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Jammer's Review
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Air date: 2/15/1999
Written by Rene Echevarria
Directed by Steve Posey
Review by Jamahl Epsicokhan
"What's he doing?"
"Being fog. What's it look like?"— Bashir and Odo on Laas' shapeshifting on the promenade
Nutshell: A tour de force of heartfelt choices and matters of identity.
Ah, how wonderful, complex, and deeply involving Rene Echevarria's stories can be, all the while being so extremely straightforward and honest in plot. Even though his episodes earlier this season ("Afterimage," "Chrysalis," "Covenant") haven't quite clicked for me, I almost always appreciate what Echevarria tries to do on a character level. He also seems to have been the force behind the most substantive of the Odo/Kira stories, including fifth season's "Children of Time"—one of the series' best installments—and last season's "Behind the Lines," a compelling view lessened only by what came after it.
Now we have "Chimera," a textured, gripping story full of issues and choices and relationships and feelings; it's incredible material, yet in an understated sort of way. It doesn't resort to gimmicks; it simply faces up to its characters' histories, decisions, and identities from the first scene to the last. It's a character episode that will reward those who have watched the series and come to understand Odo's angst. It also charts some new territory, even though the primary conflict is something Odo has faced before.
I didn't loathe "His Way" from last season the way a lot of people did, but I didn't really like it, either. While I found it entertaining, it seemed too superficial and trivial given the complexity of the Odo/Kira relationship, and I feared that certain story opportunities were never going to be available again. Sure, there was the opportunity to create new problems within the new relationship, but the question was whether that would actually happen, or if we'd simply get contrived soapish stuff like what, unfortunately, characterized stretches of the Worf/Dax relationship. "Chimera" answers the question, and I very much like the answer.
Romance on Trek has a shaky track record. Too frequently we receive the single-episode pair-up-with-random-guest treatment, which more often than not feels forced for the sake of fulfilling some quota ("Second Sight," "Meridian," or this season's "Chrysalis" as DS9 examples; "Unforgettable" or even the recent "Gravity" as Voyager examples). Sometimes it comes across reasonably, but rarely does it really, really work.
In "Chimera," it really, really works. For once I could feel the connection between Odo and Kira in a way that no episode before has been able to approach. A big part of that is simply because Echevarria treats the characters intelligently, with dialog that makes a great amount sense. The rest of the credit goes to performance: Nana Visitor and Rene Auberjonois sell the material so well that the Odo/Kira scenes reach a poignancy that's never been matched by two lovers on any Star Trek story I can remember.
Frankly, I didn't expect that. Odo/Kira has been an interesting relationship, and even after "His Way" it has been watchable. But I've never really been moved by their romantic scenes the way I was here. The writing usually keeps their relationship as a backdrop to an issue of plot. Here it was integral to the plot in an extremely urgent, powerful, and affecting way.
Yet this story is only partially about love; it's equally, if not more so, about identity. Namely, Odo's identity, which has always been in a state of self-doubt. Since his relationship with Kira became more intimate, he has found happy times—"the happiest of [his] life," in fact. He believes he has found where he belongs—with humanoids and, more specifically, with Kira. But In "Chimera," Odo's self-doubt is brought back to the forefront with the appearance of Laas, a shapeshifter who was one of "the hundred" like Odo—sent away from the Great Link centuries ago to make contact with other life in the galaxy—and not part of the Founders' more recent, insidious agenda to control everything in their reach.
Laas is an intriguing individual—one of the most interesting guest characters in recent memory, simply because he's allowed to exist as a believable entity whose actions and dialog grow out of the character, rather than some need to fulfill a plot element. The plot of "Chimera" grows out of characters, and that's perhaps why it's so simple and so effective.
Of course, it also helps that Laas is exceptionally well performed. Laas is played by Garman Hertzler, a.k.a. J.G. Hertzler, who is so convincing as Laas that I didn't even realize Garman and J.G. were one and the same until after I'd seen the entire show. Hertzler displays quite an acting range between Laas and Martok (who doesn't appear in "Chimera"); with that gruff voice, Hertzler often chews the scenery as Martok, and here that voice is so different and controlled that it rarely can be distinguished as the same.
But even more important is Echevarria's idea of who Laas is. Like Odo, Laas has been in search of other shapeshifters, though he doesn't know about his people in the Gamma Quadrant and the Great Link. Unlike Odo, his tolerance for humanoids has surpassed the breaking point. You see, Laas became sentient long before Odo had, and lived a longer life among humanoids before abandoning it. In that time he established plenty of opinions—opinions that he isn't afraid to voice to Odo and Odo's friends.
Laas' opinions are interesting because they challenge basic humanoid existence in a pointed, unexpected way. In one scene, where Laas meets Odo's friends, he unleashes a calm, quiet, but unmistakably unhappy monolog on why he dislikes humanoids: They expand and consume, displacing other life forms from their natural habitats, and covering worlds with farms, cities, and automation. They refuse to exist as they naturally are, instead striving for artificial advances. And they aren't tolerant of non-humanoids.
Even more: Laas tells Odo that his ability to fit in with humanoids is a denial of his true existence. With a sentiment that could send any reasonable person into an identity crisis, Laas informs Odo that he has been assimilated by humanoids to the point that he knows nothing more. And Odo isn't sure; maybe Laas is right. Odo has been so enraptured in his relationship with Kira that he hasn't thought about being a Changeling in some time.
What's fascinating about these arguments is that the story looks at them from different perspectives. Through the other regular characters we see doubt and disagreement with Laas, but through Odo we see understanding. The weight of Laas' point of view and his understandable distrust for humanoids might have been lessened if the story had supplemented his opinions with unnecessary "evil intentions" or other silly plot devices. But it doesn't do that; it delivers the dialog and points of view and puts Odo right in the middle. Then it puts Laas in the center of a situation where we can see injustice toward a shapeshifter unfolding.
That situation involves two Klingons attacking Laas, essentially because he annoyed them. They insult him and label him a "Founder." By the time the brief skirmish is over, one of the Klingons has died at Laas' hand. (Minor complaint #1: I didn't care for the portrayals of the Klingon officers, who are badly performed and written as needlessly stupid and hostile.)
What happens next is exactly what we expect. The Klingons want someone to answer for the death of one of their officers, and they plan to do anything they can to bring this Changeling to "justice." The distrust is more than obvious. Laas has been singled out by the Klingons because of what he is more than because of what he has done. It's also interesting that Laas' own attitudes don't help matters, but therein lies the problem—Laas has his prejudices, but so does everyone else.
