A few things to discuss about Kes

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Somehow, I've got a feeling that, in general, game developers care more than film or tv producers. Maybe because games can usually be patched up, but it's harder for films and tv.

Care looks differently across professions.

 

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Because that relationship was there and it was stupid.

They could have subbed in any character for Harry with the same result. Just as someone had to be the ensign, someone had to be the awkward son-in-law.

They didn't kill off Kirk, Scotty, McCoy or any other main character in the last movie as they did with Data in Nemesis.

No, they just killed off Kirk a movie later.

I think that they can spare us from that kind of melodramatic goo.

Some of us are OK with that, if it's done right. Case in point: "The Visitor"

As for Martok, he was great as a warrior and character but not as a Chancellor. That role should be Gowron's.

Martok was a military leader who wanted nothing to do with politics. He should have thrown that furry coat back over Worf's shoulders and told him "clean up your own [Klingon cussword]-ing mess, you petaQ!"

I'm not OK with the lifespan since it was unrealistic and limited the character. They should have done something about it, like letting Suspiria, Q or someone else give her something like a human lifespan.

We all have our opinions on where various Trek characters should have ended up. I could give you a long list, comprising characters from all four Berman era series. Including Kes, though my opinion does differ from yours.

Finishing off characters doesn't indicate a lack of care

No. The character I killed off in that story was one I was quite fond of. And I had planned to spare him; he deserved a happy ending. But the story just worked better with him gone.