Star Trek: Exploring The Rivalry Between B’elanna and Seven of Nine
Over the years, Star Trek has introduced a plethora of amazing technology and a fantastic array of different characters. Due to each one of the main characters being distinctly different, with different personalities and desires, there are often times when they clash. When done right, the result is TV gold.
Onscreen drama between chapters fuels a fair number of plot lines in various Star Trek shows. There's the dichotomy between the Marquis rebels and the Federation in Voyager, and the Cardassians' conflict with the Bajorans in Deep Space 9. However, sometimes tensions appear on a more personal scale. One of the most consistent, but often overlooked, rivalries from the entire franchise however has to be that between B’elanna Torres and Seven of Nine in Voyager. But why exactly did they fight so often?
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The answer, like many questions about the Star Trek franchise, is two-fold. One explanation exists in-universe; the other, behind the scenes, reflective of the real world outside the fiction created by the show. In this case, the out-of-universe explanation has a lot to do with the unwritten rules of 90s TV shows. More often than not, writers and producers would force the two conventionally attractive female characters to hate one another.
There is a lot more to these characters than just being eye candy, of course. Torres is a powerful, smart engineer constantly battling between her overly emotional but powerful Klingon side. Meanwhile, Seven weaves a tale all about what it means to be human and the rediscovery of her own humanity. However, it's still unfortunately fair to say that a large part of their intended purpose on the show was sex appeal. The skin-tight
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