• Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    It’s a complex episode that epitomises the very best of Star Trek writing.

    However, what is telling is how a minority of fans think that because Neelix and Tuvok died in an accident, Tuvix needs to die in order to set that right.

    Morally, I think it is wrong to sacrifice Tuvix and that they are a living being with a right to exist regardless of what accidents and what deaths preceded their creation. If I was in Janeway’s position I wouldn’t have made her choice, but I can understand why some people might have, and consequently been terribly haunted by their own decision. Though I would still disagree with it.

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      1 year ago

      If I was in Janeway’s position I wouldn’t have made her choice, but I can understand why some people might have, and consequently been terribly haunted by their own decision. Though I would still disagree with it.

      And that’s why your very first sentence is so perfect.

      It’s a complex episode that epitomises the very best of Star Trek writing.

      Star Trek is fuckin awesome.