The Orville Bortus & Klyden

Bortus & Klyden, the alien same sex married couple from the TV series "The Orville" have a lovers spat.
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[@blackkraut76]

" I am your mate and I have needs!"

[@LGranthamsHeir]

A few episodes after, Klyden tries to divorce Bortus by stabbing him in the chest :)

[@kennethwu3776]

@@LGranthamsHeir wtf? 😂😱😂😂

[@GoodMorningVietnam98]

I tried using this line on my wife. And somehow it worked

[@armyrunt01]

I wish to see something that will make me happy. starts a movie about ww2 and scared refugees

[@8698gil]

So funny when Klyden and Bortus bicker just like any old married couple.

[@kathiarequena5814]

They are a old married couple

[@erisveseli]

Why is it funny they are a married couple

[@JohnFreedman0]

That's why Seth can write modern better than most can. Majority of gay men aren't super feminine, or sneeze glitter, but are exactly like how these two act. The smoking episode is probably the funniest in the whole series.

[@BusinessMan1619]

Bortus & Klyden are very high maintenance characters and I love them.

[@TheYakkosnurse]

"I was not prepared for such neglect." 🤣🤣🤣

[@OhmVibe]

I love how Klyden always looks like he's trying so hard not to laugh.

[@PhycoKrusk]

"I wish to eat Rocky Road." In some ways, this is meant to feel comedic, and it sort of does, but against the backdrop of the rest of the scene, I think we all feel this very, very personally.

[@pca1987]

I won't lie, The Sound of Music does make me happy.

[@candeffect]

You make yourself happy by assigning meaning to unnatural noise (music).

[@rationalroundhead6739]

+CauseAndEffect Thanks, Neil DeGrasse Tyson!

[@WollongongWacko]

How do you solve a problem like Maria? How do you catch a cloud and pin it down? How do find a word that means Maria!

[@tadhunter8715]

I wonder how many takes their scenes take, without cracking up, lol?

[@blackjac5000]

2:11 "I dare you to turn this off."

[@1994moviebuff]

“I wish to see something that will make me happy” needs to be a meme

[@nickmonks9563]

That expression on Klyden's face at the end...lol. Daggers.

[@pbabuik]

Klyden actually stabs bortus with a dagger

[@dawnbreaker2912]

I lose it every time I see that.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

@@pbabuik Moclan divorce.

[@wilsonstrickland8967]

This scene (and the entire show) is underrated. Laughs every time.

[@TerryAllenSwartos]

That stare! 🤨 2:13 🤣

[@theshlauf]

Pretty cool idea to have food recommendations programmed into the database. On most Trek show the computer usually only asks followup questions and maybe gives a little sass.

[@rcnelson]

The hills are alive with the Sound of Moclan.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

"Climb Every Moclan" was a classic :)

[@GlamorousTitanic21]

These are the kinds of plot points and lines that make this show more of a Star Trek show then most of the garbage of current Trek.

[@RA10H56]

your so right, I have not been so satisfied with episodic scfi since the 90s.

[@Haze1434]

That was pure brilliance.

[@IronDino]

I love these two mooks. I need to see more of them.

[@London1869]

Rocky Road is indeed depression food! Bacon is the food of joy.

[@colinsilver1041]

Haha hahahaha. Dude. I can't. Haha. I just can't. "I have needs." lol. With that voice. Lol It's how he says "Baybee!"

[@thebestaround2156]

These two give me life

[@zylxylol4841]

Klyden is my mum and bortus is me in a representation of my mother saying I’m lazy

[@SuperUniverse]

I have to admit , This is accurate life partner problems :)

[@dl3088]

This is hilarious I have never seen gay aliens in a show 😂

[@legobrickabrac]

I should hate it but there increadibly good actors and they make it work.

[@davido.1233]

What about the Lesbian Trill relationship from DS9? or the Interspecies Lesbian relationship between Vastra and Jenny?

[@dl3088]

Dave Matthew I don’t even know what that is

[@BM-yy8db]

@@dl3088 The lesbian Trill relationship from DS9 is about a lesbian relationship of two members of the aliens known as "Trill" in Star Trek: Deep Space 9. It's only really there for 1 episode, rather than a truly recurring thing. The interspecies lesbian relationship between Vastra and Jenny is from the 11th doctor and 12th doctor eras of Doctor Who, about the lesbian relationship between a Silurian, basically a lizard woman that pre-dates humanity, and the human Jenny.

[@DavidLS1]

The computer should have played the baked bean scene from Blazing Saddles.

[@paigeturner4425]

I love The Orville so much, and Bortus & Klyden are awesome! I often wonder why people who are against same-sex relationships even watch Science Fiction, as they are so clearly stuck in the past

[@jkm7983]

Paige Turner to be fair borus's species is primarily male with one female being born every 100 years I think

[@britigerasmr4391]

Klyden was born female but they changed her to a male.

