Flying SquidM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world • 4 months agoPeople still manage to get it backwards.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1512arrow-down110
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minus-squarehopesdeadlinkfedilink2•4 months agoOkay, I actually had to explain something to my grandma: that Dax wasn’t trans, it’s a symbiont species.
minus-squarehopesdeadlinkfedilink2•4 months 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 Westlinkfedilink1•4 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.
minus-squarehopesdeadlinkfedilink1•4 months 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.