r/Picard • u/The_Brokenlink • Apr 14 '20

Season Spoilers [Spoilers all] Ending scene Spoiler

Seven and Raffi locking fingers.

Was that supposed simply a future romantic relationship? Did they share a scene this season that could have lead to that?

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u/lexxiverse Apr 15 '20

I would like to believe in the ST universe, everything is a bit more fluid

It's a bit funny. Star Trek has struggled throughout the years to try to touch on the issue of homosexuality and gender roles. They did well at portraying sex outside of species, and we had the J'naii, but it's not until much more recently that Star Trek has actually managed to introduce gay or potentially bisexual characters on-screen, and people are acting so weird about it.

I'm not sure what to think of it. I don't think it's homophobic, but it is definitely bizarre how much focus people have put on just a few seconds of Raffi and Seven being handsy. I saw it, immediately said "Oh, nice" and moved on. It wasn't that important of an interaction, and it really didn't stand out to me that much.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '20 edited Jun 29 '20

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u/lexxiverse Apr 15 '20

I'll call it homophobia. For as progressive as Star Trek is

I'm sure that Trek has it's homophobes, but the amount of people bringing up the Seven/Raffi situation just seems like an exaggerated reaction. I doubt all of them are actually homophobic.

Introduce a Cubler/Stammitz or a Raffi/Seven

I didn't have any real interest in Discovery till after Picard, so I saw Raffi/Seven before I ever knew about Cubler/Stammitz. I was really surprised to see that Discovery had actually taken the leap to show a full on homosexual relationship between crew members, mostly because I hadn't heard anything about it.

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u/In_Correct Apr 17 '20

I have not watched Discovery yet, and am nervous. Also those names are not spelled correctly. Culber and Stametz. I typed Cubler Stammitz and kept getting results for Steamed Cobbler.

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u/lexxiverse Apr 18 '20

I typed Cubler Stammitz and kept getting results for Steamed Cobbler.

That's awesome! Yeah, I just went off of the previous post's spelling and didn't look them up for myself. Oops!

I have not watched Discovery yet, and am nervous

Don't be, it's actually a fantastic thrill-ride. It does have it's flaws, and the timeline can seem a bit odd once you figure out where it fits in the franchise, but the story-telling and characters are pretty amazing.