Whoa!
I didn’t want to clutter up the other thread.
I agree with you and i’m glad Nana Visitor put the kibosh on the writers creating a romance with a tyrant who participated in genocide against her people. I also find it fascinating that DS9 took two thinly written species from TNG (particularly with regard the Ferengi) and turned them into multi-layered characters.
https://screenrant.com/star-trek-ds9-nana-visitor-stopped-kira-dukat-romance
That would have been a fucking atrocious storyline. The one about her mother was great, though.
I’m a doctor, not a bricklayer…if you know what I mean.
There are four lights, if you know what I mean…
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra, if you know what I mean.
Fascinating, if you know what I mean.
He’s dead, Jim, if you know what I mean.
Brain and brain! What is brain? If you know what I mean.
Beets are a very misunderstood vegetable. If you know what I mean (Sisko)
And you Mr. Data bear a striking resemblance to Friar Tuck… if you know what I mean.
Captain’s log… if you know what I mean
“What I want now is gentleness. And joy…and love…if you know what I mean.”
Wait, I think I did this wrong.
Engage . . . if you know what I mean.
Sir, I object! I am not a merry man!!! If you know what I mean…
Hit it, if you know what I mean…
Make it so … if you know what I mean.
What’s wrong with you between the sheets?
Wait, wrong game.
"I have been and always shall be your friend… if you know what I mean.