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* This is a pretty popular fan theory -- there's a well-stocked "Autistic Julian Bashir" tag on AO3 -- and I believe Alexander Siddig has commented favourably (or at least not adversely) on learning it was out there.
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* This is a pretty popular fan theory -- there's a well-stocked "Autistic Julian Bashir" tag on AO3 [=AO3=] -- and I believe Alexander Siddig has commented favourably (or at least not adversely) on learning it was out there.
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* Laas is pretty much what they imagined the hundred would all be, scorned, condescending, and dismissive of the solids' welfare. Laas wanted to create his own link, if memory serves, so their plan wasn't perfect. What made Odo so special (even if he didn't know it) was that he learned to empathize with the solids and understand their motivations, and was the only Changling to do so.
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* Laas is pretty much what they imagined the hundred would all be, scorned, condescending, and dismissive of the solids' welfare. Laas wanted to create his own link, if memory serves, so their plan wasn't perfect. What made Odo so special (even if he didn't know it) was that he learned to empathize with the solids and understand their motivations, and was the only Changling Changeling to do so.
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[[WMG:Section 31 is secretly a refuge for Augments escaping discrimination.]]
As in, on top of everything else Section 31 does. I'm still working on the evidence for this, but it makes perfect sense to me. Maybe it makes sense to somebody else as well.
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** This gives credence to a theory I'm working on that the existence of Changelings and The Great Link are the result of a not-quite-Human Instrumentality Project.
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[[WMG: Q knew all along Sisko was a half-Prophet.]]
Or a least not an ordinary human. That’s why he didn’t retaliate when Sisko slugged him. The Q probably have the Prophets on the same “Do Not Provoke” list as the Borg.
Or a least not an ordinary human. That’s why he didn’t retaliate when Sisko slugged him. The Q probably have the Prophets on the same “Do Not Provoke” list as the Borg.
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Although Ferengi often comes off as cowardly and dismisive of violence as barbaric, viewing it as both unprofitable and counterintuitive. Some have on multiple occasions demonstrated a complete willingness to use it if they have no other choice; others however will revel in the act like a Klingon, much like the Liquidators do. It's possible that the Ferrengi, although natural negotiators have an untapped bloodlust that once tasted becomes unquenchable. Because their society and culture dosen't have the capability to express or treat it. That's why we see characters like Quark trying to convince his nephew to see reason and sawy Nog away from acting out on violent impules, because if the Ferengi isn't careful, they'll end up like the Liquidators. Violent psychopaths with little morals or self control.
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Although Ferengi often comes off as cowardly and dismisive dismissive of violence as barbaric, viewing it as both unprofitable and counterintuitive. Some have on multiple occasions demonstrated a complete willingness to use it if they have no other choice; others however will revel in the act like a Klingon, much like the Liquidators do. It's possible that the Ferrengi, although natural negotiators have an untapped bloodlust that once tasted becomes unquenchable. Because their society and culture dosen't have the capability to express or treat it. That's why we see characters like Quark trying to convince his nephew to see reason and sawy Nog away from acting out on violent impules, impulses, because if the Ferengi isn't careful, they'll end up like the Liquidators. Violent psychopaths with little morals or self control.
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Although Ferengi often comes off as cowardly and dismisive of violence as barbaric, viewing it as both unprofitable and counterintuitive. Some have on multiple occasions demonstrated a complete willingness to use it if he has no other choice, others however revel in the act like a Klingon like the Liquidators. It's possible that the Ferrengi, although natural negotiators have an untapped bloodlust that once tasted becomes unquenchable. That's why we see characters like Quark trying to convince his nephew to see reason and sawy Nog away from acting out on violent impules, because if the Ferengi isn't careful, they'll end up like the Liquidators. Violent psychopaths with little morals or self control.
