Outdated by today’s understanding of identity but this '90s show banged out many subversive pro-trans messages.

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    Trill don’t seem to suffer much from social stigma or body dysphoria. Their “transition” is deeply rooted in their culture. TNG S05E17 “The Outcast” feels much more representative.

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      Trill don’t seem to suffer much from social stigma or body dysphoria

      Yes. And trans people would be the same if accepted by society like trill are. That’s the lesson.

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      The Trill aren’t a stand-in for trans people. The show used their experience to occasionally send a message. They had to be subversive enough in this era that the majority of middle America that had no appetite for it wouldn’t even notice.

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        You’re ignoring my point but don’t bother. Let’s call it progress that you didn’t call Ezri ugly in this post.

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          call Ezri ugly

          Does that actually happen? If anything, I see posts fawning over her. Maybe I’m just thinking about my own posts, though…

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                Maybe I’m misunderstanding. Isn’t the joke that Dax went from ugly to not ugly by going from Ezri to Jadzia?

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                  Dax went from Curzon (Sisko’s friend he called “old man”) to Jadzia to Ezri.

                  Who’s hotter is a master of taste but Ezri was a young girl and Jadzia was a woman. Both good characters but Jadzia best girl and Ezri was just a good girl.

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                    I wasn’t talking about lore, I was talking about what OP posted a few days ago. In my opinion they implied that Ezri is ugly. OP says I’m batshit but hasn’t bothered to explain. I genuinely don’t see their point ¯\(ツ)