tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post8850439324447542893..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Gimme That Star Trek Ep.12: The Bashir-O'Brien BromanceSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-74645348841051507392017-08-02T02:23:06.134-03:002017-08-02T02:23:06.134-03:00They really didn't know what to do with Bashir...They really didn't know what to do with Bashir at first, and it shows. By the end of the series, though, he inavertently becomes something important: he remains the guy who clings to the ideals of Star Fleet even when everyone else around him is starting to give in to "wartime necessity". Bashir accomplished that mostly by not changing -- he toned down his youthful arrogance but otherwise kept being himself.<br /><br />Bashir is the guy who tries to cure the Jem'Hadar of their addiction to white, and later learns how to cure the changelings, even though the most expedient way to save the Alpha Quadrant is to let the changelings die. Why? Because he's Bashir and he's a goddamn Starfleet doctor, that's why.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-10811346229278231622017-08-01T18:04:36.822-03:002017-08-01T18:04:36.822-03:00I'm currently rewatching season 1, and I'm...I'm currently rewatching season 1, and I'm amazed at how unlikable Bashir is. I don't think I noticed it at the time, but he is full of unabashed arrogance and entitlement. Even when he's smiling, it's with an air of "obviously I'm better than everyone else here but I don't mind talking to you". I was a bit like that myself as a teenager which might be why I was oblivious. I'm curious as to how it comes off as I re-watch with much more jaded but less arrogant eyes. LiamKavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996095233681105682noreply@blogger.com