It’s basically Garak and Ashok for this trope
I think what we have here is a misunderstanding. Whatever his sexuality, Garak is clearly just a plain, simple, tailor.
Am I like tone deaf or something because I never got like a gay vibe from him.
His interaction with the doctor was very romantic. Not sexual, just delightfully romantic.
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?
“I will betray you at every turn.”
*saves the Federation again*
This is technically correct, he betrayed your expectation that he would betray you.
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!
Garek is not a hero, and he’s certainly not noble.
What’s ignoble about this simple tailor?
Why, just the other day he hemmed a formal gown for a client two inches too short!
Yes - he’s just a plain, simple tailor.
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.
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…
To be fair, The Intendant can get it.
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.
The actor who played Garak is on record saying that he played the character as bi, with a crush on Bashir.
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.
I love when actors do this out of a genuine love for the potential of a character, star trek would be so much worse if it wasn’t for so many actors challenging the ethical and visionary failings of the script both through their acting and directly speaking up. It matters less that the script never ships bashir and garak (I thinkkk I haven’t finished though… hahaha) because the acting makes it true no matter what the narrative says on paper or what dialog happens between them.
It is always about what is implied by what we are being shown isn’t it? Especially if you don’t quitteeee take the words the actors are literally saying at face value as the only dimension of truth.
Nothing is more fitting for garak in a way, though that is more sad than anything because the show would have been richer with an openly queer garak.
Friendship is for chicks, I have rivals and subordinates
