Fixing Voyager Part II: Suder vs. Hirogen

So the Maquis included at least one known serial killer, Suder.  This was a plot point in a couple of episodes.  He was introduced, locked up, and died “heroically” fighting the Kazon in Basics.  Later on they introduced the Hirogen, an even less interesting threat force than the Kazon.  They were shameless, uninteresting ripoffs of… Read More »

Done With October’s Devil Monkey Games Writing

Done writing for October with six days to spare! Now I get to start writing for November. ~9,000 words. Then December. Anuvver ~10,000 words. At least I have the two holiday posts already written and scheduled for Feasting Day and the Winter Solstice. I should probably throw together the New Year's post while I'm at… Read More »

Workload Amusingness

Remember when those mean ol' poopyhead teachers used to force you to write a four-page double-spaced paper as a final project and it just destroyed your life for the two months they gave you to do it?  That translates to about a thousand words typed.  That’s what everyone used to complain about endlessly because it… Read More »

Fixing Voyager

Janeway has always been a problematic character.  She wasn’t much of a Captain, and her incompetence was legendary especially when it came to the Prime Directive.  Her expertise was in the Star Trek sciences, with repeated mention of her time as a science officer and endless smug “look at me sciencing” scenes.  This is clearly… Read More »