The Orville Season 2. weird stuff that goes on in the show
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What's so weird? Bortus and Klyden were going through marital issues, which Bortus chose to deal with by partaking in holodeck porn. Seems straightforward to me.
And "wife/husband"? What the hell? Klyden is Bortus's husband, just as Bortus is Klyden's husband. If the concept of same sex couples confuses you that much, you can always stick to generalized gender neutral terms like spouse..
And "wife/husband"? What the hell? Klyden is Bortus's husband, just as Bortus is Klyden's husband. If the concept of same sex couples confuses you that much, you can always stick to generalized gender neutral terms like spouse..
Yeah. Of all the episodes that confused me that one was not one of them.
So is the "weird stuff" only the relationship stuff? 
Dude this is pretty standard Star Trek stuff. Remember when Barclay was making out with holos of Troi and beating up holos of Riker?
I mean, I generally do not enjoy relationships in my SF but this is overboard and weird?
I feel like there is a point to this that I am missing. And the thing with Klyden and Bortus reflects the real-world tendency of people using pornography over being with their partner. That's hardly weird; it's a fact of life.
I mean, relationships are rather weird when you think about it. Hugging and kissing, sharing a bed, in some scenarios all three of those activities are combined. It's off-brand socialism. It's wrong. You know who else hugged, kissed and shared a bed? Hitler and his wife. And we all saw how that turned out.So is the "weird stuff" only the relationship stuff?
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I mean, relationships are rather weird when you think about it. Hugging and kissing, sharing a bed, in some scenarios all three of those activities are combined. It's off-brand socialism. It's wrong. You know who else hugged, kissed and shared a bed? Hitler and his wife. And we all saw how that turned out.
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If you thought the stuff with Claire and Isaac was weird and gross, you must have really freaked out if you saw the K, Joi, Marriete scene in Blade Runner 2049.
Straight missionary only for Season 4.
Even that can be troublesome if one partner is Xelayan.
It couldn't be more obvious.Basically social commentary on porn addiction.
As a Trek fan, I can't understand intercourse as I am pretty certain it is not a canonical Trek concept.
Even though article is old, screenrant does have a point about the whole relationship between Isaac and the doctor
https://screenrant.com/the-orville-claithe-orville-isaac-romance-bad-forced-why/
https://screenrant.com/the-orville-claithe-orville-isaac-romance-bad-forced-why/
There's a difference between saying a relationship is unhealthy (realistic even given the number of people who get in to a relationship expecting the partner to change) and saying it's "weird" and someone "went overboard.
The critique is legitimate but not for the reasons postulated in this thread.
The critique is legitimate but not for the reasons postulated in this thread.
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