This is kind of random but I was thinking about antagonistic Looney Tunes pairs recently (for reasons; yes, for Quodo-related reasons...), and then I ended up having a conversation with my partner about various dynamics that ended up kind of blowing my mind, so I thought I would share them here.

( Bugs Bunny + Elmer Fudd )
( Bugs Bunny + Daffy Duck )
( Wile E. Coyote + Roadrunner )
( Tom + Jerry )
( Sylvester + Tweety )

There you have it -- my partner's ranking of various Looney Tunes duos. Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner are at the top for him, Tom and Jerry are at the bottom, and the other ones fall somewhere in between, but he acknowledges that Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd have a draw just because they both enjoy each other's company.

I was talking with weaver0fwords about why it is that Odo never acknowledges Quark's more good deeds, like the food/supply smuggling he did for Bajorans during Terok Nor, or why Odo, someone who is concerned more with justice than law, strongly disapproves when (for example) Quark arms the Maquis and similar groups. It's very likely (given Odo's close monitoring of Quark) that Odo knew about Quark's smuggling during the occupation and yet he never mentions or acknowledges it at any point in the show, and when you do have Odo finding out about Quark's illegal activities that seem to be for a good cause, he's usually annoyed/disapproving in a way that indicates that he still very much has a low opinion of Quark. This got me thinking about how I think Quark's morality has been very influential on Odo and that Odo and Quark have a kind of symbiotic relationship when it comes to moral action. There's less evidence of it in canon, but I also think Kira had a similar influence on Odo's morality. Both Quark and Kira through their contrast with Odo's values help define for Odo what he is willing and not willing to do.

This is one of my favorite topics so I decided to expound a bit more on what I think Odo's morality is as depicted in the show, and how I think Quark and Kira shaped that morality.

( Odo's morality )

I'm trying out archiving some of my Tumblr meta here because I'm stepping back from Tumblr a bit and would like to have everything collected in my journal, maybe. So here's where I will collect various examples of my partner's elaborate headcanons about Star Trek that he will just casually drop on me.

( Whether Ferengi have a notion of romantic love )
( On what explains the appearance of Changelings )
( On the circumstances under which Rom and Nog came to DS9 )
( On the possibility of Odo having an unrequited crush on Quark instead of the other way around )
( On Quark's self-image and sense of masculinity )
( On Brunt and whether an aristocracy exists in Ferengi society )
( On Ferengi marriage )
( Is Quark a thief? )
( On Ferengi attitude/obligations to family )
( How many Changelings are in the Alpha Quadrant )

I've been on a meta kick lately!

I watched Grave of the Fireflies yesterday, which I kind of regret because that movie is too depressing to watch twice in one’s life (but it is a good reminder of the horrible miniature tragedies that war and instability and poverty create, particularly for the least hardy human beings i.e. young children -- an important reminder in this time of refugee crises and border wall fanatics). One thing I did genuinely enjoy, however, is the use in the opening scenes of the train as a vehicle that conveys people to the afterlife. I looked this up on TV Tropes because I was sure this has to be a larger phenomenon in fiction, and it's called Afterlife Express.

( Rambling about examples of this trope )