Part of what is on Star Trek writers’ minds are the lessons they are writing for those self-similar archetypes in our culture. Data goes through a lot of things an autistic person may go through, while Odo reflects a lot on someone who is masking and adapting their personality for their “duty” to being agreeable. Many characters embody a number of messages to multiple archetypes, and there is an impetus in “Hollywood” to do things like help very “Big Bang Theory” types how to avoid and get out of “pocket spaghetti” type situations.
Part of what is on Star Trek writers’ minds are the lessons they are writing for those self-similar archetypes in our culture. Data goes through a lot of things an autistic person may go through, while Odo reflects a lot on someone who is masking and adapting their personality for their “duty” to being agreeable. Many characters embody a number of messages to multiple archetypes, and there is an impetus in “Hollywood” to do things like help very “Big Bang Theory” types how to avoid and get out of “pocket spaghetti” type situations.