Comparison shot (exact framing a hair off):
Inspirational credit to AdmiralPatrick@dubvee.org for their Dark Matter “Especially” crossover wherin I found the existing template a bit fuzzy. Of course, seeing as there’s no actual official HD footage to work off of (thanks, Paramount), the newer shots taken are at least more detailed.
Yeah, my third panel is taken from when Bashir was actually saying that line. But despite that technically being more accurate to the source material, I think that is not all that necessary when creating a meme. I think your third panel is better at depicting a sort of “caught off-guard” expression that fits with the tone of the meme, whereas my third panel is more of a knowing “we’re both in on the joke” expression.
It definitely works, just threw me off when I went scouting for the shots last night. A clever usage by who-the-hell-ever that made the original.