Why Didn't People Like Jadzia Dax?
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The first time I ever asked why people don't like Jadzia Dax/Terry Ferrell in a thread here, someone replied with almost the exact same answer about how she's a right-wing gun nut and a country music fan. It's definitely been mentioned here before. And thanks for posting that picture, kitsune. I enjoyed it. 
I don't mind Dax, mainly because of the backstory she gets from being a trill. However, I must say I lost a lot of respect for her in "Meridian". For someone who's had a 200 year simbiant (sp?), she is swayed off her feet in a matter of days from this man from an alien planet, then proceeds to give up 60 years of her life based on his charm alone. I don't mind the notion of love being irrational, but Jadzia is just being idiotic in this abrupt commitment. The silly, convoluted and utterly unexplained ending served her some poetic justice, at least.
Meh, maybe I'm overreacting based on a single bad episode. After all, Sisko did worse with his love moment in Second Sight, especially in the acting department (so many predictable lines and excrutiatingly drawn out moments).
Meh, maybe I'm overreacting based on a single bad episode. After all, Sisko did worse with his love moment in Second Sight, especially in the acting department (so many predictable lines and excrutiatingly drawn out moments).
You know, it'd been a while since I'd done a watch through of DS9. And because of that I'd allowed the negative opinion of Dax/Farrell that's all over the 'Trek Net' to reshape my own opinion. But now, after having watched through the first three and a half seasons again over the past month or so, I honestly think Dax is one of my favorite characters. And I've seen Farrell put forth some of the better performances of the entire cast as I think back on certain episodes.
Again - nope. No episode named 'Meridian' in MY copy of DS9 Season 3. Nope. No such thing.
(And if there were, the writers agree that Meridian was a bad idea and regret it themselves.)
The first time I ever asked why people don't like Jadzia Dax/Terry Ferrell in a thread here, someone replied with almost the exact same answer about how she's a right-wing gun nut and a country music fan. It's definitely been mentioned here before. And thanks for posting that picture, kitsune. I enjoyed it.
Wait, I'm a country Music fan. I guess people have the right to hate me now too.
Yes, as the person I've quoted and many other Dax fans on the forum have said, it's best you try to block that episode out of your memory when evaluating the character. It was truly the character's lowest point and an affront to her fans and everything she stands for. There is no worse portrayal of Dax to base one's judment of the character on than the one in that episode.
I can see Meridian is as notorious as Threshold here :P
Jadzia and humor? She didn't make me laugh once in any episode she's been in. In fact, the only semblance of humor in the show I can recall is in Quark-Odo interactions, though those are far too overdone to have much comedic value.
Jadzia and humor? She didn't make me laugh once in any episode she's been in. In fact, the only semblance of humor in the show I can recall is in Quark-Odo interactions, though those are far too overdone to have much comedic value.
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Neither are in my canon.
Well whether she made you laugh or not, you gotta admit humour was an integral part of her character. She was constantly telling wisecracks. I loved it most of the time, but I can see why it's the reason she irritates some people. It bothered me once in awhile too. I felt like yelling at her at one point in "Change of Heart". "You're practically dying, girl! Stop making jokes, already!" 
http://doena-journal.net/wp-content/uploads/episodes/ds9/292px-Lenara_Kahn_and_Jadzia_Dax_kiss.jpg i'll be in my bunk more sexier then raijann scenes or all of seven ofnine.
I felt like yelling at her at one point in "Change of Heart". "You're practically dying, girl! Stop making jokes, already!"
Personally, I am never more snarky than when I am in pain - when I was seventeen, I dislocated my knee while my mother was out of the house. When she came home I yell at her to call an ambulance. Her response was a calm 'why? What's wrong?' 'Nothing, Mom, I'm just lying on the the ground, screaming in pain for the hell of it.' Some people use humor as a coping method with pain.
I feel the same here.
OOooh!!!! Is that TRUE?? Is she really a right-winger?
Man if that's so, I think I am truly in love!
Hot...and a right winger...who could ask for more?
I actually hope it's true...and not some fan rumor! Now that would truly be something...if true!
Steady, Quasar, old chum. She also likes fishing.
I remember reading about it in TV Guide, and how she was always amused that people were surprised that the 6' pretty brunette was a fisherman. (And apparently rather good at it too.)
And it's a shame people would send hate mail to an actor due to their personal lives. Personally, I'd rather not know about an actor. It's sufficient for me for them to do a good job.
Sounds like a fun date...
Steady, Quasar, old chum. She also likes fishing.
That reminds me of this cool photo of her:
I've never seen a fishing pole look so good!
The first time I ever asked why people don't like Jadzia Dax/Terry Ferrell in a thread here, someone replied with almost the exact same answer about how she's a right-wing gun nut and a country music fan. It's definitely been mentioned here before. And thanks for posting that picture, kitsune. I enjoyed it.
Wait, I'm a country Music fan. I guess people have the right to hate me now too.
Only if you think Achey Breaky Heart is a good song...
I tend to agree. The mainstream has this stereotype of what 'all Southerners must be like' (which in turn taints anything that Southerners do stereotypically like) and it simply isn't what all Southerners are like to start with. It's one thing if you don't like country music, if you're against gun rights, et al, but it's another to dislike another person - an actor that you've never met such as Farrell - based on that.
The first time I ever asked why people don't like Jadzia Dax/Terry Ferrell in a thread here, someone replied with almost the exact same answer about how she's a right-wing gun nut and a country music fan. It's definitely been mentioned here before. And thanks for posting that picture, kitsune. I enjoyed it.
Wait, I'm a country Music fan. I guess people have the right to hate me now too.
Only if you think Achey Breaky Heart is a good song...
Well that goes without saying.
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