The symbiont would be, and the Trill’s spots would only present when the two joined. As the symbiont grew older, their spots would increase in number, so later hosts like Jadzia would have more spots than earlier hosts. Like rings in a tree.
If I were to reimagine the Trill, I'd make them naturally unspotted...
Submitted 8 months ago by RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world to startrek@startrek.website
ptz@dubvee.org 8 months ago
I definitely like the idea, but I also like the Trill having some kind of distinguishing feature of their own.
Maybe all Trill have their spots but joined Trill could inherit some other feature from the symbiont or perhaps different spot patterns?
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 8 months ago
Return their original forehead prosthetics!
ptz@dubvee.org 8 months ago
For the baseline Trill or the joined ones? If the latter, I’d really hate to put Adira through that. They’re finally healing and part of a family unit; would break my heart to have them go through a “what’s wrong with my forehead?!” arc in the final season. lol