Gul Dukat, Star Trek DS9 by *amybalot

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[startrekds9]

"I’m always a strong proponent of giving characters’ personalities multidimensional aspects, and portrying someone in shades of gray rather than black and white. But you know, being human, I can’t help but sometimes react to the feedback we get. And the fact that Dukat has become such a popular character, and I’ve read things on the Internet where people actually talk about the fact that ‘only five million Bajorans were killed during the Occupation - that’s not such a big deal.’ It’s just so..
Anyway, I make an exception in Dukat’s case. Evil may be an unclear concept in this day and age. But Dukat certainly has done evil things. And since he refuses to admit to them, we then have to simplify things, deconstruct things, until we get to the most simplistic level. Which is: ‘He does evil things, therefore, he is evil.’”

- Ira Behr about Dukat in Waltz
Star Trek Deep Space Nine Companion

Scary, pretty deep-set eyes.

[startrekstalker]

Here’s a Gul Dukat appreciation post. I love that slimy schmuck.

"I don’t think of him as being completely evil through and through to the point where every thought, every impulse is shaded by a nefarious agenda or horrid motive. We’ve seen other aspects to this guy over the years. He can be charming. He can be generous. He can do the right thing. All of that somehow makes his "evil" actions all the more despicable, because we know that there was the potential in there for him to be a better person. But sometimes the clichés are true: Hitler loved his dog. No human being (and by extension, no Cardassian) is one hundred percent pure evil. But there is a "critical mass," if you will, where the dark deeds attributed to one person become so overwhelming that they swamp all the redeeming characteristics. Dukat is a bad guy. A very bad buy. He has a lot of blood on his hands and it’s hard to see how his smile and innate charm can wipe that clean."

- Ronald “Ron” Dowl Moore, writer and producer of several Star Trek series and films

Dukat, Station Gul by ~InfiniteWinter

teroknortailor:

allthoseotherworlds:

So I’m reading “A Stitch in Time” and they actually mentioned Dukat’s insanely long neck! It’s not just me!

I had been wondering for a while if they used some costuming trick to make his neck look insanely long, but I think it’s just Marc Alamo.

True - Michael Westmore was inspired by Alaimo’s impressive physique to add the reptilian scaled ridges to the original Cardassian look.

[keepingupwithcardassians]

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