Cannons are designed to hurt.

As Boss once said. "Well guess what, Times have changed!"

I bet this is the last time Picard tells the glory sons of bitches and his night crew to beer him. LOL!!

Cardassians would probably like Columbo. The style of "You know who did it, so now how will the detective figure it out" might appeal to them.

I was in the shower and I was randomly struck with a way to "fix" the story of "The Never-Ending Sacrifice" for a modern audience. The answer is to present different challenges across each generation that are unique to the time period. Every generation faces unique obstacles, but they all overcome them through solutions relating back to their selfless devotion to the Cardassian state. That way the narrative emphasizes the repetitive nature of the epic, but in a way where the reader isn't bored. In fact, the repetitive theme is even STRONGER because each generation becomes a part of the great overall nature of the empire. I think I just wrote a piece of Cardassian fascist literature in my head, whoops.

"The repetitive epic". I am sure some culture literature must have that.

This is one of the best monologues in monologue history.

One of the best things DS9 did was really expand and fill in the history, culture and attitude of the Bajoran's and the Cardassians, as well as actually put some kind of face (metaphorically) on the Breen.

A mystery focusing on the "how and why" instead of the "who" does sound like it could make for some good writing

I'm sure Garak would prefer Agatha Christie books.

Every time people make illogical pointers about SMG4's "modern" content over LITERALLY everything: - New characters. - Lore. - Voice acting. - GMOD. - Meggy changing from inkling to human. - SMG4's own character design changing in the 2022 WOTFI Lawsuit Arc along with Bob, SMG3, and Boopkins (ok, his first redesign is not really that good). - Story arcs. - Every other fucking inane and nothing thing people still keep whining, moaning, shitting their pants, and complaining about SMG4 over when a good amount of changes or upgrades on animation, writing, visuals, and editing were made to improve the quality of his work and not the other way around. Things do have to change guys and ideas have to come out new and inspired and not lazy and crappy, get the fuck over it.

I love that speculative war fiction exists in this future.

The NeverEnding sacrifice a propaganda story designed to reinforce cultural norms of order and stability. No outside free thinking or ability. Just reinforcement of duty to the state in complete disregard of individuality.

He dosent

Den2 BOB HEATLIE

Cardassians would love Colombo

As much as I don't like how far they tried to make Starfleet morally gray in DS9 (I liked that they tried to test how "pure" Starfleet's dedication to its ideas was, I just felt like they went a little too far with Section 31, for example), the writing and the characters were top notch. Another great scene was when Quark and Garak talk about root beer. You learn so much about the characters and what's going on with a discussion that is about root beer on the surface. I feel like that was the kind of thing that DS9 truly excelled at.

He beat up and needs an inhaler, that’s why he sounds the way he does not because of age. Did the inhaler not tip you off to this fact. Did him using it not give you the clue to why he sounds the way he sounds. Did the missing of body parts not also let you know his health was kinda very poor along with the inhaler….

The story structure of the book as described by bashir is eerily similar to One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Does anyone know the actor of the kid that threw the Superman toy at Superman

I would love to read The Never-Ending Sacrifice. In some schools of psychoanalysis, they'd say that all of our lives are repetitive epics, acting on drives and replaying our symptoms ad nauseam. The interesting question becomes: what is that obscure and unnameable power that drives Cardassians to their repetitive selfless service to the state? To understand that would be to understand Cardassians, and it seems like that's precisely what The Never-Ending Sacrifice is about. Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli said that he makes movies because he doesn't know how else to live; making movies is his symptom. The Never-Ending Sacrifice portrays how Cardassians selflessly serve the state because that is the inescapably fundamental orientation of their lives; service to the state is the fundamental symptom of being-Cardassian.

So what you're telling me is that Columbo would be a smash hit among Cardassians. We know they're guilty, we know how they did it, the thrill is in how Columbo uncovers the crime...

Cardassian lit, reminds me of a description I once read about Russian lit; nothing happens for four hundred pages, and then someone's aunt dies.

Came here from the neck deep encore

George lucas "lightsabers are as heavy as excaliber thts why they use two hands"

Basher gives me chills lol so hot

I wonder if Garak would like 'Ten Little Indians' or 'Murder on the Orient Express'

We all need heroes to believe in and even the best ones are far from perfect." Paraphrasing Alexander "Lex" Luthor of "Smallville".

Each of these stories got a trek novel named after them

And so Joffrey Baratheon was black of hair and they all lived happily ever after

Why did he do that

"the perfect reaction video doesnt exi-" south park:

I can see the appeal of this Neverending Sacrifice novel. Citizens giving their duty to the state but not just one generation, rather continuing generations doing the same thing and having that story written in a repetitive style would be quite an art form.

Still more elegant and civilized than a blaster.

Are we the rabbit

This Preluc fellow predicted the futures when he wrote about the Cardassians going to war with the Klingon Empire. I just hope the novel said more about the ending than “they received help from a militant power from the Gamma Quadrant.” Otherwise the story really would be redundant.

Garak would've enjoyed the Orient Express.

When a KZbinr says, "I can't do such and such cause I don't wanna get demonitized":

Garak should have had his own series, not Picard!

God I want a whole song of this

Every time boogie2988 posts a tweet

their literature was second to none

Glorious

"A federation viewpoint if ever I heard one." Gets me everytime.

Public hair

Best character in the DS9 series!

British accent lol why was I into it years ago???

I see the Cardassians and the Russians have similar taste in fiction.

1:12 Garak is right. That would be hella fun trying to figure out who is guilty of what. A good departure from the only one person done it but several are highly suspect but innocent of the crime.

Is it just me, but doesn't most, if not all, Cardassians look a bit unhinged?