Demonstrating this issue are a number of excellent performances from the supporting characters. Even before the death of the Klingon, Colm Meaney brings a subtle distrust to his scenes in a way that is so perfectly "O'Brien"—with subtle sarcasm that isn't anything approaching hatred, but definitely reveals a distrust for Laas that is partially based upon a prejudice. It's telling in an understated way, because it proves there's some truth behind what Laas believes (even if Laas is unwilling to work to make the situation better), yet the point is made in a way that doesn't place blame or make indictments, but simply reveals a sad fact.
And Sisko's pragmatic skepticism, and later annoyance—which comes when Odo voices one too many opinions about the way shapeshifters have suddenly and covertly become targets of injustice—is a notion that is realistic, and perfectly conveyed by Avery Brooks. Odo goes just a little too far in his insinuations, and Sisko lets him know. It's a bad situation all around, but it has to be dealt with, and Sisko handles it the best he can. Meanwhile, Michael Dorn and the director, Steve Posey, make an interesting statement with the casual reactions of Worf; as Odo describes the events leading up to the Klingon's death (including the absurdity of the two Klingons being "menaced by fog"), Worf is quietly disappointed with how the Klingons handled the situation, and the ridiculous overreaction of their government. The number of levels that this works on is fascinating.
Then, of course, there's Quark, who manages to get in a pointed speech that's at least as challenging as his speech about the human capacity for violence in "The Siege of AR-558." This time he informs Odo that the humanoid fear of Changelings and other differences stems from natural, genetic self-preservation. I've heard this argument before, in real life, and I've never bought it as a defense for prejudice, because prejudice is learned. But I appreciated Quark's blunt honesty, and that he doesn't excuse what the Klingons did, but merely explains why it happened.
Issues of war also arise; the fact that the Alpha Quadrant is at war with Odo and Laas' people is one of the driving forces of tension, meaning that unjust consequences are all but guaranteed in Laas' future. The tension is understandable given the deceptive abilities of Changelings, but there's a point where the line must be drawn, otherwise any shapeshifter would be subject to the kind of persecution and internment that, say, Japanese-Americans found themselves victim of during World War II. In short, Quark's assertion that "this is no time for a Changeling pride demonstration on the promenade" is both practical and realistic. It's just unfortunate that such a situation has to exist in the first place.
The fact this story can work in so many implicit issues without turning preachy or melodramatic and sticking solely with the truth of the characters is, well, pretty amazing.
And all through this, Odo is torn between love and identity in a way that is excruciatingly vivid. Who is Odo, really? Is he just pretending to be a humanoid? How does he cope with not knowing where he belongs? Does Kira's love go beyond the bounds of Odo's familiar humanoid form? I would say the answer to the last question is yes, but I would also say that a great deal of how others perceive us is based partially on the expectations of our physical existence. What happens when that existence could be anything? Odo has struggled with such questions his entire life, and Laas serves to remind him of where he could go—to exist with others like him in a link separate from the Great Link. (And I have a feeling this isn't the last time Odo will face having to make this choice.)
Odo isn't the only person torn. So is Kira when she realizes Odo's search for himself might require leaving her behind. She realizes Odo must be permitted to find his path—his right path—and makes a particularly difficult decision when releasing Laas from his holding cell so he can escape the station. (Minor complaint #2: I'm skeptical that Kira could so easily release Laas from confinement, leaving no evidence of her intervention and no suspicions from Sisko.) She can't bear to see Odo stuck where he doesn't belong, and she loves him enough to let him choose his path, even if that means joining Laas and abandoning his life as a humanoid.
"Love conquers all," as Laas puts it, may seem like a trite statement, but here it shows a huge difference between Laas' philosophy and Odo's. Laas faces humanoids with a cynicism that's understandable. And one could argue that Odo faces humanoids with a naivete that's equally understandable simply because his interactions haven't yet become jaded over a long period of time. Or perhaps it's simply that Odo got the luckier draw compared to Laas, whose experience with humanoids simply didn't work. (It's a telling sign that Laas once had a humanoid lover, but that the relationship fell apart.) Echevarria approaches each situation with great insight; even scenes that could've been cliche are instead full of probing dialog and ideas. (Interesting perspectives like Laas' belief that humanoids are tragically trapped in their static forms make all the difference.)
"Chimera" is a great story—the season's best so far. It's an intelligent and emotional outing, solidifying the Odo/Kira relationship in a way that, in its final scene, is exceptionally moving because it vies to capture our imaginations and emotions and senses all at once.
So many tantalizing questions, so many honest answers. This is why I watch Star Trek. At its best, like with "Chimera," it transcends plot and ends up meaning something. This episode looks at uncertainty in the universe and finds out what it means to the people involved. In the process, we discover their feelings and reflect upon them, hopefully while reflecting upon our own.
Next week: Mobsters take over Vic's lounge—badda-bing, badda-bang.
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47 comments on this review
Don't get me wrong, I appreciated the themes presented, but I thought the matter of Odo's allegiance was dealt with better when he was merging with the Founder Leader.
Laas simply absorbed the klingon knife,there was no need to kill something in 'selfdefence' if the attacker cant harm the defender.
Odo making a excuse that the klingon reached for his disruptor is a blunt lie and he stated more then once that he cant lie at all.
All that aside its on of the best episodes the last two season,but that says more about the other episodes then this one.
I've thought about 'the difference' and some kind of 'humanoid fantasy'(or, it can be : federalization in Trek) during watching. And I've always been moved by Kira's choice, her tryng of acception. I want to believe that is our human being's hope. While I don't agree "Love conquers all" personally haha.
Yes, this is one of my best episodes through whole DS9, even whole Trek.
This episode made me think about what love truly is. The Changelings can't understand love because they are linked most of the time. Imagine being physically and telepathically connected to every other living being on your planet for most of your life? You can't love one person under those circumstances. Love requires mystery, desire, longing. Things you can't feel if you're connected to someone all the time. In a way, despite all the disadvantages of being a humanoid, that 'weakness' allows us to feel closer to one person than any Changeling could.
So a key part of humanoid love is the idea that it's an intimate connection between just two people and it's like a secret you have that you don't have to share with anyone else.
