Making of: Routine
Jan. 5th, 2023 04:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
weaverofwordsWatched a cat video where it said how important routine is for cats and I immediately thought of Odo's liking for routine. Then the idea came that Odo is going through his day, reminiscing about his routine, then starting to mentally complain that he wouldn't have any time anyway for a hypothetical relationship with Quark and would have to shift appointment A to B and so on until wondering why he was thinking about that at all.
Told my bestie this and if she can remember which of the episodes have Odo mention his routine, for example when waiting for Kira with her raktajino when she stands him up for Shakar. She pointed out that his routine can't be too strict, otherwise it would create an opening for criminals to use the free time frame. Since he doesn't probably need to regenerate for long, we agreed that he probably works 2 shifts out of three in varying versions (shift 1 and 3, then shift 1 and 2 and so on).
She also suggested suggested that he makes up his own work schedules, maybe a 100 different patterns that he switches or generates at random in his mind, making it difficult even for Quark.
Chacusha suggested that Odo thoroughly schedules his activities down to the minute each day because of his regeneration cycle that doesn't exactly match the day cycle of the station.
She also found a piece of dialogue showing that at least one walk across the Promenade happens at the same time daily in 4x26 "Broken Link":
> AROYA: I own the Celestial Cafe, the new Bajoran restaurant overlooking the Promenade.
> ODO: I'm familiar with it.
> AROYA: I watch you walk by every morning when you're on patrol. Oh nine thirty seven. You're very precise.
> ODO: How nice of you to notice.
Which makes little sense, because then Odo would have to have the same shift everyday day, which leaves an aforementioned opening for criminals. Yes, he could also be doing double shifts, as was also suggested.
The headcanon about Odo's routine, especially the one shown in the fic is still a WIP.
Told my bestie this and if she can remember which of the episodes have Odo mention his routine, for example when waiting for Kira with her raktajino when she stands him up for Shakar. She pointed out that his routine can't be too strict, otherwise it would create an opening for criminals to use the free time frame. Since he doesn't probably need to regenerate for long, we agreed that he probably works 2 shifts out of three in varying versions (shift 1 and 3, then shift 1 and 2 and so on).
She also suggested suggested that he makes up his own work schedules, maybe a 100 different patterns that he switches or generates at random in his mind, making it difficult even for Quark.
Chacusha suggested that Odo thoroughly schedules his activities down to the minute each day because of his regeneration cycle that doesn't exactly match the day cycle of the station.
She also found a piece of dialogue showing that at least one walk across the Promenade happens at the same time daily in 4x26 "Broken Link":
> AROYA: I own the Celestial Cafe, the new Bajoran restaurant overlooking the Promenade.
> ODO: I'm familiar with it.
> AROYA: I watch you walk by every morning when you're on patrol. Oh nine thirty seven. You're very precise.
> ODO: How nice of you to notice.
Which makes little sense, because then Odo would have to have the same shift everyday day, which leaves an aforementioned opening for criminals. Yes, he could also be doing double shifts, as was also suggested.
The headcanon about Odo's routine, especially the one shown in the fic is still a WIP.
