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Did Janeway 'murder' Tuvix..


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Yes and no,

 

Janeway wanted Nelix and Tuvok back, and gave the order. But Tuvix was an entirely centient being of his own. He had both Tuvok and Nelix inside him but at the same time was a new entirely different form of life.

 

But for the benifit of the "crew" she went ahead and ordered the DR to preform the proceedure to turn them back into eachother.

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But you're forgetting something: Tuvok and Neelix were ALREADY dead! Killing Tuvix to bring them back would be like killing you to bring your parents back to life. Had she let Tuvix live, she would not have been killing anybody. Instead, she killed him, to bring her two friends back from the dead. Kinda like when Archer killed Sim to bring back Trip, only he had a much better reason to do it.

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Surely one could argue that Tuvok and Neelix aren't dead when Tuvix is created?

 

Then the reverse must also be true...he lives on in them.

 

c4 B)

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I would argue that Tuvix WAS a totally new individual, born of the intimate interactions of the memories and personalities of Tuvok and Neelix that would never have otherwise came about.

 

A cake isn't just a collection of eggs, flour, milk, sugar, heat, etc.... it's a cake, something that is unique from it's component parts. Likewise, Tuvix was a unique individual created by the blendings of two entire lifetimes of experiences in intimate ways that were only possible by the Tuvok/Neelix fusing.

 

Eliminating him was the equivalent of a post-birth 'abortion'. Obviously, Capt. Janeway figured it was okay to slaughter one innocent to resurrect two dead people (Tuvix was innocent... it wasn't as if he chose to exist at the cost of Tuvok and Neelix).

 

If I remember correctly, the two of them didn't remember anything that happened when they were Tuvix... thus, he didn't 'live on' in them. If I misremembered and they DID remember... it doesn't change the fact that Tuvix, an innocent unique being born of their 'union', was killed to bring them back.

 

... and this whole situation is what makes a good, thought provoking episode. ^^

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  • 2 weeks later...

To bad they couldn't make another Tuvix with the transporter that could be separated into the original two "parents". Ya know, like Will Riker and his "brother". The surviving Tuvix would have all the memories up to and after the transporter duplication while the duplicate would be separated back into Tuvok and Neelix.

 

But then, would we have murdered the duplicate? hehehe

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you don't need to be qualified to know that having a clone of yourself - with the same memories - would be wierd! :cyclops:

 

Tuvix wouldn't be a "normal" clone though. He'd be a strange "child" of Tuvok and Neelix. Someone new for the crew and his "parents" to get to know. Having their memories "might" make him a little strange; but, he'd be someone completely new. Of course, it would be weird.

;-) They wake up and they have an adult "baby"... hehehehe

 

since they had no memory of the joining... the crew could play pranks...

Captain Janeway "What were you boys drinking last night?"

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