What shocked me was the way that the hero, and the rest of the series, declared the misanthropic ravings of a man deranged by grief to be proof of Eternal Evil.
When I originally saw Waltz, I honestly thought we were to assume Sisko in his final pronouncement was mistaken, going as it did agains the "shades of grey" concept which DS9 otherwise treasures. Well, obviously I later realised that no, we were to take it that Canon Had Spoken.
And a lovely comment about Dukat, relatives and lovers in the previous episode. Somehow that sums up the debates over whether a lot of characters are really redeemed.
Admittedly I was thinking about certain Jossverse debates here.*g*
I'm still glad that Nana Visitor put her foot down, though.
Oh, me too. Her putting her foot down had nothing to do with the writers going the EEEEEEVIL route with Dukat; they could have easily kept the UST just that, UST, and continued with Dukat in shades of grey. My ideal version of DS9 would have given Dukat Damar's storyline. Admittedly then we wouldn't have had Damar, who was an interesting character in his own right, but it would have fit with season pre-Waltz Dukat.
Anyway, yes; an onscreen affair between Kira and Dukat would have either demanded to put Kira in a Buffy-in-season-6-depression mindframe, which I can't see Behr & Co. doing, or to play down the immense and massive obstacles in a way that wouldn't ring true to her character.
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Date: 2004-03-15 10:12 pm (UTC)When I originally saw Waltz, I honestly thought we were to assume Sisko in his final pronouncement was mistaken, going as it did agains the "shades of grey" concept which DS9 otherwise treasures. Well, obviously I later realised that no, we were to take it that Canon Had Spoken.
And a lovely comment about Dukat, relatives and lovers in the previous episode. Somehow that sums up the debates over whether a lot of characters are really redeemed.
Admittedly I was thinking about certain Jossverse debates here.*g*
I'm still glad that Nana Visitor put her foot down, though.
Oh, me too. Her putting her foot down had nothing to do with the writers going the EEEEEEVIL route with Dukat; they could have easily kept the UST just that, UST, and continued with Dukat in shades of grey. My ideal version of DS9 would have given Dukat Damar's storyline. Admittedly then we wouldn't have had Damar, who was an interesting character in his own right, but it would have fit with season pre-Waltz Dukat.
Anyway, yes; an onscreen affair between Kira and Dukat would have either demanded to put Kira in a Buffy-in-season-6-depression mindframe, which I can't see Behr & Co. doing, or to play down the immense and massive obstacles in a way that wouldn't ring true to her character.