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Al-1701 wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 5:00 pm I thought it was desperation. Dax needed to be put into a new host immediately and she was the closest non-combined Trill.
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sayla0079 wrote: Mon Mar 13, 2023 3:59 am
Al-1701 wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 5:00 pm I thought it was desperation. Dax needed to be put into a new host immediately and she was the closest non-combined Trill.
pretty much
As I recall that was also the justification for her being with Jadzia's friends instead of following the usual rules about fresh starts; getting it dropped on them with no warning left both Ezri and Dax deeply traumatized.
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So apparently there was an early leak by accident in Brazil about Episode 5. And...well, click the picture if you want to know.

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Probably a changeling.
..What mirror universe?
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New video clip before the premier tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAPNRelO4EU

Though this does somehow make me wonder: how come during all the time we've had dealing with Changelings has no one even off-handedly mentioned the Chameloids like Martia from Star Trek VI? You'd think them being similar in seemingly being able to change their shape into anything (albeit Martia didn't have to go to a liquid form) and being able to be anyone (see Martia turning into Kirk), they would have been mentioned even in passing. Or were they just all extinct by the 2370s?
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CMWaters wrote: Wed Mar 15, 2023 9:39 pm New video clip before the premier tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAPNRelO4EU

Though this does somehow make me wonder: how come during all the time we've had dealing with Changelings has no one even off-handedly mentioned the Chameloids like Martia from Star Trek VI? You'd think them being similar in seemingly being able to change their shape into anything (albeit Martia didn't have to go to a liquid form) and being able to be anyone (see Martia turning into Kirk), they would have been mentioned even in passing. Or were they just all extinct by the 2370s?
There was a one-off race in early TNG too, Allasomorphs.
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Well then...

Seeing Ro back was a nice thing to see, and we finally got resolution from her last appearance. Sad that she had to sacrifice herself for the greater good in all this. Would have liked to have seen her and Geordi (who they're taking their time bringing in as we're at the halfway point) interact but Picard and Riker were her two major interactions of the main cast so it works.

Changelings evolved further...guess it would make sense after their first major defeat like they had in the Dominion War (remember, they said they hadn't failed a major conflict like that in thousands of years) they would find a new wrinkle to make things harder. And this time they're not holding back if they had four at once on one ship. Though apparently this new evolution to their physiology makes them easier to kill than before.

Criminal Vulcan was an interesting twist to everything with the Worf/Raffi plot, which is connecting to everything else now.

The AI that is protecting Daystrom: could that be how Moriarty plays a part in all this? Would be a stretch to explain but so far it's the best lead to it all.
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CMWaters wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:07 am Well then...

Seeing Ro back was a nice thing to see, and we finally got resolution from her last appearance. Sad that she had to sacrifice herself for the greater good in all this. Would have liked to have seen her and Geordi (who they're taking their time bringing in as we're at the halfway point) interact but Picard and Riker were her two major interactions of the main cast so it works.

Changelings evolved further...guess it would make sense after their first major defeat like they had in the Dominion War (remember, they said they hadn't failed a major conflict like that in thousands of years) they would find a new wrinkle to make things harder. And this time they're not holding back if they had four at once on one ship. Though apparently this new evolution to their physiology makes them easier to kill than before.

Criminal Vulcan was an interesting twist to everything with the Worf/Raffi plot, which is connecting to everything else now.

The AI that is protecting Daystrom: could that be how Moriarty plays a part in all this? Would be a stretch to explain but so far it's the best lead to it all.
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BTW, i'm not watching the show, have they explained why Worf is still a TNG Klingon and not one of the dumb DISCO Klingons or is there another ''they always looked like that'' handwave in effect?
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clearspira wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 9:23 am BTW, i'm not watching the show, have they explained why Worf is still a TNG Klingon and not one of the dumb DISCO Klingons or is there another ''they always looked like that'' handwave in effect?
They already did the "change it back and pretend nothing is different" bit back in the second season of Discovery.
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