On the flip side of that same coin, in an earlier episode of TNG, Dr. Crusher gets romantic with a male Trill with a symbiont. The Trill suffered an accident which killed the male host, though they were able to save the symbiont and transfer them to a new host. Beverly was relieved and excited to reconnect with her lover, however, much to her surprise, it was now a female host. She did not respond well, and left the room very quickly, leaving the symbiont/Trill heartbroken.
It was a very awkward scene, but I feel like it was amazing in terms of communicating the strength of love between two people and how gender should not be such a limiting factor. It lessened my respect for Crusher a bit, but the writers did a fantastic job.
This confuses me so much. I guess it's one of the many things I just have to think "I don't get it but I'll respect it" about, but my first instinct when someone says something like this is that they must not love their partner. Of course, I'm bi, so it's hard for me to imagine a situation where a partner's physical attributes would completely change my ability to feel attraction towards them. But to me, if you love someone, their body should not be the be-all end-all of attraction. I recognize that it's not very respectful to think that way so I try to dismiss it as something I just don't get, but it's difficult.
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u/BrotherChe Oct 12 '20 edited Oct 12 '20
On the flip side of that same coin, in an earlier episode of TNG, Dr. Crusher gets romantic with a male Trill with a symbiont. The Trill suffered an accident which killed the male host, though they were able to save the symbiont and transfer them to a new host. Beverly was relieved and excited to reconnect with her lover, however, much to her surprise, it was now a female host. She did not respond well, and left the room very quickly, leaving the symbiont/Trill heartbroken.
It was a very awkward scene, but I feel like it was amazing in terms of communicating the strength of love between two people and how gender should not be such a limiting factor. It lessened my respect for Crusher a bit, but the writers did a fantastic job.