#tom parris

[aspiringbelle]

One more thing for Threshold day...

I happened to see this on YouTube, and noticed this comment...

[thatholoperson]

Can someone please give Harry Kim a better rank already?? The dude is in charge of the night shift. He is best friends with Tom Parris (which, OK, proves that he has bad taste in people, but also proves his resilience). 

He deserves to be at least Lieutenant...

[candidlykirstenart]

Inktober Day 8: Star.

I’ve been watching a lot of Voyager lately! (the second is af first draft that I didn’t like at the time, but is slowly growing on me).

[streep-mulgrew-anderson]

Okay... why is Tom wearing a wedding ring in Inperfection when he gets married in Drive which is the eipsiode AFTER?? And why am I just noticing this now??

[startrekreviews]

VOY Novel #14: Marooned

VOY #14: Marooned by Christie Golden Book Jacket’s Summary:      “When an alien pirate abducts Kes, USS Voyager takes off in hot pursuit, but the first rescue mission fails disastrously; an ion storm forces the shuttle to crash on an unknown world. Now Captain Janeway and her away team must embark on a hazardous trek through a hostile environment in search of a way off the planet, while Voyager, commanded by Chakotay, confronts an enemy fleet in the depths of space.” Yeaka’s Notes:     So, for some reason, this cover has “It’s Paris and Torres against the wilderness, with Kes’ life at stake!” at the top, even though all the main cast stars in this and Kes’ life isn’t endangered. Janeway is particularly amazing, in charge of the primary away team and resisting traps the others fall into early on. Tuvok, Neelix, B’Elanna, Tom, and a Bolian ensign are with her, while Chakotay, Harry, and the doctor field the ship. Even Chell and Carey show up, plus a few of Christie Golden’s usual Voyager extras. Everyone is in character, has plenty to do, and is lovingly handled. Despite the inaccuracy of the headline, this is indeed a good read for B’Elanna/Tom fans; you’ll even get her carrying him around and caring for him during an injury.    While everyone is doing their best to find Kes, she’s holding her own with rogue pirates. For once, this book actually mentions Stockholm Syndrome, playing on the cliché problematic romance tropes but in a blessedly self-aware way. The book jumps evenly between her and everyone else’s point of view. Both Janeway and Neelix find new aliens, and both sets are interesting and likeable. Neelix’s bond with a flying critter is particularly cute. Janeway’s diplomacy is as strong as ever. The plot is constantly evolving and the writing is compelling.     This is one of those books I found difficult to put down. It’s a near-perfect Voyager tale and should prove a solid read for any Trek fan.   Noteworthy moments: (below cut)

Ch1/p7 Janeway collects Kes from her garden for an away mission; they, Neelix, Tom, and B’Elanna visit a rundown space station

Ch3/p38 Harry tells B’Elanna Alice in Wonderland for inspiration

Ch4/p56 The doctor comes to the bridge to treat Janeway and bursts with concern over Kes

Ch5/p70 Away team of Janeway, Tvok, Tom, B’Elanna, Neelix, and a Bolian ensign; Janeway remembers having a snowglobe as a child and loving it but accidentally knocking over and breaking it while playing with her dog, Bramble

Ch6/p106 Away team has first contact without communicators

Ch9/p140 Chakotay, Harry, and the doctor are all that’s left of the senior staff to plan on Voyager; Carey, Chell, Garan (Gerron?), Henly now in temporary senior positions

Ch10/p152 Janeway dreams of her spirit guide; Neelix goes rogue and finds a flying furry friend

Ch11/p173 Harry and Lyssa Campbell work on alien vessels, Harry thinks even DS9’s fare is preferable to their rations

p182 Neelix treats his injured pet and cuddles it while he hikes

Ch14/p205 Warning: Tom has a graphic, very bad wound and has to be partially amputated; B’Elanna comforts him while Janeway cuts it away; B’Elanna has to carry him

p214 Kes accidentally goes to bathe with her captor and almost falls into a Beauty and the Beast like situation

Ch15/p227 Neelix thinks of Janeway as “his beloved and adored captain”

p231 Tuvok mind melds with Neelix’s “pet”

Ch16/p246 Janeway and an alien have to go off alone

p251 When asked to bargain for Tom’s life, Chakotay bluffs, “Kill him. He means nothing to me.” Tom says, “Gee, thanks.”

p258 Chakotay makes Chell punch him in the jaw 

[thatholoperson]

Season 6 episode 17 of Star Trek Voyager, Spirit Folk basically just happened because either :

A: Tom Parris is a jerk even to his best friend.

B: Tom Parris turned a girl into a cow because he was jealous that his ‘non-platonic best-friend’ was going to kiss someone that wasn’t him.

[originaljediinjeans]

"CAPTAIN! TOM'S UP TO HIS FOOLERY AGAIN!"

~Literally anyone on the crew of Voyager, whenever Tom does a thing

[kes-ocampa]

A Compelling Insubordination

The Neutral Zone.  It was a term she'd had to study to understand.  Most references referred to an uneasy truce between the Federation and the Klingons.  Here it was between the Takal and every other sentient species in the area.  Voyager had docked for some repairs at the first friendly space station they'd come to.  Apparently they were friendly, and half the crew had left the ship to explore this new society.  It would be a few more days before they would be on their way again.  Kes would not be joining them.  She couldn't stop thinking about an encounter she'd had as they'd sped through hostile territory.

A mind had touched hers, and she'd never forget it.  The terrible pain it was feeling.  How trapped and lonely.  Used and abused.  Kes knew the feeling and still had nightmares sometime that Neelix and the crew of Voyager had never come to free her from the Kazon.  She'd tried everything with Captain Janeway.  Scientific facts, a call against injustice, and straight up pleading.  She would not let her go.  The Voyager had barely managed to get through the very edges of Takalian space, and there was no way she would let Kas fly into the heart of it.

She never thought she'd defy the Captain, but Kes knew she'd never rest knowing that some other intelligence was living in slavery.  Not one she'd been touched by so deeply.  Standing in front of Tom Paris' door, she went to wave across the sensor, and stopped herself.  What if there was a record of some kind?  Instead, she knocked on it with her knuckles, there in the dark of Voyager's night.