I was the only one who thought this of Erica Ortega was non-binary or trans man? (startrek.website)

submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) by cuchi@startrek.website to c/startrek@startrek.website

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When I started watching the series, I had this doubt. As the three seasons went by, I came to the conclusion that she was simply a woman.

There was a character in the Fallout series, Dane, and I completely missed the fact that they were non-binary. I thought they were more of a tomboy character, but no—the character is non-binary, and the actor is a trans man, if I'm not mistaken.

I want to know if I was the only one who thought Erica might be the same case.

It's weird to say because I usually try not to make assumptions about people, but sometimes I feel rude for not noticing these things sooner.

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[-] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

That link seems broken for me, it says "bad title"

[-] cuchi@startrek.website 4 points 11 hours ago

I can see it.

[-] lordnikon@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Weird just search José Tyler that's the character she is based on

[-] haverholm@kbin.earth 1 points 59 minutes ago

José Tyler that's the character she is based on

Nope, she's clearly a completely different character. Tyler would have been on the crew during "The cage", which takes place before the events of Discovery s2. According to his Memory Alpha entry:

By 2258, Tyler would be superseded as navigator by Lt. Amin. (DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2")

Also, Tyler is listed on Memory Alpha as navigator, Ortegas as senior helmsman. Sure, it's a fan wiki, but Trekkies are sticklers for these things.

[-] hallettj@leminal.space 3 points 13 hours ago

I think this is the correct link, for José Tyler: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Tyler

[-] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Weirdly that link doesn't work for me either 😅 I figured it was just my browser but it didnt work in chrome, firefox, or cromite, so something is fucked up on my end, but I dunno what it is lol

Edit: yeah, something is jank with it on my end, I just opened it via search, the link was the same. I copy pasted it into another tab and that worked fine. And then I put it in a comment in my lemmy client and clicked on the URL and it didnt work just like with yours 🤷🏻‍♂️ who knows lol

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