Karim Diané on playing Star Trek’s first gay Klingon

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Yes, you bashed out the tired old trope that if gay people are to exist in fiction then there must be a narrative reason.

No, that’s not what I wrote. If you’re going to try to strawman my position the least you could do is put some effort it.

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This is what I was responding to:

I’m arguing it should be done sparingly and only when it serves a more interesting narrative. To make a topical American culture war issue the defining characteristic of a Klingon is easily one of the laziest writing mechanics I’ve seen in Star Trek, ever.

If my interpretation is incorrect, please clarify what you meant

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