DS9’s schoolmarm. Honestly, she was kind of the badass in DS9’s world too. Miles loves it. He needs it, I think. (And he can have it, yikes; Keiko would eat most people alive, I think!)
I think we just need to assume that the timeline has collapsed in on itself, and whatever one needs to be true is true for the purpose of that fic, and if another later fic contradicts this, well, the author Had A Better Idea a la Terry Pratchett, and allons-y. I kind of like Miles and Keiko having both Molly and Kirayoshi, so they do. /firm nod
Re: orphan time – I can kind of see why you separate the timelines. I’m glad they’re in the same universe, though, because God do I love those kids~ And I love your description of Miles getting hit with stuff. I’m doubting he goes to the wedding (enjoinment?), but I’m thinking he sends a very nice gift. And it’s actually a really thoughtful gift. And not just something Bashir would like. Hmm. But not something that comes across as a fuck-you to Garak, which means nothing holosuite-related. A collection of books, maybe? A case of extremely good Scotch? I… don’t know?
Mockingly domestic Garak and flustered Julian – “THEN GO TURN IT OFF! DON’T JUST TELL ME!” Oh, I die, I am dead. Garak’s life is just a constant taking of the piss, it seems. I hope Julian gets him back now and then. I love that these will just be little vignettes, here’s exactly what happens in this five-minute interval, some of it dull, some of it really fucking weird, snapshots – yes, perfect – that’s what so many of us crave, it seems (and now I’m referencing another one of your posts, this is getting weirdly meta?). And casually sharpening a knife, ahhhhh ha ha ha ha! (“What… what the hell is that? I’ve never seen that before.” “Oh, I keep it up in the study.” “THEN WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING WITH IT IN THE LIVING ROOM?”)
I’ve been frowned at. I am not at all suppressed. :D
Accidentally hitting on random woman, okay. Accidentally getting arrested, yep, I can see that. Accidentally taking part in weird ancient ritual? What? Things just got kind of Scooby-Doo! I’m very curious!
I like your camera analogy. I guess life is like that too, right? (whoa deep)
I’ve not seen it yet either, but I saw a gif of it, and that gif alone had me rolling in the aisles. I’m sure the real deal will be much more CREEP CREEP CREEP, but for now I hold on to the funny. (I should really watch more of the actual goddamned show I’m talking about nonstop.)
Hey, here’s that Ziyal thing I knew we were talking about somewhere! I LOVE THIS IDEA. I think he’d do a little of both: “Oh, lunch with Ziyal? Again? That’s nice. I’ll stay back here and dust the shelves and not mind at all.” And how do you bring up with someone, “hey, not that I’ve indicated any firm interest in you one way or the other over the last umpteen weeks to months, but I’ve noticed you’re spending a lot of time with this chick, and do you still like me? Not that I like you or anything. I just need to know.” Harsh. Marvelously so. I love it.
Laaaaanguage lesssssssons, Lady, now you are speaking my language, terrible pun NOT intended but I’m too lazy to reword~~~ I love it, I love it, I love it so, and it makes more sense! Damn it, this is how it should’ve gone down on DS9! (and I ship Jake/Ziyal now, thanks to DD9, and that would’ve made more sense too, sigh)
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