Wishful Thinking

WISHFUL THINKING


Wishful Thinking
by Cybermum


We're partially done season six
And it's more of the same old tricks
Just one story line -
It's Seven of Nine
And her Delta Quadrant frolics.

Our Captain once charismatic
Has become sadly erratic
It's not her fault I say
She's written that way
But for me it's been traumatic.

So far I have practiced restraint
And refrained from too much complaint
About what I've seen
On my T.V. screen
But I've shaken off that constraint.

And so I would like to propose
An alternate set of tableaux
My own episode
Sure to be vetoed
By Voyager's writer honchos.

The first scene that I would create
Between Janeway and her First Mate
Is one that is due:
Consign the Borg to
Her alcove to regenerate.

Of course will you say that I ought
To give some deliberate thought
To what happens next.
But I'm not perplexed -
I've already thought of a plot:

Voyager's come under attack
The crew is bravely fighting back
They've cooked up a scheme
Employing slipstream:
They think that they're on the right track.

The Alien enemy force
Revises their tactics midcourse
Which causes a shift
And a spatial rift.
The Captain calls up a resource

Available to her each week
(You all should know of whom I speak)
She's asked her fine crew
(Except You Know Who)
To think of a novel technique

To escape from the Alien horde
Who have no wish to form an accord
They just want to strip
Our Captain's fine ship
And they're ready to beam aboard.

But amazing as it may seem
(And here's where I fulfill my dream)
The rest of the crew
(Except You Know Who)
Behave as an efficient team.

Janeway assigns the Commander
To run operations, and her
Fine Chief Engineer
Works graviton shear
Within a spatial expander.

Tuvok handles security
With much logic and surety.
Paris navigates,
The warp core pulsates,
And Kim acts with maturity.

As Neelix keeps morale steady,
The Doctor is standing ready.
The Aliens attack -
The crew fights right back
The action makes viewers heady!

They combat on board one to one;
Our heroes will not be out done.
Action Kate's on lead
All sweaty and 'tee'd'
With compression phaser off stun.

Voyager of course does prevail -
The enemy routed full scale.
With little ado
And no You Know Who:
For me an important detail.

They did it style and panache
And the star ship avoided a crash
Ingenuity!
Continuity!
And there might not be a backlash

From that sacred demographic
Who all supposedly traffic
UPN's shows
Hoping to expose
Themselves to things pornographic.

And I would just like to remind
Those Powers That Be oft maligned
That implants or not
The Captain's still hot
And if they can't see that… they're blind.

So I hereby voice my dismay
"Enough is enough" I do say
I'll reiterate
In fact I will state:
"Give me back my Kathryn Janeway."



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