Ignore the unfortunate blue lady and enjoy the Snippy Garak and Bashir dialogue boxes.
From the Oct ‘97 Marvel DS9 comic.
Some quality Garak in here, and Julian with fabric on his head.
From oct ‘97 DS9 Marvel Comics.
Chapters: 3/?
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, DS1920s
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Julian Bashir/Elim Garak
Characters: Julian Bashir, Elim Garak, Benjamin Sisko, Jadzia Dax, Odo, Kira Nerys, Miles O'Brien, and a variety of convenient characters, insectoid and otherwise
Additional Tags: AU, Alternate Universe, Genteel Interbellum, sort of, Jeeves and Wooster - Freeform, Wodehouse, Pastiche, done with love!
Summary:
Well, it’s a bit of a complex sort of story. I mean, it’s hard for a fellow to know where to begin. Was it when Dax finagled me into agreeing to get hitched? Or was it when my man Garak dropped callous words on my astounded ears? Or was it the hungry look in the Lady’s eye?
Oh, it’s no good: I’ll just have to start at the beginning. Brace yourselves, and let Uncle Julian spin for you a tale that’ll have your locks porpentinial in about two-and-a-half shakes.
(PG Wodehouse’s ‘Jeeves and Wooster’ meets DS9’s 'Garak and Bashir’. Expect ridiculous dialogue, giggle-inducing hijinks, and Garak to make it all right again after Julian’s made it all wrong.)
Written by tinsnip. Illustrated by Lady Yate-Xel.
(Addendum: if you haven’t read Wodehouse or watched Jeeves & Wooster, this is still very readable, but may sound silly! Then again, that shouldn’t really be a problem: this is silly!)
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O'BRIEN
Well, whatever the captain did, I’m glad you’re here.Garak stiffens and stares at O'Brien for a beat.
O'BRIEN
What’s the matter?GARAK
It’s just that lately, I’ve noticed that everyone seems to… trust me. It’s quite unnerving. I’m still trying to get used to it. Next thing I know, people will be inviting me to their homes for dinner.Despite his protestations to the contrary, O'Brien can tell that Garak is somewhat pleased to be “settling in” to life on the station.
O'BRIEN
If it makes you feel any better, I promise I’ll never have you over.GARAK,
I appreciate that, Chief.
Among the clothes seen in Garak’s shop is the costume worn by Steven Miller in TNG: “Haven”, the Risa outfit worn by Sovak in “Captain’s Holiday” and one of Kamala’s dresses from “The Perfect Mate”.
This was the first appearance of Andrew Robinson as Elim Garak in the series. Garak would eventually become an important recurring character, making his final appearance in the series finale “What You Leave Behind”. Getting his characterization right was important to both the crew and the actor himself. Of the origins of the character, producer Peter Allan Fields says that “we needed a Cardassian who didn’t act like one, so I finally put him in a tailor shop, and nobody hit me, so we kept him there.” Director Winrich Kolbe says of the performance that “we agreed that Andy could push the envelope, but he couldn’t leave the Cardassian platform. We had long talks about wardrobe and makeup, but we also talked about attitude, so that he would retain that stiffness that you see in all Cardassians.” Finally, Andrew Robinson himself says of the character, “he’s all subtext. If a smart guy like Garak says that he’s ‘plain and simple’, you realize that he’s not plain and not simple. And that there is a lot going on. Regardless of how innocuous or simple each line is, there’s always something going on underneath that belies the line. And his eyes and the tone of his voice say something different than the words he’s speaking. It’s not an easy thing to work with subtext, but when you do it well, you really get people’s attention.” (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
Hans Beimler commented: “To me, the guy that embodied [Star TreK: DS9] was Garak. He was a fuckin’ spy, man! He was a bad guy, in a way. But you got to know and understand him. And he got to know us and understand us. Even appreciate us. He wasn’t such a bad guy at the end of the show”. (Science Fiction Television Series, 1990-2004, p. 270)
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