Comment on Happy Birthday Terry Farrell

• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Trills didn’t originally have spots either

  Are Trills mentioned prior to DS9?

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  • Salamendacious@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They’re in a TNG episode. The symbiote controls the host in that episode too. It isn’t a blending.

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    • gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Well, they call it a blending of the minds in that TNG episode (“The Host”), but once Riker takes on the symbiote, he doesn’t retain much of himself at all. He’s all Odan (the Trill character).

      The drill were obviously in a prototype stage for that episode, as they appeared without spots, and with forehead ridges instead.

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      • milkisklim@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        This is probably why Trill have to undergo years of training before joining, to keep their personalities more merged in.

        It could also be that Dax prefers to be more passive in its relationship with its host compared to Odan. This makes sense because if the point of Joining is to gain new experiences, overpowering the host won’t let the symbiote learn.

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    • theinspectorst@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The Host - the one where Riker ends up hosting the symbiont.

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• flicker@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I always thought we really missed out on a chance for there to be a more intense overwriting of Ezra with Jadzia, or one of the other hosts. She seemed so meek! Give me a St. Alia situation, where the current host can't stand against the memories of previous ones, and make it more compelling than taboos and stuff!

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