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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

In fairness, Adira does have a weird moment where they seem reticent about switching pronouns. But I'll defend Disco's representation because I think it's just written with a different lens of how to treat queerness. The themes feel more modern, and more willing to explore what queerness is rather than treating it as something to be tolerated.

I'll never forget my first watchthrough of Season 3 where Stamets refers to Adira as his child. I was floored because I'd mentally joked that Staments shoulda adopted them by now, but here the narrative was coming out and saying it. The writers dove deeper into themes like found family rather than retreading old ground. It's heavy-handed at times, but it feels like queerness written for queer people.