Comment on Happy Birthday Terry Farrell

• Salamendacious@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • thessnake03@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Didn’t they reveal the training was bs and anothrr way for the symbiotes to exert control? Ezri had no training and did just fine.

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  • theinspectorst@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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