[Martok was the best Klingon. Many of the other Klingons we saw were either cliches – Proud Warrior Guys – or else indicative of the hypocrisy within their culture (‘using MONEY to take down a great house!’), and Worf tends to take himself far too seriously, perhaps because he needs to ‘prove’ just how Klingon he is. But Martok has a sense of honour and a sense of humour. He feels like the ‘truest’ example of how Klingons present themselves to the galaxy and to each other.]
what i really love about ben sisko’s character is he isn’t a generic american, like most star trek americans, but he’s got a specific heritage. he’s benjamim lafayette sisko, a native of new orleans, with a unique culinary tradition, a connection to creole culture, and love of west african history. even his inclusion of tube grub into his dishes for nog’s sake is so very creole, the combination of cultures to produce a richer dish. riker never really felt alaskan and bones was southern by accent only, but sisko was uniquely louisianan, which contributed to making him a fuller character.
my favourite star trek scenes aren’t the ones where they’re going into battle, or time travelling, or solving mysteries. no. my favourite scenes are where they’re just living life and laughing in space. like that scene in “Timscape” in TNG, when Picard, Geordi, Data and Deanna are sat around the table in the beginning just discusssing and laughing about the conferences they visited (minus Data’s complete confusion of the situation), or that scene in “To the Death” in DS9 when Dax and Miles joke about how Weyoun is staring at Odo and Dax tells him to go and tell Weyoun to stand on his head and see if he does it. these are seriously the best scenes. they warm my heart. they make star trek real and these are the scenes that most bring it to life in my eyes
And these scenes are considered “filler” or superfluous, often cut, and almost totally absent from a lot of modern shows in favor of more action/sex/plot. It’s criminal. Because these “throw away” scenes are absolutely the best character moments, because they don’t matter to the plot and thus aren’t over analyzed and filled with hidden meaning. They’re just fluff to pad for time or setup a plot. And in being unimportant they’re allowed to be so much more substantial than plot/action/sex scenes that writers poor over and stress about. And soon they’ll be totally gone because plot/action/sex. Sigh.
I mean. The Quark-Garak “root beer” scene was a filler scene, literally just there because they needed to add a minute and a half to the show, and it’s one of the most iconic scenes in DS9.
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