But On The Other Hand Garak Never Felt Loved Or Accepted Or Like His Dad Was Proud Of Him. He Was Never A Father To Him. - Tumblr Posts

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4 months ago

So I read A Stitch in Time and one result of that which I was certainly not expecting was that I feel so much sympathy for Enabran Tain. Garak's life is a tragedy, but Tain's is a fucking black comedy.

I mean, he's a terrible person and an absolute shitbag, but can you imagine? You have this kid. You go to all the trouble of arranging for him to be raised in a family situation where he won't be rejected from society for being your bastard. You get him into the nicest indoctrination school where he can hobnob with plenty of uppercrust kids. You get him a job in your Order and all the proper training. And he's actually, like, really good at it. But he has this fatal flaw of being completely incapable of not making stupid, short-sighted, emotional decisions.

A scene I imagine has to have happened just prior to Garak and Tain's confrontation at the end of part II:

A series of screen shots from the season 1 finale of Teen Wolf showing the scene between Peter and Stiles where they are discussing the protagonist Scott and his single-minded obsession with his girlfriend Allison, but it has been edited so that Peter is identified as Enabran Tain, Stiles as Corbin Entek, and the name "Allison" has been replaced with "Palandine."

Like goddamn. When Tain asked "what's your plan for getting rid of her husband?" and Garak's just like "plan what plan." Dude. I'M disappointed, I can only imagine the guy who's job it is to know and plan for everything isn't at least as disappointed.

I know he didn't actually, but do you think there was ever a time when Tain wanted to be like, You know what. Just go back to Tolan and become a gardener. Join that illegal hippie cult. It's fine.

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ooh this is a hot take bc on one hand I do actually believe that tain loves him in his own fucked up way which is why hes so hard on him. i mean he literally risked his career and reputaion to send him to bamarren he really did want the best for him. but hes so fucked up himself that he really cant be a parent i love his ‘night people’ speech bc thats really the only time hes ever honest or straight with garak and that bit about the riding hound tells me he absolutely loved garak. he obviously loves mila very much but on the other hand garak never felt loved or accepted or like his dad was proud of him. he was never a father to him. and afterall its tains fault that garak turned out the way he did. sentimental and emotional and short sighted obviously he had no choice but to have tolan raise him but he was more of a father to him than tain ever could be. so of course he takes after him. like tain did this to himself and he did it to garak. theres just so much pain and disapointment and blame between the two of them they both made mistakes. they even both deserve some grace. the big differance is that garak was just a kid. this was done to him. even if tain didnt mean to. even if he had the best of intentions. intentions arent worth much when compared to actions and outcomes also… I bet your right about tain being this fuckin close to just being like yk what. idc. join a cult be a gardener idfc but he loved him. which is why he never gave up on him until the disspointment was too great. and he was angry and hurt the humiliation of exile is so much worse than execution. ts was personal it was so cruel bc he loved him so much and was so hurt garak thoughts like idk man as a failure a fuck up and a disapointment who can never please my father bc he was absent and therefore didnt raise or mold me. im kinda on garaks side tbh although I 100% see your point
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