If Worf never came aboard Deep Space 9, do you think Jadzia Dax and Julian Bashir would eventually become a couple, even if only temporarily?

[WarpCore]

I think it goes along something the lines of this?

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Those are Selay, no?

What I'm curious about is the conditions to create the pregnancy/fetus/zygote/whatever.... and produce a brand new stomach bug.

When a joined Trill and a human get busy, does it make a new worm? Slim possibility of one?
What about joined and unjoined Trill?
Does the male or female have to be the joined one?
What about 2 joined Trill?
Do you have to take the worms out and let them get it on directly in the cave pools?
Where symbionts "just there" and have been for as long as Trill have been sentient?
Is there a giant "queen" symbiont that pops out little ones when the Trills sacrifice virgins?
Maybe they grow in pods on a giant tree at the north pole?
Were they a lab experiment gone wrong while trying to engineer a meat substitute?
If Worf had gotten Jadzia preggers, would the baby have performed its own C-section with a Bat'leth?
So many questions.

We know they die of old age, but no series that I'm aware of has ever committed to how that species continues to exist. And I've been curious about it for a long time.

There's always the possibility the Trill and the symbiont have to have sex with each other, and maybe that's why the writers never go into detail.

 

[Qonundrum]

Those are Selay, no?

What I'm curious about is the conditions to create the pregnancy/fetus/zygote/whatever.... and produce a brand new stomach bug.

When a joined Trill and a human get busy, does it make a new worm? Slim possibility of one?
What about joined and unjoined Trill?
Does the male or female have to be the joined one?
What about 2 joined Trill?
Do you have to take the worms out and let them get it on directly in the cave pools?
Where symbionts "just there" and have been for as long as Trill have been sentient?
Is there a giant "queen" symbiont that pops out little ones when the Trills sacrifice virgins?
Maybe they grow in pods on a giant tree at the north pole?
Were they a lab experiment gone wrong while trying to engineer a meat substitute?
If Worf had gotten Jadzia preggers, would the baby have performed its own C-section with a Bat'leth?
So many questions.

We know they die of old age, but no series that I'm aware of has ever committed to how that species continues to exist. And I've been curious about it for a long time.

There's always the possibility the Trill and the symbiont have to have sex with each other, and maybe that's why the writers never go into detail.

The writers at the time probably hadn't thought of it, focusing more on the "here 'n' now but not the how". Or didn't think of the "how" as being dramatically exciting. Or opted to let viewers fathom their own ideas; should the 1970s remain unique in terms of NOT explaining all the neat minutiae and letting fans have some of the fun? If you are familiar with the "Fanlore" website, there's a lovely article that talks about Spock genitalia, which cites numerous imagery as drawn by fans, including particularly descriptive content from years 1972 and 1979. In fact, since just doing a basic web search of "Fanlore Spock" results in volumes of additional content I was not expecting, here's the link outright: https://fanlore.org/wiki/Vulcan_Genitalia

Here's another, had no idea she was one of the original contributors to the Kirk/Spock shipping as well...

Kirk/Spock (TOS) - Fanlore

To coin a phrase, "Fascinating!"