I have finished watching Star Trek Next Generation and Deep Space 9 following a friend’s recommendation. I enjoyed both shows and started watching the other one, Star Trek Voyager.
So far, I’m not finding it as enjoyable as the other two. I want to try to see it through the eyes of someone who enjoys the show, maybe it will also help me understand why it feels different somehow.
I think Neelix gets the Jar Jar comparison because he’s an alien, but I believe there is a worse character on the show that no one ever talks about.
Tom Paris. I don’t understand how this guy is not more disliked by the fanbase. He’s the kind of person that would sleep in a racecar bed. Neelix is annoying, but every single scene with Tom is just so fucking awkward. He is a 9 year old in a star fleet officer’s body. He’d be tolerable as a side character, but as a main character he’s just so grating.
I’ll take Cooking with Neelix over Tom Paris pretending he’s Captain Proton.