• @spittingimage
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    11 months ago

    “I will betray you at every turn.”

    *saves the Federation again*

      • @EmpathicVagrant
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        1211 months ago

        But only when you expect the betrayal. It’s when you trust him not to, that you must be careful.

  • Flying Squid
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    3811 months ago

    It’s criminal that Berman would only allow the Garak/Bashir thing to be subtext. The first gay couple on Star Trek and also a cross-species couple would have been amazing. The best we got was evil mirror Kira fucking anything.

    • @cybervseas
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      1511 months ago

      To be fair, The Intendant can get it.

    • @[email protected]
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      1211 months ago

      It’s criminal that Berman would only allow the Garak/Bashir thing to be subtext

      Ok I am SO GLAD I was not imagining this! I’m only halfway through S2 of DS9, and but I have been sitting here questioning whether Bashir and Garak were gonna have a little something going on in the future, or if the girl in my class that talks loudly about her yaoi manga collection was finally getting to me…

  • @marcos
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    2611 months ago

    Well, if you need something that a simple tailor can help you with… like high-stakes negotiation with foreign governments, data exfiltration, intelligence analysis, or other such trivial tasks that don’t require contacts or secret knowledge, he’s the man for you!

  • @MajorHavoc
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    2211 months ago

    I think what we have here is a misunderstanding. Whatever his sexuality, Garak is clearly just a plain, simple, tailor.

  • @VelvetStorm
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    711 months ago

    Am I like tone deaf or something because I never got like a gay vibe from him.

      • @VelvetStorm
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        Ya ive read that the actor played him gay but I didn’t learn that till after I’d watched it all so I guess knowing that he is straight makes it even harder for me to see it. Tbh I could have a guy hit on me and not know it and I do have some pretty “weird” ideas/beliefs and stuff that I don’t think a lot of mainstream straight guys have or would even agree with

    • @[email protected]
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      1311 months ago

      His interaction with the doctor was very romantic. Not sexual, just delightfully romantic.

      • @VelvetStorm
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        I just thought they were buds just like O’Brien and the doc. Never got a gay vibe from it I just thought it was 2 guys being friends with eachother.

        Can you give an example of how it was romantic?

      • @VelvetStorm
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        011 months ago

        Guess I’m just super tone deaf cuz that didn’t look gay to me.

        • NoSpiritAnimal
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          311 months ago

          Ok go back and rewatch but pretend one of them is your preferred gender.

          There is so much vaseline on the lense when Bashir doesn’t know what to do with his hands it’s like a 50’s romantic movie.

  • Match!!
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    711 months ago

    It’s basically Garak and Ashok for this trope

  • Throwaway
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    011 months ago

    Fuck it, Im blocking this sub. Garak is not gay, men are allowed to have friendships with other men. Yall are worse than ao3 with your fanshipping.

    • Melllvar
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      111 months ago

      The actor who played Garak is on record saying that he played the character as bi, with a crush on Bashir.

    • gregorum
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      111 months ago

      Andrew Robinson himself has said in many interviews that he played the character as “Omnisexual,” and initially attracted to Bashir. In fact, he was originally written that way until Rick Berman put an end to it out of nothing more than homophobia, but Robinson continued to play him that way regardless.