Do you think LGBT characters will feature more prominently?
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You do realize that's an incredibly unsatisfying answer, right?
Garak was dating Tora Ziyal, even though he had far more chemistry with Bashir. It's impressive how much the actor got away with playing that angle before they blatantly stopped letting Bashir and Garak share scenes together.
I forgot about the bald men thing.
I'm struggling to think of a single (main) character that didn't get a heterosexual wink wink, nudge nudge.
I agree that only having the extras as potential homosexual characters is depressing. Did any of the main characters NOT have a hinted at heterosexual romance? What about Reed or Boomer?
Travis Mayweather. Wasn't his nickname Boomer?
Maybe Kes is a good candidate. Yes, she was with Neelix but that was a sexless relationship of convenience and after her (forced) lesbian experiences in Warlord, she quickly dumped him
Maybe that awoke something in her.
Maybe Kes is a good candidate. Yes, she was with Neelix but that was a sexless relationship of convenience and after her (forced) lesbian experiences in Warlord, she quickly dumped him
Maybe that awoke something in her.
Travis was a "Boomer", a name given to freighter crews who were born and lived in space, but he was never called that as a nickname.
He knocked boots with the reporter Ganet (which I always thought of as a type of bird, lol). Reed also discussed/showed interest in women (despite the chemistry between him and Hayes).
He knocked boots with the reporter Ganet (which I always thought of as a type of bird, lol). Reed also discussed/showed interest in women (despite the chemistry between him and Hayes).
No.
A man was in her body, so she was a he.
Despite his obviously pleasant womanly biology, and after twenty or more body jumps Tieran may not identify as male or female anymore, Tieran was as far as we know a real man who kissed another real woman, which is very heterosexual even though the Warlord did it with a woman's lips, who might be classified as sleeping. I remember someone awful somewhere awful saying "It's not rape, if they don't wake up."
When Tieran kissed a girl, even though it looked like girl on girl, that was really only boring old boy on girl and exactly what they must have told the censor to get that sexy steathporn past standards, who must have been a little dim to allow that homsensualiness through their moralityflaps for such meta reasoning when it's exactly the reason why backward assholes from the 90s should have cornholed any scene where Tieran kissed a boy when he had a boys soul in her driving seat, as bad for America.
This is the same loophole that finally let Gabby and Xena make out.
I really must force myself to re-warch Enterprise at some point but if I did that, there's the terrible downside of having to re-watch Enterprise.
Yes but she was present and had access to his experiences so once she was free, she could reflect on them and explore their implications and discover something about herself.
Dumping Neelix was one of the first decisions she made after her experience.
Lawyering like a #### means that we don't know when the dumping happened.
There's a gray area inbetween Warlord where Tierian dumps Neelix, and 6 episodes later where Kes is making time with some bloke the Doctor pushes off a cliff for getting inbetween him and Kes.
The very next episode after Warlord is when Neelix becomes a drug dealer.
Now that could happen because Kes wasn't there to tell him not to sell drugs, or it could have been the reason she dumped him, because he was dealing drugs.
(Did you know that Neelix was a drug dealer?)
Yes, Kes was in a back seat watching the the debauched old man use her body like a boss, but you'd think that would create associations of unpleasantness not pleasantness.
There's a gray area inbetween Warlord where Tierian dumps Neelix, and 6 episodes later where Kes is making time with some bloke the Doctor pushes off a cliff for getting inbetween him and Kes.
The very next episode after Warlord is when Neelix becomes a drug dealer.
Now that could happen because Kes wasn't there to tell him not to sell drugs, or it could have been the reason she dumped him, because he was dealing drugs.
(Did you know that Neelix was a drug dealer?)
Yes, Kes was in a back seat watching the the debauched old man use her body like a boss, but you'd think that would create associations of unpleasantness not pleasantness.
I accidentally got hit in the face by a girlfriend during sex once. It was unpleasant.
Three days later, I asked her to do it again.
Admittedly, I'm a broken human being who occasionally sits in a corner, frothing at the mouth, rocking back and forth repeatedly screaming... "stop telling me what to do!!"
Three days later, I asked her to do it again.
Admittedly, I'm a broken human being who occasionally sits in a corner, frothing at the mouth, rocking back and forth repeatedly screaming... "stop telling me what to do!!"
Words like "broken" need to be redefined for truly modern men.
I have seen/heard some Trek fans refer to Hoshi Sato by the nickname of "Boomer." This has to do with Grace Park playing the character of Boomer on nuBSG and Grace Park and Linda Park both being young woman of East Asian descent and having the same last name (although not related).
But this is a nickname that come from within the fan base, and not from something on the show.
A friend sitting beside me right now, insists that early on Travis was referred to as "Boomer" (and not "a boomer") a couple of times in the first season, by Malcolm and/or Trip. But I don't recall this.
I've picked up on a weird vibe going from the Traveler towards Wesley (but not the other direction), to be honest it's kind of creepy.
Just because Kes is interested in this "bloke" doesn't automatically mean she and Neelix are broken up. Romances and relationships can be roller coasters.
It's not like Neelix had put a ring on it.
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You're friend is right.
The Original Series made a point to clearly show a black woman, a Russian man and and a Japanese man in a time when TV was pretty much white and more white. That actually made a difference and inspired generations of people. If the new series wants to live up to that, they really need to have lgbt crewmembers. Characters on the level of Uhura, Chekov and Sulu. Just so some kid can see someone like them on TV or more likely the computer/tablet/phone screen.
It needs to actually be groundbreaking again instead of living on the legacy of being groundbreaking.
It needs to actually be groundbreaking again instead of living on the legacy of being groundbreaking.
Sir, such an answer is not meant to tickle your balls.
It's meant to flick a wet tea towel at the balls of homophobes and nogoodnicks smugly arrogant about the invention of a pleasant homosexualess universal utopia.
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In real life, Leonardo DaVinci was gay enough to be prosecuted for gay sex by a court of law, so unless Voyager's holodeck sanitized and strained the rainbow out of the old beardo, that's a recurring male character on Voyager who desires the company of naked men.
You write them as if they were actual people, not cardboard cutouts designed to fill a quota. Other shows manage to have realistic characters, with the right writers it could be the most compelling series in the franchise. This isn't some impossible task, it's really a matter of just having a strong idea and committing to it.
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