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2) But all right, let's accept this. But I'm still not buying that Dukat was born in the 23rd century. It requires me to believe that a) Dukat had done all those things that he's supposed to according to DoTV, and he had still never been promoted to legate 40 years later; OK, let's chalk this up to being the son of an executed "traitor"; but then b) he's also supposed to be much older than Tekeny Ghemor (who was just 19 when the Occupation was well underway); OK, let's presume that appearances can be deceiving; but then there's also...
3) a comparison between the timelines in Terok Nor and A Stitch In Time - and even though the books are not canon, you'd at least expect Terok Nor and ASIT to be consistent with each other, particularly as TN was partly inspired by ASIT and used elements introduced in that book (like the Oralians). And that book makes Garak still a child while the Occupation of Bajor is well underway. I'm sorry, I might accept that Dukat is over 80 in DS9 and that this is the middle age for Cardassians, I might perhaps accept that he's much older than Tekeny Ghemor, but I really, really am not buying that he's at least 20-25 years older than Garak. Not just because the actors are the same age, but mostly because Dukat and Garak never acted as if one of them was significantly older than each other. When you see their interactions, do you ever get the impression that one if a whole generation older than the other? Especially since Cardassians tend to respect age; if Dukat was significantly older than Garak, I bet he'd make sure to emphasize the fact in the way he addressed Garak.
And in fact, A Stitch In Time makes Garak and Dukat seem to be roughly the same age, since Dukat is friends with a character who is just a couple of years older than Garak (which we know since they went to school together), while the fathers of Dukat and that other character are supposed to be, while Tekeny Ghemor's nephew is the same age as Garak.in a secret organization together
Sure, nobody ever mentions their exact ages anywhere, but I can't be the only one who finds the ages of Cardassian characters as depicted in those 2 books and the series a complete mess?
There's also a third collection, Shattered Light, coming out this year, and the MyrU comic miniseries, The Last Generation.I just plowed through KRAD's A Gutted World from the Echoes & Refractions compilation, and want more Myriad Universe stories to read. Thankfully I just got Infinity's Prism so I'll be reading Mr. Leisner's story next.
There's also a third collection, Shattered Light, coming out this year, and the MyrU comic miniseries, The Last Generation.I just plowed through KRAD's A Gutted World from the Echoes & Refractions compilation, and want more Myriad Universe stories to read. Thankfully I just got Infinity's Prism so I'll be reading Mr. Leisner's story next
. I've already got the comics, and I definitely plan on getting Shattered Light. I hear DRG3 has a story in it .
2) But all right, let's accept this. But I'm still not buying that Dukat was born in the 23rd century. It requires me to believe that a) Dukat had done all those things that he's supposed to according to DoTV, and he had still never been promoted to legate 40 years later; OK, let's chalk this up to being the son of an executed "traitor"; but then b) he's also supposed to be much older than Tekeny Ghemor (who was just 19 when the Occupation was well underway); OK, let's presume that appearances can be deceiving; but then there's also...
3) a comparison between the timelines in Terok Nor and A Stitch In Time - and even though the books are not canon, you'd at least expect Terok Nor and ASIT to be consistent with each other, particularly as TN was partly inspired by ASIT and used elements introduced in that book (like the Oralians). And that book makes Garak still a child while the Occupation of Bajor is well underway. I'm sorry, I might accept that Dukat is over 80 in DS9 and that this is the middle age for Cardassians, I might perhaps accept that he's much older than Tekeny Ghemor, but I really, really am not buying that he's at least 20-25 years older than Garak. Not just because the actors are the same age, but mostly because Dukat and Garak never acted as if one of them was significantly older than each other. When you see their interactions, do you ever get the impression that one if a whole generation older than the other? Especially since Cardassians tend to respect age; if Dukat was significantly older than Garak, I bet he'd make sure to emphasize the fact in the way he addressed Garak.
And in fact, A Stitch In Time makes Garak and Dukat seem to be roughly the same age, since Dukat is friends with a character who is just a couple of years older than Garak (which we know since they went to school together), while the fathers of Dukat and that other character are supposed to be, while Tekeny Ghemor's nephew is the same age as Garak.in a secret organization together
Sure, nobody ever mentions their exact ages anywhere, but I can't be the only one who finds the ages of Cardassian characters as depicted in those 2 books and the series a complete mess?
And the Cardassian-ages-all-messed-up saga continues: in The Never-ending Sacrifice (wonderful book, BTW) which I'm halfway through, Tekeny Ghemor is described as an older man, and it's even mentioned that Kotan Pa'dar saw him as a "father-figure". Yet it was said in DS9 Ties of Blood and Water that Tekeny Ghemor was only 19 during the Klessa Monastery massacre, when the Occupation was already underway, while Terok Nor makes both Dukat and Kotan Pa'dar already adults 10 years before the Occupation even started.
