goop!!!

Odo’s line [in “Shadowplay”] “I don’t do faces faces very well,” triggers the eternal query, “Why not?” Since the writers hadn’t pinned down a definitive answer, Rene Auberjonois devised one of his own. “If there’s something for Odo to replicate that has a prototype, like a rat or a knapsack or a chair, he can replicate it exactly,” says the actor. “But because he is searching for his identity, even beyond the fact that by the third season he knows where he comes from, he cannot create a face for himself. It’s an identity problem for Odo, because he is a character who believes, in the strictest sense of the word, in telling the truth. And I believe he could make a face like Paul Newman or Quark, but he can’t create something that he doesn’t understand, and he doesn’t understand himself yet.”

— Terry J. Erdmann, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion (2000)

Odo's gender is when he's pining after kira he's a lesbian when he's doing intricate rituals with quark he's a gay man. when he's doing anything else he's goop cop bad cop. It's literally simple

[ID: 13 gifs from season 2, episode 8 “necessary evil” from the tv series “star trek: deep space nine”, the gifs show kira nerys and odo inside odo's office. odo is behind his desk, while kira is standing in front of the desk.

1st gif: "i misjudged you, major. you were a better liar than i gave you credit for." odo tells kira.

2nd gif: the camera cuts to a close up of kira, "you were working for the cardassians." she leans forwards.

3rd gif: the camera returns to odo, "i haven't been for more than a year. you've had all that time to tell me the truth." he stresses his point by leaning forwards as well.

4th 5th, 6th gif: kira replies, "i tried to tell you the truth a hundred times." she straightens up before continuing, "what you think of me… matters a lot." she looks downwards, "i was afraid…"

7th gif: "that it might affect our friendship?" odo inquires.

8th gif: kira nods, she is still looking down towards the ground.

9th gif: "maybe it doesn't have to." odo is not looking at kira while saying this.

10th gif: kira looks up and at odo, "will you ever be able to trust me the same way again?"

11th gif: odo slowly lifts his head up and looks at kira. he doesn't say anything.

12th gif: kira looks straight ahead.

13th gif: the camera shows both kira and odo standing from the side. the silence echoes between them. kira is still looking straight ahead at odo, while odo averts his gaze and looks down. /end ID]

MY interpretation of an odo/o'brien kayaking session