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Of all the characters on the show at the moment, those two do nothing to progress the show. I felt, and still do feel that they were added to fill that LGBTQ+ void that we've had in Trek, and if a character needs to be forced into play, that character shouldn't be.Also: the Gray Tal character is both puzzling and uninteresting to me. Not that Adira is all that compelling either. But at least Adira is part of the crew and is occasionally useful on the bridge. But Gray (a ghostly Trill symbiont?) seems to be relegated to touchy/feel-y “love interest” status.
I think a lot of people forget that Discovery was always meant to be Burnham's story; that's the way it was originally pitched. Unlike other Trek shows which have kinda' been more an ensemble driven focus, Discovery was, and somewhat still is the Burnham story with a few side characters.Once Strange New Worlds is released (in the event I like it) I think I will drop Discovery. My dislike for almost all the main characters and story keep on growing. I use "main" loosely for it's mostly Burnham's show + a bit of Book. Saru still cool to me and that's it.
There were a good few characters in season one that didn't get any development - they were touched on in season two and three, but not vastly. Discovery isn't really an ensemble show, and as much as I'm enjoying the show, Burnham just isn't really an interesting character. Season 2 has been the highlight of this show for me thus far, and that in large has been because of Anson's portrayal as Pike.
Season three (and more importantly, the reason for the burn) was a overwhelming disappointment for me. Were the Borg responsible for ending warp travel? Were the Dominion? Were the Voth? Were those cybernetic aliens in Picard? Was it the Q continuum playing games? Did the Undine (Species 8472) introduce some warp-related virus? Nope. It was just a Kelpian that had a mental breakdown......... I mean, talk about an anticlimax.
As Discovery currently stands, Stammets, Saru and Book are the only characters I'm currently interested in. I'm curious to see where they're going with this new Federation President too - simply because (I hope) we'll get to revisit Cardassia this season and see what it's like there now, but as far as Burnham, Tilly and the LGBTQ crew go. Couldn't care less.