Something that's so funny to me about Bashir is that McCoy and Crusher both are definitely the CMO. They arrive when medical emergencies happen, and they are "a doctor not a [...]." But Bashir will do anything. Engineering? He took an extension course at the academy. Partical physics? Sure, why not. Piloting? He's there on the bridge ready. Hand to hand combat? He'll give it a go. A man who is permanently up for anything and overqualified for all of it.

there’s an episode of star trek ds9 where dr bashir is so worried about turning 30 that he opens himself up to psychic attack from a telepathic alien who sends him into a coma and makes his subconscious dream that he’s getting reversed benjamin buttoned. and i think that’s so real of him.

Please unmute this it is exactly what you think it is and it’s hilarious.

Oscar Isaac for the Brioni Spring/Summer 2024 Campaign

“I forgive you. for whatever it is you did.” is such an insane line.

like imagine going your whole life believing that you’re only worth as much as you’re useful, doing things you know deep down are horrible just to serve the interests of a man who won’t even acknowledge you as his son and then after he exiles you 2 years later you find yourself on your deathbed, all your crimes finally caught up with you, the young doctor who at this point you believe could not have a more different experience of life than you decides against everything you’ve been taught about yourself that you’re worth saving.

and no matter how much you tell him you’re horrible, how wretched you make yourself look in front of him, he doesn’t care. he doesn’t care about your past. you’re forgiven. you’re worth saving, just by virtue of being alive. and he’s not saving you out of pity or even kindness, he’s doing it because he genuinely believes that. and for the first time since you were a small child, perhaps even ever, you feel like you have intrinsic worth.

Casey & Severide's Last Cigar Chat

Excerpt from Jake Sisko’s documentary about deep space station living.

Found on a friend's FB.

Favorite comment:

"Also, John is so Gen X that he's narrating his slow descent into madness by insistently and continuously making Pop culture references for literal aliens."

happy birthday funny space station

Happy 2024!

lets *not* let it get that bad

Edit: okey let me rephrase that - lets at least try to fix it

this makes me kick my feet up behind me in bed

ok! c:

i do think medical & sciences should have different shirt colors. after you've been attacked by sentient plants or the hull has been breached by klingons or a malevolent space cloud has incapacitated the bridge crew, i think you'd want to be able to tell immediately if you're running towards a doctor or a geologist. design flaw

#the possibility of rushing to an electrical engineer for help instead of security when being chased by the latest hostile salt vampire #also seems like a problem #engineering and security both being red shirts makes me concerned for every random nerd on the ship #in hindsight maybe this is why the red shirts keep dying #someone keeps handing a phaser to Fred from IT and assuming he knows combat tactics

tags @thewingedwalrus also an extremely fair point

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