So my wife said they got Smiley and O’Brien the wrong way round.

[WraithDukat]

I think she has a point, Smiley is friendly and comes across really mild mannered.

O’Brien is often moody and is generally quite rude a lot of the time. Plus there are times he comes across quite aggressive.

Thoughts?

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

It doesn't always have to be "bad guy in the MU", just for the most part opposite from the regular universe.

They accomplished that with Smiley and O'Brien did survive the first Cardassian War™.

Unless of course they traded places at some point

 

[WraithDukat]

Indeed, it’s interesting to see it that way around.

 

[Tosk]

Plus, they're not all "good and bad opposites" anyway. Check out Mirror Spock. Or even Garak, who's as ruthless as our Garak, but dumber.

 

[Bad Thoughts]

Generally speaking, the mirror universe is not opposite of ours. It is our universe without ethics or without higher purpose. Almost all the mirror characters are recognizable to their prime selves, save one or two features. In fact, most are just their prime selves, but uninhibited .

 

[Shamrock Holmes]

In fact, most are just their prime selves, but uninhibited .

Except for Odo, who is (at least in TrekLit) an even better candiate for 'swapped' than O'Brien

 

[DonIago]

^I was just thinking of that. I really love the conceit that Odo and MuOdo switched places when they traveled through the wormhole.

There was also something great about Bashir expecting the MuDominion to be at least as bad if not worse than the Dominion we've come to know and feel ambivalently about, only to be surprised.

 

[Kor]

What was MuOdo like in the novels? I thought he was killed on the show.

Kor

 

[DonIago]

Spoiler: MuOdo

In the novels it's revealed that the MuDominion favors justice over order. Bashir speculates reasonably that the Odo we know and love has been MuOdo the whole time, and that the Odo killed in "Crossover" was the Odo from the Primeline.

 

[Jinn]

Spoiler: MuOdo

In the novels it's revealed that the MuDominion favors justice over order. Bashir speculates reasonably that the Odo we know and love has been MuOdo the whole time, and that the Odo killed in "Crossover" was the Odo from the Primeline.

That's from one of the recent DRG3 novels, right?

 

[Kilana2]

That's from one of the recent DRG3 novels, right?

The MuDominion was featured in

Spoiler: David Mack

one of David Mack novels, most likely Disavowed.

I also read Rise like Lions, which is unlikely to appear in a German translation.

 

[Jinn]

The MuDominion was featured in

Spoiler: David Mack

one of David Mack novels, most likely Disavowed.

I also read Rise like Lions, which is unlikely to appear in a German translation.

Oh, one of them! Okay, thanks

 

[Black Sheep]

I don't think O'Brien is moody or rude.

 

[DonIago]

He is sometimes, when he's having a bad day.

Y'know, like a human...

 

[WraithDukat]

He’s constantly rude to Bashir, it’s a wonder he hangs around with him really.

 

[Black Sheep]

Fair enough, but I think it's a facade.

 

[DonIago]

They seem to have had a lot of fun times in the holosuites...

 

[Black Sheep]

definitely. Total bromance!

 

[Bad Thoughts]

He’s constantly rude to Bashir, it’s a wonder he hangs around with him really.

And how did Dax, Kira and even Sisko react toward Bashir?

Or more importantly, why did they react toward Bashir in that manner?

 

[JirinPanthosa]

What little we saw of MuOdo didn't seem to favor justice over order. He seemed more like Odo if the Kira he was trying to please was evil.

Not all people in the MU are alignment reversed from the prime universe. I don't think their natures are much different. The natures are the same and the nurture is different. The MU shows what the characters would really be capable of if they were in a darker universe.