#but in the case of worf julian and quark it never reaches the same hights of humour or absurdity or delight in subversion | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

deeplovelydark · 10 months ago

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a clear case of male characters' writing suffering badly because of heterosexism and misogyny is quark & julian & worf's interactions. they are very limited and out of those, many (if not most, but I'm not certain enough to make that statement) revolve around them pining for, competing for and being jealous of each other over dax. it's so fucking boring. dare I say... men's relationships with each other shouldn't revolve around women they're chasing after... it reduces the woman to an object of a man's affection and the men to drones dutifully carrying out their preordained purpose: to win themselves a mate.

#ds9 #it's not like this plot never works but it's a very particular and limited perspective #and so the ways you can make such a plot work well are quite limited #imo there are brilliant screwball comedies that obv have in their basis patriarchal ideas about the relationships between men and women #and some moments between worf and jadzia are very. hm. heteronormative but also very screwball-like and that's why they work for me #but in the case of worf julian and quark it never reaches the same hights of humour or absurdity or delight in subversion #so it's just patriarchal with nothing else to offer #🕳️

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