“The Host” was another, and of course introducing the Trill species concept opens up for further things later on. The biggest flaw of that episode is how Beverly didn’t seem to consider a continued relationship after the new host ends up being female. Which is a fine reaction, but for the show pushing boundaries they could have at least had her ponder the idea even if she didn’t act on it. After all, who did she love? In that initial version of the Trill, the host was seemingly not in control, unlike later versions like Dax where the symbiote and host mix to create a shared personality.
I don’t think you need “sort of” for gender fluid. When you’re an omnipotent being of pure thought, you’re whatever gender you wish to express yourself as and you almost certainly express it as different genders for different situations on different planets and societies if you’re like Q and you want to spend eternity fucking with them.
I’d also say Odo was gender fluid. Or at least he’s a literal fluid with no gender unless he wishes to have one. He’s not expressing a gender when he’s in his bucket.
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Q is Queer? I never would’ve guessed.
“The Host” was another, and of course introducing the Trill species concept opens up for further things later on. The biggest flaw of that episode is how Beverly didn’t seem to consider a continued relationship after the new host ends up being female. Which is a fine reaction, but for the show pushing boundaries they could have at least had her ponder the idea even if she didn’t act on it. After all, who did she love? In that initial version of the Trill, the host was seemingly not in control, unlike later versions like Dax where the symbiote and host mix to create a shared personality.
DS9 did specifically pick up that torch, so it’s clear they wanted to explore that more.
I don’t think you need “sort of” for gender fluid. When you’re an omnipotent being of pure thought, you’re whatever gender you wish to express yourself as and you almost certainly express it as different genders for different situations on different planets and societies if you’re like Q and you want to spend eternity fucking with them.
I’d also say Odo was gender fluid. Or at least he’s a literal fluid with no gender unless he wishes to have one. He’s not expressing a gender when he’s in his bucket.