vulcannic:

𝚜𝟹.𝚎𝚙𝟸𝟶 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎

ｂｏｎｕｓ：

But then it really got complicated, especially when Garak’s addiction and despair began to surface. He needed someone to share it with. 

Ira Steven Behr and Andrew Robinson in the DS9 documentary What We Left Behind

logicheartsoul:

Ira Behr & Andy Robinson Discuss Garak’s Initial Interaction With Bashir from What We Left Behind

Transcript:
IRA BEHR: What did Garak think of Bashir? Was—Were they friends? Did they develop a friendship or was he using him the whole time?
ANDY ROBINSON: At first he wanted to have sex with him. That’s absolutely clear. That’s all he wanted from him. “Come to my shop, I’ve got some nice clothes for you…but you’ll have to change first.” But then it really got complicated, especially when Garak’s addiction and despair began to surface. He needed someone to share it with.

weaponsofclairvoyance:

its always nice when actors say its ok to interpret the character they play as lgbt but ds9 actors are on some galaxy brain shit. are they so devoted to their character being butch that they cut their costume wig into a dyke haircut (which couldn’t be replaced and un-dyked due to zero budget) and fight non-stage makeup every step of the way? did they kiss each other on the lips on film? did they literally write a PLAY with their same gender costar shipping their characters together? i cant get over that last one. if you didnt write at least 30 pages of real irl unpaid literature about your character being in gay love you’re not a real ally

At oh eight hundred hours, station time, the Romulan Empire formally declared war against the Dominion.

sareks:

sareks:

DS9 DOC SAID GARASHIR RIGHTS

:)

lionowlonao3:

plant-dad-sulu:

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this title makes them sound like jk rowling, with her “dumbledore was gay all along, that’s just that, k ticky box” and not doing anything else or acknowledging she could have done better

please don’t do that.

let’s be clear that andy robinson knew garak was gay/bi from the start, and what ira steven behr said in the documentary was that he feels ds9 didn’t do well enough by the lgbiaq+ community.

he literally said don’t tick that box.

he said they should have taken the opportunity to explore garak canonically coming out as gay(/bi) across multiple episodes.

he is not saying “garak was gay all along”, though he is not disputing garak’s queerness or trying to shut down andy or the fans, he’s acknowledging that canonically officially, garak wasn’t, but should have been.

he’s owning up to his mistake (hopefully if he’s involved in any future projects, he will make sure to have better queer rep)

fuckyourstupideyebrows:

#otp: *stares at each other intensely*

osddgarak:

^{you have my word. you’ll never know what hit you.}