imagine if Barcus was a romanceable character and you could insert your Tav INTO the Barcus/Wulbren drama... ppl would be hating Wulbren even more than they do, he's sooo mean to their beloved etc; but there would be reactionaries who would be PRO Wulbren with the defense of "He did what he had to do, you just hate him because Barcus gives him attention and you're jealous of him" ... I think there would also be a woobification of Barcus playing into this on both sides that would be so painful
and maybe there would be a third party of fandom that accuses Tav of coming between them, like "u don't understand what wroongle (barcben? wulcus?) could be, they have a history, larian shouldn't let Tav just decide how to handle their friendship issues, it's unethical to romance Barcus and make him lose his friendship with Wulbren instead of fixing it," etc. sigh. so much potential for all those 'bg3 bad opinions' or whatever blogs.
Megan and Jenny Delaney seem to be fairly beloved minor characters on "Voyager." And like most of "Voyager's" supporting cast, their characters were severely undeserved. We saw them onscreen only once, in "Thirty Days" (Season 5), and only in their "Captain Proton" costumes; that image of them in their green science uniforms comes from a deleted scene, that doesn't seem to be available to the public.
In seven years, we learn very little about them. We never find out how or why two sisters are serving aboard the same ship. (Seems a bit unusual.) When Borg twins Azan and Rebi come aboard, no one ever mentions the Delaney sisters. (One might think two pairs of twins would have some common ground.) No one ever remarks on the fact that their family lost two daughters. Whenever the twins are mentioned, their purpose in the story boils down to "hot twins" gags. And even that goes underused; sexy twins searching for dates in the Delta Quadrant could've led to some amusing anecdotes, with them hooking up with aliens or something.
What a missed opportunity.
For those who read fanfiction, "My Sister's Caretaker," by Yours Truly, describes how the two sisters ended up on the same ship, and why they were among the first onboard to forgive Tom Paris for his past. Laura Schiller's story, "We to I," has Megan Delaney counseling Rebi about disagreements with one's twin.
At any rate, I've gone through the screencaps on TrekCore hunting for background ladies who could plausibly be Megan or Jenny.
Actors Are No Object
Canadian actresses Heidi and Alissa Kramer played Megan and Jenny respectively, in the episode "Thirty Days" (Season 5). Though the Kramers never appeared again on "Voyager," that doesn't mean Megan and Jenny didn't. "Star Trek" frequently recasts its recurring characters, often with no subtlety at all. (Captain Braxton and Naomi Wildman, for instance.) The actors just need to look close-enough.
Add that people change their hair, and Voyager's crew-members frequently seem to change departments (and thus uniform colors), and....it's still surprisingly hard to find women who could plausibly be the sisters. But I tried.
Another thing to note is that while Tom Paris does say that the twins "do everything together," he only says that very early into Voyager's journey ("Time and Again"). Obviously the sisters would need each other's emotional support after being suddenly stranded in the Delta Quadrant. But once they settled into the situation, there's no reason to think that the sisters were never apart from each other for seven years.
"Learning Curve" (Season 1)
It might be one of the Delaneys who lets Chell drink her water during his jog around the ship. We don't see many other people in the Mess Hall at this time, and no other woman who looks like the other twin. But they don't literally have to do everything together.
We only see this woman from the back. But from the back she looks a hell of a lot like a Delaney, with short hair. The guy she's with could just be a friend; but this has the feel of a date, which would be in line with the Delaney twins' flirtatious reputations.
"Lifesigns" (Season 2)
I'm gonna say that's a Delaney at the science station.
...and behind the Doc in Sandrine's.
...and watching Tom Paris shove Chakotay to the ground, on the Bridge. (Sorry, this is the best screencap I could get.)
"Year of Hell" (Season 4)
It's hard to see much with this dark lighting. But the blonde woman next to Tuvok has a similar facial structure to the Delaneys. We can assume that 24th Century methods for hair coloring don't fade like modern hair dye, so if Megan or Jenny tinted her hair blonde before things got bad, it would stay blond until she deliberately changed it back again. We can also presume that Neelix isn't the only one who switched departments and got a new uniform, in this timeline. The only other woman who looks like a plausible match is this injured crewmember.
It may also be that one or both twins are simply not visible to the audience. It's a dark Mess Hall, and there are surely more survivors that just what we see here onscreen. Given that it's the Year of Hell, it's also possible that one of the twins has died by this point.
"Relativity" (Season 5)
A woman resembling one of the Delaneys observes the ping-pong game, notably standing near Harry Kim.
"Repression" (Season 7)
The Delaney sisters love the holodeck and cosplaying. Naturally they'd attend Tom's showing of "Bride of the Corpse." It's true that when we first saw this program at the start of the episode, the audience members dressed like the 1950s were all holograms who were just part of the program. But given how popular costume-LARPing is in the 24th Century, there's no reason not to think that at least some of these 50s-dressed people are Voyager crewmembers dressing for the occasion.
I see two women who could easily be the Delaney twins. One sitting with Harry Kim, the other right behind them with an brown-haired man. Since Megan is said to be the more "artistic" twin, she might be more likely to dress up in period clothing for a '50s movie showing. Maybe she decided to give Harry a chance after all! Or maybe Harry finally decided to give Jenny a chance, and it's bold athletic Jenny who decided to dress up while shy Megan stayed in uniform.
I never noticed, but it looks like Seven and the Doctor are there too (right behind who I take to be Jenny Delaney and her date).
But what about that Maquis meeting earlier in the episode? Most official sources assume that Megan and Jenny were both from Janeway's original Starfleet crew, but that's never confirmed. I've always liked to think that one twin was Maquis, and the other transferred to Voyager while trying to find her runaway sister. But if that's so, we don't see anyone during the Maquis meeting who looks particularly like the Delaneys. But if the Maquis twin changed her uniform and/or hair color, she could be one of the women seen only from the back. There's also a green shoulder in the back with no clearly identifiable owner, that could also be a Delaney.
"Author, Author" (Season 7)
The one on the far left in green, at least, can be one of the twins. None of the other women looks similar enough to plausibly be her identical twin, unless we say that one twin is recovering from severe facial injuries of some sort. Again, the twins don't have to be together everywhere.
"Shattered" (Season 7)
This Maquis woman could arguably be one of the twins. Begging your pardon for the self-promotion again, "My Sister's Caretaker" has Megan Delaney as the Maquis twin. I'm leaning towards presuming that this is her. It seems like the kind of loose clothing a bohemian artist would wear. (One might think athletic, aggressive Jenny would be the Maquis. But I felt that was too obvious. Megan, as the "quiet, artistic, sensitive" twin, moved far out with artsy friends to a colony, and joined a passionate Resistance, while competitive athletic Jenny pursued a rigid Starfleet career. But that's purely my personal interpretation of these underutilized characters; to each their own.)
"Homestead" (Season 7)
That certainly looks like a Delaney, behind Harry Kim. I don't see anyone in this shot who looks close enough to her to be the other twin, but it's a big Mess Hall.
During his final walk out of Voyager, Neelix passes one brunette science officer....
...and then another who looks just like her!
If this wasn't deliberate than...wow. Those probably aren't identical twins in real life, but they certainly look like they're intended to be the Delaneys! One might expect the sisters to stand closer together. But given their playful personalities, maybe they wanted to "confuse" Neelix one last time, as their own way of saying goodbye.
