Dukat's Character Arc
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Season 7 in general seemed to make caricatures of what had before been far more shades of grey. Weyoun and the Dominion, of course, usually were using veiled iron first in a velvet glove type diplomacy in his interactions with Dukat as leader of Cardassia as Damar talked about moving on to Bajor, for example. I might expect a Founder to be bluntly threatening, but Weyoun's dialogue with Legate Damar later on is far less subtle. Perhaps that's the way it went, but the writing in Season 5 was better and seemed like they weren't given it as much thought since it was all going to be wrapped up.
Dukat turning completely evil after insanity does make sense, but it doesn't explain Kai Winn, either. She was always an antagonist, of course, though puts Bareil's throwing the race to her in a different light in retrospect. Leaving characters in the grey and debatable would have been better and having antagonists remain antagonists with at least a few redeeming qualities and/or justifications (however flimsy) without them being completely evil was a regrettable change. Even villains are the heroes of their own story.
Dukat turning completely evil after insanity does make sense, but it doesn't explain Kai Winn, either. She was always an antagonist, of course, though puts Bareil's throwing the race to her in a different light in retrospect. Leaving characters in the grey and debatable would have been better and having antagonists remain antagonists with at least a few redeeming qualities and/or justifications (however flimsy) without them being completely evil was a regrettable change. Even villains are the heroes of their own story.
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