Re-Watching VOY

[Lord Garth]

but better that than the pure idiocy of his 7-year ensignhood. Or is it 31, now?

If Legacy is ever made -- if -- then I hope we get to see Ensign (not a typo!) Kim.

 

[Oddish]

And I hope Starfleet Academy features a hologram of Admiral Harry Kim. Shove a pie in the face of the "Forever Ensign" crowd once and for all.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

Thanks to the multiverse you can both get your Kims.

 

[Akiraprise]

While I understand why writers like to use the crutch of the multiverse to throw our familiar characters into situations they normally would not be permitted to experience I think it gets used far too often. I know they say there is a "prime" universe but it just feels cheap somehow to tell a great story with no lasting consequences.

 

[Oddish]

I wonder what the Harry of "Non Sequitur" would have done if he'd known that his future held six years of frequent suffering, romantic catastrophe, and the potential unjustified ruination of his Starfleet career (@Lord Garth 's prediction, not mine)... would he have been so eager to go back?

 

[Lord Garth]

I wonder what the Harry of "Non Sequitur" would have done if he'd known that his future held six years of frequent suffering, romantic catastrophe, and the potential unjustified ruination of his Starfleet career (@Lord Garth 's prediction, not mine)... would he have been so eager to go back?

The wink should've given away it wasn't a serious prediction. I'm pretty sure that shortly after Voyager got back, he was promoted to Lieutenant.

But anyway, I don't know that being stationed on Earth would be something he'd be thrilled with either, considering it wasn't his first choice. He wouldn't hate his job, but I think he wouldn't love it either. It would be just a job. If he's not willing to stay even for Libby, then I don't know what else would prompt him to stay.

 

[Oddish]

I'm pretty sure that shortly after Voyager got back, he was promoted to Lieutenant.

And I think everyone else knows that too. That's why they have been so careful to ensure that the canon fate for "our" Harry is unknown. Once it is, the "forever ensign" game ends, because they can't intelligently justify Harry staying an ensign once they're home.

But anyway, I don't know that being stationed on Earth would be something he'd be thrilled with either, considering it wasn't his first choice.

Maybe, but Harry's smart, and he's got a knack for building things. He helped create Seven's astrometrics lab and the Delta Flyer, among other things. That may be why, despite his high class standing, he didn't get on Voyager in this timeline... the SCE saw his talent and asked for him.

In any case, I figured that the SCE was his alternate choice, just in case someone else got the Voyager post.

If he's not willing to stay even for Libby, then I don't know what else would prompt him to stay.

That's why there needed to at least be some conflict involved in that episode's plot.

 

[Farscape One]

Ome thing I will credit "NON SEQUITUR" for is Harry's sense of survivor guilt. It comes to its fullest in "TIMELESS", so this episode does help establish that character trait.

 

[Oddish]

Ome thing I will credit "NON SEQUITUR" for is Harry's sense of survivor guilt. It comes to its fullest in "TIMELESS", so this episode does help establish that character trait.

Oh, definitely. And it's very likely that survivor guilt compels him to do things most of us probably would not. But it just seems odd that he didn't even seem conflicted. Even when barista guy gave him a legit "out".