bloodteethandflame

So we are coming to the end of the month of June, where I’ve been sharing various Pride memes daily, and today I would like to share with you a few particular favorites:

Here is the first one – based upon a scene from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine:

This scene makes me cry, not only because it captures such a lovely moment of friendship, but because it encapsulates a wholehearted acceptance of personal identity.

And that’s what moves me.

When I first saw this scene, I immediately worried that, as it happens in real life,  Kor *might* argue with Jadzia (imagining Kor responding with some insistence, as “you’ll always be Curzon *to me*” or some such) as I feared Kor would not accept the ‘new’ identity of his old friend- who is now identifying themselves as Jadzia – therefore rejecting/dismissing Jadzia for who they are now versus who they were before.

I mean, aren’t Klingons usually very conservative and strict in their mindsets about a lot of situations?

And I need not have – as Jadzia takes a calm breath and simply, gently corrects Kor while embracing him- and Kor immediately accepts/respects the correction and they both lean into the embrace, and into this wonderful moment of mutual joy and presence.

And that’s how it’s done.

And so, here is the other of my favorite memes for this month of Pride:

If a Klingon can recognize and embrace such a moment, then so can’t we all, eh?

❤️