Again, it’s 24XX, I’m supposed to believe humanity has achieved near-utopia, why am I getting the feeling that you’re trying to show me how gay these dudes are purely because they’re gay.
What? When did DIS ever do that? The fact Stamets and Culber are gay is not central to their character or any episodes. They’re just normal people who do normal things who is accepted by everyone around them without question. I’m not sure how much normal you can get than that. I think your issue is that they exist because DIS doesn’t do anything you claim with Stamets and Culber.
The Orville, on the other hand, just kinda… treated it like it was normal.
No, it doesn’t at all. Topa has zero character development beyond being transgender. The Orville only brings her out when they want to make an episode about her being discriminated against. She has zero character development outside that. That isn’t normal.
How does that not go against my previous complaints? Well, Topa isn’t human.
It does contradict your other complaint. Your praising the show that does exactly what you said you don’t want, and complaining about the show that does exactly what you supposedly want to see. Relegating LGBTQ issues to alien allegories is erasure.
A human utopia involves everyone being treated equally,
Which DIS does. Stamets and Culber are treated normally.
so when you imply different treatment, whether through dialog choices or cinematography
DIS doesn’t do this. There’s no hidden subtext which suggests they’re different. Not once are they ever discriminated against, even by the evil empress from the racist universe. I’m literally baffled how you think otherwise. I think your own phobias are making you see something that isn’t there.
In fairness, Adira does have a weird moment where they seem reticent about switching pronouns. But I’ll defend Disco’s representation because I think it’s just written with a different lens of how to treat queerness. The themes feel more modern, and more willing to explore what queerness is rather than treating it as something to be tolerated.
I’ll never forget my first watchthrough of Season 3 where Stamets refers to Adira as his child. I was floored because I’d mentally joked that Staments shoulda adopted them by now, but here the narrative was coming out and saying it. The writers dove deeper into themes like found family rather than retreading old ground. It’s heavy-handed at times, but it feels like queerness written for queer people.
What? When did DIS ever do that? The fact Stamets and Culber are gay is not central to their character or any episodes. They’re just normal people who do normal things who is accepted by everyone around them without question. I’m not sure how much normal you can get than that. I think your issue is that they exist because DIS doesn’t do anything you claim with Stamets and Culber.
No, it doesn’t at all. Topa has zero character development beyond being transgender. The Orville only brings her out when they want to make an episode about her being discriminated against. She has zero character development outside that. That isn’t normal.
It does contradict your other complaint. Your praising the show that does exactly what you said you don’t want, and complaining about the show that does exactly what you supposedly want to see. Relegating LGBTQ issues to alien allegories is erasure.
Which DIS does. Stamets and Culber are treated normally.
DIS doesn’t do this. There’s no hidden subtext which suggests they’re different. Not once are they ever discriminated against, even by the evil empress from the racist universe. I’m literally baffled how you think otherwise. I think your own phobias are making you see something that isn’t there.
DIS literally kept the relationship low-key unmentioned and made The Kiss reveal a thing.
Orville just had Bortus exist with his husband from ep 1
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In fairness, Adira does have a weird moment where they seem reticent about switching pronouns. But I’ll defend Disco’s representation because I think it’s just written with a different lens of how to treat queerness. The themes feel more modern, and more willing to explore what queerness is rather than treating it as something to be tolerated.
I’ll never forget my first watchthrough of Season 3 where Stamets refers to Adira as his child. I was floored because I’d mentally joked that Staments shoulda adopted them by now, but here the narrative was coming out and saying it. The writers dove deeper into themes like found family rather than retreading old ground. It’s heavy-handed at times, but it feels like queerness written for queer people.