Dukat = Evil?
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When I hear that line I always wish I could ask Sisko: So how come this oh-so-truly evil man sent a signal where Sisko was, letting the Defiant save the good captain?
True evil wouldn't bother.
That said, Gul Dukat was no angel
True evil wouldn't bother.
That said, Gul Dukat was no angel
He came very close to being reformed for a while, but he let his ego pull him back down and everything got worse from there on. He was pretty bad, but he also proved capable of attaining an unexpected grey status.
depends which season and what version we're talking about. Dukat swung wildly in character through the show's run. Early seasons probably yes, but not TOO evil, middle seasons not really evil at all, to late series, where he was basically a one-dimensional comic book supervillain.
he's not evil per se to start with. By Waltz he's on the brink, but still redeemable, and then (and this always bugs me about Waltz, cos I don't think it's the deliberate interpretation - we're meant to think he's already evil) ... *Sisko turns him evil*
Seriously, go watch it.
And then after that, once he gets into the pah-Wraith stuff, he's no longer a layered 3D antagonist, but a bog-standard barking mad fantasy villain.
And Sisko makes him so, IMO.
Seriously, go watch it.
And then after that, once he gets into the pah-Wraith stuff, he's no longer a layered 3D antagonist, but a bog-standard barking mad fantasy villain.
And Sisko makes him so, IMO.
I also think he had some pervy stuff going on around Kira.
And her mother... I was so worried they were going to pull the ultimate cheese of "I am your father" but thankfully they didn't do anything so sucky.
He wasn't the dictator though, he was the general. Even if he stepped down they would have gotten another.
Lots of people have used that logic to justify what they did or didn't do in real wars.
Lots of people have used that logic to justify what they did or didn't do in real wars.
Well, truth to be told, I would have some pervy stuff going on around Kira, too. I mean, have you seen her butt?
Well, truth to be told, I would have some pervy stuff going on around Kira, too. I mean, have you seen her butt?
Amen bro.
In the end, I think it was his choice to become what he was. No matter how much he blamed it on anyone else, it was the corruption in his own heart, resulting from his own evil choices.
No, I understood your point just fine. Your point is just wrong. Saying "I was just following orders" does not mean that Dukat was not truly evil.
But just because he was a Cardassian general didn't make him evil either.
Being the head of a brutal occupation, constantly changing his allegiance within the Cardassian government, selling out his people to a foreign imperialistic power with himself as head Warlord, and then trying to unleash a species of immortal demons to burn the Galaxy with himself as their mortal emissary, however, does.
Of course not. I never said being a Cardassian gul made him evil.
I said being the head of the Occupation made him evil.
