Bashir/Garak …

The AV Club: free-babysitting, imaginary futures, and the occasional spacial anomaly.
(I don't understand your modern formatting).

GET ON IT

Things I fantasized about as a little girl: being a real-life X-Man (X-Woman?); living on the Enterprise (D of course); the "future."

Mirror Bareil's "regular" universe counterpoint is Lwaxana!!!

I think she would have been the same in both universes. Lwaxana Troi: Daughter of the Fifth House; Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx; Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed; Nexus Of The Two Known Universes.

Something something Shinzon.

You're right, of course—it would be kind of crazy to have a Star Trek without a Federation representative at the "main" character.

Yeah, I agree. I mean, Zack is right that the obvi protagonist is Sisko … but Kira's personal history also drives a bunch of the show.

"Sisko is a fine captain, and unquestionably the closest DS9 comes to a specific protagonist"

"It's also interesting that, when I first viewed this episode the night it aired, I was totally on Sisko's side of things— no one should throw their life away in the name of any cause when they can live to make their own version, a better version of existence that still holds true to the tenants of one's faith."

I BASICALLY DIED OF HAPPINESS. In case you wanted to know.

Ah, Patrick Stewart. Glory to … [BUG EYES] … YOUR NEW SPOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy shit, I just wrote three terrible slash fics in my head.

Blanche: I don't really mind Clayton being homosexual, I just don't like the idea of him dating men.

Well, except for Hugh.

Barclay!?

Yeah, I was definitely thinking of that during the final scene. Now they're both "human"ized.

@Automocar:disqus it definitely is!! I recognized him immediately and had a mini freak out.

@avclub-40904cf5a179d97beb9f7f3f8c02e080:disqus , I was about to come here and say that!!! MY TWO FAVORITE SHOWS COLLIDING!!!!!