Unfortunately the episode was almost ruined by the one line of dialog where Odo and Laas agree about the difficulty of emulating humanoid faces. It reminded me of the glaring inconsistency they created when they had changelings take over the positions of Bashir, Admiral Ross, and Martok. These clones were perfect in every respect yet they still persist with the idea that changelings can't 'do' human skin in detail.
How does this sort of thing get through everyone and end up as part of the script? Did I miss a bit of technobabble somewhere that explained this?
I think they could have explained it by saying the replacements *were* actual clones that they made using DNA from the source person. This would make sense because they have already established both DNA & cloning expertise, and the ability to accelerate clone growth so they reach maturity in a couple of weeks.
But I distinctly remember these replacements acting as changelings at the time they were 'caught' (except for Bashir) so the writers shot themselves in the foot.
This show already suffers from implausability, just because of the science stuff they can do which would be impossible as we currently understand the physical universe.
They have also formed bad habits that make the audience work even harder to suspend disbelief, like the random way that the deflector seems to be this magical device than can emit streams of magical particles that can apparently do almost anything that is required in order to wrap up the plot.
But on top of this, from time to time they let slip something like this changeling issue with skin detail that finally tips the scales and makes it impossible to take seriously any more.
Luckily that only last for a few minutes and I soon forget. But it really sucks.
It sucks first because it's not necessary. I can think of dozens of ways to explain their ability to insert 'replacement' humanoids as spies. The easiest is to say that they are clones, created by taking the DNA of a Vorta and then adding the necessary bits to make it look and act like the target. This is beleivable because we already know they can do this stuff.
But I've seen these spy characters act like changelings when they get found out, so the clone excuse can't be used.
Or, they could simply tell us that it takes a lot more skill to perfectly do humans than Odo is capable of, because he is self-taught. They could then show how Odo improves over time, and eventually he could not have to do 2 hours of makeup every morning. This explanation would have been easy too, but they have screwed up again by showing the female founder have the same crude facial features while obviously being a very experienced shapeshifter.
Why do the writers do this to themselves? Did I miss a bit of technobabble that explained how the spies can perfectly imitate human skin and hair?
Surely I must have missed the explanation, it's almost impossible to believe such a glaring contradiction could be left hanging in the air like the most stinky fart ever, while everyone just stands there breathing it in, making no effort to move away or anything.
OK, so that explains it. I guess they are telling us that the chengelings sent in as 'spies' were much much older than herself, and more skillful too.Seesa a bit weird because she seems to be the leader, but I' not going to quibble about that. AS a longtime Trek fan I only need the barest hint of an explanation to satisfy my nitpickiness.
I've skipped a few episodes on this run through the series, but only the fluff and inconsequential ones. I was pretty sure I hadn't missed anything with founders in it but I was probably distracted by email or something.
Thanks anyway
When Odo first meets the founders (and every time after that when the female is teaching him about the great link) he tries to get an idea of how many there are, and her answer is evasive enough to ring the alarm bells. She says things like 'Sometimes we are as one, sometimes we are many; it depends on how you look at it'.
That is classic cultish diversion to avoid the truth - once you are reunited with the great link, Odo, you won't have your own thoughts or personality any more. It's a single creature, capable of spiltting itself up almost infinitely, but when a piece if integrated back into the 'whole', it cases to be separate.
Bear in mind I've never read of watched any material or DVD commentary that might shed light on what the writers of the show meant. I'm just taking the show as I see it, and the singularity of the founder (not plural) seems pretty clear to me.
This theory has some holes in it. If it splits itself into 100 equal parts... which one is the 'real' founder?
I think it just knows innately which part is 'itself' and which parts are formerly 'itself'. Pretty much the same as the way our consciousness just 'knows' that I am me.
Anyone actually agree with me about this?
I think Odo was actually pretty terrified of losing his uniqueness if he joined the founder fulltime, but it wasn't shown in the series so it's probably just me making shit up to amuse myself.
However, the relationship stuff between Odo and Kira (which are NOT my favorite topic on DS9) worked VERY well. That redeemed what I thought was an otherwise boring episode. Still, I'd only give it two stars at most.
Maybe it takes effort/skill, so most of the time they can't be bothered, but if they need to, they will. Odo, meanwhile, hasn't figured out the level of skill necessary yet.
But I agree that Sisko was acting out of character not to figure out that Kira was lying... he's usually sharper than that.
While it doesn't detract from the episode, I found the attitudes of Worf and Sisko to be fairly ridiculous, redeemed only by the in-joke of the requests and frustrations of the conspicuously absent Martok.
Consider for a moment that Lars has lived among humanoids. He finds they are not very tolerant of shape shifters. He further finds out that his own people are determined to control humanoids. So the founders, one day just got up and said "Let us control all these humanoids around us"? No. Their desire to control humanoids is an act of self-defence. They never attacked humanoids as a whole people. Only when the humanoids persecuted them for thousands of years and fail to accept them as life-forms, do the founders resort to war.
It is striking how remarkable this sequence echoes the story of racism in history and real life. The founders in Chimera are races like the Blacks, Chinese and Red Indians. While the humanoids are the white race. Some of the parallels are:
- Wherever the white man has gone, he has tried to wipe out the native populations. Similar to how humanoids persecuted changelings.
- The changeling is so much superior to the humanoid. Similarly, the Black race is probably the most athletic race of all. It is hard to deny this fact.
- The founders wage a war to control solids. This is similar to how the Nation Of Islam feels that the only way for the world to be secure is to exterminate the white race. It is also a view this author shares, after not just musing but through in-depth reading of history and the current unobtrusive machinations of the United States and its allies in Europe.
- Quark informs Odo that this is due to a genetic element. There is only one race that segregates races to such an extent, and that is the white race. Quark's explanation is true but only for the occidental people. Consider that in India and China, predominantly Hindu and Buddhist respectively, Odo would never have been treated as a suspicious character. Instead, he would have been venerated as a god. Quark's generalised statement that "Our tolerance doesn't extend to beyond the two-arm, two-leg variety" is so western that anyone acquainted with different cultures will only find mirth in his words. One has only to look at the Boddhisatva and extensive stories in the sutra about many-legged gods and at the Mahabarata's Krishna (a god often depicted with 8 arms) to see that this explanation is a white man's explanation.
