Bajor politics episode would invariably lead to a bunch of “My Child”-ing, which would just piss everyone off, and nothing is more frustrating than watching the DS9 gang sublimate their desire to choke the life out of Kai Winn.
the more you hated her, the better she was at her job. she was sooo amazing at that.
She belongs in a best villains of all time list. Like, kudos to whomever said “let’s cast Nurse Ratched” and have her slowly go mad with supernatural power.
I fucking love that episode where they go to the other station to do the prisoner exchange. And Iggy Pop is so fucking brilliant in that episode! He’s fucking hilarious!
I love the one where they go back in time and They’re literally the Roswell aliens and as soon as Quark can communicate starts trying to scam the humons
We both know that each of these episodes, at their core, are stupid as fuck.
Not everything needs to be measure of a man.
I know I am in the minority, but Goddamn I can’t stand the Ferengi
there are literally dozens of us! dozens!
i like the ferengi in small dozes, but i can’t stand the ferengi episodes. it’s just too much, and i skip them.
What about the House of Quark. Does the presence of Klingons dilute the Ferengi frustration, or amplify it?
Quark’s refusal to take anything seriously made me really angry. about halfway through the episode i was hoping Worf would just decapitate him, although i thought it was pretty funny when Gowron is all like, “You tried to take down a great house… with money???!!! P’tach!”
Part of the shame of it is too, that Quark could give some pretty darn good advice when asked. But they never used that plot device very much, which I thought was a shame because with his devious wisdom, he really had a unique take on things.
Quark, on his own, and when he dropped his guard, was great-- especially when he had his interactions with Odo. Like, when they had their friends-not-friends moments. He also had soe interesting insights into humans and humanity from the perspective of a Ferengi, or just an alien in general. from Siege of AR-558:
Quark: Let me tell you something about Hew-mons, Nephew. They’re a wonderful, friendly people, as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people… will become as nasty and as violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon. You don’t believe me? Look at those faces. Look in their eyes.
then, of course, there’s this gem form The Way of the Warrior:
Quark: I want you to try something for me. Take a sip of this.
Elim Garak : What is it?
Quark: A human drink. It’s called root beer.
Elim Garak : [unwilling] Uh, I don’t know…
Quark : Come on, aren’t you just a little bit curious?
[Garak sighs, takes a sip and gags]
Quark : What do you think?
Elim Garak : It’s vile!
Quark : I know. It’s so bubbly, and cloying, and happy.
Elim Garak : Just like the Federation.
Quark : But you know what’s really frightening? If you drink enough of it, you begin to like it.
Elim Garak : It’s insidious!
Quark : Just like the Federation.
I really tried to like them, mostly because Armin Shimerman was amazing as Quark (and ok, Rahm was kinda lovable in his own stupid way). But Ferengi Love Songs and all the creepy family shit ruined it completely for me. I’d give all my latinum to have nothing to do with Ferenginar.
Haha. Also, ich lerne tatsächlich seit 3 Jahren Deutschesprache.
But no, I last watched Voyager before that, 5-6 years ago. I just assumed that’s how it was spelled. TIL it’s Rom.
Am I the only fan who skipped most of the Ferengi focused episodes?
One of the few I don’t skip is the Magnificent Feeengi, because Iggy Pop is brilliant as a Vorta.
