Greetings, fellow weary travelers of the Delta Quadrant. Today, we’re diving into the great Star Trek: Voyager “What If” multiverse, where certain characters get the arcs they deserved, and the writers remember that ensigns can actually be promoted.
Let’s talk about Kes and Harry Kim, the true underappreciated icons of Voyager — AKA, the Psychic Space Goddess and the Forever Ensign™.
🧠 Kes: Ascension or Assassination (of Character)?
Kes was a nine-year-lifespan Ocampan wonder with insane psychic potential, medical knowledge, and some serious “I can throw you into another dimension with my mind” energy. And what did she get?
💫 One telepathic glow-up episode.
💫 Some vague “I must go now, my home planet needs me” exit.
💫 One return episode that we all collectively agreed to pretend never happened.
Meanwhile, Seven of Nine rolls in like Beyoncé on a regeneration alcove, and Kes is like, “Cool cool, I’ll just go ascend to the astral plane or whatever.”
What we could have had?
🔮 Psychic diplomat navigating alien negotiations.
🔮 Telepathic scans finding life-saving resources.
🔮 Mutually respectful rival/bestie relationship with Seven.
🔮 Occasional freaky psionic explosions for dramatic flair.
Instead, they tossed her out the airlock with a “Thanks for playing” and no T-shirt.
🫡 Harry Kim: The Starfleet Intern That Time Forgot
Let’s talk about Ensign Harry Kim — who, by Season 7, had saved the ship like 13 times, invented stuff that probably broke the Prime Directive just by existing, and got promoted… exactly never.
🧍♂️Started Season 1: Ensign.
🧍♂️Ended Season 7: Ensign.
🔄 Arc summary: Got abducted, duplicated, space-infected, emotionally damaged, and still clocked in every day with no dental.
Tom Paris literally got demoted and then re-promoted while Harry stood there like, “It’s fine. I love being a glorified IT guy in space.”
What we should have seen?
🚀 Harry leading missions, proving himself under pressure.
🚀 A proper promotion post-Thirty Days while Tom sulks.
🚀 A deep philosophical crisis episode where Harry questions Starfleet ideals and emerges stronger.
🚀 A bold, battle-hardened, Lieutenant Junior Grade Kim taking names and recalibrating EPS manifolds.
But no. Poor guy never even got a replicator upgrade.
So What’s the Lesson Here?
Simple: If you’re not a reformed Borg queen or dating B’Elanna Torres, the Voyager writers might forget you exist. 😅
But here in our little corner of the galaxy, we remember. We celebrate. We say:
“Promote Harry, and give Kes her telepathic flowers.” 🌺🧠
Final Thought:
One day, we’ll get the gritty prestige Star Trek reboot we deserve, where Kes is the mysterious force guiding Voyager from beyond, and Lt. Commander Kim is out here rocking a goatee and doing morally ambiguous diplomacy with the Hirogen.
Until then? We blog.
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