That’s what gets me about that episode, sure the “Warp 10 turns you into a giant salamander” is weird and the whole “Canonically Janeway and Paris have had freaky salamander sex” is kinda strange.
However, when the crew of the Voyager discover that maybe sentient salamanders that are descended from humans have just been introduced into a alien planet they just go “Huh, weird.” and just leave them. They just introduced a species that is not only foreign to the planet but the whole freaking universe. They could track down Salamander Janeway and Paris from orbit, maybe they should spend a week or two trying to capture the sala-babies instead of going, “Welp they crawled into a pool they’re gone forever now”
The Doctor explains that Paris went through a truncated/forced evolution. But that hardly explains a damn thing. There are traits that are formed by environment, some by predator/prey, and some that are random as all hell. His evolutionary journey is unique to itself. Then we’re to believe after he abducts her and pushed her through “the same” experience, they come about to an M-class planet, finish their metamorphosis, and instinctually mate. Worst. Episode. Ever.
That’s what gets me about that episode, sure the “Warp 10 turns you into a giant salamander” is weird and the whole “Canonically Janeway and Paris have had freaky salamander sex” is kinda strange.
However, when the crew of the Voyager discover that maybe sentient salamanders that are descended from humans have just been introduced into a alien planet they just go “Huh, weird.” and just leave them. They just introduced a species that is not only foreign to the planet but the whole freaking universe. They could track down Salamander Janeway and Paris from orbit, maybe they should spend a week or two trying to capture the sala-babies instead of going, “Welp they crawled into a pool they’re gone forever now”
The Doctor explains that Paris went through a truncated/forced evolution. But that hardly explains a damn thing. There are traits that are formed by environment, some by predator/prey, and some that are random as all hell. His evolutionary journey is unique to itself. Then we’re to believe after he abducts her and pushed her through “the same” experience, they come about to an M-class planet, finish their metamorphosis, and instinctually mate. Worst. Episode. Ever.