two more weeks of iso and I’m going to start posting shit like “ds9 characters as interesting rocks I saw on my government permitted walk: a thread!”

DS9 characters as buildings in the Western suburbs of Melbourne: a thread

Bashir: Dizzy’s Playland and Cafe

Kira: Heavenly Queen Temple

O’Brien: the WWII plane on display at Central West Plaza

Worf: Millennium Man, Sunshine (photo: @djackmanson)

Garak: Franco Cozzo

Jadzia Dax: Hot Shots (squatted social venue in former billiards hall)

Ezri Dax: Belgravia Apartments development on site of now-demolished buildings Hotshots + the historic Belgravia Hotel

some deep cuts here

Ben Sisko: Footscray Town Hall

Quark: the Middle Footscray rail underpass that keeps flooding and trapping expensive cars and nobody’s ever sure if it’s insurance fraud or the drivers are just that hapless

Rom: the H.V. McKay/Massey Ferguson factory complex, Sunshine, genesis of the Australian minimum wage https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvester_case

Odo: prison hulk anchor, Point Gellibrand Coastal Heritage Park, Williamstown

Jake Sisko: 100 Story Building young writers’ centre, Footscray

Nog: Footscray Drill Hall

Keiko: heritage listed Vitex agnus-castus tree, Footscray Park https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/71073 

Dukat: Croatian Club, Footscray (pictured: bust of fascist dictator Pavelic in foyer) https://amp.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/restaurant-honours-mass-murderer/news-story/be4c1b4599dff84f1b93b68fad72d9c9

Bajoran Disguise Dukat: Australian Natives Association building, Footscray https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/australian-natives-association

sorry, couldn’t ignore the actual fascism + colonialism here

Kasidy Yates: Independent Goods Line https://www.insanityworks.org/randomtangent/2019/4/18/independent-goods-line

Brunt, FCA: the Napier Street rail underpass trucks keep crashing into

Weyoun: Tim Watts’ office