Jadzia Dax vs. Samantha "Sam" Carter

Remember: don't vote on "who would win in a fight", but on "who, when given a task that fits her skillset and talents, would do that task better: more comprehensively, faster, with more pizzazz, with less collateral, etc."

Endorsements! "What is she good at?"

Jadzia Dax, Star Trek: science, fighting with bat'leths, flirting, dispensing wise advice (she is hundreds of years old!), being a trans idol ("Curzon, my old friend!" - "It's Jadzia now!" - "Jadzia, my old friend!"), flirting, piloting, music (newly so), flirting, being non-judgemental, calling out bullshit, subverting societal taboos. And flirting.

Samantha "Sam" Carter, Stargate: #but sam blew up a sun#and punched ba'al#and (as i said up there) got between ronon and teal'c sparring#she beat the crap out of a warlord who saw women as property (we know the ep aged like milk but character building)#she built a particle accelerator!#she wouldn't stop until all her team got home#(ok shipper in me is like 'also cause she loved him' but roll with it)#she went up against her universe's version of a terminator and survived thank you tumblr user @tinknevertalks

no one's first mugshot

Nothing to offer, have a Jadzia

[ID: 6 gifs from season 4, episode 8 “little green men” from the tv series “star trek: deep space nine”, the gifs show jadzia dax, julian bashir and nog inside quark's bar.

1st gif: jadzia and julian are standing in front of the bar, julian is holding a holosuite program, he asks nog, "nog, what is this?"

2nd & 3rd gif: the camera cuts to nog, who is standing behind the bar, he moves to lean on the bar while he answers julian's question, "my favorite holosuite program. "a visit with the pleasure goddess of rixx." yours for a mere ten strips of latinum."

4th gif: jadzia looks at julian, then looks at nog, and tells him, "he'll take it." she looks down and counts the correct number of latinum strips. julian watches them, he looks surprised.

5th gif: jadzia hands the ten strips of latinum to nog, she turns to the still surprised julian and tells him, "well, consider it a gift."

6th gif: julian turns to face jadzia, "well, you're too kind." and they smile at each other. /end ID]

I love the one couch in the captain's office that basically only gets used when Sisko needs to have an Important Conversation with Jadzia.

THE INCREDIBLE.... LIEUTENANT DAX!!!

[ID: 13 gifs from season 3, episode 1 “the search, part 1” from the tv series “star trek: deep space nine”, the gifs show benjamin sisko and jadzia dax in the wardroom. jadzia is seated while sisko is standing in front of a monitor.

1st gif: “you know, after jennifer died, i never thought i would see you this passionate about something again.” jadzia tells sisko.

2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th gif: the camera shifts to sisko, who has his arms are crossed in front of him and takes a couple of steps forward, the camera moves with him, “two months ago, i would have agreed with you.” he takes a seat, and the camera focuses on him. “then i went back to earth and i spent all those weeks debriefing at starfleet headquarters. and i… i used to get a thrill just walking into that building. i'd look around at the admirals and think, "one day, that's going to be me." "one day, i'm the one that's going to be making the big decisions."” sisko is slightly smiling at the end.

7th gif: jadzia laughs as she recalls, “curzon always thought that was very funny.”

8th, 9th gif: the camera cuts to sisko, “did he?” then back to jadzia as she explains, “what i mean is he could never see a set of admiral stars on your collar. he thought that just making the decisions would never satisfy you. you had to implement them – “

10th gif: a shift to show sisko listening to jadzia, “see the results, face the consequences.”

11th gif: “curzon always thought you were the kind of man who had to be in the thick of things -- not behind some desk at headquarters.”

12th gif: “he was a smart old man, wasn't he?” sisko gets up and returns to the monitor.

13th gif: “he'd like to think so.” jadzia confirms. /end ID]

Combined the two for maximum vibes