- Lars says that humanoids have wanted to fight nature and nature's other animals. They do this by trying to conquer nature mercilessly and with no regard to other species. Technology is their god. This is again an apt description for the occidental people's view of the earth. The amount of factory-farms where over 8 billion cows, chickens and pigs are so wantonly and inhumanely butchered so that people don't have to wait 15 minutes to get a meal, can only be run by a race that is missing a key part of the soul.
Truth is truth. Take it or leave it.
But, I have another idea about Laas.
What if he is not one of the Hundred? What if he is one of the Founders but merely pretending to be one of the Hundred?
First, Julian scans Laas and determines that his matrix is just as stable as Odo's. However, we know that Odo is already infected, so if Julian is a good doctor - and we have plenty of evidence that he is one of the Federation's best - the scan result makes sense only if Laas is already infected.
Second, the Founders' main goal is to get Odo to come home, to rejoin them. It is more important to them than the entire Alpha Quadrant. They have tried to lure him once by nearly faking Kira's death. Why not by pretending to be one of the Hundred?
This actually makes Laas more credible to me. To me he was too prejudiced towards humanoids for a Hundred who had lived and loved among them. He was trying to set up a fight with the provocative fog. And his changeling abilities were inconsistent. He could do fog, fire, the space creatures but not faces? But it makes more sense if he simply pretended not to be able to do faces.
Finally, what is more likely? Odo runs into one of the Hundred - and the galaxy is enormous - or the Founders are trying to get him back?
The nice thing about this reasoning is that it means that Laas is no longer out there, dying of the disease.
When they made Odo humanoid, they had no intention of restoring him, ever.
Laas is an interesting and believable character. Odo and Kira's relationship is treated very well. It touches very well on Odo's desire to be with his people too. These elements compose a lot of really great scenes.
On the other hand, there are a lot of disturbing elements as well. Odo and Kira don't seem to really care that Laas kills a Klingon unnecessarily (even if the Klingon WAS reaching for a disrupting, Laas had plenty of ways to defend himself and stop the Klingon). Suddenly people are uncomfortable with Odo shapeshifting, when he's done it before and done it in public. There's a lot of forced tensions here, which might have made more sense if other episodes have built them up, but they largely come out of nowhere, even considering the war with the founders.
We also get another one of Quark's 'wonderful' speeches where he gets everything wrong. I'll grant it is perfectly in character for him to give these speeches. He's done it before talking about how Ferangi are better or the like. These talks of his never stand up to scrutiny...on the other hand, they are never scrutinized in the show.
The Federation has shapeshifters in it (I've forgotten the TNG episode, but I think they were Fed citizens). They have beings without corporeal form (Medusans). They have non-humanoids (Horta). The idea that they'd be remotely prejudiced is rather ridiculous and against one of the core elements of Trek. Maybe that wasn't meant to be one of the implications, but they don't really do much to avoid it.
I don't know...it's an odd episode. People give up on trying to get Laas and the crew to be friends very quickly. They really only have one awkward conversation that was prematurely ended and no one tried to defend humanoid civilization (which is a shame). Does Sisko not try to help Laas because of the killing or for some other reason? It's never explained and Kira's opinion that Sisko doesn't interfere for others is laughable at best.
I guess I don't care to how largely two-dimensional the people besides Odo, Kira, and Laas were this episode. It isn't like they don't understand the importance of family, which is what Laas is to Odo. It isn't like they wouldn't be fascinated by a being that can turn into fire or fog. Or simply a being that had explored a great deal. It isn't like they aren't inclusive of non-humanoid species or care if Odo shapeshifts (yet it is implied that now the latter does bother them some). It isn't like they can't give passionate defenses of their civilization (or even point out that the changelings really aren't much better, so why quibble?)
I guess even if Laas had still ended up disliking solids at the end, I would have still liked to have a bit more of an exploration between him and the rest of the crew.
First off, it is "Changeling," learn to spell. Second, so, you agree with the Nation of Islam wanting to commit genocide? That makes you as evil as they are. As evil as the founders are presented to be.
Third, interesting, since for all your babble about "racism," you seem to agree with the philosophy of supremacy of the founders, just like the Nation of Islam.
Fourth, as a Muslim, you should be the last to babble about the "white," race and its actions in the world. How many ancient and noble cultures has Islam either destroyed or crushed in its brutal 1,300 year history?
Fifth, finally, as to the rest, this was a poorly disguised analogy about homosexuality. Note Odo's and Laas's linking? First and only time he does it with a presumed MALE changeling. Also Quark's remark about a changeling pride demonstration? The fact that Laas is portrayed as a bad character, even a murderer, almost makes this a HOMOPHOBIC episode.
How beauteous mankind is not...
The religious, racial, national, and anthropological critique was excellent, Changling! Ian is right to call for an inclusion of the queer voice. Nic's remark about love is very insightful, and I would like to add a linguistic critique.
The Founders in the Link are actually Immanuel Kant's aliens in his book Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View. Kant imagines aliens always to think out loud, incapable of hiding their thoughts, unlike humans. Kant feels just like Nic when Nic says, "Imagine being physically and telepathically connected to every other living being on your planet for most of your life? You can't love one person under those circumstances." As Odo says, linking is as natural for changelings as _talking_ is for humans; linking is alien language, language without the human freedom of self-editing. Humans make meaning by punctuating their words, whereas the link loses the meaning of human freedom because it the link is free of grammar, without periods or end.
In this sense we can take Neil's criticism of Changling identity as pointing out the falseness of Laas' comment about human and changeling "limits"; we (subjects) are all limited by immutable form (i.e. LINGUISTIC BEING), as Kant said, but whereas humans know this, the Changelings are capable of disavowing their limits by performing the Link. The "metaform" of limitless Linking is a fantasy, which Neil points out by showing the incompabatility of reality (multiple previously-Linked changelings with individuality) with Laas' claims of limitlessness.
Now we can also agree with Nic's conclusion that "In a way, despite all the disadvantages of being a humanoid, that 'weakness' allows us to feel closer to one person than any Changeling could." It is humanity's eternal curse of having a "weak link in the chain" that allows us the strength of drawing meaning from the notion of freedom, independence from our nature just as Odo, for love, alienates himself from his kind and thereby gains freedom.
So Changling is right about the Founders being self-defenders and not criminals, but only insofar as the Founders maintain their queerness and avow their limits, which Odo does but the endless Linkers do not.
