I loved the early Bashir/Garak dynamic. I especially liked the flirty edge Andrew Robinson gave their exchanges until the producers told them to stop it. Garak was so amused by Bashir's naievete, and Bashir so intrigued by Garak's mysteriousness. It was a shame that they rather dropped it for O'Brien and Bashir - although I loved them too.
I don't know if Garak could be described as a good man. His one constant is that he will do what's 'best' for Cardassia - although his best may not be what others think (letting Quark's dissident girlfriend go free, for example). He's true to himself, and that's an impressive quality.
I think one of the joys of DS9 is that no-one is flat out 'good' or 'bad'. There are shades of grey.
I love the character of Garak. His one liners are second to none, and 'In the Pale Moonlight' was probably his finest hour.
Did you read Andrew Robinson's follow-up book?
As for comparing him to Snape, I think its their loneliness that stands out most. There's also the fruitless grasping for the approval of a father figure - as you point out with Garak and Tain. Snape also wants a sign of some sort of recognition or care from Dumbledore, I think.
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Date: 2010-12-02 11:07 pm (UTC)I loved the early Bashir/Garak dynamic. I especially liked the flirty edge Andrew Robinson gave their exchanges until the producers told them to stop it. Garak was so amused by Bashir's naievete, and Bashir so intrigued by Garak's mysteriousness. It was a shame that they rather dropped it for O'Brien and Bashir - although I loved them too.
I don't know if Garak could be described as a good man. His one constant is that he will do what's 'best' for Cardassia - although his best may not be what others think (letting Quark's dissident girlfriend go free, for example). He's true to himself, and that's an impressive quality.
I think one of the joys of DS9 is that no-one is flat out 'good' or 'bad'. There are shades of grey.
I love the character of Garak. His one liners are second to none, and 'In the Pale Moonlight' was probably his finest hour.
Did you read Andrew Robinson's follow-up book?
As for comparing him to Snape, I think its their loneliness that stands out most. There's also the fruitless grasping for the approval of a father figure - as you point out with Garak and Tain. Snape also wants a sign of some sort of recognition or care from Dumbledore, I think.