What in Gods name did Harry Kim do in Voyager?

[JustKate]

I hasten to add, not my theory!

Mind you when you start studying Literature into any sort of depth, sex and sexuality are apparently the driving force behind everything!

And death! Don't forget death! Freudian psychology is big on death, too, if I am remembering correctly.

I wish I could go out and get some fresh air and sunshine. Darn ol' employer who expects me to work for my paycheck...

 

[exodus]

Well in The Thaw, the Guillotine is used on a log, which splits it in two. Now apparently the funfair was the construct of the minds of the people who were there, and since Harry was the one whom the program was focused on, the log (a phallic symbol) was being broken by the clown. Which apparently is some Freudian thing.

Similarly when he's playing the clarinet for Tom, there is a Freudian interpretation there too.

Oh, and when they use that transporter thing in the first season. Harry is on a planet 35,000 light years away, and the girl is all over him. Transporter would still have been there in the morning.

Stop the madness!

No fresh air and sunshine for me.
It's raining like cats and dogs where I am.

 

[JB2005]

I hasten to add, not my theory!

Mind you when you start studying Literature into any sort of depth, sex and sexuality are apparently the driving force behind everything!

And death! Don't forget death! Freudian psychology is big on death, too, if I am remembering correctly.

I wish I could go out and get some fresh air and sunshine. Darn ol' employer who expects me to work for my paycheck...

Death...sex...according to literary interpretations they're not necessarily seperate entities!

Also how weird is it, you're still at work and It's early evening where I am!

 

[JustKate]

I'd forgotten that whole death-sex connection. You know, Freud really was a weird old guy. He could have used some fresh air and sunshine, I'm pretty sure about that.

It's only 2:30 here, so I've got another two hours. But actually, I work until I get the job done, not by the clock, so I'll either be here later than that or I'm going to have to work from home over the weekend, alas.

 

[JB2005]

I'd forgotten that whole death-sex connection. You know, Freud really was a weird old guy. He could have used some fresh air and sunshine, I'm pretty sure about that.

One of my friends who takes psychology, claims that the reason she thinks Freud was so crazy, was because he wasn't getting any himself, and so had nothing better to do than fantasize!

It's only 2:30 here, so I've got another two hours. But actually, I work until I get the job done, not by the clock, so I'll either be here later than that or I'm going to have to work from home over the weekend, alas.

Ouch!

 

[exodus]

I'd forgotten that whole death-sex connection. You know, Freud really was a weird old guy. He could have used some fresh air and sunshine, I'm pretty sure about that.

One of my friends who takes psychology, claims that the reason she thinks Freud was so crazy, was because he wasn't getting any himself, and so had nothing better to do than fantasize!

To quote Meatloaf: You took the words right outta my mouth.

 

[DevilEyes]

Well in The Thaw, the Guillotine is used on a log, which splits it in two. Now apparently the funfair was the construct of the minds of the people who were there, and since Harry was the one whom the program was focused on, the log (a phallic symbol) was being broken by the clown. Which apparently is some Freudian thing.

Similarly when he's playing the clarinet for Tom, there is a Freudian interpretation there too.

Oh, and when they use that transporter thing in the first season. Harry is on a planet 35,000 light years away, and the girl is all over him. Transporter would still have been there in the morning.

^ I hasten to add, not my theory!

Mind you when you start studying Literature into any sort of depth, sex and sexuality are apparently the driving force behind everything!

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

 

[JB2005]

^ And sometimes it's a phallic symbol, being bisected in the psyche of an operations officer...

 

[janeway_rocks]

Ha, just a show are you kiddin'? Only joking... Bless the little lad Harry he went from being mamma's boy to Captain's boy - he seemed content to stand there and look cute but I think it worked as him being a side of Paris' conscience kinda helped straighten him out a bit

 

[ALF]

So maybe Harry only existed to set Tom Paris on the straight and narrow?

 

[Guy Gardener]

Because he was bent and fat?

 

[JB2005]

^ "You'd be amazed the things you pick up in prison Harry"

 

[Brit]

Here are three pages of what Harry Kim did aboard Voyager.

http://star-trek-voyager.net/ship4/ship_ops1.htm

Brit

 

[KimMH]

So maybe Harry only existed to set Tom Paris on the straight and narrow?

Jiminy Cricket to Tom Paris' Pinochio?

 

[HairOfTheDog]

As an Ensign, I'm sure he spent many nights cleaning up the holodeck after it had been used by people on the crew that actually had sex.

 

[john titor]

Nighting gale

JANEWAY: Have you thought about applying to the Advocate General's office? You'd make a good lawyer. I suppose I could spare Chakotay or Tuvok for a few days.
KIM: That won't be necessary. The Kraylor know me. They trust me.
JANEWAY: I'm sure they'd find Tuvok or Chakotay just as trustworthy.
KIM: But they outrank me. If you send one of them, it won't be my mission anymore.
JANEWAY: Your mission.
KIM: My first real command.
JANEWAY: You've been in command on Voyager before.
KIM: On the night shift, for a few hours. It's not the same thing. You and Chakotay are always a couple of decks away ready to take over if anything goes wrong. I've been on Voyager for almost seven years and I'm still an Ensign.
JANEWAY: If this is your way of bucking for a promotion.
KIM: No, no, I understand there's a command structure and that our circumstances are unique, but the fact is, if we were back home, I'd be a Lieutenant by now. Maybe even a Lieutenant Commander.
JANEWAY: [SNORT/Laughter/Possibly unscripted. Mulgrew being catty?] You're pretty sure of yourself, aren't you?
KIM: I know I can do this, and the Kraylor are giving me a chance to prove it.
JANEWAY: I expect you back before we complete our repairs.
KIM: Yes, ma'am.
JANEWAY: And I'm not sending you alone.
KIM: Captain.
JANEWAY: I want you to take Seven. Since she has no rank, you clearly outrank her.

That says it all about Harry's tenure. Rational, polite to the point of being overly apologetic. It just wouldn't wash with Janeway, destroyer of worlds. Picard would recognize his talent.

 

[Guy Gardener]

I think Janeway did recognize his talent.

Law.

She told him above to quit his job and get a law degree.

 

[kimc]

Janeway, destroyer of worlds.

Which show were you watching?

 

[Guy Gardener]

Oh come now, it's not a bad thing to be compared to Krisha, when at the same time over on Stargate Amanda Tapping was blowing up suns... Well so was Space Hercules, but it's less astonishing when he's just using nova bombs built at a nova bomb factory...

B'Elanna tried to blow up a planet with that missile of hers, which kind of makes the boss seem like shes a little underqualifed to push around an actually attempted destroyer of worlds if our captain didn't puff up her resume.

Tom, Kim and a bunch of other Voyager crew, i'm sure I saw Janeway fire off a couple rounds during the Q Civil War? But for all the dozens of potshots that they took at the amassed Q in their way, each and every bullet was an exploding sun, which may or may not have had a couple planets in orbit, so odds are some crewman for Voyager or officer or Captain destroyed at least one planet during the Q and Grey.

 

[KimMH]

I forgot that wasn't Q wooing her with another quaint holoprogram type escapade! Even Q saw her inherent value - he wanted to pro-create with her - he only scoffed at Picard - no offers to swap DNA with JeanLuc!