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Although Ferengi often comes off as cowardly and dismisive of violence as barbaric, viewing it as both unprofitable and counterintuitive. Some have on multiple occasions demonstrated a complete willingness to use it if he has they have no other choice, choice; others however will revel in the act like a Klingon Klingon, much like the Liquidators.Liquidators do. It's possible that the Ferrengi, although natural negotiators have an untapped bloodlust that once tasted becomes unquenchable. Because their society and culture dosen't have the capability to express or treat it. That's why we see characters like Quark trying to convince his nephew to see reason and sawy Nog away from acting out on violent impules, because if the Ferengi isn't careful, they'll end up like the Liquidators. Violent psychopaths with little morals or self control.
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[[WMG:The Ferengi have a surpressed instinct of violence.]]
Although Ferengi often comes off as cowardly and dismisive of violence as barbaric, viewing it as both unprofitable and counterintuitive. Some have on multiple occasions demonstrated a complete willingness to use it if he has no other choice, others however revel in the act like a Klingon like the Liquidators. It's possible that the Ferrengi, although natural negotiators have an untapped bloodlust that once tasted becomes unquenchable. That's why we see characters like Quark trying to convince his nephew to see reason and sawy Nog away from acting out on violent impules, because if the Ferengi isn't careful, they'll end up like the Liquidators. Violent psychopaths with little morals or self control.
Although Ferengi often comes off as cowardly and dismisive of violence as barbaric, viewing it as both unprofitable and counterintuitive. Some have on multiple occasions demonstrated a complete willingness to use it if he has no other choice, others however revel in the act like a Klingon like the Liquidators. It's possible that the Ferrengi, although natural negotiators have an untapped bloodlust that once tasted becomes unquenchable. That's why we see characters like Quark trying to convince his nephew to see reason and sawy Nog away from acting out on violent impules, because if the Ferengi isn't careful, they'll end up like the Liquidators. Violent psychopaths with little morals or self control.
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[[WMG: Tosk were the basis for the Jem'Hadar.]]
Either that or Tosk were uplifted from the same base species but given reduced abilities. They have identical [[{{Invisibility}} shrouding]] and are durable, armor-skinned warriors. Tosk need only 17 minutes of sleep a day and get all their nourishment from small amounts of liquid paste. Jem'Hadar don't need to sleep at all and get all their nourishment from ketracel white. If Tosk came about naturally then the Founders saw they were exception warriors and made them even better, with the white dependency as a control mechanism. The similarities are too much to be a coincidence.
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[[WMG: The Ferengi have two separate and competing schools of financial philosophy.]]
The "Acquisitionists" adhere to the Rules of Acquisition, which emphasize quick profit and self-centered business practices that benefit the merchants and businessmen to the detriment of the customers. The "Rivermen", who follow the idea of the Great Material Continuum (described by Nog as "a mighty river flowing through the galaxy, from 'want' to 'have' and back"), prefer slow-burn financial deals that benefit both parties and while may not generate immediate rewards, will ultimately produce long-term profit and financial stability, as well as maintaining a greater sense of customer loyalty. The Acquisitionists have held a significant majority among the Ferengi for many years because their methods are easier and produce more immediate results. The Rivermen have started to gain more traction in recent years as it is becoming apparent that, while many individual Acquisitionists may be profiting in the short term, the economy of Ferenginar is in a shambles, with skyrocketing inflation, shoddy production and fraudulent business practices being the norm.
Quark and Brunt are hardline Acquisitionists, while Rom at one point became a Riverman. Rom was considered a failure among many other Ferengi, including his son Nog, until one day shortly before Nog left for Starfleet Academy, when Rom explained the tenets of the Rivermen, leading to Nog's conversion to their philosophy. Now that Rom has been appointed Zek's successor as the Grand Nagus, the Rivermen are in a position to rebuild Ferenginar, and many Acquisitionists are going to find themselves with the choice to either adapt or to lose everything. Ferengi politics following the Dominion War are going to be very interesting.
