finished reading asit, pondering whether or not i should go on and read crimson shadow and enigma tales.
there was that one moment in asit that i especially loved, when garak realised in a single moment of clarity just how tired he is of all the backdoor politics, double agent bullshit, so he just laughed, got up and left the underground meeting he was attending. i think it was a tipping point for him.
i see post-asit garak leading a quiet domestic life, tending his garden, mending clothes, helping his people rebuild in whatever small way he can, backing parmak and ghemor in their political endeavors.
the children playing near his memorial/garden call it "the tailor's grounds", and he is delighted by this fact.
i saw that one quote from enigma tales, i think, where garak assumes a prominent political role, and parmak is described as someone "behind (garak), slightly tucked in the shadows". well, i think it should be the other way around. garak did say that cardassia needs men like parmak to rise from the ashes.
give me castellan parmak, coming home from a long day of exhausting administrative and political dealings to his very supportive, if snarky, husband garak.
I agree. Parmak would be a great choice for the reformed Cardassia and it would be a better continuation of ASIT. Garak encourages him to be a leader and that's sort of Parmak's mini character arc.
I also agree. Not a fan of the world building or Garak’s characterization/ societal role in the subsequent novels.
