Neoliberalism kills working class arts because when your rent eats up 80% of your income and you have to put more hours (or jobs) in to make ends meet, you just don’t have the time or money to be creative. The property laws that have more or less killed off the squat scene play a big part too.
Archer’s all “ugh I don’t wanna be some dumb hero of destiny I just wanna fly my cool spaceship and make friends” and Daniels and the Vulcans keep smackin him down.
[ID: seven gifs from season 2, episode 18 “profit and loss” from the tv series “star trek: deep space nine”, the gifs show elim garak and quark near an airlock.
1st gif: “i suggest we return to the promenade without delay.” garak suggests.
2nd gif: “you have to tell me. why did you do it?”
quark asks garak, ignoring
his suggestion for now.
3rd gif: “shoot toran?” quark elaborates. "well, why did you let professor lang go?” garak answers in a roundabout manner.
4th gif:
“i have no choice. i love her” quark answers.
5th gif:
“and i love cardassia, which is why i had to do what i did.” garak replies.
6th gif:
“i don’t understand.” quark shakes his head, they both starts to head to the promenade.
7th gif: "that’s the thing abot love. no one really understands it, do they?“ garak comments as they both leave./end ID]
ds9 missed the chance to do an episode of the daily lives of the promenade merchants. quark and garak get into a disagreement when quark puts up an obnoxious new sign in front of the bar. garak declares it an eyesore that’s ruining business for everyone. the entire ep is them quipping at each other and seeing who can get their petition signed first. cut to crazy shenanigans of them making their case to a wide range of merchants with increasingly hilarious results. the number of signatures remains a tie until the klingon chef is all that remains. he sides with garak after garak says something that could either be a threat or a proposition for sex. the episode ends with quark taking down the sign, and he and garak commiserate over their shared businessman woes.
and idk maybe the b-plot is sisko and lwaxana switching bodies
