That only means that Kes should probably not have a relationship with anyone from a longer lifespan species.
The same way a 200 year old Vulcan would look at a 20 year old human as an immature kid. Hell, I look at a 20 year old human as immature and I'm just in my thirties!
Biological maturity does not equal getting the life experience of an adult. Not enough life experience means more naive and easier to manipulate, even if the older being doesn't want to.
Bonehead@kbin.social 1 year ago
Well...if you want to go there...
Neelix tells Seven that he was around the planet for about a year before Voyager shows up. Kes wasn't even 2 at that point. He explicitly states that he and Kes were "getting close" during that year. At most, Kes was maybe 7 months old when she met Neelix. And he pursued a relationship, with a whole lot of jealously involved, in that year. In human terms, she was likely about 13 or 14 year old...maybe younger.
It's a perfectly fair complaint.
Stamets@startrek.website 1 year ago
No. It is not even remotely a perfectly fair complaint and it has already been explained why.
You are using human standards and forcing them upon two aliens. The age that Kes and Neelix met and started to get to know one another are utterly irrelevant without information about Ocampan maturity rates.
I am not continuing this nonsense.
Bonehead@kbin.social 1 year ago
Human or not, engaging in a relationship with someone that hasn't fully matured let alone reached age of procreation is a little creepy. We know enough about Ocampans to know they don't teach maturity by 6 months old, or even 1 year old. This should not be normalized...
Stamets@startrek.website 1 year ago
For the third time, you are using human standards and forcing them upon two aliens.
I’m not continuing this.