On January 11, 1993, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine introduced the first gay power couple of the 24th century ... Garak and Bashir. One’s a dashing young doctor....

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

  • echo@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, I know, and I think it definitely shows in the first scene between Bashir and Garak, but I was just pointing out that even if you thought he was lying about it being his original intention for the character, it’s something he put down in writing 23 years ago, so it’s definitely not something “new” he came up with to seem progressive.