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there are a lot of popular m/m pairings where it’s obvious most people ship them because they find it hot but let’s be real, garashir is the antithesis of sexy, nobody ships garashir because it gets them off, you ship it either because a) you’re alien fucker and living vicariously through actual human disaster gay julian bashir is your way of coping with the lack of extraterrestrials in your life, b) you’re an 00Q shipper who migrated from the james bond fandom in search of even gayer spy/intelligent twink content or c) the thought of rick berman foaming at the mouth and having heart palpitations fills you with a joy nothing else in life can quite match. it’s really that simple folks.
All of these are valid but I can’t believe you left out the all-important fourth category: You find Bashir devastatingly attractive and have low self-esteem, and consequently relate to Garak.
there are a lot of popular m/m pairings where it’s obvious most people ship them because they find it hot but let’s be real, garashir is the antithesis of sexy, nobody ships garashir because it gets them off, you ship it either because a) you’re alien fucker and living vicariously through actual human disaster gay julian bashir is your way of coping with the lack of extraterrestrials in your life, b) you’re an 00Q shipper who migrated from the james bond fandom in search of even gayer spy/intelligent twink content or c) the thought of rick berman foaming at the mouth and having heart palpitations fills you with a joy nothing else in life can quite match. it’s really that simple folks.
