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A real ladykiller (lemmy.world)
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[–] 7 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

wait, was the actor gay or the character? I always assumed the character, because it was always "Sulu is gay" not "[actor's name] is gay".

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  • [–] 36 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

    So, it depends.

    The actor George Takei is gay. Sulu in the Kelvin timeline is also gay. IIRC, Takei was mad about that detail because he always played Sulu as straight.

    But hey, we can chalk that up to the multiverse being a strange place.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    I understand that recently Kelvin timeline has been de-lored? But yes, character is straight, actor is gay.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 weeks ago

    George Takei is gay, which fans have projected onto the character. I don’t think it ever showed up in the prime universe, but the writers ran with it in the Kelvin timeline, where Sulu is shown visiting his daughter and husband while on shore leave in Star Trek Beyond, the third movie. (The daughter, Demora Sulu, had previously appeared in the prime universe as the helms woman of the Enterprise B in Generations.)

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    Rewatching a few TOS episodes awhile back, I could easily see Sulu as bi. I know Takei felt he was playing a “straight” character, but there’s a short bit in, I think, “The Naked Time” where he seems to be flirty with both men and women (early in the episode if memory serves).

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