• chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    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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        15 days ago

        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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          15 days ago

          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.