Besos! ;-*
I was never sure if Changelings have a "default" gender. I always assumed that as a species that, while linked, does not have individuals, Changelings separated from the whole would be equally genderless. In theory that would mean there's nothing stopping Odo taking a female form (and not just temporarily, actually identifying as one).
Now the question of whether Odo would actually find men attractive, in either form, is a different question. I would assume a genderless race wouldn't care either way since the whole concept would be foreign, but being raised by Bajorans, Odo may be different in that regard (depending on whether orientation is learned or hard-coded).
Separate from that, I'm reminded of the female Changeling encouraging Odo to "be the rock". Maybe by holding a male form for so long he has "become" male, at least while in Odo-form. And given the unusual absence of homosexuals in Trek, "becoming" a male in this society means becoming a straight one. If he were to make the decision to change forms and live as a woman for long enough, his orientation might change. Depending on how elastic you think sexuality is (also I'm saying this in the context of a Trekkian "everyone is straight paradigm")
I prefer to think of it more like if humans encountered a species that only had one gender, or three. It's so completely non-analogous to our understanding of male/female, I suspect we either wouldn't be attracted to this new race at all, or we'd have the capacity to find any of them attractive on some level since they don't fit into our standard boxes. In that sense, Odo to us would probably qualify as gender-neutral and bisexual, since he has no understanding of male/female (except that he was raised by Bajorans, which complicates things)
Well, that was interesting!
Regarding the whole Changeling linking thing:
I always assumed the Changelings take their 'default' shape of a preferred gender, but they may technically not have gender since they 'average' ones spend most of their lives as parts of a greater whole. They have no need for sexual reproduction. Linking is a melding of form and sensation, of thought and feeling. It's something we can't comprehend because we're limited by our physical bodies. Our molecules can't shift to mingle with others the way those of the Changelings species can.
Odo may have taken a male form by default because he spent much of his early life around Doctor Mora and had few other humanoid models to work from. For all we know he might have taken a woman's body if Doctor Mora had been female instead of male. The female Founder may prefer the feminine shape because it looks deceptively nonthreatening. Where she learned the difference between males and females is anybody's guess. Maybe the memory of Changeling history all the way back to when they began evolving the ability is passed up through the Link.
Therefore, gender won't matter if two Changelings decide to link up. In their true liquid form there is no male or female. I recall in A Simple Investigation he told Arissa he had an experience "that some would consider sexual." Can you blame him for thinking it inappropriate to link with Laas in public? He knew the public perception might border on disgust--and because of the Founders he knew the average station humanoids (not the DS9 crew) were uncomfortable with seeing him shapeshift.
I remember the episode where Odo killed another Changeling. Remember? It was the guy who tried to force a link. If people see linking as a sexual thing, then wouldn't one Changeling forcing an unwilling Changeling to link and ripping what they know out of their mind be akin to rape? Imagine the implications of that.
Lots of interesting comments. Nice site.
I agree. I also wish the Dominion wasn't so mean. Jem'Hadar should have been bred to give hugs, not to kill. The Founders should have sent gift baskets of chocolate out into space instead of 100 of their own. The galaxy just needs more love and understanding.
I wasn't nearly as impressed by this episode a Jammer and some others. We're apparently supposed to approve of Odo lying for his buddy despite the fact that this guy KILLED someone, and no, it was apparent that it wasn't self defense. If some jerk tried to kill you with a spaghetti noodle, you wouldn't be justified in shooting him.
We're also supposed to applaud Kirk jail breaking a killer for the sole reason that he is the buddy of the man she loves, according to her own mouth. Fear that he won't be treated fairly never entered into it.
How unbelievable is it that Sisko just took Kira at her word? Even if we buy the implausibilities that the brig has no surveillance and it requires no access code to release someone, at the very least there would surely be a record that someone had pushed those buttons, so to speak. We must assume Sisko doesn't bother to investigate this at all because Kira is his friend, despite the fact that for all he knows that isn't even really Kira (nobody did any blood test - didn't occur to them that he might still be there - after all he said he couldn't do humans, no reason to suspect he might lie)!
How can Quark with a straight face say no humans would ever accept Odo's form after Troi's mom encouraged him to take it? After the DS9 crew has watched Odo shapeshift - even encouraged him to do so at times - for years? Even worse, I think the writers want us to take this a insightful despite its disregard for behavior of the characters in past episodes.
So many people acting out if character, simply to retread the old "Odo struggles with his identity theme" which has already Ben featured in several episodes.
I will say I enjoyed the development of Odo's relationship with Kira, but that's it. Definitely not 4 stars in my book....and calling it the best of DS9/all of Trek?! Well, no accounting for taste.
PS I think we should consider the possibility that the poster using The Dominion's logic to justify genocide might have been attempting to prove a point about the absurdity of such a position, rather than truly believing it.
As an analogy, I'm a white guy. People try to say racist or sexist things around me from time to time, and I immediately confront them and they stop. At least, they stop doing it around me. I would never be friends with someone who is racist or sexist, and I don't tolerate that behavior from anyone. It's not that I've changed their minds, but I have shown them that their behavior is unacceptable and made the space safer for others.
Odo rarely objects to racist statements made by changelings, even endorses some of them, but he gets deeply offended whenever he perceives any prejudice from "a solid". Consider how much time Odo spends lecturing other characters about their silly "solid" habits, or that he's the first to play the race card over and over again. Altogether, it seems to me that Odo is a bit of a closet racist himself.
I'm surprised so many commenters are smitten with this episode. I found it dull, irritating and not in line with the characters we know. It was out of character for Odo to ignore justice and blindly support the changeling and for Kira to help him escape and lie to the captain when the changeling was clearly in the wrong. Also Odo should know better than to blindly link with changelings left and right by now. The only good parts were scenes between Kira and Odo.
Finally, an episode that reminds us this is Star Trek. Good character exploration using scifi as a starting ground. And the end, for me, was quite touching. More than that, again, quite touching using the Trek scifi possibilities as a venue.
I also second Lt. Fitz's comment:
"I really liked the explanation of why humanoids need love. It's lonely in here".


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- They rear their young in stick nests or 'dreys', are less active in winter, and do not hibernate or bury nuts as winter store.
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Address Wahringer Strasse 12 (Alsergrund)
Dripping with period detail, quirky Pension Franz feels like a discovery despite its popularity.
starAddress Währinger Straße 15 (Alsergrund)
The cheeky 27-room three-star Hotel Bleckmann, tucked away in the student quarter of the Alsergrund, benefits from a great location and some clever extras.
