Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world · 25 days agoPeople still manage to get it backwards.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1508arrow-down19
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minus-squarehopesdeadlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 days agoOkay, I actually had to explain something to my grandma: that Dax wasn’t trans, it’s a symbiont species.
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 days agoI mean two things can be true, but
minus-squarehopesdeadlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 days agoThey thought the character being called “Old Man” by Sisko meant there was a sex change. Well sure, but not exactly.
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 days 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.
minus-squarehopesdeadlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoWhich is why I had to explain the symbiont. Normally I would have just said no, it’s confusing and moved on.
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.