McCoy: DO NOT FEED HIM!!!!

McCoy: DO NOT FEED HIM!!!!

This is my Magnum Opus. Nothing I make will ever come close to being as groundbreaking as this. I am a god.

I have to think there was a lot more involved in DS9 than just the writers, with the creation of Garashir. From the mind of Andrew Robinson and the reciprocation of Alexander Siddig, this beauty continues to enrapture us in 2024.

The subtle but powerful first meeting, Garak then throwing Julien into the roll of being a spy under the guise of “buying a suit”. The chemistry was ignored and tossed into the bucket of things we aren’t going to acknowledge. Yes, I assume after many collaborations between the two, it was apparent to many what was happening in the subtext. However would we have gotten these first precious moments in Past Prologue, if they had?

Looking from the perspective of: Makeup artists, set and costume designers, even other actors with their own pairings. Rick Berman stood in the way, but he couldn’t control everything.

^I’m quite sure I can see Garak’s face on that console. To the left of O’Brien, in the corner.

From what we can see Garak starts in bright costumes that draw us into his character.

Maybe he’s wanting someone to find him attractive? He’s had no one to talk to these lonely years on the station.

Who does he see that attracts him? A delicate flower of a Doctor who knows nothing of the station and is primed and ready to make friends.

“He spoke to me! He acknowledged my existence! He made contact with me!”

The exposed neck garments, flashy colors and designs were incredible. Over the course of DS9 we see Garak cover his neck more and more. Attracting less attention as they devoted more space in their life to Bashir and their time together.

Bashir in turn grows ever attached - rooted, this strange plant growing on him. Taken in by this madman, he falls down the rabbit hole. Wherever it goes and whatever befalls them. They’re in this together.

Learning how to break through those barriers and finding true friendship; someone they can enjoy spending time with. Not because anyone tells them to, but because it feels right.

Subtextual acting, a practice by Andrew Robinson, was well deserving of many rewatched episodes. Seen more frequently in Siddig’s performance, I believe Andy would have shared this fine crafted background secret, for the sake of being helpful to others, as others had been to him.

I wonder how many easter eggs are buried? We’ve found some, but I wonder how many others are buried under the surface.

After many re-readings of A Stitch In Time, I might one day find them all.

*this is an opinion piece only and I hope you enjoyed it.

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