DAMARRRRR

My good lad with an IQ of 5~~~

His love for Cardassia is different than Garak’s because he wasn’t gaslit into it like Garak was

I mean we don’t KNOW that but he seems like a pretty simple dude, and I imagine a typical upbringing, going into the armed forces like a good son

Cardassia has been kind to him but she isn’t his religion like she is to Garak

So when he turns it’s not out of outraged piety

He’s just mad because this is bullshit

And honestly from a species as twisty as the Cardassians are usually shown to be

It’s kind of refreshing!

[astrangergivingthestrangewelcome]

Sometimes as a Result of Your College Education You Wind Up Applying Theory on Medieval Performative Emotions to Cardassian Society

Hi my name's Italia and I'm a fucking clown! So in my Senses and Feelings in the Middle Ages class I'm taking, we talked a lot about this idea of "emotional scripts" that we find in chronicles and stuff. To put it simply while of course medieval people felt and expressed genuine emotion, Medieval Europe prized the performance of emotion. It's the opposite of the Victorian "stiff upper lip" sort of thinking. You were expected to wail and grieve loudly when you lost someone you loved if you didn't want people to talk. If you're a king and you want to invade some land or punish a noble and you don't want to get shit for it you take care to frame that as just anger for a perceived offense and you take care to act righteously in expressing that anger. If you were wronged by someone and you wanted that person to be punished for their crimes you screamed about it in the town square immediately or else you'd be suspected to not be genuine and your village might not side with you. Whoever was the best at being convincingly emotional won the day back then.

So I was thinking. That sounds like it could be Cardassian society to me. From what we see with Dukat and Garak and the other Cardassians, the emphasis seems to be very much on expressing the right emotions at the right times very loudly. When Garak and Dukat hate something they HATE them. And not just the two of them. I see Damar do it to, and even Rugal's dad that one episode. The emphasis seems to be "I hate you and will absolutely never pretend otherwise bc I want everyone to know that this is what I feel." You're supposed to be expressing devotion to the state at all times, and when you fail in this there's a specific form of contrite you are supposed to be in order to save face. Dukat's dad said that his only regret was that his ambition outweighed his patriotism... I can't help but wonder if this was a show of self-abasement calculated to give his family a chance to recoup from the dishonor he was leaving them with. When Dukat tries to leave in "Civil Defense" that message specifically gave him 2 hours (or whatever) to "sit and contemplate the depth of your disgrace and try to die like a Cardassian." They could've programmed the station to just blow up immediately, but they gave Dukat two hours to feel his shame and disgrace, which seems culturally significant to me. Garak and Dukat always act so offended when someone hurls an accusation at them, even when they know an accusation is true... perhaps because it's been emphasized to them that you always have to deny guilt loudly in order to be believed.

Anyway, I don't think anyone writing the show thought about it like this, but I think what we do see of Cardassian society seems to fit the bill of a society that deeply respects emotional codes, and has rewards and consequences for performing or failing to perform emotions in a "Cardassian" way.

[spaceteenagers]

Oloh Lodam,a beautiful cardassian woman, turns her father over to the state for treason, testifying against him in court and doing everything in her power to disavow herself from him, but she is in danger of being guilty by association in society despite her honorable nature and protection of such by the state, She must find a Gul to marry as soon as possible. Any Gul will do.

Glinn Rojo Dal is lonely, aging, and his dedication to the state is unwavering. He is reaching the age of thirty, with no wife and family to commit themselves to his cause, of reaching the status of Gul. His Commanding Gul has told him once he commits himself to a wife, the state may recognize his devotion. luckily theres a woman who is looking for a husband on Cardassia ii, maybe they could come to an arrangement….. but will they lose their hearts along the way

I have some Thoughts about what truly trashy cardassian literature is like. 

cosmictuesdays asked:

Do Cardassians have Nightingale Floors?

It seems that they’d love that kind of thing, doesn’t it?