[@no_one01-5]

People aren't against same sex relationships as much as they were before. Olden days I actually had to fight for my life. Now it's just scowling and crude remarks, from some but most people are fine with it. 😊👍

[@sethmacadam3253]

Briana Wellington Do they deliberately make him like that on purpose because Klyden was born Female? Do Moclan's reproduce through Binary Cloning or do they harvest Genetic Material from the few Females that are born?

[@dark3rthanshadows]

trust me they will keep being the same

[@roivascastaway6294]

Klyden is also Tyreese from The Walking Dead

[@blackjac5000]

As well as Fred Johnson, the Butcher of Anderson Station, on The Expanse.

[@WollongongWacko]

My two favorite characters

[@ChristopherMB87]

Fred Johnson trying to get out of that post-Anderson Station funk

[@callanflanagan8706]

The mocklans appear to have great similarities to that of the Vulcan species.

[@jaydeflayme2890]

Callan Flanagan They're like Vulcans in Klingon bodies

[@ErnestoTani]

ahahahaaha! Couples troubles are same thing no matter the species.. ahahaahahaha

[@christiangraf5474]

Wow Cool TV and Replicator,I Wish this too X Mas!!🤔🤫🇦🇹

[@Lia-uf1ir]

Their quarters look nice.

[@captrodgers4273]

poor bortus cant get good sleep with all that dam nagging

[@LGranthamsHeir]

Space....The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Orville. Its continuing mission: To continue the sci-fi adventures inspired by Gene Roddenberry's visions. To seek first contacts with new civilizations while having lots of fun. To boldly go where no 'Nu Trek' has gone before!!"

[@antondelacruz9362]

Or 'hasnt gone' really, no?

[@Adamdidit]

@@antondelacruz9362 Really its more "has gone..but not in a way a loud sizable minority of the fanbase enjoys"

[@jamesha175]

the Coneheads were freakin tough guys too

[@Doc_of_derp]

there was a quote from bortus i wanted to fins. 2:11 made me rethink what i was looking for

[@Inkki89]

Wish to have that machine to create anything... I'd get so fat from eating my favoret things. O___O

[@no_one01-5]

Goddammit.. That like a fight with me and my ex. 🤣

[@tiwozo718]

I love them

[@spyrofan9681]

Weird question but, what is Klydens job? Is he just the future version of a stay at home dad? What is that like on a starship with food replicators and no finances to manage.

[@badfoo3651]

Probably chills at the holodeck

[@Watcher8559]

Essentially.

[@dawnbreaker2912]

Takes care of Topa.

[@MsScarletwings]

Spyro Fan He takes care of the child I believe

[@jackskatter.3888]

He does take care of topa and remember money is an incredibly foreign concept to them so they have to find more interesting ways to pass the time. Klyden doesnt leave his quarters much if ever. he stays in his quarters, litterally doing what we see here when topa is at school. when topa comes home he makes his snack prepares dinner, bortus doesnt come home until after dinner (we learn this in a season 2 episode primal urges that he spends most of him time in simulated porn on the holodeck.) so he basically exists since he doesnt want to leave his quarters because there are females on the ship.

[@ethandiffey8000]

He's on the bridge 24-7 let him sleep

[@SigridFrings]

I love them :)

[@JGlaister]

The last few seconds of this clip have started an argument in my brain. The humorous section thinks it is funny AF, but the scientific part says, "you know sound waves can't travel through the vacuum of space."

[@outside__cjcj7691]

What was this episode?

[@althuman4099]

Episode?

[@Dracula975]

Season 1 Episode 4 "If the Stars Should Appear"

[@althuman4099]

@@Dracula975 thank you

[@Cleared_To_Land]

🤣

[@gerascottchandler2627]

XD!!!!!! That's funny!

[@genchandler5208]

Lmao!

[@arthurhill3454]

The orville make me laugh sound of music liesl von tropp sing I'm age of 17.

[@TheReeShow]

@General Pershing probably didn't hit the submit button and went to search the music video 😅

[@kortnirich4471]

Kortni boyfriend kisses The orville bad Crying

[@candeffect]

When they figure out how to not make noise in space they will go back in time and tell us before the first space mobile.

[@rambofan334]

What?

[@jackskatter.3888]

dude if it wasn't for the whole stabby crazy messed up culture i think bortus would have divorced klyden when he mutilated their daughter. However Bortus seems to be falling more into union customs, still i do believe there is enough love there to keep bortus from stabbing klyden, obviously klyden doesn't have that problem. Also anyone else get the feeling that klyden is in a way more homosexual than bortus? not saying that Bortus isn't attracted to only males (we see that he is when he almost crashes the ship with a porn virus.) but klyden shows more of the trains that we associate with homosexuality on earth.

[@fleisch4809]

Well..... Klyden was born as a girl, so....

