If Tom Paris did not end up with B’Elanna, with whom he would end up with (or no one)?

[BohandiAnsoid]

If Tom Paris did not end up with B’Elanna, with whom he would end up with (or no one)?

While Tom Paris/B’Elanna Torres relationship is pretty good, very good even when measured by canon Star Trek relationships, I would like to ask you, what other stable relationship (maybe with marriage, but not nessesarily) could he have?

I personally like Tom/Kes. I think it's a good pairing if one can get over the age difference (I do). We saw it can work in canon. And, as for age difference, it can happen after Kes returns to Voyager, and she time travelled during her absence, got her lifespan extended and now has the age of a human adult. Lifetime extension is necessary for me anyway.

Otherwise, Tom/Seven is a possibility. They seemed to get along pretty well, easily. Tom was also pretty confident around her, unlike Harry Kim.

If we are to go this route, Tom/Harry… maybe. I am pretty cautious here, especially on Tom’s side. Although we are already speculating.

From secondary characters, I don't know. Maybe one of the twins, I don't remember the name.

 

[Oddish]

When I created my own "generational Voyager" AU, both Kes and B'Elanna were out of the picture... and Tom was still by himself, after several years.

I think that either B'Elanna or Kes would have been able to break Tom out of his prior normal pattern of playing the proverbial field. I don't know of any other character. However, given that Voyager's crew are basically ten mains, a handful of recurring characters, and 100+ nameless nobodies, no real surprise. I think the only recurring female characters were Naomi and her mom, and we didn't see the latter that much.

Regarding Harry, while I certainly think their friendship is one of Trek's best, I acknowledge that both are straight men. And since they grew up in a society where undoubtedly all forms of love were equally respected, I think that the odds of them both being bisexual and not knowing it are a bit slim. Just as Stamets on DIS responds to female flirtation by stating that women just aren't his thing, there's nothing wrong with Harry and Tom going the other way.

So in short... well, Ok, not really... I basically agree with you. Excluding B'Elanna, Kes was probably the best option. Though I think a lot of that is how well Macneil sold it in "Before and After". The love he described was very real, and with an element of tragedy to it because he and Kes couldn't grow old together.

I might still decide to establish a partner for Tom. I have a story going set in the AU in question, in Year 9 of Voyager's journey, and might decide that he deserves a happier ending than just watching all the others get married and being favorite uncle to their kids. But if I do that, I'll probably just create a character from scratch.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

There's a whole ship full of women we haven't seen yet for Paris! He'll end up with one of them. And yeah much as I am the Slash Queen it seems unlikely Tom and Harry would end up together outside of a permanent Chute setting.

 

[Gaith]

Besides Seska, you mean? Why, 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...


(Yes, this answer is a shameless recylcle. But "More Ensign Jetal" is almost never not a good answer. )

 

[Captrek]

The Delaney sisters. Both of them.

 

[Timeless]

The Delaney sisters. Both of them.

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[Oddish]

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

In an AU where Tom/B'Elanna didn't happen, maybe Jetal didn't perish. Maybe she swapped with Crewman Fuggedaboudit so she and Tom could have some fun in the holodeck together.