#odo verse

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Rules

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Odo’s bio

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Verse: Local Terror

Odo was... unwilling to play nice with the humanoids, of the Bajoran or the Cardassian varieties. As soon as he had the opportunity, he escaped into the systems of Terok Nor, and frankly, those in charge had more important things to worry about than him. Until he decided that the station was his, at least, and started making himself the most important worry.

Essentially, Odo becomes a local cryptid, in this verse. He isn't interested in pretending to be humanoid or solid. In this verse, Odo may use they/them or it/its pronouns instead of he/his.

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Verse: Return

At some point during canon, Odo decides to return to his people, probably in the hope of preventing war, possibly out of curiosity.

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Verse: The Very Young

Odo returned to the Link with a burning sense of duty, a longing for home, and a cure for the plague that was painfully close to killing them all. Only one of those things was rewarded. He was welcomed fully into the Link because if he hadn't been, the loss of life would have been immeasurable. But Odo wasn't ready for the full Link. He wasn't raised in that sort of direct contact with others, taught to maintain his form as separate from those around him, protected while he practiced the skill. And even if he had been, he wouldn't have been able to master it by his age. He was just too young.

If he'd stayed within the Link, his entire sense of self would have been lost. It took a week of dedicated work from dozens of Founders to separate him even after just the short period necessary of contact. But now that he'd had that taste of true connection, thd longing would bd more intense than ever. It would be crippling. And the Link owed a great deal to Odo.

For his safety, his education, and his eventual safe journey back home, a guardian was selected. A member of the Link who hadn't left it's shelter in a millenia, who could guide Odo in the strengthening practices that those who remained with the Link from conception were trained in, who could ease the pain of Link Starvation, and who could supervise and protect Odo from the dangerous, self-destructive tendancies of the very young. And then Odo was expelled, again, left with only his guardian and his attendant for at least another century of development.

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Verse: Out of Place

Odo has been shifted out of his natural time/dimension/universe and into another.

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Verse: VSA

The 100 changelings were sent off into space ages ago. The difference between decades and centuries? Hardly important to the Founders. Odo wasn't left floating near the wormhole until he was found the the Bajorans. His path continued and he was found by the Vulcan Science Academy. He may have been found very early in his journey (as early as Enterprise era) or as late as he was in canon/main verse. He stayed there for nearly three decades before leaving to make a life for himself aboard a nearby space station.

In this verse, his name is Lifal, derived from the Vulcan word for sample.

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Verse: Joined

Odo, for the very first time in his life, didn't feel alone. With Curzon a part of him, he couldn't feel alone. In a moment, he became an outgoing, confident, and happy. And no matter how much it hurt Jadzia--no matter that Curzon eventually came around to agreeing with her--Odo deserved to be selfish. Just this once. He refused to give back the memories and go back to the way he'd been before and he instead continued to live a joined life.

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Verse: Forever and Always

Odo doesn't make promises he doesn't keep. Perhaps his marriage began as a scheme, but after the ceremony, his own genuine feelings laid bare, he could no longer deny that what he'd said was true. He wanted Lwaxana to stay in his life--to continue seeing and accepting him. And she had loved him for years. So, when she said he was never going to love him, he shook his head. He asked her to stay. The anullment was delayed. And they were happy.