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Name: Julian Subatoi Bashir, MD. Door: Left. Canon: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Canon Point: Approximately three months after the final episode. Age: 34 Appearance: A smug twink. History: Memory Alpha Link Personality: Julian Bashir is a very good doctor; however, in his personal life, he is arrogant, holier-than-thou, and too curious for his own good. » Wide-eyed: I almost wrote naive, because at the beginning of the series, he very much is naive about the nature of living on the edge of 'known civilization'. In Starfleet Medical, he'd been given the choice of cushy research positions, but he gave them all up to go out into the middle of nowhere, to see what new peoples were there, and to go exploring. At first, he thinks it's all a great adventure, but as the series progresses, he loses that early shine and naivete; however, he still finds genuine joy in exploring. New things, new cultures, new books, or foods - all of it is worth trying at least once. » Arrogance & Frustration: Given that Starfleet does not allow augmented individuals to serve, Bashir knows that he's smarter than pretty much everyone around him, but he also knows that he has to hide it. He intentionally answered a question wrong on his final medical exam to make sure he wasn't at the top of his class, he lets things fall to prove that he's clumsy, etc. For Bashir, one of the hardest things that he regularly has to overcome is the 'knowledge' that he knows better - he may be more clever, be able to process facts, but that's not the same thing. To go all DnD in here, he's got super high INT stats, and his WIS is a disaster. » Relationship Hot Mess: Julian is a disaster with women. 110% dumpster fire and, ugh, cringe-worthy nice-guy. Given several seasons and more than one swift kick to the arse, he (mostly) gets over this, but it's genuinely uncomfortable to watch during the early seasons. While he's not at House/Sherlock levels, he is not always very good at picking up on emotional cues. (Or he chooses to ignore them…) » Rick Berman is a turd in the punchbowl. I say this because there was a canonically queer romance written for Bashir, and Berman removed it and rewrote any mention of it because he didn't want gays in space. (Presumably they emit gayons that interfere with the neutrino collectors or reverse the polarity.) ANYWAY, I go with Siddig and Robinson's view (the actors that played Bashir and Garak) who have a lot of feelings about their big, gay romance. They have So Many Feelings that they're currently doing a live reading of a romance between the two characters on YouTube. No, really. » Determination: Clever is all well and good, but it can only take you so far. Bashir is determined and willing to speak truth to power. He survived a significant length of time in a Dominion prisoner of war camp and came out from it relatively in one piece. He pushes himself hard - at times, too hard. In post-canon novels, Bashir gives away Starfleet medical secrets in order to save a race of people; for this action, he is court martialed and dishonorably discharged. While it's not explicit in canon, I think that this is rooted in his knowledge that if he's 'better' than other people, he needs just be better in general. Be a good person, do the right thing, stand up where and when he can. (It's the 'when he can' that's tricky to determine.) » Expanded tl;dr: At the start of DS9, Bashir is extremely unlikeable - he's brash, arrogant, has a serious messianic complex, and is genuinely pretty gross towards women. Honestly, most of the first season just makes me cringe and wonder what the Star Trek equivalent to Reddit is, because 110%, that's Bashir's home away from home. (Ugh.) Fortunately, as the series progresses, his worst impulses are tempered and he does start to turn into a better person (and not just a driven doctor). He still wants to save the world (or worlds), and he wants to help everyone he meets. Whether or not they want his help. As he grows into himself, Bashir learns that he can’t save everyone, and slowly becomes smarter about trying. I do think that part of his drive to heal others comes from a good place, but really, it's a lot about vanity and a need to be admired. There’s no disease or condition he doesn’t absolutely believe he can heal, and when he's faced with a problem, he'll apply himself with obsessive focus. For example, when one of the characters (Garak) gets ill and the only cure available is likely to be found with a very specific, very scary person on his homeworld, Bashir goes haring off to get the information. To give a little more context, the man in question, Enabran Tain, is basically the head of the space version of Stalin-era secret service. I do think that Bashir is or has the capability to be a good/virtuous person, but I don't think he's ever going to be a particularly nice person. He understands social niceties and can put them on as he needs them, but he's always going to have a burning desire to prove himself worthwhile. That need is tempered and frustrated by the fact that he's had to hide his genetic modification - he can't push himself as far as he's able, or risk being discovered, but he can't stop pushing himself. A good example of his late-series personality is his interactions with Section 31 and Sloane - a.k.a. Starfleet's super secret, morally suspect spies. Bashir has a fondness for the idea of James Bond style intrigue, and there's a whole, ridiculous episode about that, but actual, real spywork is far more Le Carre and less Fleming. Far fewer martinis and far more ugly moral choices and wetwork. In one episode, Bashir and O'Brien (his friend and fellow Starfleet officer) find out that Section 31 have created a plague to kill a race that the Federation is at war with. At first, they try to get the information about this sickness through more reasonable channels, but in the end, they set a trap and torture an agent to death in order to get the cure. Unfortunately, he dies before coughing up the data, so Bashir revives him so they can rifle through his dying mind. So, yeah, he did that. Powers and Abilities: MemoryAlpha does a pretty good list of these, but basically, because he was genetically enhanced, he's more clever, quicker, and generally smarter than your average human. In canon, when he's not bothering to hide his abilities, he's able to do computations faster than the computer. He also has enhanced hand-eye coordination, senses, and reaction times better than a human (e.g. faster than a professional athlete or Batman). Canon says he's roughly on par with a Vulcan in terms of physiology. ...not that he uses these things in public, but he could. Inventory: Tricorder: please, let him diagnose injuries and illnesses the easy way! A copy of The Never Ending Sacrifice (in Kardasi), with copious notes in the margins. A stuffed toy bear named Kukalaka. Samples: Medical Log, Stardate Unknown. I suppose it is vaguely treasonous to think uncharitable thoughts about the way the locals go about their lives and their laws, but I have some experience with a little light sedition and I think I shall dabble in it once again. I have been told that lèse majesté is a good look on me and I do hate to disappoint. Furthermore, I dare anyone from Starfleet to take one look at the laws of this place and not gently brush aside their copy of the Prime Directive. As it stands, I am trapped here for the foreseeable future. I do not wish to end up in prison or some manner of reeducation camp, and so I shall bite my tongue, work as hard as I can with the primitive materials here, and look for an opportunity to return to DS9. I am wholly confident in my survival, but for the time being, thriving and getting to do some valuable research is less certain.