My wife and I have a saying regarding Star Trek franchises (except the original)... NSFW... "The engineer gets it in the ass!"
TNG = Geordi. Zero luck, all of his stories revolve around him getting the short end of it, somehow.
Voyager = Well, B'Elanna was the engineer on Voyager (and all was not complete shit for her) but she got the job after the original died! Use Harry Kim (wearing Engineering yellow) and the "Engineer gets it..." theory holds. Show me one Harry episode that works out ok for him (without serious mental scars).
Enterprise = Trip has the ill-fated romance with a Vulcan and.. **SPOLIERS** dies in the end!
Chief O'Brien = Worst. Of. All. From having to send his 1st Gamma Quadrant pal (Tosk) to die, to 20 years in mind-prison, to his daughter growing up feral after falling through a time-vortex (which they fixed but only after they thought she was lost forever!), to having to sell out his criminal pal when he went undercover... If it's an O'Brien episode, get ready to cry or pull your hair out in frustration!!
I think I'd almost rather try my luck as a Red Shirt!
"The engineer gets it in the ass!"
TNG = Geordi. Zero luck, all of his stories revolve around him getting the short end of it, somehow.
Voyager = Well, B'Elanna was the engineer on Voyager (and all was not complete shit for her) but she got the job after the original died! Use Harry Kim (wearing Engineering yellow) and the "Engineer gets it..." theory holds. Show me one Harry episode that works out ok for him (without serious mental scars).
Enterprise = Trip has the ill-fated romance with a Vulcan and.. **SPOLIERS** dies in the end!
Chief O'Brien = Worst. Of. All.
From having to send his 1st Gamma Quadrant pal (Tosk) to die, to 20 years in mind-prison, to his daughter growing up feral after falling through a time-vortex (which they fixed but only after they thought she was lost forever!), to having to sell out his criminal pal when he went undercover... If it's an O'Brien episode, get ready to cry or pull your hair out in frustration!!
I think I'd almost rather try my luck as a Red Shirt!