When it comes to Paris, he was said to be some expert on that era, cars, music and general behavior.
However, the only music he presented what I can remember was in an episode where The Doctor had a date with a Vidiian . They were at the holodeck, i na holodeck simulation of Mars, sitting in a 50's car while listening to something which sounded more Like Vic Fontaine than rock. Some early sixties song or copy of such a song.
I don't remember igf he did something more in this style, it's been ages since I watchhed Voyager's seasons 3-6 and I never watched season 7, except for the end episode which was really bad.
The idea that rock should be the devil's music is pure nonsense. In fact, rock and certain sports are what actually unites people all over the world and make people find a common ground. Not to mention that during the years I have found a lot of Christians among rock musicians, among them at least one member of Iron Maiden.
I grew up with a lot of Christian people around me but none of them had any objections to the music as being devilish or so. It was the music itself and the long hair which annoyed the most critical grown-ups around me. not all were critical, I must point out.
THat jazz is showed up in Star Trek but not rock is also a bit confusing since jazz did have the same bad reputation for some time than rock got later.
OK, it may have been a money thing. But if it did cost too much to throw in some known rock song at some point, they could have gone for something cheaper, something made by som elocal band which made have sounded similar to, let's say Rolling stones or so.
I'm not a fan of the Kelvin timeline either but bringing in some rock was OK. The Cochran thing was also good.
I like Garak because he's complicated and unpredictable and I consider Cardassians as the best adversary in Star Trek.
What really p***ed me off recently was how Garak has been destroyed in a book by an author I actually liked. Such a waste!
As for Garak-Ziyal, I could actually have accepted a Garak-Ziyal romance. It was nice in some way.
As for writing, I try to avoid relationships in my stories.
Just like the Star Trek writers, I'm not good when it comes to writing about relations. The difference between them and me are that they are constantly doing it and mostly the result is bad.
In many cases, those relationships are hampering the characters and many stories as well.
Mostly I avoid dabbling in the personalities of the characters. The only time I do that are when certain things limits the characters or ruin them, like Kes's 9 year lifespan, the Ocampa one children thing and the destruction of favorite characters like Kes, Garak and Gowron in episodes or books:
As for favorites, here they are:
