[clowngames]

I love Gul Dukat. I love how he tries so hard to be the galaxy's first likeable fascist and utterly fails. I love how he pretends not to notice or remember that everyone hates him, and then his mock shock at being told to fuck off in literally every conversation he has. I love his desperation to prove that fascism isn't so bad if you just stop resisting. I love his smug politeness as if his thinly veiled civility gives him the moral high ground while talking about reprehensible actions and beliefs. I love how earnestly he lies. I love how the more someone hates him the more he needs their respect, which makes him double down on the things that make them hate him. I love that he believes everything he says yet has no principles. I love that instead of giving him a redemption arc the show made him a vessel for Satan.