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That one time when he made cheese and it broke the ship (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 11 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Bashir and Garek, Kirk and Spock

How about Quark and Odo? I love both of these stick-in-the-mud cop vs lovable rogue duos!

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Quark and Odo <3

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    There's so much comedy in the Quark/Odo relationship that's played perfectly and isn't at the expense of either of the characters.

    The uptight lawman/morally good criminal will-they-wont-they frenemyship is one of my favorite dynamics in the show and is up there with Garak/Bashir or even La Forge/Data.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    isn’t at the expense of either of the characters

    It always felt like Odo had the slight upperhand (or narrative sympathy?) in every scenario which was a tad annoying when a major theme of his character arch is his possible propensity for outright authoritarianism (a character arch I thought was brilliant to give him and, sadly, not explored nearly enough).

    I still love both of them but that aspect of the dynamic will always bother me.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Odo might have a propensity for authoritarianism, but I would say it's "benevolent authoritarianism". (Like dictatorship is bad, but there are benevolent dictators who actually do more good than harm).

    That's why the Bajorans were cool with him despite being a "henchman" for Gul Dukat. He didn't use authoritarianism for his own gain, he tried to apply the rules to everyone equally and fairly.

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