• evatronic@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    It was never said on screen.

    But the actor has said that he always played Garak as if he was bi if not gay.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, for the show being made when it was, he does a great job focusing the majority of Garaks flirtation with men.

      There’s lots of ways to interpret pain simple Garak. I think many of us caught that he is meant to be gay, or at least bi.

      I think there’s arguably also some solid subtext about Garak probably being persecuted by Cardasian (cough - military) culture for being gay, as well.

      And perhaps even that being closeted on Cardasia might be a big part of his origin as a…plain simple tailor.