Quark X Odo - Blog Posts

Something I picked up on while rewatching “Little Green Men” S4:E7

When the humans go to greet the Ferengi and we see that their UT’s aren’t working and they all do the head bangy thing Rom and Nog only do it to one side of their head with one hand while Quark uses both hands and hits both sides of his head/both his ears

And when we turn and see the humans copying them all the men copy Rom and Nog and only use one hand, but the lady copy’s Quark and uses both her hands, and only later when Quark switches to use just one hand does she follow and they all use one hand.

Again later in the episode the nurse and her fiancée have a conversation about the three of them possibly being family. They correctly identify Rom and Nog as being father and son but then she points out that Quark could be the mother to which he immediately agrees, switches pronouns, and calls Quark out saying, “If she is the mother, she’s quite a shrew.”

Idk if I had a genuine point to all this aside from a shout out to this legend of a couple and specifically nurse Garland for recognizing the pure feminine energy radiating off of Quark at all times.

Side note: Love that she absolutely clocks Quark's “My hero” moment towards Odo with that look on her face, meanwhile her fiancé is just freaking out trying to wrap his mind around whatever the hell Odo is in the background

I happen to have the headcanon that Quark is actually a really good singer, but he just doesn't do it out in the open a lot. Like Rom knows about because they grew up together and heard him all the time, Ishka once told Quark that he could "earn a living worth of latinum" by actually pursuing it as a career, Nog knows cause Quark used to sing him lullaby's when he was younger, and Jadzia probably also knows about it because she caught Quark humming and singing to himself in the bar's storeroom one day.

Anyway, all this say that when Odo walks into Quarks on an extremely crowded and lively night to find a drunk Jadzia goading various members of the crew into karaoke he stays and sits down to watch only to be finds himself complete dumbstruck when an equally tipsy Quark starts singing a slow love song in an absolutely enchanting voice. Halfway through the song they lock eyes across the room right as a particularly lovey-dovey lyric comes up. Odo doesn't dare look away from the magnetic pull of Quark's hooded eyes and enlarged pupils looking straight at him. As the soft music swells all around them the room is suddenly empty, nobody but them between these walls and the vast expanse of space and stars. Odo starts to feel himself melt and finds that it's getting harder and harder to maintain his form the longer he watches Quark and the blush filling his cheeks and his tongue dash out to wet his lips and-

The moment is over as quick as it started.

The song ends, everyone claps and cheers, the night eventually ends and compliments are thrown left and right at Quark's singing abilities.

Meanwhile Odo's trying to figure out a way to simultaneously tell Quark he's never appeared more beautiful while still somehow insulting and degrading him without actually letting him know that Odo cares.

I choose to believe that S4E12 "Crossfire" was an entire episode about Odo learning to move on from Kira and fully accept his homosexual relationship with Quark. I mean that final soft scene between them....c'mon already man

Who was gonna tell me that Quark quite literally propositioned himself to Odo during their first ever meeting. I’m watching S2E8: Necessary Evil and by god that Ferengi is dickmitized

“Listen, I feel you and I…we’ve gotten off to a bad start here. Let me make it up to you. You need anything? A little Ginger tea? No, you don’t drink. Um…chocolate? Maybe, uh, companionship?”

Word for word I swear I’ve heard Quark make that same offer a million times to other women in his bar, king of using his body to get out of bad situations

So, since its canon that Odo reads shitty romance novels do you think that one day like Julian recommends him pride & prejudice and he goes and reads it. Has a realization. And then doesn't interact with Quark for like a week. shhhh leave him alone let the goo man figure out the complex enemies to lover's relationship he's in with The Worst Option Possible™

You guys ever think that Odo sometimes gets cuteness aggression with Quark? Like he's just "detaining" him one day and wraps his goo-appendage arms around Quark and squeezes him so tight that Quark literally cannot breathe. It's okay though because Quark just thinks that one of two things are happening, 1. Odo's finally killing him for real this time or 2. Odo's just really weird and bad at BDSM

One of my personal favourite quodo headcanons is that when news gets around ds9 that they’re finally together-together as in, an actual real couple, everyone assumes that they have already boned like a bajillion times

Everyone on the station is like “Those two r a couple? Oh yeah, that goo man who has so much repressed energy that it comes out as an intense obsession for a little goblin sex freak who runs the bar and said goblin sex freak? They must have the kinkiest of sex, doing all types of weird roleplays and shit in the bedroom.”

And then by pure accident like a full year into their relationship Quark lets it slip to Jadzia at one of their bestie sleepovers that he and Odo have never done anything beyond making out and Dax is like “😦” and then she lets it slip to a bunch of other people and their all like “😦”

Quodo fic idea where Odo’s trying to figure out the best way to propose to Quark and he’s getting advice from everyone but ultimately he decides to just search up Ferengi proposal customs. So, in his research he finds out that Ferengi men often purchase the most valuable amount of substance they can find and offer it to the woman (Or her Father), if it’s not a high enough amount the female can reject and ridicule the male. Worried that he might be ridiculed by Quark, Odo searches for weeks to find the most expensive type of substance he can find and makes sure to find it lawfully. So eventually he finds something that seems to be highly valuable and when he actually proposes to Quark with it he gets a bit nervous because Quark's gone silent and is now just staring at the padd in front of him which shows the amount Odo’s collected and Odo’s worried that he’s messed it up and that it’s really not enough or Quark wouldn’t want to be proposed to like this and this whole idea was stupid and a mess and Quark’s just gearing up to publicly shame him or-

Meanwhile, cut to Quark who has never been more flustered in his life. His brain has short-circuited, his palms are wet, his heart is pounding, his pants are tight, and most of all he’s just stunned. Stunned that Odo - who owns almost nothing and has repeatedly stated how idiotic solids are with material possessions they hold such worth and insults Quark about his love for profit - of all people, has just proposed and offered Quark a fortune of money and profit that could rival the Grand Nagus!?

I think the reason no-one on DS9 ever tried to make Odo and Quark get along is because the sheer amount of chaos power that they would wield if they'd got along with one another would bring the station to a fiery and destructive end.

I mean you all saw that little moment at the end One Little Ship (S6E14) where Odo was messing with Bashir and O'Brien about their height and Quark just sensed his mischievous energy from across the bar and saddled up next to him to join along the fun and they giggled together about it, those two would ruin countless lives.

Can we talk about how in S3E7 Civil Defense there was literally no reason for Quark to stay with Odo. “This is the safest place on the whole station, I’m staying right here.” bitch you just wanna be with your boyfriend stfu

And omg later in another scene when Odo takes Quark’s phaser away because he might hurt himself and then they have their little heart to heart and Odo tells Quark he’s the most devious Ferengi he’s ever met, and Quark goes genuine for a moment: “Thank you Odo…. that means a lot to me.” And then immediately follows that up by leaning closer to him and asking all softly with puppy dog eyes: “Now, ...Can I have my phaser back?” BRO HE’S ALMOST WHIMPERING THAT LINE OUT ISTG-

That soft little “You’re going to leave me?” Quark whimpers after Odo says he’s giving to climb the mountain by himself, they’re so pathetic❤️❤️❤️🥺🥺🥺