I Just Remembered That I Was Awestruck With Kira When I First Saw Her In DS9. Her Allure, Her Body Language,

I just remembered that I was awestruck with Kira when I first saw her in DS9. Her allure, her body language, her way of speaking. She is so butch at the beginning, so hard, yet so charismatic. They force her into relationships with men but the men they give her are actually kind, affectionate, soft, caring, a sharp contrast with her.

I am not used to a character like Kira, and specially not in the 90s. If I had seen this series as a child, she would have been my role model, the same way Maggie the pilot from Northern Exposure was.

She lives on her own, with her own rules, she doesn't explain her decisions, she works well, cares about people, shows emotion, has a sense of aesthetic that fits her, wears comfy clothes, doesn't put up with more shit than necessary... She is never played as a sexy character or to showcase how beautiful she is, her whole character takes over.

When Sisko comes to the station and he is told "have you ever spoken to a Bajoran woman?" and then we meet her and her -0 fucks. And you think it is her, but it turns out Bajoran women are like that generally speaking.

How much of Kira's character is hers and how much is the whole planet? If women are like that, isn't it understandable that men are like Vedek Bareil and Shakaar? Maybe that is also why she ends up getting along with Sisko so well, because he is also kind, patient and affectionate.

And then all the other characters took over, the first seasons they didn't really gave us too much Kira and Dax, I guess more than an episode with the two of them (and Keiko) would have made the tv explode, but what a great character Kira Nerys is.