▲ 643 ▼ Shapeshifting (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com [M] to c/Tumblr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 135 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (2 children) It's been a while since I watched it, but wasn't Odo shitty at shapeshifting because he was raised away from his people (puddle)? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) From what I recall, as the years go by, he gets better at it. In that one where they get stranded on that planet which sends them back in time he's essentially using his "real" face. True Changelings can impersonate people flawlessly. IE Martok, Doctor Bashir and Chief O'Brien were done perfectly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago He does. And that's the problem. It took him decades just to learn the level of shape shifting given to him in the show. If you end up with Odo's version of shape shifting, it's going to take a similar another of time to master it. Hell, it took him years to figure out the most basic forms. It took him years just to figure out how to be anything other than a puddle. permalink fedilink source parent [–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago Sure. But if you're granted shape shifting powers today, will you have that level of expertise? No your skills would be far below Odo. Hell you'll probably have to spend a few decades as a puddle before you even figure out how to turn yourself into something as simple as a plain cube. I'm telling you, be careful with shape shifting. Depending on the malevolence of the genie or other entity granting you these powers, it's very easy for shape shifting to end up as a fate worse than death. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) From what I recall, as the years go by, he gets better at it. In that one where they get stranded on that planet which sends them back in time he's essentially using his "real" face. True Changelings can impersonate people flawlessly. IE Martok, Doctor Bashir and Chief O'Brien were done perfectly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago He does. And that's the problem. It took him decades just to learn the level of shape shifting given to him in the show. If you end up with Odo's version of shape shifting, it's going to take a similar another of time to master it. Hell, it took him years to figure out the most basic forms. It took him years just to figure out how to be anything other than a puddle. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago He does. And that's the problem. It took him decades just to learn the level of shape shifting given to him in the show. If you end up with Odo's version of shape shifting, it's going to take a similar another of time to master it. Hell, it took him years to figure out the most basic forms. It took him years just to figure out how to be anything other than a puddle. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago Sure. But if you're granted shape shifting powers today, will you have that level of expertise? No your skills would be far below Odo. Hell you'll probably have to spend a few decades as a puddle before you even figure out how to turn yourself into something as simple as a plain cube. I'm telling you, be careful with shape shifting. Depending on the malevolence of the genie or other entity granting you these powers, it's very easy for shape shifting to end up as a fate worse than death. permalink fedilink source parent
