I do love that DS9 ends with a story remaining to be told, but I did find that it overextended itself trying to tie up the Emissary mytharc – I didn't buy Winn or Dukat in their respective roles, and the struggle of the Pah-Wraiths against the Prophets really felt like it had nothing to do with the show's real center of gravity. And some of the montage stuff really just felt like emotional blackmail. This is where the TNG finale is so brilliant – it manages to be a love-letter to everything that was great about that show, and to give a sense of closure without distorting story and character in an effort to tie off loose ends. That final aerial shot of the poker table – I wanted the (slightly darker, more complex) equivalent, for DS9. What's attractive to me about the relaunch novels is the prospect of some kind of restoration of that balance that we seemed to lose in the finale.
But on to the main topic of this post. Oh, dear. I've been trying so hard to be a good girl and not get involved with the novels, but you're making that very, very difficult. I only skimmed, to avoid too much spoilerage – Quark and Ro really caught my eye, half WTF and half swoon. And I'm sorry to hear that Kira's not so present – she's so much of what I miss about the show. And another, less gleeful, WTF echoing what meddow says above – what's the need for a new d00dly Starfleet character? That's not where anyone's interest in DS9 lies, so why even go there? Facepalm.
And a small request. Could you maybe say a bit more that's not too spoilery about the quality of the writing? That's what's really holding me back, at this stage – fear that bad prose will permanently distort my view of the DS9 'verse.
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I do love that DS9 ends with a story remaining to be told, but I did find that it overextended itself trying to tie up the Emissary mytharc – I didn't buy Winn or Dukat in their respective roles, and the struggle of the Pah-Wraiths against the Prophets really felt like it had nothing to do with the show's real center of gravity. And some of the montage stuff really just felt like emotional blackmail. This is where the TNG finale is so brilliant – it manages to be a love-letter to everything that was great about that show, and to give a sense of closure without distorting story and character in an effort to tie off loose ends. That final aerial shot of the poker table – I wanted the (slightly darker, more complex) equivalent, for DS9. What's attractive to me about the relaunch novels is the prospect of some kind of restoration of that balance that we seemed to lose in the finale.
But on to the main topic of this post. Oh, dear. I've been trying so hard to be a good girl and not get involved with the novels, but you're making that very, very difficult. I only skimmed, to avoid too much spoilerage – Quark and Ro really caught my eye, half WTF and half swoon. And I'm sorry to hear that Kira's not so present – she's so much of what I miss about the show. And another, less gleeful, WTF echoing what
And a small request. Could you maybe say a bit more that's not too spoilery about the quality of the writing? That's what's really holding me back, at this stage – fear that bad prose will permanently distort my view of the DS9 'verse.