Probably because it's so far into AU that it is plausible, logical, and not sick, just a bit sad, as far as I'm concerned.
The darkness in this case comes from our canon knowledge that this Kira Nerys does everything "our" Kira Nerys would regard as the ultimate horror, and not in an Evil Intendant Mirrorverse way. She's turned her back on the Bajorans, wants to be Cardassian and genuinenly loves Dukat, but for a girl raised by him, under those circumstances, that's logical.
I must admit that after reading the first line I was afraid to death that you would have Dukat rape a child Nerys
Shudder. No. Even when the show went to extremes post-Waltz to show us that Dukat was completely, absolutely, irredeemably EEEEEEVIL, they didn't pull that one. Mind you, I can see some subconscious oedipal tension between Dukat and grown Nerys in this scenario (and I also think she would have beeen jealous as hell once he started his affair with Naprem), but that's all. He probably never would have acted on it or even realized but have continued treating her as his daughter. And probably one of the few things even seventh season Dukat couldn't be accused of is being a paedophile.
However, that doesn't mean he doesn't do something very wrong here. Firstly, going back to canon, he is responsible for creating the situation in which Meru became separated from her husband and children and forced into a situation where she was forced to become a prostitute to begin with. (The fact that he's nice to Meru and manipulates her into loving him is beside the point.) Secondly, as mentioned earlier, AU!Nerys gets her ideas about Cardassians and Bajorans from him, and you could call it brainwashing, except that Dukat is sincere and believes every word himself. Which doesn't make the idea of raising a Bajoran child to regard her people as inferior criminals, and to long for another identity more right.
Incidentally, this is of course my answer to the question: is it possible to write a story in which Kira (Nerys) and Dukat love each other truly and sincerely and develop it from a plausible point in canon? Well, yes. (Nobody said it would have to be romantic love.*g*) But at a high price.
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Date: 2004-03-15 09:24 am (UTC)The darkness in this case comes from our canon knowledge that this Kira Nerys does everything "our" Kira Nerys would regard as the ultimate horror, and not in an Evil Intendant Mirrorverse way. She's turned her back on the Bajorans, wants to be Cardassian and genuinenly loves Dukat, but for a girl raised by him, under those circumstances, that's logical.
I must admit that after reading the first line I was afraid to death that you would have Dukat rape a child Nerys
Shudder. No. Even when the show went to extremes post-Waltz to show us that Dukat was completely, absolutely, irredeemably EEEEEEVIL, they didn't pull that one. Mind you, I can see some subconscious oedipal tension between Dukat and grown Nerys in this scenario (and I also think she would have beeen jealous as hell once he started his affair with Naprem), but that's all. He probably never would have acted on it or even realized but have continued treating her as his daughter. And probably one of the few things even seventh season Dukat couldn't be accused of is being a paedophile.
However, that doesn't mean he doesn't do something very wrong here. Firstly, going back to canon, he is responsible for creating the situation in which Meru became separated from her husband and children and forced into a situation where she was forced to become a prostitute to begin with. (The fact that he's nice to Meru and manipulates her into loving him is beside the point.) Secondly, as mentioned earlier, AU!Nerys gets her ideas about Cardassians and Bajorans from him, and you could call it brainwashing, except that Dukat is sincere and believes every word himself. Which doesn't make the idea of raising a Bajoran child to regard her people as inferior criminals, and to long for another identity more right.
Incidentally, this is of course my answer to the question: is it possible to write a story in which Kira (Nerys) and Dukat love each other truly and sincerely and develop it from a plausible point in canon? Well, yes. (Nobody said it would have to be romantic love.*g*) But at a high price.