also damn i really wish ds9 had done more with the revelation that the trill government was lying to its population about how being symbiont compatible isn’t NEARLY as rare they claimed it was
oh worm
I imagine that Trill society must be painfully classist, though not in wealth as we tend to think it. Imagine competing for a promotion or a position with someone who is joined and you aren’t. That person has multiple life times of “work experience” and you have…what? 20 years? Yeah, you’re not getting that job. Imagine spending your youth practicing and instrument, then the guy down the street gets joined to the symbiont that was a concert performer 90 years ago. Two weeks of practice and he’s now as good at that guy. Welp…looks like you just lost your concert schedule. Can you imagine the bitterness in a society like that?
things I think about a lot in regards to joining politics:
– there would be symbionts with sensitive political information who are probably passed only to pre-selected Trill already working in the government to protect information.
– maybe a secret intelligence organzation that’s actually been made up of the same group of symbionts since its beginning.
– black market symbiont sales to off-world Trill from exiled Trill looking to make money for their families or to settle debts when they are near death.
– the Comission would probably perpetuate the idea that an indifferent to or anti-joining position should be considered radicalized and negative on the Trill home world, and yet it would be a pretty standard sentiment for off-world dwelling Trill.
– (many off-world Trill may have emigrated from Trill for that reason)
– Trill society supports capital punishment at least via forced unjoining.
– a host would take on any trauma the symbiont’s previous hosts endured post joining, but because of the risk of having the symbiont be deemed ‘unfit to be rejoined’ upon its current host’s death, they probably wouldn’t talk about it with anyone??
– in short the Comission is probably an incredibly corrupt and powerful organization.
I love all of these ideas about Trill society. I really do wish they’d been explored more.
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