Aragorn and O'Brien would probably get along well, trading stories of their suffering

DS9 s2e5 "Cardassians"

22 comments

Meanwhile...
- ♬ Come to Quark's, Quark's is fun, come right now, don't walk run! ♬

I still can't get over the time Keiko made some Asian food and O'Brien was like "This isn't Irish enough. Where's the potatoes?"
- To be fair it was something like plankton and kelp salad, I can see how one might yearn for some taters instead

Can somebody please explain the reason behind Keiko hate?
- Poor chemistry between two of the best actors on the show
  the most prominent example of a married couple in Trek, which includes some communication issues and as such appears more negative
  she's often seen as shrill or unwilling to compromise toward O'Brien's duties to Starfleet
  more than 1 instance of pushing her dietary preferences despite his not liking it (he does try though)
  There's probably more, but it boils down to weak writing and characterization. But mostly, it's for the memes.
  
  Poor chemistry between two of the best actors on the show
  The woman who plays Keiko is one of the best actors on the show? Jeez, you'd never know it from how the writers used her...
  
  My wife and I always blame O'brien (at least in TNG. Haven't watched the other series he's in).
  Dude marries a woman and proceeds knows basically nothing about her family/culture.
  
  She was also pretty unremarkable in TNG, a total background character- not ragging, but they never explored her character very well- compare her to Luxwana Troi….
  Luxwana had fewer episodes but way more character development. The DS9 rolls out and they take her into a harpy.
  They definitely could have handled their character better,
  
  So it's more like hate on O'Brienship, rather than Keiko?
- My guess, it's because they don't have a lot of chemistry in DS9, and he acts "O'brien is always sad" when around her.
  
  It's funny I did a rewatch recently and I realized he's kind of obsessed about her the way Julian is about him and she kind of treats him the same way. Julian wants to play darts, nah he wants to go hang with Keiko, nah Keiko wants to get back to having a a career, he should go hang with Julian! Now Miles is making the face Julian made when he ditched Julian lmao
- Just jokes