r/DeepSpaceNine • u/DrJulianBashir MARTOK MARTOK MARTOK • Nov 07 '24

Evil must be opposed

https://youtu.be/MOYG6jgJmhw?si=-767ljuRCTOI03tc

https://youtu.be/3AZabqpT6sg?si=AC20Av7fb1MpemHP

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u/opinionated-dick Nov 07 '24

Oh great vid cut it off just before the most powerful moment.

EDIT this

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u/DrJulianBashir Nov 07 '24

Just so everybody knows, what you've posted here is also included in the post. I was also annoyed that the longer vid didn't include this part, but I thought the context of the longer part was important as a set-up.

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u/opinionated-dick Nov 07 '24

Ahhh got you. All I see is a preview of the first vid and a url to the second. So naturally I assumed the preview and url was the same thing.

Reddit can be a bitch. But thank you for reminding me of such an underrated, powerful and poignant scene in ds9

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u/FlakyPineapple2843 Nov 07 '24

I don't think we should strive to do exactly what this vedek did... Seems counterproductive.

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u/DrJulianBashir Nov 09 '24

True, there are many ways to oppose evil, and what is shown in the clip is just one.

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u/Hommachi Nov 08 '24

The Vedek was unaware of the true power and philosophy the Dominion weilded. Cardassians may be oppressive rulers, but the Dominion would be more than happy to completely genocide the Bajoran people and/or engineer some type of bio-weapon to afflict the populace forever.

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u/FlakyPineapple2843 Nov 08 '24

I think she was well aware of that. I just don't think her decision of killing herself was a good way to fix anything.

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u/Impressive_Usual_726 Nov 07 '24

Yeah, and the new resistance she inspired accomplished basically nothing except getting Ziyal killed.

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u/mcgrst Nov 07 '24

And disabling the weapons so Defiant could get to the wormhole. 

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u/Groundbreaking-Pea92 Nov 08 '24

It's kind of late now. the election is over . evil has total control over every branch of the government in a few months

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u/DrJulianBashir Nov 09 '24

The point is it's never too late to oppose. The moral imperative is to oppose, always.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

The Cardassians and Dominion were already occupying DS9 by this point.

Even Kira was being an apologist collaborator.

But she changed her mind and took action, and it made a difference.

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u/outride2000 Feb 10 '26

It took a life to wake her up.

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u/EasyBOven Nov 07 '24

Vedek Yassim is such an underappreciated figure in the Dominion War

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u/AJM5K6 Nov 12 '24

A quintessential DS9 scene.

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u/murdockmysteries Nov 08 '24

I love this episode so much.

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u/TheMadIrishman327 Nov 08 '24

One of my favorite scenes.

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u/TheOriginalOperator Dec 12 '24

“You’re still mad about that Pope on a Rope joke, aren’t you?”

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u/cbiz1983 Apr 02 '25

This whole sequence really jolted me during the rewatch. I had forgotten how it turns out because it had been so long. Super effective story elements here, for me.

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u/Kmjada May 12 '25

This is another quote I regularly use in addition to, "but you exist here."

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u/Obvious_Two3612 Dec 09 '24

Which episode is this pls?

Many thanks

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u/ZealousidealClub4119 Dec 10 '24

It's the B plot from Rocks and Shoals.

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u/Automatic-Saint Nov 07 '24

Powerful scene, with great relevance in these trying times! I only wish the video was a few minutes longer with the aftermath.