Getting blacklisted from trading with local fae because you’ve been paying for their favours with stuff like childhood dreams and the memory of your mother’s smile, trading their goods for what would have otherwise been absurdly highball prices, but then they found out that the things you’ve given them in return are worthless because they mean nothing to you. After going no-contact with your family you just wanted to get fucking rid of all of the things that are attached to them, and if you could, you’d give your memories of them away for free on craiglist.
water doesn’t make rocks smooth. they hired me to go down to the beach with a sander every night and smooth them myself. it’s not much and it’s not honest work.
they should make a version of socializing that doesn’t make you feel like you’re still the weird 12 year old kid that doesn’t know why she’s not normal like the other kids
This is my favorite episode of all Star Trek. All Star Trek.
But I loved it even more when I found out that they brought Trouble with Tribbles writer, David Gerrold, in as a consultant and ended up sticking him into the episode. The old red shirt playing with a Tribble, that’s him.
Not only did he offer plot advice and acting skills, when the tech crew were trying to get the lighting to match, David was there with, “well, back in the day the crew did XYZ” and the tech crew said, oh yeah, we can do that!
oh and i might be wrong but werent they filming a tos film thing at the same time and the ds9 lot could not get the hang of the communicator wrist flick so one of the TOS gang came in and was like ‘here let me show you’ [internally: oh god please let me get this right first time or itll be so embarrassing] *does it perfectly* 'there you go. it’s all in the angle’ or something?? i could be wrong but i remember that somewhere
It was Walter Koeing (sp?) (Chekov)! And idk if they were still filming Undiscovered Country around this time (I don’t thiinnk so but my short term memory sucks )
ID: a gif of Ben Sisko and Jadzia Dax in a pile of tribbles; Jadzia tosses one behind her shoulder and it tumbles down a chute onto Kirk’s head.
Undiscovered country came out before DS9 started, I think Koenig was just chillin there
This has been confirmed by Koenig at Dragon Con! He was, in fact, on set for this and taught Siddig and Meaney how to open their communicators
Star Trek: The Original Series s2e15 The Trouble with Tribbles
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine s5e6 Trials and Tribble-ations