[@TemiAmoye]

I still think they will get a divorce

[@Joe-mz6ez]

Not gay. Kayden is more conservative for their culture standards and Bortus has a chip I've his shoulder because he considers robbing his daughter future to be something no father should

[@christiangraf5474]

They are a Sweet Couple,But how is the Man?🤔🇦🇹

[@MasonKLutz]

I don't think gender aren't entirely two sided in their species, but if we say who wears the pants in the relationship, it would probably be Bortus.

[@emte4236]

They're both men. That's the point. No women or gender roles. They're a one gender species.

[@Lucas-iw5xo]

How many years did it take ST to have a gay couple? They boast that ST's universe is diverse but were always lies.

[@Rio..o7..]

Yea well remember the time in which the series was released

[@bryanalexander7571]

Judging a show from the 1960s by modern standards is silly. Morality changes over time, in part, because of progressive shows like ST.

[@GreatBigRanz]

Star Trek does pre-date Ellen in having a same sex romance.

[@Vara508]

Sulu was gay in TOS, though never stated on screen. And Jadziah Dax from ds9 was bisexual. Star trek just doesn't shine a light on it at least in true trek (TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY) Because it understands that things like this should feel natural in the world, and to bring unnecessary attention too it is to in a way alienate it. Star trek has been diverse since the start, and i personally love sulu and wish he'd had his own series. He was gay though it was never officially stated. TLDR: Two Gay characters in old trek, before it got too "woke"

[@vexxama]

I’ve actually been mulling it over and trying to come to a conclusion, when females in their species are so rare. That they consider the gender a defect, that they officially only recognise one gender as the norm, could bortus be considered gay? It seems that if there was a mono-gendered species that still had romantic relationships and sexual intercourse, would we consider that to be homosexual? Or does that definition only really apply within the context of a species with multiple genders?

[@llothar68]

So the wives stay at home in the kitchen and don't work but take care of the eggs and babys. How dare you Star Trek.

[@Dracula975]

Actually, the "husband" (who laid the egg) took time off from work to sit on the egg and hatch it. And this is The Orville, not Star Trek.

[@km-kl3lg]

Lothar Scholz what wife?? They're husbands. Bortus' and Klydens species is (with two known exceptions) male!

[@elonbaartar9468]

AND this is not STD!

[@blackjac5000]

For nessa: actually, there's a theory that Moclans are actually hermaphroditic but tend to have predominantly male characteristics.

[@zoesdada8923]

No agenda here

[@DavidLS1]

Diversity and inclusion aren't "agendas".

[@monsieurhender4320]

are you trying to be homophobic against an alien couple?

[@antondelacruz9362]

If anything, it is almost a parody.

[@rualp8363]

@@monsieurhender4320 yes

[@randomrealistictone2231]

FYI they are aliens with a single gender species. They are hermaphrodites'.

[@airplane800]

Orville has an ideology. They make propaganda of certain ideas instead of given the opportunity for people to take their own conclusions. They are so far from Star Trek original series. The original series had a great man called Gene Rodenberry. That is something Orville will never be able to copy. Understandable why they are loosing audience and will fail big time. They hardly pass 4 million viewers. The producers think that people are stupid.

[@Dracula975]

The Orville isn't trying to copy or replace Star Trek. It does have many similarities, but that has more to do with Mr. McFarland's love of Star Trek and acknowledging how great it is/was. Trek fans are passionate, but they can't even agree on which of the series they hate/love except for maybe The Original Series. I think/hope The Orville stays around for a while. It may not be up to your standards, but I find it quite enjoyable for the most part.

[@makara4615]

Plus, I don't think Star Trek was much different on the front of ideology up until the later iterations (namely DS9). It set up two or more positions, had them play out against each other. The one that went contrary to their ideology, while not portrayed as outright evil, was put in a more shady position usually, and lost at the end. Orville does it very similar, for example with the Krill. The Krill are set up as the bad guys, but it's also shown that they are not bad by nature and in their society, they are actually not the bad guys. Since the ark of them has only started, I don't speak overall. But it's looking very much similar up until now. Orville even goes further with Bortus female baby. The moral of the story was to not alter a child without considering it's wishes. To wait until it's old enough etc. But the story ended with a decision *against* that moral. Something you usually didn't see in Star Trek until DS9.

[@nathanventura548]

Star trek also has an agenda and it has since it premiered in the 60s. Roddenberry was adamant about representation and diversity from the very beginning. He was a staunch humanist, and his humanism is strongly reflected in Star trek all the way from the original series to the present series (Not so much the JJ movies though) humanism.org.uk/humanism/the-humanist-tradition/20th-century-humanism/gene-roddenberry/

[@wolfgangengel4835]

@Dave Von Saunder I think it's not. A parody would be much closer to the original, poking Trek all the time and silly jokes every few minutes. It's more a hommage to Trek.

[@Maximusdecismusmeridus]

Usually people who accuse others of having agenda, clearly have an agenda of their own, and assume people are stupid enough not to see it.