• @GenderNeutralBro
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    6 months ago

    It was presented as exceptional in-universe, from Adira’s perspective. The fact that Adira felt weird about it at all paints the culture they grew up in as backwards.

    • Value SubtractedM
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      26 months ago

      Again, though, that completely removes the context of Adira’s character arc.

      • @GenderNeutralBro
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        36 months ago

        How so? Perhaps I’m misremembering, but they were born on Earth and raised among humans, right? Does that not say something about the human culture of their time?

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          26 months ago

          They were amnesiac following being joined with the Tal symbiont - they only sorted out these identity issues after Discovery took them to Trill.