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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
also don't forget the massive comic relief that is quark hahahahahahahahaha fucking quark.... same actor as principal snyder from buffy btw lmao
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I don't think it's humanly possible to forget Quark. Besides being comic relief, he also had one of the more interesting character arcs - getting to be the reluctant/unlikely consciousness of the station more and more over the last few seasons.
But DS9 had a whole bevy of great characters, all with their distinct qualities. Hell, Garak - the mysterious, deeply conflicted outsider with skeletons in the closet; Kira, the initially distrustful "Number 1" who kicks major ass and turns out to be a deeply caring person; Odo, the stern and aloof arbiter of 'order' that is just as conflicted and 'human' as all the others, but is trapped in a prison of his own mind and circumstances. Hell, even Rom, the loveable "second fiddle" to Quark, who actually comes into his own by breaking with tradition and becoming an unlikely role model for workers unions (not to mention: one of the more wholesome depictions of fatherhood in Trek, next to the Siskos and O'Broen of course). Didn't care much for creeper Bashir initially, but he comes into his own as the series progresses as well. And damn, DS9 was great at getting emotional resonance out of unlikely pairings (Odo relating to Garak, because they both long for a sense of "home" that is far from ideal for instance). The show took the "caring for a ragtag team of outsiders" trope and elevated it into the stratosphere. Major respect there.