This has actually been in the back of my mind since the latest eruption of anti-dead-Janeway sentiment, but I think what they should really be angry about is the end of the last "String Theory" book. Now, I've heard arguments up one side and down the other about Janeway's characterization and how consistent it may or may not have been, but that's no excuse for what happened here. Any character inconsistencies with Janeway in the last half of the show are explained as being because she's insane due to brain damage and the rest of the crew must never speak of it again, or else her brain will explode.
Okay, so having Janeway killed by the baddest mother to ever go after the Federation ever, complete with her fighting off the Borg from the inside is murdering the dream of female equality, but saying that her actions only make sense if she's mentally handicapped and everyone needs to humor her no matter how bad her decisions are because otherwise she'll die, well that's a-ok.
It's a shame that the forum doesn't go back that far. I'm curious about how the critics of that overlap with opinions in the great Janeway debate.
