I suppose Selmak just has to get used to being a 'he' after years of being a 'she'. Mind you, after years of being a 'she' it probably came as a bit of shock to be blended with a bloke!
I suppose what helps is the fact that, as the symbiote is using the host's body to speak through, their voice will naturally take on the timbre of that host - albeit with the symbiote 'flange' effect. They also take on a lot of the emotional/psychological elements of their host as part of the blending process, so that probably helps them adjust from being male to being female (and vice versa).
To that end, Selmak now has male characteristics owing to being resident in Jacob's body - therefore it can be assumed that Selmak is 'male' to whatever degree a symbiote can be 'sexed' (as it were).
With that in mind, I guess Selmak should now be referred to as a 'he'. That was always the assumption made with Goa'ulds - and I suppose that's why Sam assumed Jolinar was 'male' as she had jumped from a male body.
That's just my opinion though. I'm not a fic writer, so I don't know whether there are any conventions over sexing symbiotes.
I suppose what helps is the fact that, as the symbiote is using the host's body to speak through, their voice will naturally take on the timbre of that host - albeit with the symbiote 'flange' effect. They also take on a lot of the emotional/psychological elements of their host as part of the blending process, so that probably helps them adjust from being male to being female (and vice versa).
To that end, Selmak now has male characteristics owing to being resident in Jacob's body - therefore it can be assumed that Selmak is 'male' to whatever degree a symbiote can be 'sexed' (as it were).
With that in mind, I guess Selmak should now be referred to as a 'he'. That was always the assumption made with Goa'ulds - and I suppose that's why Sam assumed Jolinar was 'male' as she had jumped from a male body.
That's just my opinion though. I'm not a fic writer, so I don't know whether there are any conventions over sexing symbiotes.
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