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I do kinda feel like the series ending didn't make much sense for her character.
Highly self-righteous religious leader having a crisis of faith because her gods chose a literal alien over her, sure I buy that. Becoming a satanist about it? I don't know... I guess it makes sense, she gets to have the same set of beliefs and worldview she had before but now inverted and doubling down on the put-upon and persecuted by all angle.But to also throw in allying with the face of the occupation? The brutal event that almost certainly was foundational to her becoming the kind of person she was? I don't buy it. I don't think she should have been able to stomach being a satanist and doing it alongside Dukat of all people.
The broken circle arc at the beginning of the show handled it better; yes the reactionary elements of Bajor's culture and religion ultimately aligned and had a lot in common with the Cardasian empire, but it was hardly intentional. Bajoran reactionaries couldn't stand that contradiction when it came to light. I think it makes Winn's character less interesting for being able to.
I agree with your points, but now you've got me thinking maybe she wasn't convinced/didn't really believe. What if she was the equivalant of an American Televangelist? What if her primary goal was just power (in their case money)? At that point it doesn't matter how she achieved that power, Prophets, Pah-Wraiths, to her character they're just two sides of the same coin. Once someone is at that point, even taking in her people's most egregious enemy doesn't seem far fetched...I'm not sure if I could ever be that cynical, yet gestures around
They certainly could have gone that rout. It would have made her situationship with Dukat make more sense.
Overall, I think DS9 was a rare inversion of the usual trek formula - the writing started strong but got shakier as the series went on. That got masked somewhat by the actors becoming more comfortable with their characters, so the performances carried where the world building and arcs may not have landed on their own.