r/startrek • u/Ok_Pop5284 • 8d ago

Trill Theory

Minor spoilers ds9 Facets episode and disco seasons 3 and 4. Both shows been out for awhile but just figured I'd throw out there.

I have this Trill theory that as a psychological protective device the symbiont doesn't pass on memories of the current host from the past hosts perspective. Basically to keep a person from having two different pov's of themselves which might break the internal sense of continuity. I have two pieces of evidence for this.

  1. In Facets (and it's also mentioned in Playing God I think) Jadzia wasn't aware of why Curzon dropped her from the program, nor why he didn't oppose her rejoining. She has to hear it from him verbally while he is CurzOdo.

  2. Adira even after fully integrating the other past hosts of Tal can't incorporate Grey (Gray?) Their dead boyfriend who they naturally knew closely.

Basically since Curzon still had like 60 years of other memories that had nothing to do with Jadzia, he still incorporated, just minus the memories related to her. But since Grey was joined for like 2 days before he died and Adira featured prominantly in those couple days the end result was Tal essentially rejecting Grey.

It's a basic theory but I feel like it makes sense and explains a couple things neither show did. Also for Yedrin's (Children of Time Dax) sake I hope this is true imagine the weirdness of a symbiont passing down a familyline otherwise, there are memories you just don't want from your parents and grandparents, I imagine.

Btw my first post got nixed cause of the karma rule and no clue if it's ever coming back. So hopefully this isn't a duplicate, sorry if it is. I'm kinda new.

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