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Now that we've been discussing Tuvix, can I just say that Curzon Odo was my favourite version of Odo

To be honest, I never liked Dax. I did like Odo the way he was, but I liked Curzon Odo even better. Of course, it was mandatory to hit the reset button at the end of that episode and return to the status quo. But if I try and pretend it was a moral dilemma, would it really have been that bad if Curzon never returned to Dax? I always felt like the memory of Curzon was overshadowing Dax's other personalities anyway. He gets mentioned more than any other host, except the current ones, if my memory serves correctly.

If that Dax symbiont was so awesome, it should have been fine without Curzon.

It would have been quite interesting to see how the rest of the DS9 storyline would have turned out if Odo wasn't so dependent on the link with his fellow changelings. He seemed like a much more rounded personality having been merged with Curzon. A permanent link, if you will.

Maybe he wouldn't have been so easily manipulated by the other changelings, if he had that confidence boost by having the memories of a full life's experience as a solid.

The ending of the episode seemed to me like Curzon had to take pity on Dax and rejoin Jadzia, because she would have been a lesser person without him. Apparently he was quite a legend, if both Dax and Odo want to be linked with him.

Posted Dec 22, 2021, 9:19 PM UTC

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MorlaTheAcientOne•

I thought it was suuuuper creepy when he admitted that he had failed Jandzia in her test because he was in love with her. And then she became his new host.

creeps.

Just imagen an old Prof. is hidding on you and his finale wish is to be joined with you? urg.

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dreadedicebreaker•

It was hard to finish the episode after that “revelation”. Curzon Odo felt like boomer Lolita pandering to the nth degree.

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everflowOP•

Yeah, that's creepy indeed. But not as creepy as the fact that one of her previous hosts was a murderer. It was originally covered up, but then the memories resurfaced. Also, she still has the memories of a hostage taker who was a host for only a brief time one episode. The more you think about it, the stranger this whole symbiosis thing becomes.

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MorlaTheAcientOne•

maybe. I think this is much much much more creepy.

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ImaPlayThis•

In my headcannon after Odo heals the link the changlings and trill begin a practice of joining previous hosts with changlings for a few days to give them greater understanding and experiences of being solids

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WabbitCZEN•

Torias Sisko was pretty fun, too.

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boneheaddigger•

Joran, not Torias...

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WabbitCZEN•

I stand corrected.

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Tedfufu•

I didn't trust a word Curzon Odo said most of the time and I don't think he spoke for Odo. He was far too self-centered and manipulative to have credibility

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VulcansAreSpaceElves•

Wasn't Curzon the most recent host before Jadzia? I assumed Cuzon gets mentioned the most in the same way that my recent past is something I talk about more than my 20s. And also because there were people around that actually knew Curzon.

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LastLadyResting•

Yes he was.

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diamondrel•

Yeah wasn't one of her hosts like the President of the Trill Joining Association? Or even like President of The Federation?

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BigAlec_•

Dax talked about Curzon too much

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Yourponydied•

I posed the question on Daystrom years ago, what affect would Curzon Odo have or did have on the founders after linking?

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Shi144•

Frankly, I wonder how Curzon got to be joined in the first place. The commitee should've known he would be a loose cannon.

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