Spoilers Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

[MarkB]

When a LGBTQ friend pointed out to me that Garak was 'obviously' attracted to Bashir their interactions hit in a completely different way for me. Even better, from a story perspective, as it gave an explanation to a lot of behaviour.

EDIT - I put obviously in quotes because to me, a straight white male, it just went right over my head.

Such a complicated set of relationships. There's obvious attraction between Julian and Garak, and meanwhile O'Brien is married to Keiko, but Julian and Miles are the true power couple of DS9.

 

[payn]

 

[Ryujin]

Such a complicated set of relationships. There's obvious attraction between Julian and Garak, and meanwhile O'Brien is married to Keiko, but Julian and Miles are the true power couple of DS9.

A true bromance for the ages.

 

[Arilyn]

We're rewatching DS9 right now. The strength of the show to me is definitely the characters. Some of the weaker episodes hold up better because of the strong characters.

Just recently saw the tribble episode which is so delightful.

I'm surprised how well Jake and Nog are handled. They acted like teens without being super annoying and develop into solid young adults. I'm always glad to see them. And Rom gaining some confidence and breaking away from Quark is an arc that the writers showed patience with.

Yes, there are boring episodes, stupid episodes and ridiculous ones. That's Star Trek. I like it a lot more than Next Generation, which didn't really let characters grow, besides Picard and Data.

 

[Zaukrie]

I've never watched it beginning to end. Maybe someday.

 

[jian]

When a LGBTQ friend pointed out to me that Garak was 'obviously' attracted to Bashir their interactions hit in a completely different way for me. Even better, from a story perspective, as it gave an explanation to a lot of behaviour.

EDIT - I put obviously in quotes because to me, a straight white male, it just went right over my head.

I noticed it a little at the time though for me it became very obvious later when Ziyal seems to be attracted to Garak. It’s a schoolgirl crush but it’s obvious Garak is thinking, “thank you, but didn’t you realise I was gay?”

 

[Staffan]

There are lots of good characters, aren’t there? Garak probably takes the gold medal but of course a very strong contender is Dukat, Star Trek’s best villain (and arguably its only true recurring nemesis).

Dukat certainly has a sense of style, but allow me to present a counterargument:

 

[jian]

Dukat certainly has a sense of style, but allow me to present a counterargument:
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Winn is also amazing; then and now, she’s real enough to be incredibly uncomfortable.

 

[Gradine]

When a LGBTQ friend pointed out to me that Garak was 'obviously' attracted to Bashir their interactions hit in a completely different way for me. Even better, from a story perspective, as it gave an explanation to a lot of behaviour.

EDIT - I put obviously in quotes because to me, a straight white male, it just went right over my head.

They (or at least, some version of them) do finally get to kiss in The Lower Decks. Garak's actor himself purposefully decided to play up his character's "obvious" attraction to Bashir throughout the series. There was definite intention behind it, if never rising to the level of actual text, which had a lot to do with what the producers would let them get away with. Luckily (or maybe not so much, given the reasoning behind it) there were a lot less issues with same-sex female attraction on DS9 (thanks, Evil Kira)

 

[Ryujin]

They (or at least, some version of them) do finally get to kiss in The Lower Decks. Garak's actor himself purposefully decided to play up his character's "obvious" attraction to Bashir throughout the series. There was definite intention behind it, if never rising to the level of actual text, which had a lot to do with what the producers would let them get away with. Luckily (or maybe not so much, given the reasoning behind it) there were a lot less issues with same-sex female attraction on DS9 (thanks, Evil Kira)

It was the finale episodes of "Lower Decks" that most recently reminded me about the conversation.