But they don’t hear very well. So either they have Really Loud nightingale floors that invite derision by one Julian Bashir, or they have…

something else? Mmmf. Smell/taste seems like a weird one here. But maybe it’s that. Faint dusting of perfume in specific areas? Patterning the floor?

I may be overthinking this.

Anonymous asked:

Michael Sheen would look good as a Cardassian, change my mind (you can't)

White men who look like Your Uncle make good Cardassians, this is Known!

[thisiskinn]

If Cardassians had vertical slit pupils, feat. Garak.

Postulation the first: Cardassians with tails. 

Postulation the second: Cardassians with second tongue (body language to emphasize/affect the meaning of words as an essential part of the language), and the tail being part of this second tongue.

Postulation the third: sure, you can use a universal translator for Kardasi if you don’t have a tail, but it always sounds a bit off; if you really want to speak the language…

Postulation the fourth: Julian Bashir, being fitted for his prosthetic tail.

Cardassian Reproductive Anatomy

[apolesen]

I decided to do something with all my ideas about what Cardassian genitalia looked like, and here we are. Below the cut are some anatomical sketches (of the kind you get in text-books, so they are mostly SFW, but it depends on where you work, I suppose) and a description of my take on the Cardassian reproductive systems. 

Content warnings: anatomical sketches, anatomical descriptions, mentions of menstruation and pregnancy. 

As this is about reproductive anatomy in broad terms, I have used the terms ‘male’ and ‘female’ in an essentialist way. This is mainly to be as clear as possible. I think that we should move away from referring to, for instance, “external female genitalia” when we could just say “vulva”. However, when you discuss an alien species where writer and reader don’t have any common frame of reference, that can get very confusing. There are definitely Cardassians who are intersex, trans and non-binary, so what is described below are broad generalisations describing cis Cardassians. 

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Play as a Cardassian! | Star Trek Online

With the launch of Victory is Life, Federation and Klingon players will be able to access a long requested species: The Cardassians.

“With the coming of Victory is Life, and its connections to Deep Space Nine, it made sense to bring about one of the longest requested features in Star Trek Online: we’re adding Cardassians as a playable species for both Starfleet and Klingon Factions. Cardassians have a unique species trait and a unique optional trait – check below for some details on what this new race will bring to the table.

DISCLAIMER: All information in this blog post is subject to change.

Once a dominant force in the Alpha Quadrant, the Cardassian Union fought on the losing side of the Dominion War.  The impact of that conflict is felt to this day on Cardassia Prime, left in a devastated state during the war’s final days.  Despite many hardships, the proud, ruthless and cunning people of Cardassia have forged their way into the 25th century with a grim determination.

After the Dominion war, Cardassia’s military is a shadow of its former self, reduced to a defensive, peacekeeping force. With the re-emergence of the Dominion and the threat of the True Way terrorist group, many Cardassians feel that more has to be done to protect their home. A number of them have pledged their support to the Klingon Empire or the Federation as a result. After a heavy vetting process, these proud citizens of Cardassia are accepted into the ranks of the KDF and Starfleet.

Trait Information

Inherent Species Space Trait: Recalled Tactics
Cardassians are well known for their photographic memory and mental strength, which is utilized during combat to recall the extensive combat training instruction. For every 5 seconds you are in combat, you will gain one stack of Recalled Tactics, which will increase your Damage, Accuracy, and Defense for a short time.

Unique Ground Trait: Superior Mental Fortitude
Increases your resistance to mind controlling attacks, enhancing innate resistance to the effects of Confuse, Stun and Placate. This also makes you immune to the Vulcan Nerve Pinch!”

Parmak of the North

[cyrelia-j]

or a few more Parmak headcanon’s that @tinsnip ’s mention of dialect inspired.

So I was thinking more of Parmak’s way of speaking as I write it and I thought since he’s a little bit “off” and atypical Cardassian the way I write him, why not make that a trait unique to him but those from the same region of Cardassia as he. In studying the maps you can see the continent of Nokar in the north as a rather cold and inhospitable looking desert so here is my humble offering for fleshing some of that out since it looks like it’s still open to interpretation.

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