I wanted to start my post off with ānow Iām not saying Kathryn Janeway would be a bad mother,ā but thatās a cowardās equivocation because thatās exactly what Iām saying.
Captain Janeway would be a bad mother. Iām sure any kid she had would adore her, as she did her father, but sheās a high-ranking military official with a known tendency to overwork herself. She is known to sacrifice relationships with important people in her life and has a stubborn habit of believing sheās always in the right (because, admittedly, history has often shown that she is).
Iām sorry, but that woman is not designed to get married, have a baby, and life an idyllic life aboard a starship that allows families. She is designed to show up an hour late to the function bearing ridiculously expensive bottles of wine, ruffle the hair of all the youngsters, and leave at precisely the time considered polite because she has a project she āreally should be working on.ā
Maybe, when she gets home to her classy Irish residence on the cliff-side, she will spare a moment to gaze wistfully at the Janeway family photo, trace her fingers over the faces of Phoebeās daughters and think, āAh, but what ifā¦?ā
But thatās IT. That woman aināt raising any baby she canāt hand over to its legal guardian after a few hours.
