jelliclespock
jelliclespock
oh wow. I was just thinking about Kasidy Yates, as one does, and I realized that the reason why I like DS9 so much more than any of the other shows is that DS9 has plenty of main characters who aren't part of starfleet?
It's such a simple thing but it changes so much, it feels like a much bigger universe and it isn't one where everyone is defined by their relationship to the definitely-not-a-military-organization fleet
in a lot of star trek not being in starfleet is almost treated as a character flaw sometimes. But no in DS9 you can even go to art school. There's other shit happening that isn't related to the pajama people
most star trek doesn't even explore the life troubles of military wives
