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Acts of Kindness
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Acts of Kindness |
| Author(s): | JA Chapman |
| Date(s): | 1999 |
| Length: | |
| Genre(s): | |
| Fandom(s): | Star Trek: DS9 |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | online here |
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"Acts of Kindness " is a Star Trek: DS9 Garak/Bashir story by JA Chapman.
Reactions and Reviews
One of the highlights of DS9 to me was the friendship between Garak and Bashir. In "Acts of Kindness" we have a great example of their interactions at their best: Julian is frustrated by his lack of understanding of Cardassian literature and Garak offers to tell him an Enigma Tale and help him get its subtler points.In many ways this reads like some of their best scenes on the show, with both characters trying to breach the cultural barrier between them and better understand each other. And it’s through this cultural exchange that we get the best part of the fic: the tale of the Vedek and the Soldier, the story within a story, which is told and later explained by Garak, giving us a fascinating insight into Cardassian culture.
All in all, an original and very well written fic. [1]
Another G-B lit fic, but this one isn’t based around a discussion of Earth literature or a Cardassian novel, but upon one single story that Garak chooses to read out to Bashir in the hopes it will help him understand the culture’s subtleties. Helpfully for us humans, Garak steps in and explains what might not be obvious to us.[2]
A clever tale within a tale which sheds light on Cardassian values via exploration of their literature. Worth a try despite one or two jarring mistakes[3]
a fascinating and subtle short story about culture barriers in which garak tells bashir a piece of cardassian literature.[4]
References
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- ^ "star trek recs at cimorene.net". Archived from the original on 2022-09-01.