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The Realities of Trek
By IamKirok!!!

No matter how we choose to see it, here's the reality of how the show functions:

Trek works out current societal issues via the morality play formula. Thats what makes it stand above regular sci-fi. Too many examples to mention. We all get that.

The second way Trek functions, is it breaks past norms of our present day, purposefully, to propose how the future will be. Examples: Uhura, Sulu and Chekov as main characters. The Kirk/Uhura kiss. This was done specifically to attack the prejudices of the time and to say, "Hey, we can get past that."

So, then, would creating a homosexual character make sense in Trek? Seems to me it is right in the pocket for what Trek does.

A contrived character, no matter what he or she is, would be a drag on a show. right? People are posting that.

But, how many contrivances have we seen so far? When someone says "Borg show" or "Space Battle" I dont hear any geeks rising up and saying, " Well, we just dont want it to be a contrivance. We want it to be an organic part of the story" or "Borg battles are the past."

No, they say, "Cool! Space battle!" or "I love the Borg!"

Because people are still geeked out by homosexuality and they have a double standard. All of a sudden because its homosexuality we become drama critics? No, no. It's prejudice plain and simple. And I'm as guilty as anybody else.

So, I think a gay character would be fine. Maybe a gay couple would do the job even better!

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