i think objectively one of the funniest things about sisko as a character is that he often fulfills the "straight man" role in a lot of ds9 episode plots but also in comparison to like, ANY other starfleet captain he is just as off the walls as the rest of the ds9 crew like imagine you visit ds9 for the first time and you meet the captain and hes like a pretty nice normal-seeming guy and then you start to hear things wbout him and you're like. "hes the bajoran emissary???? he did- he did what to a viable colony planet???????? he what?????????? okay this dude has to be like, the weirdest one here" and then you meet the nice humble not-at-all-a-cardassian-spy tailor and the twink chief medical officier who is like, obviously in love with him but despite that tries to flirt with you and their first offiicer who tried to commit mutiny multiple times but the captain trusts her with his life and their security officer is just a fucking pile of goo in a bucket for some reason but then the ferengi dude who just tried to scam you into overpaying for your drinks at the bar tells you that no that's normal he just has to do that every day to regererate his ability to mantain a solid form and you're like "yeah maybe the captain is the normal one after all"
ALTfuuuuuuuuck
