Dax - The Secret Furniture Mover

[asp7485]

We all know Jadzia Dax likes to joke around and have a good time. However, it strikes me as strange in "Homefront" when she's revealed as having broken into Odo's quarters to move his furniture while he's regenerating. Anyone else think this was an odd thing for her to do? I mean, it'd be one thing to move a few things in his office, but to break into his quarters and shift things a few cenimeters to the left just to frustrate Odo? That's crossing the line from having fun to just being weird. Granted, it's a small moment of a very excellent episode and its never referenced again. Still, every time I pop in my DVD to watch "Homefront" I'm always taken aback by this odd situation. It's one thing I really don't buy that Jadzia would do. But then the episode goes on and I forget about it!

Anyone else find this strange?

- Aaron

 

[2 of 10]

Most of the time, Jadzia was a by the book Star-Fleet Officer, however at times I think one her her previous hosts, espically Curzon liked to play practical jokes now and then, and Joran was just a very mean and violent person, who's joining almost caused a huge scandel within the Trill community. I think at times, some of these previous hosts got the better of Jadzia and she did things like moving Odo's Furniture a few centimeters.
And I also think that even without the Hosts she liked to break the tension by playing practicle jokes now and then. You know what they say
about "All work and no Play"...

Resistence is Futile

 

[My2tailwaggers]

I think at times she just tried to losen things up around the station. Like at her bachlorette party... things like that.

 

[TEH BABA]

Probably hiding girlfriends from worf

 

[Darth_Pazuzu]

That whole business about Jadzia moving Odo's furniture in Homefront was basically intented to show Odo's extremely rigid, control-freak nature and his frustration with the "solids"' lack of orderliness...and to establish that as a genetic trait that is shared by his entire species (the Founders).

 

[TigerBait]

I think it was more intentioned to show that Dax is actually in the episode, as that was her only scene, before the rest became earthcentric. Same way Quark and Odo were in Through the Looking Glass in the first scene about Morns voles, because for the rest of the show, their characters were dead in the alternate universe.

 

[Ro_Laren]

I didn't think it was strange of Jadzia to move furniture around. She always seemed a bit mischievious to me.

 

[JoeZhang]

It is a very strange and creepy thing to do - it's what stalkers do to upset their victims.

 

[kissthestar]

And how could she be sure she wasn't moving Odo?

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

And how could she be sure she wasn't moving Odo?

And he just stood there and took it. then again, who wouldn't?

I definitely think Dax would do that. She's a tricky one, she is.

 

[Marie1]

I kinda think thats a little far though... I don't remember the circumstances, but to enter into someone's personal quarters- and for that matter, a SF officer into a non-SF's home, while their sleeping, and rearrange stuff? Thats... probably not legal... I doubt Odo would charge her, but thats... not a good thing to do... the fact that Odo's home is more like a playground aside.

 

[Damask]

I kinda think thats a little far though... I don't remember the circumstances, but to enter into someone's personal quarters- and for that matter, a SF officer into a non-SF's home, while their sleeping, and rearrange stuff? Thats... probably not legal... I doubt Odo would charge her, but thats... not a good thing to do... the fact that Odo's home is more like a playground aside.

But this is the Odo that didn't mind being joined with Curzon. Jadzia had Curzon's memories of being joined with Odo so she might know Odo better than we think. She was trying to be a little like Quark. It's a little odd granted but I'm convinced if she ever thought it was malicious it would stop. Besides Odo seemed to take great pleasure in getting Dax to move the stuff back. To the correct millimetre!

 

[Johnhead99]

It is a very strange and creepy thing to do - it's what stalkers do to upset their victims.

Yah. If you watch Desperate Housewives, similar thing happened.

That's right, I just compared a scene in DS9 to DHW....

 

[kissthestar]

How could Dax know? The girlie mag, the inflatable sheep, the two-way sex toy with vibrating action...Any of these items, oh so casually scattered about the parlor, could have been Odo.

 

[Marie1]

I kinda think thats a little far though... I don't remember the circumstances, but to enter into someone's personal quarters- and for that matter, a SF officer into a non-SF's home, while their sleeping, and rearrange stuff? Thats... probably not legal... I doubt Odo would charge her, but thats... not a good thing to do... the fact that Odo's home is more like a playground aside.

But this is the Odo that didn't mind being joined with Curzon. Jadzia had Curzon's memories of being joined with Odo so she might know Odo better than we think. She was trying to be a little like Quark. It's a little odd granted but I'm convinced if she ever thought it was malicious it would stop. Besides Odo seemed to take great pleasure in getting Dax to move the stuff back. To the correct millimetre!

True- which was funny... but I find it odd she could and would get into ranking officers quarters... and how would that work if she found something dubious? "I broke into [officer]'s quarters for fun... and look what I found" but then you couldn't use it, I imagine... and then there'd be tumult...

 

[c0rnedfr0g]

How could Dax know? The girlie mag, the inflatable sheep, the two-way sex toy with vibrating action...Any of these items, oh so casually scattered about the parlor, could have been Odo.

wasn't odo still using his bucket at this time?

 

[Marie1]

If I'm on a station with Dax... guess I better set up some traps in my quarters...

 

[Darth_Pazuzu]

How could Dax know? The girlie mag, the inflatable sheep, the two-way sex toy with vibrating action...Any of these items, oh so casually scattered about the parlor, could have been Odo.

wasn't odo still using his bucket at this time?

Actually, if I'm not mistaken, I think he first started decorating his quarters in The Abandoned, during the Third Season. But correct me if I'm wrong...

 

[Marie1]

^ You're right, that I think is the first episode in which he has his own quarters.