Star Trek's First Gay Ship-Mates? The Star-Crossed Romance of Garak & Bashir (www.youtube.com)

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An in-depth look at the star crossed lovers we didn't get to see in DS9 including interviews with the cast and crew about why it didn't happen. Includes some details about the origin of slash fic

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[-] dumples@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I think Garak was canonically pan/omni or at least the actor playing him played him that way.

The video said that the queer coding went down as the seasons went on to downplay the flirting.

[-] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

He's a spy, even if he wasn't, he probably would have slept with anything if it was in furtherance of his goals.

[-] dumples@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

That is what made the acting choice so brilliant. Every interaction had this tension, charm and plausible deniability in tone. Deciding to play it similar to Gay Men trolling for other men from the 50s made this possible. It was all undertone and body language

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