Flying SquidM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name • 7 months agoPeople still manage to get it backwards.imagemessage-square59arrow-up1514arrow-down110starcopymore-verticalflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
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minus-squarehopesdeadlinkfedilink2•7 months agoOkay, I actually had to explain something to my grandma: that Dax wasn’t trans, it’s a symbiont species. arrow-up12arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the Westlinkfedilink2•7 months agoI mean two things can be true, but arrow-up12arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squarehopesdeadlinkfedilink2•7 months agoThey thought the character being called “Old Man” by Sisko meant there was a sex change. Well sure, but not exactly. arrow-up12arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the Westlinkfedilink1•7 months agoI doubt either Jadzia or Ezri would have thought of themselves as trans. At the very least not because Dax previously had a male host. arrow-up11arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-squarehopesdeadlinkfedilink1•7 months agoWhich is why I had to explain the symbiont. Normally I would have just said no, it’s confusing and moved on. arrow-up11arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
Okay, I actually had to explain something to my grandma: that Dax wasn’t trans, it’s a symbiont species.
I mean two things can be true, but
They thought the character being called “Old Man” by Sisko meant there was a sex change. Well sure, but not exactly.
I doubt either Jadzia or Ezri would have thought of themselves as trans. At the very least not because Dax previously had a male host.
Which is why I had to explain the symbiont. Normally I would have just said no, it’s confusing and moved on.