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Can we question Odo's sexuality? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago by andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works to c/tenforward@lemmy.world
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For right there we see him stating he can not read clues from women or he's not signaled enough to notice it.

Does it mean he's more accustomed to signals from men or he's just completely senseless?

I don't really question my gay sadistic Odo headcannon, but I find that quote to be a welcome guest in many redpill threads,

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

Odo has no biological sex. He's a puddle of goo that is part of a large collective goo puddle. Any sex with Odo would be simulated, or at best, that 'cover you in goo' thing he's done.

So I would say Odo's sexuality is 'Changeling.'

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

He's a puddle of goo that is part of a large collective goo puddle.

Isn't that the description for all our sexual activities .... or have I been doing it wrong?

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

I think he went with Kira because she was the first person loud enough with her signals for him to pick them up. :)

[-] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The real answer is always in the comments.

Just the first one stubborn and bull-headed enough for him to get the hint.

Me, as a flesh and blood human with all the expected life experiences by age 15, could not figure out that when a girl wanted to play "the awkward game" (try to make your "opponent" feel awkward and bail on whatever is going on, you win) and she took off her bra, pulled it out her t-shirt, threw it at me, then straddled my lap, that she was trying to up her flirt game (which she had been steadily increasing for awhile apparently) .

Instead of picking up on the hint, I bailed because that was way too much in front of other people. Didn't find out she was literally throwing herself at me until a few years later when a mutual friend told me she broke down in tears after that because she thought I hated her or thought she was ugly (super pretty but middle-eastern in post-2001 USA, so a lot of issues stemming from looks)

I figure if that's something I could miss, what chance does odo have, given the circumstances of his discovery/raising?

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 months ago

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Did he not actually fuck Kira? I could've sworn that happened but maybe I just really wanted it to... 🤔

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

I don't now about that, but I also don't know why it shouldn't happen.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

He's excellent at observing other people, that's the problem. He is completely oblivious when it's directed at him because the behavior defies his expected patterns. That's my supposition, at least.

[-] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 8 points 2 months ago

Personally my headcannon has always been that Odo was Ace, and eventually through enough immersion in normal (ish) society, and not just a science team on a slave-run ore processing station, he figured out interpersonal relationships enough to develop (or recognize, I think) his romantic feelings for Nerys.

Although I feel like he could have gone either way in his romantic life. If there were someone who acted just like Maj. Kira, but male, with their same history, i could see Odo going for that too.

His only reference for things was the relationships he saw, which from what we saw in the show (in a very 90s RICK FUCKING BERMAN way) the majority of relationships we knew about were heterosexual, therefore Odo would be more likely to see it as desirable to fit in with the largest crowd.

The real question is whether he questions it later on or not.

Also, being what he is, do you think later in life he would begin questioning his identity and his status, thus resulting in a(n) (a/bi/pan/etc)sexual female/andro-presenting odo?

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

For how strict and conservative he acts, I feel like he is enveloped in a hetero male representation, but it can take one right partner to switch him to the dark side, hehe.

[-] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 8 points 2 months ago

He needs to find Garak to his Bashir.

Or maybe... He already has?

He does spend an awful lot of time hanging around Quark... Thinking about Quark... Being alone with Quark in dimly lit cargo bays or deserted hallways...

Sure, Odo. It's for your investigation. Say no more. Wink

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

'What's that for?' - Odo asks as he enters the room lit by aromatic candles. - 'I was told there's a sexual harrassment in the making!'

'It started since you entered the room, officer!' - He said, as two got closer.

'That's not a joke matter, Quark!' - Odo's face hanged over him.

'And I'm not joking either...' - Said ferengi while wrapping around him and slap-grabbing his thin ass.

'Quark?!' - He cries.

'For a metamorph, you have troubles pretending it doesn't turn you on.' He said, feeling it with his own hand,

'I'm tired of pretending it doesn't, Quark. But how's that with your culture?' Odo tried the last line of defence.

'Rule of acquesition #25.' Answered Quark. 'When you are deep into the land, stop dreaming of seashells when there's a tasty sausage nearby!'

'You folks have rules for everything, I see.' Said Odo, as fereingi started to pull down his throusers.

That night, Odo's investigation got a weird symmetry to it, for the deeper he came, the more he learnt about himself. He dosed off stimulating Quark's ears from behind. For this very moment he finally felt secure, and with a person who was his personal foe since cardassians... He hugged him tight. This little suspect needs a lot of work in the future.

[-] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

I don’t really question my gay sadistic Odo headcannon

And that mental image of Odo as Quark's dom is NEVER going away...

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Odo seems to me as someone who acts dominant in public but then would be extremely subby behind closed doors.

Kira and the female changeling definitely wore the pants in their interactions with Odo.

Odo is a dom in the streets, and a sub the sheets.

[-] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

I mean, you're definitely right about the women, but Odo is WAY too excited to lock up Quark...

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

That's a good point. But then again, does he do it? Not really. Perhaps more of his outwardly presenting as a dom behaviour...

[-] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

I don't know. I don't think I'll ever be able to look at his "You're in trouble now Quark" smile the same way again.

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Because he knows that "that kind of reaction" means and has never personally perceived anyone acting like that towards him.

He knows what it looks like though. Odo is very perceptive.

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