Should they bring back Janeway?
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You mean have Kate Mulgrew's head appear on the show? No, just the TOS cast and Jonathan Frakes.
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Or have her come back as an Obi-wan Kenobi-ish force ghost
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Yes, of course they should bring her back! And Data, and every other character that was killed off to generate some easy pathos/drama -- and my reasoning is simple:
I read Star Trek to see the continuing adventures of these characters, not to see them die and then not read about them anymore! Anyone who doesn't like Janeway can not read a book with her in it, but if she's dead, people who like the character are deprived of seeing her further adventures.
Same for Data -- I get so much more from reading about how he interacts with new and interesting situations in his Starfleet career than just remembering how sad and meaningful his death was. And I loved how PD tortured and killed Janeway, it was such a great "whumping" type experience to put her through, but that book is done, I had that experience, and so now I want to see what Janeway does with the Typhon pact, with the new trip to the Delta Quadrent, and any number of current Starfleet story lines.
So yes, bring her back.
I read Star Trek to see the continuing adventures of these characters, not to see them die and then not read about them anymore! Anyone who doesn't like Janeway can not read a book with her in it, but if she's dead, people who like the character are deprived of seeing her further adventures.
Same for Data -- I get so much more from reading about how he interacts with new and interesting situations in his Starfleet career than just remembering how sad and meaningful his death was. And I loved how PD tortured and killed Janeway, it was such a great "whumping" type experience to put her through, but that book is done, I had that experience, and so now I want to see what Janeway does with the Typhon pact, with the new trip to the Delta Quadrent, and any number of current Starfleet story lines.
So yes, bring her back.
I like Hamilton's idea. I don't read the books just because one character is in it, nor do I stop if a character has died. I read the books to read about all the characters that I like or even dislike. I never felt that Janeway was the main reason that made Voyager great it was all the characters that made it great.
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Another interesting idea. However, if they did this, I would prefer that Janeway not have/not be able to have any contact with her former crew. It would be better dramatically if the crew were unaware of her continued existance in any form and continued their own adventures.
ETA: Wow. almost 50 posts into a "Janeway's dead" thread, and things are still civil. Whodathunk?
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We can change that.... LYNCH MOB BOARDING UP FOR Peter David's house!
You mean The Lovely Bones-like?? Could be good, I think!
It's an idea, although would she occupy the body of Seven or another female so she can "have" Chakotay?
So creepy... though, the interplay between Seven and Janeway in Seven's head could be epic.
It's a way to lose her "gross mom butt".
And it's a way for her to gain gross tonnage in her breasts. 
By the end of Season Seven, you'll be powerbombing something onto the "Kill" button.
Which is part of what made Voyager so frustrating... It had the richest potential of any Trek series and instead, IMHO, for the most part languished in mediocrity.
Why aren't there a ton of stories to tell with the *new* setting? What difference does it make if Janeway's there or not?
Keep her dead, but tell an occasional story from when she was alive.
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stories from the TV series era (or even post-series, but pre-BD) are sure to satisfy Janeway fans while still keeping the "current" direction intact.
Because we want the stories to include Janeway, a character we know and love, not someone "new" that is only a pale imitation.
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