“haha odo is so beige and bland and boring despite being a literal shapeshifter” like ok yes I laugh at those jokes too and find them funny I literally have no issue with them but sometimes I also wanna talk about how that’s kind of the whole point of his character.
like odo’s abilities and way of being is so unlike any other known species in the alpha quadrant that it’s shown to be disturbing and off-putting to a lot of people — or at the very least that’s what he was led to believe. like we see this in the alternate where mora tries to convince him he’ll either be locked up in a prison or put in a zoo to gawk at if he’s perceived to have committed any sort of crime or transgression.
so despite being able to literally become anything he can think of, he chooses his default presentation to be as standard, bland and uninteresting as he possibly can. male, always in a beige uniform, very standard hair cut.
odo is so plain because he was made to be afraid of being literally anything else
One of my favorite things about DS9 is how Miles is just a dude. We got 300yo worms and a genetically engineered superhuman and whatever is going on with Sisko and the prophets (which is just the Star Fleet officers not including whole other planets of aliens) but in the middle of it all there is a dude from Dublin who is, in every way, just a dad trying to fix his lawnmower and it’s great.
T’Rina at the end of the season after finally marrying her beautiful tall boy (she probably had some chocolate)
The man of your dreams, am I right
Me starting a new anime: My Hero Academia? Hmm. Ok I'll try it out.
Toshi comes on the screen:
Me:
Toshi:
Me:
Toshi:
Me:
Toshi:
Me:
The Collector: *kidnaps me, cuts off my fingers, fills me with roaches, nails me to a wall*
Me:
Funny, quirky space alien: *breaths*
Me: I love them