Most Developed character in DS9?

[Kathryn-janeway]

I voted other. Because all of the characters developed very much in the seven years and they all got stronger. Personally im voting for jadzia. Yea she may be my fav character but i think she did develop. In season one you see how she lacked confidence and then up until season 6 she has the confidence and is lot happier in her self. shes got a career, a husband and a good life. And i loved the bond she had with sisko and worf and the other characters

 

[flemm]

I voted other. Because all of the characters developed very much in the seven years and they all got stronger.

Yeah, I don't really understand the premise of this poll. You could make a case for Odo, Kira and even Quark as the characters that evolved the most over seven seasons. It's true that they were were probably the most clearly defined characters in the early seasons, but that doesn't take away from their later development. Also Dax. Not a personal favorite of mine, but that doesn't take away from the fact that the Jadzia of season 1 is really nothing like the Jadzia of season 6. They're regulars, but so are Sisko and Bashir. Meh. I didn't vote in the poll

 

[Lor'Vela]

Damar. An extra to a hero.

 

[Mr_Closet]

I am talking about the character that seemed to be just a guest star at the start (or when they started) but developed into a good character during the whole series or end.

This is a hard one. Please explain why you selected that character.

How was Sisko "just a guest star"? He was the captain on a Star Trek show! Under these terms, he was never going to qualify for this poll!

I voted Other for Miles Edward O'Brien and justify this according to the terms above because when he started on TNG, he was just a guest/extra and his rise to prominence on DS9 was never set in stone: he could have been left on the sidelines as just the plucky, reliable, everyman who occassionally lends depth to a scene in ops.

He's also got fan credibility in the sense that it was the viewers who gave O'Brien/Meaney his break on Star Trek through the write-in campaign on TNG.

Someone (perhaps several someone's) once said that Worf is Star Trek. I think not. I think he's second place to O'Brien and as evidence, I could cite numerous episodes but will limit myself to O'Brien's confession to Bashir that he killed his cell mate in the Episode Hard Time (which I just happen to have watched a few minutes ago ). I quote it below from Memory Alpha and, if you think about it, the ideas contained within this short speech and Bashir's reply are gold-plated examples of the Trek philosophy as it has been since day one, episode one:

"When we were growing up, they used to tell us... humanity had evolved, that mankind had outgrown hate and rage. But when it came down to it, when I had the chance to show, that no matter what anybody did to me, that I was still an evolved human being... I failed. I repaid kindness with blood. I was no better than an animal."

"No. No, no, no. An animal would've killed Ee'Char and never had a second thought, never shed a tear... But not you. You hate yourself.You hate yourself so much you think you deserve to die. The Argrathi did everything they could to strip you of your humanity and in the end, for one brief moment they succeeded. But you can't let that brief moment define your entire life. If you do, if you pull that trigger.. then the Argrathi will have won. They will have destroyed a good man. You cannot let that happen, my friend."
- Julian listens and sets things right with O'Brien