Star Trek's First Gay Ship-Mates? The Star-Crossed Romance of Garak & Bashir - eviltoast

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

    • Prouvaire@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Bashir was noticeably nervous in “Past Prologue”, their first meeting. It’s interesting that fans ignore that, or chalk it up to him being nervous because Garak might be a spy, as opposed to accusing the actors and writers of extracting humour out of the “gay panic” trope. I guess it’s because now people know theirs turned into a real friendship (or even more. ;-) ) Although I suspect if “Past Prologue” had aired today, there’d be a lot more outrage.