Re: DD9 splitting into dark vs. silly – sad but true. Part of me wants to keep the silly stuff, and part of me is very intently writing dark pasts for Julian and misunderstandings for Garak, because that’s what I doooo. I couldn’t find a way into this universe until I saw Julian dancing, and imagined how that might come to be, and as happy as that sounds, apparently I have to make things snaky for it to work…? /sigh
I wish there was more silly in my head.
I wish there was more silly DD9. I’m going to submit more asks to the deep dish nine tumblr, because it does my heart good when I see those wonderful little answers.
Ah, this fic keeps going past the date? I am well pleased! Excellent, I do like that one date does not exclusivity make, because I myself am hard-wired for monogamy and pick out towels and curtains on the second date, so it’s nice to see somebody write something different. I’m curious to see how that plays out with Garak. Might be hard to see somebody you’re opening up to, investing in, spending sexy/romantic time with somebody else, even if they plan to spend more time with you later. Hmm hmm. I guess he can sublimate that. But it’s not good for you to do that. And he might want to pull back instead. Eurgh, I don’t want this to turn into some kind of weepy “if I can’t have you I don’t want to know you” bullshit – but once Garak actually sees a flicker of interest in Julian, how will he handle Julian continuing on with his typical romantic life? Well, like a grown-up, I guess, a grown-up other than me, who would howl and eat chocolate. Projection is a bitch. (what am I even talking about?)
Well, Julian’s got a birthday because he got carded. Garak has a birth year, day to follow if required. I don’t want to do the birthday-by-the-horoscope thing because I’m not much for horoscopes. If you come up with one that works for me, excellent; I’ll yoink it. :D
I think that may be the definition of alien culture, for me: they only get away with it because they’re aliens, and if you found a bunch of humans acting like that, you’d think something had gone horribly wrong: YES. Doesn’t have to be malevolent or malicious or even particularly sick. Just has to be different. Ever read Elizer Yudkowsky’s (sp?) “Three Worlds Collide”? A fascinating breakdown of ethics and morality as viewed by three sentient species, who all appear to be very nice people, but whose physiology informs their ethics in ways that are hard to reconcile. Go read it, it’s on google. It’s v good and will make you think. But don’t read it right before bed or you’ll have weird dreams.
I love the palm-to-palm thing too. Curious to see what it means to your Cardassians.
Garak-in-a-quilt works with the always-cold thing you have going for him, which was immediately headcanoned by me (is there any other kind of canon for this canon?). And it also gives them a little artificial barrier between them, which is something else that works for me. I liked the bit in the movie theatre when Julian thinks to himself that this is the first time they’ve ever sat together without something between them, be it a table or a counter or what have you. They’re looking at a movie screen instead of at each other, but it’s still a strange moment. Garak wrapped up in a quilt is a fascinating little mix of vulnerability and self-protectiveness, even if he doesn’t mean it that way; it might be quite enrapturing.
Oh, Miles and Keiko, of course. I figure they must just have incredible make-up sex, because my God, they do like to piss each other off as much as possible. “Just keeping you on your toes, O’Brien,” indeed. He’s clumsy with people, but honest to a fault, and you know what? That does fit with his character. So not so much doing stupid things, but perhaps not thinking through where the conversation is going to take him. Yerk, which will really get him in trouble with Garak, who’s usually five steps ahead. Hmm.
Oh, and I read further, and yes you said that – he cares, but does not consider other people’s perceptions to the fullest. Yep, I agree, not that he doesn’t think it through, but that he can’t – he’s not good at people – some people just aren’t – but he’s a nice guy, and he’s there for his friends, so they back him up even when he steps on their feet, because sometimes you come to him with the revelation that you were genetically engineered and his only reaction is, “Oh, yeah? Well, you have to stand further back from the dartboard, then,” and it turns out your world wasn’t destroyed after all. (I love Miles O’Brien.)
Re: I’LL BRING POPCORN WHICH WE ALSO WILL NOT LIKE – first, I die, that’s totes adorbs, she said. Second, yep, that’s how these two seem to work, on DS9 or DD9 – you did a shit-tacular thing! Yes, I did, and here’s why. It was still really shitty! Yes, it was, and I’m not sorry. Fine, you bastard, I can see your side of it, see you for darts tomorrow! It didn’t always ring quite true on the show, but I think it’s only because it was a bit rushed sometimes with the episodic format. I can’t see anything breaking these two up, because underneath all the Miles being direct and Julian being dramatic, they’re both really just very good people who crack each other up and dork out to the same things… you don’t stop seeing a person like that. (Remember when Keiko came back from Bajor and Miles felt he had to spend all his time at home and they were both super lonely and Keiko finally did an end-run around them both to make them hang out because Miles was driving her nuts? You do? Squee, right?)
Oh – Orphan time discussion is still going on? Back to dA I go to fangirl~~
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