The "Acquisitionists" adhere to the Rules of Acquisition, which emphasize quick profit and self-centered business practices that benefit the merchants and businessmen to the detriment of the customers. The "Rivermen", who follow the idea of the Great Material Continuum (described by Nog as "a mighty river flowing through the galaxy, from 'want' to 'have' and back"), prefer slow-burn financial deals that benefit both parties and while may not generate immediate rewards, will ultimately produce long-term profit and financial stability, as well as maintaining a greater sense of customer loyalty. The Acquisitionists have held a significant majority among the Ferengi for many years because their methods are easier and produce more immediate results. The Rivermen have started to gain more traction in recent years as it is becoming apparent that, while many individual Acquisitionists may be profiting in the short term, the economy of Ferenginar is in a shambles, with skyrocketing inflation, shoddy production and fraudulent business practices being the norm.
Quark and Brunt are hardline Acquisitionists, while Rom at one point became a Riverman. Rom was considered a failure among many other Ferengi, including his son Nog, until one day shortly before Nog left for Starfleet Academy, when Rom explained the tenets of the Rivermen, leading to Nog's conversion to their philosophy. Now that Rom has been appointed Zek's successor as the Grand Nagus, the Rivermen are in a position to rebuild Ferenginar, and many Acquisitionists are going to find themselves with the choice to either adapt or to lose everything. Ferengi politics following the Dominion War are going to be very interesting.
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* Alternately, Starfleet could have a rule that a higher ranking person within a specific department is to be treated as a superior regardless of rank. O'Brien was chief of operations, and the ensign could have been part of his department.
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[[WMG:Julian's 'mutant' friends are socially inept for a reason]]
Julian was, for whatever reason, legitimately slow, or perceived as such compared to that era's increasingly common wunderkinds, and so, whatever his real lacks, these were made up for by his procedure and then some. However, the group he aids on two occasions was made up of children who were of perfectly average or even above average ability, and their parents wanted super-kids. Now, maybe their doctors being less skilled than Julian's didn't help, but what really made them outliers is that their base multiplier pushed their existing abilities far past what they could take in for things, people and events outside themselves. Whereas Julian was enhanced just enough to pick up on social context clues, theirs were forever at warp speed, a permanent state of TMI incoming.
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* This is a pretty popular fan theory -- there's a well-stocked "Autistic Julian Bashir" tag on AO3 -- and I believe Alexander Siddig has commented favourably (or at least not adversely) on learning it was out there.
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Federation makes a big deal of saying "Wormhole Aliens"; Fed never says "Klingon Aliens" or "Cardassian Aliens". The Fed doesn't even say the word "Cardassians" The Federation is too busy rolling on its belly and saying to the Cardassian aliens "Take me big-boy!"
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: PoliticalOvercorrectness: Federation makes a big deal of saying "Wormhole Aliens"; Fed never says "Klingon Aliens" or "Cardassian Aliens". The Fed doesn't even say the word "Cardassians" The Federation is too busy rolling on its belly and saying to the Cardassian aliens "Take me big-boy!"
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[[Julian Bashir is autistic]]
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[[Julian Bashir is autistic]]
It's never explicitly confirmed what he was diagnosed with before his parents had him enhanced. All that we know was that he was small and physically awkward for his age, and struggled with things that normal children could easily do at his age. But even in adulthood he seems to struggle with social skills and misses social cues constantly (especially in the earlier seasons) his later improvement on the social side can be explained by him manually/consciously learning to read his friends. And since he only had parts of him enhanced, not explicitly deleted, it makes sense that his autism didn't go away after the genetic engineering.
It's never explicitly confirmed what he was diagnosed with before his parents had him enhanced. All that we know was that he was small and physically awkward for his age, and struggled with things that normal children could easily do at his age. But even in adulthood he seems to struggle with social skills and misses social cues constantly (especially in the earlier seasons) his later improvement on the social side can be explained by him manually/consciously learning to read his friends. And since he only had parts of him enhanced, not explicitly deleted, it makes sense that his autism didn't go away after the genetic engineering.
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Felix, who designed Julian's holoprograms, was a fan of the real Vic Fontaine (who is also likely some type of singer or entertainer) and the Vic holoprogram is basically his self-insert RealPersonFic.
