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thedooodle:

So this is what makes Janeway stick out from the other captains…

In the episode Deadlock, there is a scene where everything is going to shit. The crew is battered and the ship is just falling to pieces. There is a moment where Tuvok lists all the things going wrong basically just saying “Captain, everything is shit”. But then he pauses with a lot of emotion for a Vulcan and informs the Captain that “Ensign Wildman’s baby did not survive”. Janeway immediately allocates jobs to everyone and puts Chakotay in charge. She starts to walk away saying “I need to talk to Ensign Wildman…” but another hit happens and plans change.

Any other show, the Captain would have been like “Oh god what terrible shame” and gone on with addressing the pressing ship issues. I do believe that the other captains would have addressed it the scene after and clearly gutted when being informed of the a child’s death. But Janeway stops everything. In the midst of chaos she is driven to go comfort her crewmen at that moment. 

She’s like “The ship nearly falling to pieces is an everyday occurrence. My crew can handle that. But someone losing a child, a new born at that, that is something never to be ignored. No crewman will grieve alone on this ship. So help me god!”

That’s why I love Janeway. 

distant-voices:

Reminder that Julian and Garak literally went on lunch dates for years and at these dates they debated about literature in a way that we know is confirmed to be Cardassian flirting in canon. Also, they gifted each other chocolates. That really happened. They make use of Cardassian and Human romance conventions. And they’ve been doing this for years.

subspacecommunication:

subspacecommunication:

I am sad that Worf trying to find a reason he won’t be around for the birth of Keiko’s child is played for humour in DS9. And by sad I mean it actually seriously lowkey annoys me.

Don’t get me wrong, in TNG he was obviously not expecting to deliver a baby that day. But he was established to have some experience with it, and he did then actually do it. Because it’s his job to help his crew, because it’s a Federation philosophy to help, because this is a friend going through this; take your pick. I would hope that surely everyone, barring those with actual medical barriers of some sort, would be prepared to help someone through labour to the best of their ability in an emergency if need-be.

A more respectful, and imo in-character, response would have been to comment on how thankfully this time she would hopefully have access to the infirmary and Bashir’s expertise. Especially because we’re not talking about the average civilian here. He’s a trained military officer. Not only has he seen all sorts, but also I’m not convinced Keiko’s child would be the first or the last he’s delivered. Labour doesn’t wait for emergencies to be over. …Also he’s a fucking Klingon? I don’t know if canon has ever gone into Klingon births but I bet they fucking embrace the pain/strain/blood. They probably think it’s a glorious event. He’s hardly going to be screamish about entrails when he’s a fucking Klingon.

Anyway I wish it wasn’t played as a shitty “hur hur women and their weird bits right?” joke, especially when it’s Worf the Fucking Klingon. He would probably consider Keiko to be a badass warrior after having one, and for her to do it again is like… double admirable. I mean fuck, actually why doesn’t he just go ahead and volunteer to deliver the baby again in that scene? 

I hate that shitty joke and I think it’s really out of character for Worf. It’s jarring af every time I see it.

(P.S. As far as I’m concerned, Klingons think childbirth is the first trial of the warrior, and both the parent and the child are even greater warriors through it. It’s an honour to be present at your comrade’s labour. You support them in their battle and you bond.)