dirty words

In which Worf has a lot of plastic surgery, Deanna is hit by a metaphor like a ton of bricks, Odo makes a friend, and Kira reevaluates her job description.

( The Velveteen Rabbit, or how holograms become Real )

For awesome_women, I did a post for Jadzia Dax and Kira Nerys.

Good lord, I love Deep Space Nine. I can't really watch it while I'm doing other things, either, because I get all gripped. It's impossible to pick just one episode when you're loving on a particular character, because it's so arc-y. I guess my fallback episode(s) when I need a DS9 hit is the trilogy from the beginning of season 2 ("Homecoming"/"The Circle"/"The Siege"), because omgzzzz, that is the moment when I went YES, YES, THIS SHOW NEEDS TO BE THIS. And then it was. And it was good.

For the record, my current default-I-need-a-hit episodes for other shows:

SG-1: "Redemption"
Atlantis: "Hide & Seek"
Babylon 5: "Soul Mates"
TNG: "I, Borg"
Voyager: "Shattered"

Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm 90% sunshine and rainbows and snark. :-P

rosewildeirish is looking to start smoking from the wonderful DS9 crackpipe of awesome! She figures she should start at the beginning of Season 4, since that's when things kick into high gear and the ratio of OMGHOLYAWESOME to ehhhhhhwhat? is a lot better. So she asked me for my opinions on which of the first three seasons she needs to see. (Think of all the stuff she'll miss! The Jake & Nog Show! Bashir being a spaz! The Provisional Government! The CARDASSIAN VOLES!)

I picked out the ones I think are key -- but those of you who are DS9 peeps, chime in! She's not spoilerphobic (I don't think -- are you?), so you can discuss plot happenings in here. And FYI, she doesn't like Jadzia, so I avoided Jadzia-heavy episodes... but you can mention those if they're your favorites for my sake.

Google reveals this website for a list of episode titles. Clicking the titles seems to bring up the synopses for the seasson.

( Dear Rose, You Should Really Watch These: )

I'm watching season 5 in a breathlessobsessedagain sort of manner (OMG THE FABULOUSNESS!!!!), and I have a VERY IMPORTANT DILEMMA that I can't discuss with my boyfriend yet, since he is UNSPOILED!

( All of you who are not unspoiled and can stand me going on about silly Star Trek timeline things, click here! There's a poll at the end... )

OTHER THINGS I NEED to complete the madness: 1) A Deep Space Nine layout/header/something. How cool would it be to have a layout that look like DS9's bizarre Cardassian layouts? I THOUGHT SO. 2) Deep Space Nine moodtheme. 3) ALL MY ICONS to be replaced with DS9 ones. 4) To mainline the rest of Season 5! 5) NEW BRAIN DRUGS so that I can write fic instead of silly posts like this!

Title: "Couples Therapy"
Rating: PG-13 for mention of sex
Category: Ezri!fic, Julian/Ezri, Julian/Jadzia UST
Spoilers: Whole series, notably "In the Pale Moonlight," "Tears of the Prophets," and "What You Leave Behind." Set sometime after "What You Leave Behind," ignoring the post-series novels.
Summary: During the war, they never had the chance to mourn all they lost.


( Couples Therapy )