ilojaofprim:

“[Michael Piller] was always looking for the moral angle, the emotional journey, the dilemma,” Biller says. “My original draft ended with them splitting Tuvix, him saying something very Starfleet about sacrifice, and Janeway was off the hook. Michael’s note was, ‘Make him fight for his life.’”

So Biller rewrote the script with the mandate that Tuvix was a new person, an individual. Janeway would decide whether to execute him. She settles on returning Neelix and Tuvok to their original selves, and in the final minutes of the episode, after begging for his future, Tuvix is suddenly gone.

“Much like the episode itself,” Biller says, “the making of the episode had an arc. It began silly […] then turned into something dark and even profound. I mean, what could Janeway do? What would you do?” - Polygon.com

one of the most frustrating things about Voyager is how abrupt the episodes end… can’t remember if this happens in all the seasons but it starts mostly during season two, as soon as the episode’s problem is ‘resolved’, the episode ends. there’s no epilogue, no consequences or reflections about what has happened, and by the next episode is all neatly forgotten

like for example Tuvix…. I think this is a great episode, strong performances all around and an impossible to resolve ethical dilemma, but it ends as soon as Neelix and Tuvok are separated again. and it’s sucha  loaded, heavy episode that it feels cheap to end this way. It should have at least a small short scene, maybe two - a short scene with Kes and Neelix and another with Tuvok and Janeway, to bring home the weight of Janeway’s decision.

Not to give her a pat on the back, mind you, but to reflect on what was done. I don’t think Janeway was wrong per se, but also she sorta was. It was a tough decision and the show should have reflected it more… also the fact that Tuvok was Janeway’s best friend absolutely influenced her decision and this was something with a good potential for a debate

jossujb:

NaArMaMo, day 19.

This is just my personal trauma as a Trekkie, but though Tuvix definitely is on the better side of Voyager episodes, one of my favorites as a matter of fact, it also is the straw that broke the camel’s back. I have not enjoyed Voyager ever since. 

Now, that was kind of a downer artist’s note… true nonetheless.

Oh boy, this one was pretty conflicting, I’m not sure what to think

Tuvix is actually pretty cool, I would like to keep him in Neelix’s place, if it didn’t mean that we wouldn’t have Tuvok anymore

“Try recreating the accident." 

"Sex.”

Oh boy, it’s really hard to stand Neelix always sometimes, I feel your pain Tuvok