I think their are two bridge crew members where it could have been interesting if either was gay.
The first is Tovok. Having a Vulcan show its illogical to deny attraction to the same sex would be fun. The downside here is how reserved the character is, so it likely wouldn’t come up all that often in the show.
The second is Harry Kim. It would have been fun for him to be interested in Tom but Tom has no interest in him that way. We’d get a few episodes, may even a season of Harry pining for him before giving up and ending up best friends. Then we get Tom trying to set Harry up with people.
I don’t even think either of these would have changed things much overall.
Streetlights@lemmy.world 5 months ago
And Rick the Dick Berman said fuck no, in fact here’s a blonde bombshell in a catsuit. Fuck you.
DharkStare@lemmy.world 5 months ago
What’s funny is the “blonde bombshell in a catsuit” turned out to be one of the best characters on the show.
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The studio said ‘add big tits’ and they took that and made an amazing character.
Pea666@feddit.nl 5 months ago
Who turned out to be gay in Picard but Berman didn’t have anything to do with that I believe.
Streetlights@lemmy.world 5 months ago
He’s been firmly out of Trek since Enterprise.
Etterra@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I didn’t think she’s gay, probably more pansexual. She had a pretty weird upbringing, if you’ll recall, so her sexuality is more like “gender is irrelevant.”
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 5 months ago
While I absolutely do not want to defend Rick Berman, I also think it’s important to acknowledge that his brand of assholishness was not unique (and, frankly, still isn’t).
mrgreyeyes@feddit.nl 5 months ago
As an adolescent boy, I did not really mind the choice.
Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 5 months ago
As a grown up man, I still do not really mind the choice.
exocrinous@startrek.website 5 months ago
To be fair the blonde bombshell in a catsuit was initially nonbinary.
And then Janeway immediately gave it conversion therapy and told it to be a woman.
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 5 months ago