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Yeah I mean it's gotta be Quark and it's not close. He also became the de-facto representative of life outside the Federation & Starfleet, which was one of the things DS9 really leaned in to.
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I think it's a pretty open and shut case for Quark. I love Guinan, but Quark is just a much more developed and interesting character for me.
He also fills the smuggler role. He pairs nicely with Garek's information brokering.
Garek deserves a prequel series. What was tailor school like? Did he get grief for being into fashion instead of war games like other Cardassians? Did his family support his decision?
Right. And a simple tailor as he was, did he fit in with his complicated peers in tailor school?
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Coming soon from CBS Studios, Young Garak! See how a young Cardassian grows up under a ruthless tyrant!
Followed by the sequel, Breaking Baste, where a once-infamous spy becomes a simple tailor.
I enjoy the more humourous tone that Quark gives the show; so my vote goes for Quark!
However, if I were to live on a Starship or a Deep Space station, I would probably visit Guinans bar more often than Quarks...
Scenes in Ten Forward always feel so cozy, and nobody would be trying to rip you off. Lol
That's where I'd personally want to hang out too.
That's because you don't see Ten Forward during red alert
Lower Decks has a couple on a date in the lounge when a Red Alert goes off, it's a pretty good bit as they continue their date. Though don't think it's called ten forward on that ship.
Neelix was Voyager's unofficial bartender, spreading cheer to Tuvok and helping Tom Paris hit Warp 10!
Please don't ban me.
Bartenders are often in charge of lifting moral.
So wouldn't that make the blended neeliz/tuvok the first federation bartender in Star trek?
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Who was "better utilized" is a hard question in my view, but I think it's clear that Quark was a more fully developed character.
Guinan appeared seldom but always gave insight to characters when they most needed it. She was enigmatic, and cool, but not very fleshed out.
Quark was more realized as a character - more complex, more highs and lows, more emotions. I didn't like him much, but he was more "interesting" to watch.
You've hit on a good point there, Guinan always felt to me like a deus ex machina in the stories. It feels like when the writers don't know how to resolve something, they just have a character go to Guinan and resolve whatever it is they were struggling with.
It also feels like they really didn't know what to do with the character. Whoopie's availability didn't help with that, since she had only a very limited shooting time. Sometimes they made it seem like Picard and her go way back, but then she didn't play any significant role as far as we know. And there were plenty of times where they would have been far apart for super long. They also want to make her an enigma, not really knowing her age or limits, with vague hints to her father and Q exclaiming she has powers. But nothing ever comes of this. And if Picard and her go way back, surely he would know about some of this stuff? But he never does it seems like.
Her whole back story is full of holes and the character makes no sense. But that's common with Star Trek characters.
It feels like throwaway lines that get tossed around to make the character feel more than it is, but it's completely hollow and ultimately comes to nothing.
It's a shame, because I like the idea of Guinan, but story wise the character simply wasn't very good and not utilized very well.
I got to agree with Steve Shives that Guinan was a better councilor than Deanna Troi.
However, I loved seeing Quark as a character more. I'm some cases, he gives great commentary on hu-mans. In other cases, he is great as someone who gives character to the station; Quark is that bit of shitberg floating on the surface that shows a lot worse is happening underneath. Quark is authenticly fake I love him for it.
I love the character of Quark, but let's be honest. Guinan is the better bartender, if you're just a regular Starfleet officer looking to down a pint of syntheholic ale.
Guinan is the better bartender, if you're just a regular Starfleet officer looking to down a pint of syntheholic ale.
Nonsense, she also has green!
Besides, I couldn't see Quark making a Tzartak aperitif.
I'm not sure how this was even a question. Quark was clearly better utilized.
I mean idk quarks is basically a half step away from a brothel and while I love the character he's a lil shit and greedy ad. My vote is 10 forward
Ten Forward is just a relaxing environment. There are a few people who have uploaded ambient/atmospheric trek videos on youtube (usually something like "10 hours of the TNG warp core room"). There's a Ten Forward one I've put on in the background quite a few times.
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