obviously. it's just funny that it was somehow Goblin's fault and that she was fine with body swapping up until that point

seems is

Don't go easy on them, now!

Because Terry Ferrell.

hhhnnnnggg

On a general level, the lighting is diffuse and the focus loose. The pose is one that implies a shared moment. This gives an implied intimacy, even were it just a random pose.

However, it's also showing a shirt pulled aside, which heightens the sense of intimacy.

Overall, while it's definitely not a sexual image, we're partially conditioned to connect intimacy with sexuality. This makes it hot rather than just another picture of the same person. She's a gorgeous woman, but if she was just standing somewhere, the only "hotness" would be in the mind of the viewer since such a pose has no triggers to pull.

But this is a very sensual image. I just wonder if the person that snapped it knew what they were doing, or just got lucky.

Been too long since I saw the episode. Skimming the transcript, this is the quote I remembered:

It never occurred to me. This is what I am. Did you ever tell me that you are only a single being? Of course not. That was normal to you.

And since Beverly gives no real pushback to that, I kind of assumed that was a fair justification: that the Trill as they existed in this episode simply hasn’t had enough contact with other humanoids to know they were different.

But skimming the rest of the transcript, you're right. Odan doesn’t correct anyone who refers to his previous work as that of his father. He clearly understands this difference and purposefully hides it.

Feel like that makes the episode less interesting. And especially worse retrospectively if we apply the obvious trans metaphor...

they weren't aware their current one would expire in her lifetime or that they could be saved if it did.

or that they'd be accepted as a symbiotic lifeform if they were found out

They do not discuss it with outsiders.

Season 3 is when TNG becomes TNG.

I'm impressed you made it through the first 2 seasons at all. The racist jungle gym fight is always when I tap out, and I've watched the rest of TNG an endless amount of times.

sort of? I'm more impressed by everything I saw up until that point. the clumsiness of the show is a credit to how people in the 80's ans 90's were trying to be forward thinking for the time against the popular culture.

this meme I made is probably overstating my reaction. you've got to understand I'm making a joke about the sudden shift in stance in a single scene and not actually bemoaning the ethics of the writing. the ethics are mostly good.

I think the outcome is probably closer to a real Human reaction than any progressive agenda would have you hope to believe. Not every story is a lesson on how to be better. Some stories are just about the characters.

If my beautiful wife were suddenly turned into a dude, I'm not sure my marriage would last much longer. This isn't me being shitty. This is me being human.