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Address Postgasse 14 (Innere Stadt)
Pension Dr. Geissler's 33 rooms may lack high-tech amenities, but for a budget-friendly Viennese weekend break, it can't be beat.
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Pension Lerner is a great choice for bargain hunters seeking substance over style. For a three-star pension, the amenities on offer are pretty impressive.
Address Seilergasse 9 (Innere Stadt)
The Neuer Markt is a 37-room, workmanlike pension with average rates, very close to Vienna's biggest tourist spots.
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Address Heinrichsgasse 2 (Innere Stadt)
The Schweizer would be a fantastic deal anywhere in Vienna, but its rates are even more appealing given its prime Innere Stadt location.
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Address Georg-Coch-Platz 3 (Innere Stadt)
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Address Bauernmarkt 10 (Innere Stadt)
Family-run Pension City offers 19 rooms, some of which are quite spacious, that are furnished with both antique and modern pieces.
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starAddress Grashofgasse 4 (Innere Stadt)
At first glance, Kärntnerhof exudes the feel of a hotel frozen in time from the 1970s—right down to the groovy yellow signage. It's just the kind of faded beauty we love.
Address Walfischgasse 4 (Innere Stadt)
Spitting distance from the Opera, the Pension Suzanne offers first-class comfort at very reasonable prices.
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starAddress Fleischmarkt 20 (Innere Stadt)
Steps from St. Stephen's Cathedral, the three-star room Hotel Austria offers a rare combination of good value, a wealth of amenities, and an attentive staff.
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Directly on the Bauermarkt, the Hotel Schweizerhof is a charming three-star family-operated property disguised as a business hotel.
Address Graben 17 (Innere Stadt)
The Nossek is an classic pension operated by a lovely family. Drenched in history, it's a plain and unpretentious place with lots of charm.
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starAddress Krugerstraße 11 (Innere Stadt)
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starAddress Marco d'Aviano-Gasse 1 (Innere Stadt)
The Aviano is only a five-minute walk from the Albertina, the Opera and the Graben. You can expect tons of Viennese chintz in a choice location.
Address Skodagasse 15 (Josefstadt)
The Baltic is a romantic Cheapo's paradise, a pension from the 1920s, fabulously faded and funky. If you're just after a "normal" room with a clean "modern" bath, keep looking.
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Today I turned 35. Thirty-five. Thirrrtteeee-FIVE. And my mind still reels at how this could have happened. Most days, I still feel like I'm waiting to become an adult because that's what my life had been: waiting to become something and looking forward to that next, big stage.
I was certain life started at 18. And then I realized, oh hey! Eighteen isn't what I thought it would be! It must 21 that I'm waiting for. Yes! At 21, life begins!
Except at 21, I quickly realized the only thing that changed was my ability to drink legally. And since my boyfriend at the time sucked every bit of joy & happiness from my life, I didn't even get to properly enjoy that until I broke up with him three years later, and then whoo boy, did I enjoy the hell out of being able to drink legally! I mean, a lot.
Somewhere between 24 and 27, I felt like I was right where I was supposed to be in life. I felt content. I didn't feel like a misplaced and confused teenager. I wasn't in college, living on pretzels and Diet Coke, worrying about the day I'd have to have an actual job in my actual field of study. I wasn't in a break-up-every-other-month-dead-end relationship while all of my high school friends (it seemed) were getting married and having babies. I felt like I had arrived. I loved my job and I was engaged to be married. I had my whole life ahead of me and I was happy. Finally. I wasn't waiting.
Or so I thought.
I had the husband. I had the house, complete with fence (brown, not white), and I had the dog to go inside the fence.
I had the pregnancy, the excruciatingly long and lady-part shredding labor, and I had the perfect daughter whom I loved more than I ever imagined I could love another human being. And yet? I didn't feel like a grown up. I had met all the criteria for being an adult, but I still felt like a big fat fraud.
The past year has been… challenging, shall we say? I was pushed far beyond any emotional boundaries I would have thought possible to survive. And survive I did. For months, that was all I did. From the moment I woke up, to the moment I went to bed, it was all survival-mode, all the time. No planning for tomorrow, just getting through today. Even this very "grown-up" act of getting through "grown-up" life didn't make me feel like an actual grown-up.
Now I have a two year old child, and after two years of changing diapers (are we pee-pee or poopie?!), I didn't feel like a grown-up. For two years, I have fed her, rocked her, soothed her, played with her, taught her, and made sure her every need was met. (To be sure, Adam is a wonderful father, but does a mother's mind really ever shut off when her child is concerned?). Despite the "grown-up" act parenting, I did not feel like a grown-up. A mother? Definitely yes, but I was still waiting to feel like a grown-up. I was beginning to wonder if I'd ever feel like I viewed my parents.
I'm not sure what happened this summer, but something did happen, and when I wasn't looking, grown-up snuck up on me. One evening as I was doing the sprinkler dance & trying to avoid getting soaked, I was all, Huh. I kinda felt like a grown-up right there. How 'bout that.
And then there was the morning I was making blueberry pancakes for Ellis. In that moment, making breakfast for my daughter felt like the most grown-up thing I could ever do and I caught myself in a smile.
The rest of the summer has been filled with a hundred little moments like those where I realize that I am, finally, a grown up.
I'm starting to realize that 35 is just a number and not one to get hung up on. I thought I was supposed to feel a certain way at 35. You know, like a GROWN UP. I know now that I can feel any way I want to at 35. My vision of 35 was Dan & Roseanne Connor yelling at Darlene because she didn't call home when she was going to be late coming home from the concert. That wasn't me. I was 35 and Tweeting from my bathroom this morning about HOW COULD I BE 35? instead of getting ready for work.
I'm starting to realize that 35 is simply a measure of time and nothing more. It doesn't tell the story. Only I can do that. Every new line on my 35 year-old face tells my story. Every step I've taken in life has brought me to today. To being a wife, a mother, a grown-up, me.


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Hi !
Need some big help here using the Terminal and Turbo SIM. After typing in the IP number of the iPhone the terminal says "no support for smartcards" and I cant go on with the instructions.
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Hi !
Need some big help here using the Terminal and Turbo SIM. After typing in the IP number of the iPhone the terminal says "no support for smartcards" and I cant go on with the instructions.
Am I doing something wrong here ?
