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I'm genuinely not. Say what you mean, champ.

Prime Sulu is straight and Kelvin Sulu is gay

Do we know that prime Sulu is straight? He flirts with a woman in "The Way to Eden" and when the literal devil from Christen mythology is aboard the Enterprise in "The Magiks of Megas-Tu" Sulu is able to conjure a woman using the magical properties.

Mirror Sulu clearly is interested in Uhura, despite her rebuffs.

And we do see Kelvin Sulu ever so briefly with his husband and child in "Beyond", causing an uproar well out of proportion to how little the movie choose to show.

However, all those characters might be bisexual. We do exist.

Even while it was still on the air, I assumed Prime Kira was closeted and that was part of why none of her relationships worked out.

People have relationships that don't work out without being queer.

But yeah, prime Kira is a religious conservative who is grossed out by how libertine Dax is -- dating Ferengi, and dudes with transparent skulls -- and while we're never told how Bajorans view queer relationships, I do view mirror Kira's more unrestrained nature as indication that her prime counterpart is holding back a part of herself.

Then be specific.

It’s Pride Month.

Because that’s what the artist decided to draw. Maybe Kira has it for someone she knows who identifies as a lesbian. Maybe she was just getting into the spirit of things and grabbed the first flag she saw.

Obviously in canon Kira only expresses interest in dudes with the personalities of dry toast, but mirror Kira is a bit more open. It’s not entirely clear if sexual orientation is 1:1 across universes, so who’s to say if prime Kira experiences same sex attraction or not?

Because the police enforce the laws of the state, often with violence. If the law dictates that a person being open about their identity is illegal regardless of the fact their identity harms no one, and everyone involved in their actions consents, than it is the responsibility of the cops to oppress them. One year the cops might march alongside people at pride, and then the laws might change and they'll be there to bust heads of anyone who shows up the next year.

And yeah, there no doubt exist LGBTQ+ cops, or cops whose friends and/or family whom they love are LGBTQ+, but so long as they wear the uniform they represent an organization used to oppress marginalized and minority communities.

Fundamentally, pride is not just a party, it is a protest.

Yeah, I never thought it was anything deeper than that they're working Canadian actors who probably had other projects. I looked both of them up because someone in another group I frequent was chirping about it, and Emily Coutts recently wrote and directed her own short film, and Oyin Oladejo got to play the lead in an indie thriller.

A tour de force

I guess I mostly think of Frakes as the director of the TNG episode, "Sub Rosa".

It is nice to see Nhan is going to be in the finale. Hopefully they Owo and Detmer are back from their adventures aboard the ISS Enterprise and able to show up as well.

I learned it from a comic book.

Right now there are two ongoing series, Star Trek and Star Trek: Defiant, and there's frequently a number of mini-series happening as well.

They're pretty fan service heavy, which works for me but I know some people find that to be a hurdle.

So you're saying you don't just have an encyclopaedic knowledge of medieval European torture methods?

Huh. Weird.

If we’re being honest, the whole post may or may not have been an excuse to just share that image.

My current completely unfounded theory is that he’s going to use the Progenitor tech to evolve himself -- in the Star Trek (derogatory) sense of the word -- to the point where he sees the koala and is able to use his powers to stop whatever final confrontation there is.

Yeah, that one was new to me as well.

The Paul Pope art is as gorgeous as one would expect, though.

Assuming that actually is Eric J. Robbins in the comments on that article, he's the co-writer on the episode, and he's claiming the librarian is an Efrosian.

I want her book pendant.

I considered suggesting "The Last Outpost".

I don't disagree, but I do believe that when we think about what Star Trek is, what it boils down to is an episodic procedural, despite how serialized it can be at times.