Characters who should've stayed longer
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As much as I prefer TNG to VOY, I think Kes and Suder were more regrettable losses than Wes and Tasha
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Gul Sengosts
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Still can't get my head around that Harry was planned to be killed in season 3 (no loss at all), but was kept in because People magazine ranked Wang one of the sexiest people alive. Excuse me?
With Kes they could have done more with the telepathy powers instead of going from zero to ascended being over an episode.
What would have happened with Kim in-universe had Wang been kicked off the show?
Killed off? As 'ensign green' and the one most eager to return home, that would have been kind of dissatisfying.
Kim deciding to stay behind in the DQ? Not really credible.
Chance encounter with a magical wormhole/vortex/experimental drive/aliens/ that transport him, and him alone, back to the AQ? Not really credible either (though of course we've seen just that happening in some eps).
Kim ascending to semi-godhood? Now, such an ending would be ridiculous for any character, but even more so for Kim
I agree that killing Kim off would have been a booboo, for that exact reason. His desire to get home was important to the show, as Janeway and Tuvok couldn't express their own desire go get home as openly being the Captain and a Vulcan, and the other regulars were outcasts who weren't as attached to the Alpha Quadrant.
I also think Harry served the show by being the "nice" person, from a stable family background and pure Starfleet values, to balance out all the snarky/logical/hot-headed/goofy misfits on the show. Kes arguably served the same role, but Kim did it better for two reasons: one, like I said, he had that connection to Earth and Starfleet; and two, Kim still managed to be flawed and have major weaknesses, to balance out his innocence and optimism. Since Voyager was more a show about flawed people, I think Kim fit in a lot better than Kes did (at least for how she wound up being written). Kes would've fit in far better on TNG, where most of the characters were just the elite best-of-the-best in Starfleet.
A recurring adversary? You mean an enemy that you sleep with, right?
As a Brad Douriff fangirl, I'm for this.
EDIT: Wait, you met Kashyk. In that case....eh sure.
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Most certainly!A recurring adversary? You mean an enemy that you sleep with, right?
Brad Dourif was great in the X-Files... and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest...and several horror flicks that I'm a fan of. That guy was/is prolific. I even have an import DVD of this film called Horseplayer that he's in, but I haven't watched the film yet. It was a blind buy since it covers one of my other "loves" in life and also happens to feature Dourif. So, it was nice to see a "familiar face" when I watched VOY last year.
She shows up in one of your books, doesn't she? That's actually the reason I bought it! (I've yet to read it, simply because my to-read list is insanely long, but someday.)
Yep! But just to manage your expectations, it's a small cameo appearance.
Maybe I can do more with her in some future book.
Sweet!
OMG, yes. This was a big mistake. He brought an edge to the series and it would've been interesting to see his character develop over time.
Kim was too much of a wuss though. Never asserted himself, eager to please. He's like what Picard would have been if he didn't get stabbed by a Nausicaan. (I'm sure Harry got promoted to LtJg at least a few years before he turned 60.) His positive qualities were great and they did balance out the insanity, but he needed to be more assertive and at least have something about him that stood out.
I think the Equinox survivors should have been recurring and been given redemption stories.
True. But it's not like Kes was very assertive either, except in "Fury"...
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