By Popular Demand: Avery Brooks (Extended Edition)

By popular demand: Avery Brooks (Extended Edition)

Ultimate Star Trek Asks

Ooh, can I request 29 from the Star Trek Asks meme?

29. Which character's story would you like to adopt as your own?

So I’m not sure if this means adapt in your own way or if it means which characters story would you literally like to live through.

If its the former my answer is Bashir. He deserves to be able to be happy again. He deserves to be able to release himself from the sins of his parents. He deserves to feel normal and comfortable and safe, with memories of the war so far away and stacked upon by joy that it seems like a different life lived by someone else. I just love him a lot.

If the question is asking the second interpritation then Dax for sure. Imagine getting to watch the galaxy change and evolve before your very eyes. Getting able to experience life through so many different perspectives and have those past selves teach you a about your current self. Having the love and self assurance of a dozen generations who are all rooting for you inside you at all times. It would probably fix me. Even with how Jadzia’s story ends, Ezri’s is just beginning. And she is her own person with all the room and resources to fully become herself. She gets to take the immensity of everything that shes learned and apply it to her own personhood. What a gift.

Thanks for asking!! I’ll send one back at ya: #39

@last-of-the-independents as promised! Please forgive the weird angles. I’m in the midst of moving so I will scan properly when things aren’t crazy. I figured he might brighten your day!