Re: I cannot believe what they have done to Janeway in the VOY relaunc
I know how, on the outside, it may look like sexism is at play here. But I think if you read more TrekLit, you'll realize that in the books, Star Trek is much MORE gender-equal than was ever demonstrated on screen.
For instance, the recent Destiny trilogy (the capstone of modern TrekLit) had, across four starships, two female captains and two male captains, as well as two female first officers and two male first officers. The central focus character for the whole thing was female. The President of the Federation was female. The Enterprise-E crew, in its most recent iteration, contained more female "regulars" than males. Can you say ANY of that about onscreen trek?
I mean, of course, sexism is far more than just a numbers game, but I think you'll find if you read on further that the same balance I describe in numbers is also true in character arcs, perspectives, and stereotypes (or rather lack thereof).
I know how, on the outside, it may look like sexism is at play here. But I think if you read more TrekLit, you'll realize that in the books, Star Trek is much MORE gender-equal than was ever demonstrated on screen.
For instance, the recent Destiny trilogy (the capstone of modern TrekLit) had, across four starships, two female captains and two male captains, as well as two female first officers and two male first officers. The central focus character for the whole thing was female. The President of the Federation was female. The Enterprise-E crew, in its most recent iteration, contained more female "regulars" than males. Can you say ANY of that about onscreen trek?
I mean, of course, sexism is far more than just a numbers game, but I think you'll find if you read on further that the same balance I describe in numbers is also true in character arcs, perspectives, and stereotypes (or rather lack thereof).
What are you basing that opinion off of, other than she's female and now dead? This is where reading the material makes it easier to discuss said material. She was killed by the decision of a female editor. Not because she was a woman, but because in the books you've been skipping, no one knew what to do with her since she got home. She got promoted out of command (thanks in part to Nemesis), and was kinda just floating around doing nothing. But taking valuable screen time doing so, because authors felt they had to include her. Management decided that they could get more mileage out of the whole VOY group by killing her off and letting the other characters react/move on, so they did. Not about sexism, about advancing the plot. If Janeway was the mother-figure of the group, at some point the kids had to leave home and see if they could stand on their own...
I can't belive I did that, Dax (Jazia, Ezri, and Curzon) is one of my favorite characters and I do know she (she, and he) is (are) Trill. I guess that's what I get for posting late at night after a full shift at work.
