deep space nines biggest strength- aside from wonderful characters- is that it capitalizes on the extended universe so perfectly
it takes alien races and cultures that featured in tng for an episode or two and greatly expands them, it effortlessly brings worf into the established cast, it builds upon the foundations of interstellar politics and treats canon like actual history, with nods of varying degrees to both tos and tng interspersed
ds9 understands that it wouldnt exist as a show without what came before it, it doesnt try to ignore that or rely on that background too heavily, but instead is a believable and innovative expansion of the star trek universe
@blacksheepboybucky gahsfasjfsladk yes this exactly !!!!! not to call out your tags but they are amazing and so so true !!!
it really feels like a continuation of a universe rather than any rehashing or anything !! like ds9 turned SO much about the federation on its head, brought up questions about gray areas with federation morality, and is usually referred to as the “darkest” trek, all the while fleshing out stuff from previous shows AND giving us cool new alien concepts from the gamma quadrant
and all of it is fundamentally respecting what came before !!! its so good !!!! it has its own flavor and commentaries and its own big massive huge amazing WAR plot which is what tos and tng spent years getting close to and avoiding
and that lets ds9 go places the others really never went before ! and it does such a good job
“i am a monument to all your sins” is such a fucking raw line for a villain it’s amazing that it came from halo, a modernish video game, and not some classical text or mythos
classic texts have nothing on the crazy people come up with in modern times tbh
“I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me.”
– Joshua Graham, Who Is A Fallout New Vegas NPC, Something Most People Throwing This Quote Around Don’t Realize
“If the world chooses to become my enemy, I will fight like I always have.”
– Shadow the Hedgehog in what is widely considered one of if not the single worst game in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise
this is the source for this text and it haunts me on a regular basis
“Pick a god and pray.”
-Fredrick from Fire Emblem Awakening
Huh, it’s almost like art isn’t just fine art…
this is my addition to this ever growing list of raw quotes originating from unexpected sources
Throwing my fav our there, from One Piece Marine Ford arc.
the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy is presents a romance-style female-focused fantasy adventure, which is rare for blockbuster movies.
– you are Keira Knightley, the high-spirited and ever so slightly spoiled child of a doting father who happens to be the governor
– every man in the world is crazy about you, from the dashing naval officer who asks for your hand in marriage to the handsome young blacksmith’s apprentice who you met as a child and feel a strong bond with to the devilish pirate lord who saves your life and flirts with you shamelessly and you make out with him once but it’s for a good cause
– you have two weddings, one where you femme it up and then it turns all emo when it rains on your wedding day and the groom is dragged off in chains by another guy who secretly has the hots for you and then you have a second wedding where you dress as a man because you’re the pirate king now and you exchange custom vows and witty banter during a sword fight with zombies
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