• underisk@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    She should have simply teleported everyone on the ship into the Tuvix collective.

    • Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      It’s a complex episode that epitomises the very best of Star Trek writing.

      However, what is telling is how a minority of fans think that because Neelix and Tuvok died in an accident, Tuvix needs to die in order to set that right.

      Morally, I think it is wrong to sacrifice Tuvix and that they are a living being with a right to exist regardless of what accidents and what deaths preceded their creation. If I was in Janeway’s position I wouldn’t have made her choice, but I can understand why some people might have, and consequently been terribly haunted by their own decision. Though I would still disagree with it.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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    1 year ago

    I think the reasoning is pretty solid, stemming from the many vs the one.

    Keeping Tuvix saves 1 plant. Removing the plant and splitting Tuvok and Neelix back saves 2 lives.

    2>1.

    Is it still shitty? God damn right it is. But it’s still logical, even if a bit sterile.