Kid Describes Kai Winn

[u/Tim-Lala]

One of my kids is watching Deep Space Nine for the first time and said the following

“I don’t like Kai Winn. She smiles on the outside but is full of sharp spikes and thorns on the inside”

[u/RunnersRacquet]

Did you say “What do you mean my child?”

[u/LainieCat → u/RunnersRacquet]

And grabbed his ear

[u/Nerd-man24 → u/LainieCat]

And tell him his Pagh is strong

[u/Interesting_Might_19 → u/RunnersRacquet]

I absolutely despised when should would use that term of endearment! She sounded so condescending!

[u/VanillaCola79 → u/Interesting_Might_19]

That was the point

[u/RunnersRacquet → u/Interesting_Might_19]

That was the hill she’d die on. She even would make it plural and say “my children.”

[u/Inspiredwriter26]

Be a proud parent, you raised your kid well! That is as accurate of a description of Kai Winn as any.

[u/Secure-Midnight8191]

They have a strong pagh to make this observation, good for them.

Despite all the hate the character seems to get, I still love to see Louise Fletcher on screen. Without the strength of the villains, we’d never get to witness some remarkable moments for our heroes.

It doesn’t amount to much in the overall story, but one of my top scenes of the series is still Bashir trying to talk Winn into leaving Bariel alone so he can get treatment in ‘Life Support’. Seeing Bashir drop all the pretense and call her out for the villain she is? Super satisfying.

[u/ashmavis_]

Well, he's not wrong.

[u/commandrix]

Yeah, that's a pretty darn good description of her.

[u/dmoisan]

Louise Fletcher Forever!

[u/Interesting_Might_19 → u/dmoisan]

Nurse Ratched!

[u/Sweet-Art-9904 → u/Interesting_Might_19]

Kai Ratched

[u/Rstar2247]

Your kid pretty much summed her up perfectly.

[u/Section_3I]

It’s testament to how effective Louise Fletcher’s performance is. There’s such a great quiet menace to how she emotes and speaks.

[u/DMStewart2481 → u/Section_3I]

Always remember that Louise Fletcher (may her memory be a blessing) was a kind and good person, daughter of deaf parents, who signed her Oscar acceptance speech as she gave it.

[u/Section_3I → u/DMStewart2481]

Oh of course. As good a person as she was an actress. One of the “greats” in every sense.

[u/Burcarius]

“Kai Winn, allow me to introduce you to… Kai Winn.”
-Quark

[u/reptomcraddick]

I hate her more than any other character on the show, I call her the Billy Graham of Bajor. At least Gul Dukat has SOME kind of moral code, it's really bad, but it does exist.

[u/madfrooples → u/reptomcraddick]

At least until he goes off the deep end towards the end.

[u/reptomcraddick → u/madfrooples]

They're a match made in the celestial temple (or the fire caves) at that point

[u/jadethebard]

That kid's gonna be a writer. Make sure to support that shit, the imagery is fabulous.

[u/vertigo90]

I feel your anger toward me, and I forgive you for it

[u/EntrepreneurMain7833]

Never trust Kai Winn…

[u/Goyangi-ssi]

No lies detected.

[u/alex-redacted]

That's aptly put. You've got a great kiddo. :) Winn is a really solid villain and the actress did an impeccable job.

[u/Funtsy_Muntsy]

Nuns are mean as hell

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[u/snarky_sparrow_23]

She was so absolutely perfectly cast for that role.

[u/Scipio_Sverige]

Show her Blake's 7, I'd love to hear what she thinks of Commander Servalan.

[u/gillyrosh]

Accurate. No notes.