Comment on Karim Diané on playing Star Trek’s first gay Klingon

• JasSmith@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  dude, gay people exist

  Of all the thought terminating cliches to ever exist, this one exists the most. No one claimed gay people don’t exist. Re-read what I wrote please.

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  • SaraTonin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yes, you bashed out the tired old trope that if gay people are to exist in fiction then there must be a narrative reason. That’s nonsense. The fact that gay people exist IRL is all the reason that’s needed for them to exist in fiction

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    • JasSmith@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yes, you bashed out the tired old trope that if gay people are to exist in fiction then there must be a narrative reason.

      No, that’s not what I wrote. If you’re going to try to strawman my position the least you could do is put some effort it.

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      • SaraTonin@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        This is what I was responding to:

        I’m arguing it should be done sparingly and only when it serves a more interesting narrative. To make a topical American culture war issue the defining characteristic of a Klingon is easily one of the laziest writing mechanics I’ve seen in Star Trek, ever.

        If my interpretation is incorrect, please clarify what you meant

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