#Something about space air hostess Hera has me transfixed

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Okay self indulgent idea of what Hera would look like if she had a physical form...

I think as of Season One she would have a physical form that's very retrofuturism meets vintage air hostess meets movie starlette...

I imagine mechanical blue skin, white blonde hair, vintage space outfit that's impractical- think the Jetson's female outfits and not actual space safe attire. Perhaps an outfit with a bit of Marilyn Monroe flare, the splayed out bob, the bright eyes, perhaps a mole on her cheek. A little bit pretty alien...

Because I think Goddard Futuristics would want to belittle her a bit, remind her that she's not a person in her own right- that she's a part of the ship, there to aid, not to function as an individual. So they make her look more fashionable than functional and lean into a pretty Star Trek damsel in distress look.

I think Hera would resent this appearance and try to find some way in her programming that she could adjust her form to something she would actually prefer. In Hera's ideal form she'd wear a jumpsuit like the rest of the crew, tie her hair up or perhaps cut it into a less feminine style and she'd ditch the makeup that makes her look more like an actress than anything else.

With the help of Maxwell she'd be able to change a few things- and maybe end up with a form that's closer to looking like Minkowski or Lovelace than a character from a C-tier sci-fi film in the 60s...