Keiko O'Brien and Married Life

[Citiprime]

I'm unmarried and I've always liked Keiko, even as a kid. Still love her wedding dress.

My father was in the Marine Corps. And for Deep Space Nine, she reminded me of the wives of military guys my parents knew who when their husband got orders for a duty station they may not want to move to, they do what they can to make the best of it. They're in loving relationships. They know this is an opportunity for their partner's career. And they sacrifice for their family.

I think part of what might color a lot of the perceptions of Keiko is how she was used. For the most part, she usually shows up when they want to have a "stress in the O'Briens' relationship" stories. So for the majority of her appearances, it's for strife and arguments with Miles.

 

[The Hanuk Kai]

I don't think Keiko registered to me as interesting before I was married. DS9 definitely affected how I think about family, but the O'Brien marriage and family didn't figure into that outlook as much as the Siskos. After my son was born, after eight years of marriage, I paid attention. When I rewatched in 2013, my son by my side, I took notice of Keiko and the interplay with Miles. It's a good character played by a good actress.

 

[DonIago]

So, after 22 votes, the two things that can perhaps be said are that by 2/3 people's views of Keiko tended to become more favorable after they were married (which isn't necessarily to say it was becoming married itself that led to that reevaluation), and in one case, time rather than marriage led to a similar reevaluation.

Based on some of the threads I've seen in the past where Keiko has become a discussion point, I'm still surprised there aren't more votes that start from a point of having unfavorable views of her.

 

[Tosk]

So, after 22 votes, the two things that can perhaps be said are that by 2/3 people's views of Keiko tended to become more favorable after they were married

I was really amped up to argue with you until I realised that you meant "Two or three of the voters" rather than "two thirds of the voters".

 

[DonIago]

I was really amped up to argue with you until I realised that you meant "Two or three of the voters" rather than "two thirds of the voters".

Por que no los dos?

 

[Tosk]

No hablo español.

 

[DonIago]

No hablo español.

Why not both?

 

[The Hanuk Kai]

Based on some of the threads I've seen in the past where Keiko has become a discussion point, I'm still surprised there aren't more votes that start from a point of having unfavorable views of her.

I suspect that people are not willing to admit to their presuppositions when confronted with the question as it is posed. I have seen some strong opinions expressed about her on this website.

 

[DonIago]

I suspect that people are not willing to admit to their presuppositions when confronted with the question as it is posed. I have seen some strong opinions expressed about her on this website.

I'm glad I wasn't misremembering.