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Favorite Pair

KayArr

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After watching seasons 1 and 2 on dvd, I think that the pair of characters with the best chemistry is Janeway and Torres. Whenever they are together on screen, the scenes crackle with energy, and they just play off each other really, really well. It's so great to see a couple of creative, strong, proactive women come together to make the ship work. They are becoming one of my favorite pairs in all of Trek, right up there with Kirk/Spock, Geordi/Data, Trip/T'pol. Of course Doctor/Seven are great from the later seasons. But I'm really getting sold on these early seasons, and I think Dawson is a really, really fine actress. She gives B'Elanna a lot of layers. I always liked the Paris/Torres couple angle, but the Captain/Engineer angle is even better!
 
After watching seasons 1 and 2 on dvd, I think that the pair of characters with the best chemistry is Janeway and Torres. Whenever they are together on screen, the scenes crackle with energy, and they just play off each other really, really well. It's so great to see a couple of creative, strong, proactive women come together to make the ship work.

I see what you're saying about the chemistry between those two. My favorite though would be Janeway/Chakotay. It took a while for it to grow on me but eventually I got worn down!
 
If we look at interaction between the characters, the best combination was:

Neelix-Tuvok :techman:

I always enjoyed the interaction between those total contrasts. Very funny from time to time

Other good combinations were:
Kes-The Doctor
Janeway-Chakotay
Paris-Kim
Janeway-Kes
Janeway-Torres
The Doctor-Seven
 
If we look at interaction between the characters, the best combination was:

Neelix-Tuvok :techman:

I always enjoyed the interaction between those total contrasts. Very funny from time to time

Agree.

But I also very like
Janeway/Chakotay (very good screem chemistry)
Torres/Chakotay
Paris /Kim
 
I would also go for Seven of Nine/Torres if they have bonded more. Too bad that the writers didn't really do much about having those 2 bond more.
 
I think (especialy in the later seasons) that EVERYONE in the cast had great chemistry together.

But as others said,
Janeway and B'Elanna,
Chakotay and B'Elanna,
Tom and B'Elanna,
Neelix and Tuvok,
Tom and Harry
 
I think the interaction between the Doctor and B'Elanna was entertaining at times.
 
Neelix/Tuvok for me. I like it because it wasn't on the surface and was a lot deeper than some people realize. I think this is even noticeable right away in "Caretaker" when Tuvie walks in on Neelix's bath. You can almost see Tuvok with a big jovial grin on the inside. Russ always played their scenes together so well. The relationship dynamic was also very unique to Trek.

I would have liked to say Tom and Harry, but unfortunately as far as "buddy, buddy" relationships go, they have to compete with Julian and Miles and it just isn't the same.

As far as married couples go Tom and B'Elanna's was by far the best, I thought.

Riker/Troi just seemed so "whatever." They had this hot, passionate relationship in the past, decided to 'just be friends,' and in the end it was as if they just settled and said, "might as well get married..." That never worked for me.

Worf/Dax I always thought was silly and awkward. Of course, a lot of this has to do with my utter loathing of Jadzia, but the whole relationship just seemed so thrown together. And, if you Jadzia up next to K'Ehleyr, she just doesn't compare.

But, with Tom And B, the courtship was real and believable. It had it's ups and downs and it actually felt like two people, not just falling in love, but getting accustomed to each other.
 
I think that the overall interaction between the chartacters was better in the first three seasons when all of them could relate to each other in some way than in the later seasons when everything was about Janeway, Seven and The Doctor.
 
Absolute fav is Janeway/Chakotay for romance hints or friendship :techman:

Friendship-wise or mismatch-wise, I really liked seeing Chakotay-Neelix, Chakotay-Torres, Chakotay-Tuvok, and Chakotay-Paris . It was always interesting when the writers got out of their seeming rut and shook up the pack a bit to mix characters in situations/plots.

Janeway-Torres was good, so was Janeway-Seven (especially when Seven was at her most Borg/most stubborn and Janeway was at her most bemused with her pet drone :lol: ), Janeway-Neelix touched something special too when they were allowed to play with it, as did Tuvok-Neelix.
 
I liked the Janeway-Chakotay conflict moments. When they didn't agree, their interactions felt real as if two friends were truly disagreeing but respected each other not to shout about it.
 
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