I think my gravestone should read “here lies Pirpi, she drew a lot of insufferable bad-fashion clones”
Yep, not even close to being tired of the subject. ^_^
Those clothes: who designed them? Did the Founders? Are they replicated or tailored? The patterns and colours are all disparate within the same outfit…random choices or deliberate, signifying something? Why does Borath wear…
It’s possible that while having no real interest in sensual matters, they’re still capable of using sensuality to manipulate? Or at least attempting to…honestly my take when I saw Kilana was “Oh god, they’re trying to throw Sisko off with a pretty girl.” She was playing innocent deliberately, so it’s not a stretch to think she’d tarted up a bit in case that would help as well? It was practically a giggling barbie act, at least at first. Kilana doesn’t dress like Eris or Luaran, she has the longer hair…maybe she was from like, the mata-hari division?
Anyway if they switch up the genetics and abilities of individual Vorta for specific tasks it’s not unrealistic to assume that includes cosmetic appearances as well.
It’s a big empire, maybe the tailoring itself is done by a third party? And the Vorta just put in orders from swatches of cloth or something. Though Weyoun’s gotta be some kind of masochist if he picked out his own trousers, god they look like the most uncomfortable fabric…
All I can tell you for sure is it’s a bitch to recreate his clothes in doll form lol
One thing I did always wonder was how typical Keevan’s behaviour was, though. Not so much in totally disregarding the lives of his men, that’s obviously completely normal for Vorta (again, Keevan’s actions in Rocks & Shoals are a whooole other thing). But in that he seemed to be thinking more along the lines of “To hell with that, I’m going to live through this” than he was “I’ll die before I compromise the safety of Dominion secrets.”
He seemed more concerned with saving his own ass than serving the Founders, which is very interesting when we’re talking about someone who’s had the same conditioning as say, Weyoun 6 and Weyoun 8 (both of whom immediately put themselves in harms way to shield a Founder). We have…*thinks* Two? Examples of…no three, examples of deviation on part of the Jem’Hadar; Goran’Agar and his men, the “rebels” who attempt to repair the Iconian gateway, and Omet’iklan when he murders Weyoun 4 (tho this is kind of arguable b/c he’s not exactly rebelling against the Founders themselves). But Keevan’s the only Vorta we see who just genuinely seems to not give a fuck about the Dominion as a whole or the Founders as his gods…
One last quick thought before I go to bed (because it’s laughably early in the morning already): Is Keevan a clone? Maybe he’s trying his darnedest to live because this is Keevan 1, and he doesn’t really trust that he’ll wake up again. Maybe he doesn’t care as much about the Founders because each incarnation of a clone produces increased devotion, and since he’s had no incarnations other than the first his self-preservation instinct is stronger than his protect-the-Dominion-for-the-gods-whom-I-worship instinct?
It’s possible, but then why is Borath wearing Weyoun’s clothes? Maybe he’s hoping he’ll get mistaken for Weyoun by other Vorta, at least until they get a proper look at him? Because Weyoun is more important? Because Borath is a fanboy? Lol, I can only imagine what a mess that would be. I have a hard time believing that their eyesight is that bad, though. They can’t seem to be able to see distance all that well, but I’m sure from a normal (read: across the room or something) distance their vision is just fine. KaiWeyoun’s idea about the Vorta being attracted to each other’s voices because of their weak eyes is pretty sweet, though.
I found this hilarious website about Vorta fashions while I was browsing through the depths of the internet last night. Gave me a chuckle, anyway. I hope you enjoy it.
Lol, the Mata Hari division… I like it. I’ve been thinking, are the clones sterile? Is fertility something the Founders tweak when they choose a Vorta for cloning? The clones don’t seem to be interested in intimacy/sensuality/sexuality, as you pointed out earlier, but if there are Vorta who breed back on Kurill then clearly there are some for whom that is a part of life. So, do the Founders dial down/eradicate the sex drive of those they deal with directly? What are courtship rituals like back on Kurill? What is the family structure like? Are different genders viewed as equal, or is their society a matriarchal/patriarchal one?
Have the Founders also built a growth acceleration sequence into the clones’ genetic code? Because it seems pretty instantaneous that a new clone can take the place of its predecessor. Or does the cloning facility just have a bunch of vats/stasis chambers/what have you of Weyouns lying around waiting to be activated?
What must it be like for the clones to interact with the natural Vorta? Do they? Or do the Founders whisk them away from Kurill once it’s decided that they’re slated for cloning? What would happen if Weyoun 8 had survived and gone back to Kurill and run into his mother? He probably wouldn’t recognize her; we talked about that a while back. But how would she react? Is it a big taboo for natural Vorta to interact with cloned Vorta? I mean, this person wouldn’t really be her son anymore—he’s been eight times removed from her. He wouldn’t think of her as family, but she’d still see him as the little boy who fell out of the tree trying to pick kava nuts. How would that dynamic play out?
They have no reference for aesthetics, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have preferences and opinions about artistic things, does it? Weyoun might not have known if Ziyal’s painting was “any good” based on whatever scale of artistic excellence he thinks he doesn’t know about, but did he like looking at it? Did he ask Kira if it would be more aesthetically pleasing if it were blue because he enjoys the color blue? Why doesn’t someone just explain to him that whether or not something is aesthetically pleasing is really a matter of personal taste anyway? All cultures create art, it seems (except maybe the Breen); do the Vorta still do artistic things, and just not call them artistic? Depending on their level of cultural advancement when the Founders intervened, do they have statues and monuments and paintings and literature and music just lying around because they don’t know what to do with it anymore? Does Weyoun hear other Vorta hum or whistle and envy them, and then secretly blame the Founders for his inability to carry a tune?
Okay, that’s all I’ve got for right now. Now I’m just incredibly curious about what goes on on Kurill Prime.
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I’m an apprentice tattoo artist. An artist who owns a few shops invited me to their team.
I’ve got a long way to go. I’m still learning basic shading techniques. Working with a tattoo pen adds depth to the traditional flat plane I’m used to working on.
One is never too old to learn a new skill.
At times I feel like a complete newb.
So, here is a meme that I love. I’m sharing it for everyone who is learning something new.
