In the Nitpicker's Guides, Phil Farrand pointed out Odo can pull off a rat well enough to fool anyone, but can't manage a nose. He said he thought Odo wasn't trying very hard. Me, I think Odo's difficulty is a PSYCHOLOGICAL one, not a physical one. For some reason, he thinks of himself so specifically as "other" when dealing with humanoids that he can't copy any of them well- his subconscious sabotages the attempts. Although, I think, by the series finale, he'd get pretty close to a good copy if he tried- because his subconscious had changed. (We also know that, had he lived long enough, he'd work it out- we saw that with the planet with the alternate timeline, when the Defiant crashed in the past and the survivors made a society.
"I think of you as experienced. In an emergency, you would be the first one that I'd call." "You SHOULD call me first. I need time to put my teeth in."
"Hey, where's my sashimi and cream cheese on a bagel?" "Here it's called lox." "The hell it is. We had it before you did."
"I didn't know Orientals had a sense of humor." "Are you kidding? We invented gunpowder."
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In the Nitpicker's Guides, Phil Farrand pointed out Odo can pull off a rat well enough to fool anyone, but can't manage a nose. He said he thought Odo wasn't trying very hard. Me, I think Odo's difficulty is a PSYCHOLOGICAL one, not a physical one. For some reason, he thinks of himself so specifically as "other" when dealing with humanoids that he can't copy any of them well- his subconscious sabotages the attempts. Although, I think, by the series finale, he'd get pretty close to a good copy if he tried- because his subconscious had changed. (We also know that, had he lived long enough, he'd work it out- we saw that with the planet with the alternate timeline, when the Defiant crashed in the past and the survivors made a society.
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"I think of you as experienced. In an emergency, you would be the first one that I'd call." "You SHOULD call me first. I need time to put my teeth in."
"Hey, where's my sashimi and cream cheese on a bagel?" "Here it's called lox." "The hell it is. We had it before you did."
"I didn't know Orientals had a sense of humor." "Are you kidding? We invented gunpowder."
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