The Terminal asks for password but I cannot put anything in and it keeps saying that there is no support for smartcards...??
I´m completely lost.
When giving them "0755 rights" it says 755. I assume that is correct ?
I really would need some help using the terminal.
Hi iMaso
Tks for the tutorial man!
It worked well untill i did th 1.1.2 update in itunes...it's bricked again...even after jailbreak 1.1.2
In 2. step 7 the installer didn't ask for an update...could it be this?
i'm downgrading it now to 1.1.1 again...
if anyone can help...
any cred is well apreciated. coz this tut is changing any hour, and might as well KEEP changing any hour, although i believe we are near at the optimum. it is not like there are no other tutorials to do all this on this forum, i just did this to a) understand what will happen while doing all this weird stuff and b) to have a fukkin good tutorial at hand, when i will receive my iphone at december 10th and my turbosim at approx. the same time.
as those tutorials might change a few times a day one might find it difficult to follow, maybe start with some steps, get stuck in the middle, check back to the tut and then it has already changed...... this might be annoying, i believe....... but that is not the point. i just wanted to do a tut that will be doubtless understandable, especially for n00bs as I still am, which will in the end help anybody to free his phone from any limitations ---- and which I can use when i will finally get my OWN phone to run through it - hoping that everything will work fine. but I guess, there won´t be a problem as so many people confirmed that this one works well.
it is just, that those tut´s will have to be kept clean and error-free, coz otherwise ppl might hang me.....
cheers iMaso
this cant be. if you succesfully downgraded to 1.1.1, jailbroke and activated with independence or ibrickr and did the steps according to the instructions in the youtube video, afterwards DID install oktoprep, you should only have to update to 1.1.2 via itunes, and jailbreak.jar SHOULD work by then! i have no idea why it didn´t...... did you leave out or miss a point in the tutorial?
dues it matter if i used appsnap to jailbreak it insted of "independence or ibrickr"? i can continue from installing oktprep etc...
there is a tutorial which somebody did after hours and days of reading forum posts and threads, asking stupid questions, luckily getting answers, gathering information and so on; and after a few days : compiling all those infos in just one tutorial. this tut is for people who dont know what to do and how. there may be several ways to cope with all this stuff, this tut displays only ONE of them. just do as told, if you wish to; as confirmed, this one should work, if you are stuck, coz there is a mistake in the tut, let me know and i will correct it (please dont try to proceed ON from the point since which you were stuck), if you have any further questions, just ask or search on the forum.
this is not a service, this is an OFFER.
if we all work together, and exchange our thoughts and experiences, there willl be ONLY ONE tutorial in the end, which should cover it all. til 1.1.3 comes
at least we are having "fanboys" of all systems working together on just one thing: free the godddamn iPhone. doesnt´t matter if you prefer WIN or MAC or LINUX: all are wanting just this next big thing - and working on it TOGETHER. this is cool.
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mtnguy_24 said...
The worst part about the loss is that it's what the NCAA and media wanted. Every Penn State fan wanted to shove this season down their throats by winning as much as possible with a big f u to all the naysayers. It was never realistic to expect a 12-0 season, but 8-4 or 9-3 was possible depending on the play calling and execution.
Based on what I saw (and a lot of others) on Saturday, we're probably going to be a .500 team this year and it will be tough to dig ourselves out in future years due to the sanctions. This and the coming years is what will separate the fair weather fans from the true fans. We need to continue to support the football team, the local economy and Penn State through these growing pains no matter how we fair on the field.
Appreciate the note PK5 and I agree with your statement.
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TallahasseeLion said...
Losing is difficult no matter what way you look at it. Some of the positives that I saw were discipline (1 penalty), mcgloin and the receivers/ tight ends. I know we dropped some passes but Allen Robinson is looking like a go to guy. It was the first game and there are still plenty of things to work out including proper defense as Ohio was not a team to blitz. UVA will be tuff I watched them beat fsu in Tallahassee last year. They are disciplined but lack big play guys. Their qb is a pocket passer and rb is serviceable and smart - watch the wheel route!! They are also disciplined on defense and refuse to allow big plays. With all that being said we should be able to get some pressure on the qb and force some mistakes. I expect a psu win along the lines of 20-17.
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MDAlum said...
Above everything else, this team and fanbase needs to shed the black cloud hanging over its head. Being up 14-3 and having a bad luck play happen doesn't spell doom. You get up and punch them in the mouth and keep going. But that did not seem to happen. The team folded.
And if you were there, I want someone to tell me the crowd was not out of it at 17-14. Once we got behind, it was a sense of loss and it was still the fourth quarter. But we had no confidence in the team's ability to come back. No confidence that MM could lead them back from the momentum shift.
Sure the Defense was horrific on third down. But the O needed to give them some help. We only gave up 24 points. We got the ball on two separate possessions down by only 3. But the offense was done.
From the Green side ... They schemed well against our personnel, and Tettleton was on fire. It was a precision attack. So you give it to them for their preparation and execution. We need to better defend that type of attack or it will be repeated all year.


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SML All Day Dining - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Guofeng Chinese - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner.
Room service is available.
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Check-out time is noon
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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- Breakfast fee: CNY 129 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: CNY 50 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Airport shuttle fee: CNY 450 per vehicle (one way)
- Babysitting/childcare fee: CNY 50 per hour, per child
- Rollaway bed fee: CNY 287.5 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
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To me Spaceship Earth looks better without the arm. I also would like to see WDW get rid of mickey's hat at Disney MGM.
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I'm in the middle too, but still don't know why they took out the plastic/lexan sculpture. They could have worked the legacy tiles in just fine with some of the big landscape planters. Oh well....
Ya know, if they'd change font on the logo, I say they make it just like this (both words, of course!) :
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I've been a big fan of glueless patch kits for a while but have been disappointed with the quality of what was available until now. The patches are a ripstop variety and are very, very sticky and are super easy to use. The boot that's included will be very useful if you need it (better than a GU wrapper). Plus, the container everything comes in could have alternate uses.
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Has anyone used this product to patch a towable intertube that is pulled behind a boat?
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The case keeps everything from getting crushed and ruined by anything I put in my pack. So Far i have had to patch two tubes and the patches held up great. They were easy to use and have held tough.
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Put one of these in every pack/bag you own for biking.
Good quick patch kit. A buddy got a flat on a tubeless in So. Utah, used the self-adhesive backing to patch the blown side wall... finished the trail (5+miles).
