If Harry Kim was to have a stable romantic relationship, with whom he would have it?

[BohandiAnsoid]

Harry Kim is a character that had it bad on Voyager. I think only Kes can qualify to get off worse, and even then, it is only because of what happened post Season 3. But Harry suffered on a semi-regular basis, and his love life is one of the places he suffered the most.

However, if you were to change that, if you were to give him a stable relationship, with whom would you make it?

Personally, I think either Seven of Nine or Libby.

 

[Gaith]

Ensign Jetal, of course!

Who knows, maybe if they'd been dating, that fateful mission roster might have been different, and she and him might both have survived...

 

[rocketscientist]

Neelix

 

[Finn]

Harry

 

[at Quark's]

The ship's computer?

Both personalities would lovely balance and complement the other one, though I suspect the computer might have the more pronounced traits.

 

[somebuddyX]

I forgot he had a girlfriend. Did the writers forget that too? If they'd done some Maquis coup arc in the first season, I think it would have been great if Harry had some romance with a Maquis who then used him. He gives up on Libby and then gets his heart smashed to bits.

 

[Dukhat]

I forgot he had a girlfriend. Did the writers forget that too?

Yep. His girlfriend was Libby, but then later it was established that he signed up for Voyager to follow Linsey Ballard. So either he was cheating on Libby with Linsey (which was not the original intent, nor was it in character for Harry), or the writers forgot about Libby.

 

[BohandiAnsoid]

Knowing the Voyager writters, they probably forgot. If they could forget about Kes in "Latent Image", they certinaly could forget about Libby, and it is very probable.

 

[Artoo Atari]

Tal Celes might be a pretty decent match for Harry.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Tal Celes might be a pretty decent match for Harry.

She'd eat him alive. So yes, good match!

 

[tharpdevenport]

Alternate universe Harry.

 

[Oddish]

In my "Roads Not Taken" AU, which features a generational Voyager, he marries Jenny Delaney. After the events of the Year of Hell (which actually happens),including the loss of her sister, Jenny's overly aggressive tendencies are tempered by maturity, and Harry grows to appreciate her.

In "The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway", he returns home and finds that Libby was still single, and they get married soon after. Maybe she was just as unlucky in love on Earth as Harry was among the stars. So yes, another possibility.

As for main female chararcters on Voyager... I don't really like anyone for Kes, because of the age problem. B'Elanna wouldn't be as bad as some think, but she was taken. Janeway's the worst of all worlds: too old, his CO, and he couldn't handle her. That leaves Seven, and while I think she and Harry could have been a couple (he was a better option than Chakotay), I don't see them as ideal.

 

[Aspot]

Definitely too immature for Seven.
I'd say a shipboard romance with an ensign who gets no lines in the show, but isn't fated to die on an away mission. The relationship doesn't survive their return to Earth, when he discovers that Libby hasn't married and still loves him. Luckier than Janeway, I hope.

 

[tharpdevenport]

"If Harry Kim was to have a stable romantic relationship, with whom he would have it?"

Could the Caretaker have brought the Penisrock over, too?

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

To peg Harry?

 

[Oddish]

Yep. His girlfriend was Libby, but then later it was established that he signed up for Voyager to follow Linsey Ballard. So either he was cheating on Libby with Linsey (which was not the original intent, nor was it in character for Harry), or the writers forgot about Libby.

"We're friends, just like before. All right. Maybe there was a time when I thought of pursuing Lyndsay, but I closed the door on that when we both got assigned to Voyager."

So, no cheating. Just maybe a few stray feelings for an old crush. Had it proved possible to reclaim Lyndsay from the Kobali, that might have grown into more: she was there, Libby was not. And long distance relationships don't do well.

In light of that, I don't blame Harry for his many failed romances in the Delta Quadrant, and I expect Libby had some corresponding ones back at home. Unless she was very unfortunate, it's likely that when Harry returned home, she had moved on, like Mark did and like Harry was trying to. But if love eluded Libby on Earth the way it did Harry on Voyager, it's entirely conceivable that they renewed their relationship upon his return.

Remember that Star Trek doesn't follow what I call the "One True Love" pattern (an example of a fandom that does is the Potterverse). If a person loves and loses, they can still love again.

 

[Dukhat]

"We're friends, just like before. All right. Maybe there was a time when I thought of pursuing Lyndsay, but I closed the door on that when we both got assigned to Voyager."

So, no cheating. Just maybe a few stray feelings for an old crush. Had it proved possible to reclaim Lyndsay from the Kobali, that might have grown into more: she was there, Libby was not. And long distance relationships don't do well.

In light of that, I don't blame Harry for his many failed romances in the Delta Quadrant, and I expect Libby had some corresponding ones back at home. Unless she was very unfortunate, it's likely that when Harry returned home, she had moved on, like Mark did and like Harry was trying to. But if love eluded Libby on Earth the way it did Harry on Voyager, it's entirely conceivable that they renewed their relationship upon his return.

Remember that Star Trek doesn't follow what I call the "One True Love" pattern (an example of a fandom that does is the Potterverse). If a person loves and loses, they can still love again.

I think the writers still forgot that Libby existed, since Harry didn’t mention her.

 

[Oddish]

Given that they forgot Voyager was only supposed to cook off 38 torpedoes (or hoped we would), no great surprise.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I think the writers still forgot that Libby existed, since Harry didn’t mention her.

Harry probably knew there was no way she would wait for him and offscreen let her go.

 

[Oddish]

Harry probably knew there was no way she would wait for him and offscreen let her go.

Especially since, like Mark, she believed him dead for over three years.

I don't have a head canon per se, but I believe that one way or another, Libby did try to move on. Just like Harry did. But if neither of them found love in 7 years, and then Voyager returned home and they rekindled things... well, I like that just fine.