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Felix, who designed Julian's holoprograms, was a fan of the real Vic Fontaine (who is also likely some type of singer or entertainer) and the Vic holoprogram is basically his self-insert RealPersonFic.
[[SelfInsertFic Self-Insert]] [[RealPersonFic RPF]].
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Felix, who designed Julian's holoprograms, was a fan of the real Vic Fontaine (who is also likely some type of singer or entertainer) and the Vic holoprogram is basically his self-insert RealPersonFanfiction.
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Felix, who designed Julian's holoprograms, was a fan of the real Vic Fontaine (who is also likely some type of singer or entertainer) and the Vic holoprogram is basically his self-insert RealPersonFanfiction.
RealPersonFic.
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Felix, who designed Julian's holoprograms, was a fan of the real Vic Fontaine (who is also likely some type of singer or entertainer) and the Vic holoprogram is basically his self-insert fanfiction.
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[[WMG: Odo and the other changelings are the result of their homeworld achieving [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Instrumentality]].]]
[[WMG: The Great Link is a far-future version of the planet where {{Franchise/Pokemon}} takes place. The Changelings happened when the Ditto took over and killed everyone and everything else, after they finally got fed up with being abused as [[BreedingSlave Breeding Slaves]].]]
The Changelings' powers are really similar to those of Ditto in Pokemon, and it also explains why they have both a superiority complex over and ear of "solids." The Dominion could just be an attempt by these advanced Dittos to do to the rest of the galaxy what they first did to their homeworld.
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[[WMG: Odo and the other changelings are the result of their homeworld achieving [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Instrumentality]].]]
[[WMG: The Great Link is a far-future version of the planet where {{Franchise/Pokemon}} takes place. The Changelings happened when the Ditto took over and killed everyone and everything else, after they finally got fed up with being abused as [[BreedingSlave Breeding Slaves]].]]
The Changelings' powers are really similar to those of Ditto in Pokemon, and it also explains why they have both a superiority complex over and ear of "solids." The Dominion could just be an attempt by these advanced Dittos to do to the rest of the galaxy what they first did to their homeworld.
[[WMG: The Great Link is a far-future version of the planet where {{Franchise/Pokemon}} takes place. The Changelings happened when the Ditto took over and killed everyone and everything else, after they finally got fed up with being abused as [[BreedingSlave Breeding Slaves]].]]
The Changelings' powers are really similar to those of Ditto in Pokemon, and it also explains why they have both a superiority complex over and ear of "solids." The Dominion could just be an attempt by these advanced Dittos to do to the rest of the galaxy what they first did to their homeworld.
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[[WMG: The Great Link is a far-future version of the planet where {{Franchise/Pokemon}} takes place. The Changelings happened when the Ditto took over and killed everyone and everything else, after they finally got fed up with being abused as [[BreedingSlave Breeding Slaves]].]]
The Changelings' powers are really similar to those of Ditto in Pokemon, and it also explains why they have both a superiority complex over and ear of "solids." The Dominion could just be an attempt by these advanced Dittos to do to the rest of the galaxy what they first did to their homeworld.
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[[WMG:Vic Fontaine exists as a non-hologram in the Mirror Universe because the holographic Vic Fontaine is based on a real person]]
Felix, who designed Julian's holoprograms, was a fan of the real Vic Fontaine (who is also likely some type of singer or entertainer) and the Vic holoprogram is basically his self-insert fanfiction.
Felix, who designed Julian's holoprograms, was a fan of the real Vic Fontaine (who is also likely some type of singer or entertainer) and the Vic holoprogram is basically his self-insert fanfiction.
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[[WMG: The Great Link was originally the world in which {{Franchise/Pokemon}} takes place. The Changelings happened when the Ditto took over and killed everyone and everything else, after they finally got fed up with being abused as [[BreedingSlave Breeding Slaves]].]]
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[[WMG: The Great Link was originally is a far-future version of the world in which planet where {{Franchise/Pokemon}} takes place. The Changelings happened when the Ditto took over and killed everyone and everything else, after they finally got fed up with being abused as [[BreedingSlave Breeding Slaves]].]]