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I did everything the instructions called for and as soon as I got the psi to about 40 it decided to blow the patch. Seems to be just a kit that looks nice, performance is poor at best.
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Automatically Open Netflix when Cnnecting to Car Dock
Hi. My name is Mike and I'm new to this forum. If there is anyone out there with technical expertise, I was hoping you could help me with this....
I want to program my phone to automatically open Netflix when connecting to my iBolt car dock. I have the T999 Tmobile Samsung Galaxy S3, rooted, and backed up properly. Is there anyone out there that can help me with this? I really appreciate your help. Thanks.
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- 11-22-2012, 10:34 AM Thread Author #1
Question about Syncing facebook contacts with Nexus
Is there a way to have my contacts show there facebook profile picture like my old gingerbread did? I liked how my old phone synced these over but my nexus only seems to show pictures of people that have a g+ acct but it doesn't show pictures of people with facebook accts when I'm texting someone back or something.
Am I doing something wrong? Can I download something? How to fix this? Please halp. - 11-22-2012, 10:56 AM #2
Re: Question about Syncing facebook contacts with Nexus
Download Haxsync. It's great for that.
- 11-22-2012, 11:21 AM Thread Author #3
Re: Question about Syncing facebook contacts with Nexus
The latest versions of Android (since the latest updates of 2.3, actually) don't sync with Facebook. It basically comes down to Facbeook not playing nice with Google over the usage of user data, so until Facebook decides to follow the rules, you're stuck using a 3rd party app for it.
LG Nexus 5 / LG Nexus 4 / HTC One / Sony Xperia ZL // T-Mobile / AT&T - 11-22-2012, 02:09 PM #5
Re: Question about Syncing facebook contacts with Nexus
I've always used Sync My Pix, but just went to get a link for you to find it's no longer in the market
- 11-24-2012, 01:29 PM Thread Author #7
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Re: Question about Syncing facebook contacts with Nexus
Or does anyone have a reliable way to sync Facebook with Gmail?
Re: Question about Syncing facebook contacts with Nexus
A massively interesting fact came out of a recent run-in with a friend and his iPhone. He was running iOS 6 and had somehow denied Facebook access to his photos, so as a solution I decided to remove the Facebook app and turn off the built-in features iOS 6 has with Facebook, and then reinstall and restore from scratch.
When I deleted his account from Settings, it asked me if I would like to delete the synced data from Facebook, OR KEEP IT on the phone.
So basically you can keep the data if you have an iPhone, but not if you're on Android. Not cool, Facebook. - 11-26-2012, 12:28 AM #14
Re: Question about Syncing facebook contacts with Nexus
So not sure if I'm doing something wrong or I just won't be able to get my FB contact pics under my Contacts. Here's what I have/want to do:
I have about 70 phone Contacts currently synch'ed from my Google Contacts the day I turned on my Nexus 4. Some of these people are my FB friends, some not (ie. businesses/etc). Like the OP posted, all of the photos under my Contacts are blank.
I decided to download Friendcaster and then added that Account to synch to my Contacts. Waa la, all the FB pics are there under my Contacts! However, now my contact list grew to 350 Contacts because it synch'ed ALL of my FB friends. Hells no! So when I go back to 'Contacts to Synch' and de-select Friendcaster, then I'm back to my 70 phone contacts and NO FB pictures.
So if I want my "real" phone Contacts to have FB pics, I have to synch ALL of my FB contacts?? Or is because the phone contacts that I do call are also on FB have short names (ie. ChrisJ but on FB their name is Chris Johnson?). I thought this might be case because when I did have all 300+FB contacts, some were double, like 'ChrisJ' and then 'Chris Johnson'. UGGG!!! Why is this so freakin hard?!?1? LOL
Thanks in advance for any help! - 11-29-2012, 03:44 PM #17
Re: Question about Syncing facebook contacts with Nexus
from your People Apps contact list, click the menu (three dots) and select "Contacts to Display" and you can either choose "All Contacts" or a specific account you have signed into on your phone, they also have a "Customize" option that'll allow you to select more specifically. Also in Friendcaster (I think) you can tell it to only sync current contacts vs all. what this does is it'll look for matches and only sync those. For contacts like you were saying they have short names etc on Facebook you just have to edit your phone contact and from the menu chose "join" and then it lets you browse all you FB contacts and you can manually find them. This same method works with the Official FB app as well. The real issue here is that Google and Facebook had a falling out back in the Nexus S days where Google didn't agree with Facebook's sketchy hold on users data so they stopped playing nice with each other in that respect.
Also for a good (maybe the best) contact sync app check out this has worked great for me.
I'd stop, and suggest EVERYONE do this, stop saving contacts to your phone, stop using Backup assistant and just put ALL your contacts in GMail. It live updates when contacts are edited either on phone or desktop and auto syncs so you never have to worry about your contacts when you switch phones. A easy way you can do this is you can export your phone contacts to a file (in contacts app), copy that to your computer and import that file into you GMail contacts.
Also, OEM UI's handle Facebook syncing different, my directions are for real/stock Android (Nexus devices) but they can be carried over or things will be similar enough to figure out. - 01-01-2013, 10:11 AM #18
Re: Question about Syncing facebook contacts with Nexus
I followed the instructions on how to set up a cardDAV account from the google website . Everything went fine, except when I try to create a new contact. I have 281 contacts on my iCloud account, and when i switch to google it say i have 290. When i check mark both accounts i have 298.
So my first question is, when I set up carddav, why do i have extra contacts on Google if carDAV works smoothly with iOS?
If I modify anything in iCloud, it gets sync'd to google. However if I try to add a new contact in Apple Contacts it doesn't show up in google anymore; the reverse is also true.
With my old contacts i see on each entry an iCloud and cardDAV (Linked Contacts). On new entries there is no such link.
In my Apple Contacts preferences, I left the default account as iCloud. If I change it to google per the instructions, then new contacts are added to google, but not added to Apple Contacts.
This new cardDAV approach seems very close, but not exactly what I need. Gmail is my primary email, but Apple Contacts is my primary address book. My devices are all Apple: Macbook, iPad and iPhone 5. iCloud works perfectly between the devices. I want to add google as a "device" to this arrangement, because I got a Nexus 4 that Im trying out, and want to sync back and forth between the two device. Is there any way to accomplish what I am trying to do?
Thanks in advance for the help.
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