re: #275 Shiplord Kirel

Sheesh! Why do all these weirdos hijack the names of sci-fi characters? Do they like to admit they go to Trek cons and can’t find a girlfriend or play softball drunk or enjoy a good NASCAR race? Yeah, that’s it, weird, and they live in Mom’s basement too and…

Oh.
Never mind.

But this raises an interesting question:

Did the creators of DS9 steal from Ursula Le Guin when they created a character named Odo?

/obscure Trek question