My jaw is collapsing into a neutron star
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negativenull@lemm.ee 1 year agoMy jaw is still dropped.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
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negativenull@lemm.ee 1 year agoMy jaw is still dropped.
My jaw is collapsing into a neutron star
Stamets@startrek.website 1 year ago
I always liked Stamets. As a gay dude, seeing a gay guy on screen in Star Trek as a main character who was treated just like everyone else meant an enormous amount. When I later found out that one of my favorite characters also happened to be played by the same guy who shot my former favorite actors career in the head? Could not have been more proud. Fucking floored, but proud. Cannot imagine it was easy for Rapp. Wasn’t exactly about to be something I brought up with him in conversation either.
negativenull@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I love that he just is, without explanation or apology. That’s really what Start Trek is really about
Stamets@startrek.website 1 year ago
Precisely. The fact he was on screen for one or two episodes before his husband was introduced and before there was any hint of him being gay was huge. At least for me. It was also a long time coming so finally seeing it was just super exciting.
God I love these silly little shows so much
ummthatguy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Trek being a window to humanity looking beyond it’s own bigotry and selfishness is it’s biggest appeal to me. The build up has been incremental and a reflection of our own progress over the decades. Quite a ways to go, of course, but at least for a while things have been looking up.
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Anthony Rapp is a goddamn hero. Even just coming forward, being visible, thriving, are all heroic acts in my opinion. Although, it’s not necessarily something you’d want to be known as a hero for.
Also, RE: Spacey’s coming out. I think it goes a few layers deeper. It felt like he was trying to garner the support of the LGBT community in a very “Look they’re accusing me of being a pedophile. But, I’m gay! And we all know that’s the reason they’re saying I did this, right friends?”. When that happened, I looked up his accuser and found Anthony Rapp, an openly gay man. I immediately wrote Spacey off then and there.