History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS6E22Muse

-->'''Seven/Queen:''' How foolish of you to let me go. Free to attack you again!\\

-->'''Janeway:''' And again. And again. Until all your drones and all my crew are destroyed, until ''everything'' we value is gone and there is ''nothing'' left...but our ''hatred''.

* MrFixit: Lampshaded by B'Elanna. "I'm an engineer -- I fix things." The damage to the ''Flyer'', however, is too extensive to repair on her own, and even the alloy component Kelis has made using local craftsmen has too many impurities for her to use it wity the subspace transmitter. Then Harry turns up with the emergency transmitter from his escape pod, enabling her to construct a rudimentary SubspaceAnsible.

* EscapePod: There's one on the ''Delta Flyer'' (as established two episodes before in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E20GoodShepherd Good Shepherd]]"), but only with the resources to survive arouns nine days -- Janeway only discovers Harry had to eject ''ten'' days after this happened. We later find that Harry followed the ''Flyer'''s warp trail, rather than try to get back to ''Voyager''.

* ConvenientlyClosePlanet: Justified; B'Elanna and Harry were searching for dilithium, and there's a deposit on the world where she crashes.

* DeusExMachina: B'Elanna Torres provides one for Kelis, who's short of a dramatic ending for his play.

* EscapePod: There's one on the ''Delta Flyer'' (as established two episodes before in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E20GoodShepherd Good Shepherd]]"), but only with the resources to survive ten days -- Janeway only discovers Harry had to eject ten days after this happened. We later find that Harry followed the ''Flyer'''s warp trail, rather than try to get back to ''Voyager''.

* TheGreatRepair: B'Elanna can't fix the Delta Flyer, but she does succeed in making a transmitter.

* InfiniteSupplies: Averted; ''Delta Flyer'' crashes, but is presumably recovered as always. The mission itself was a search for dilithium.

* MrFixit: Lampshaded by B'Elanna. "I'm an engineer -- I fix things." She finds herself unable to repair the ''Flyer'', however -- the alloy component Kelis tries to have made using local craftsmen has too many impurities. Then Harry turns up with an emergency transmitter, enabling her to construct a rudimentary SubspaceAnsible.

* SpaceIsAnOcean: Literally, as a poet who doesn't even know about Outer Space tries to [[PlatonicCave put what he's heard]] into LaymansTerms his audience can understand. The ''Delta Flyer'' becomes a sailing vessel swamped by a huge wave. ''Voyager'' is a great ship searching for the beautiful island of Earth, after being blown off course by a storm.

* OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs: Kelis' [[JustForPun muse is not amused]] by the blatant {{Shipping}} he writes into the crew relationships.

* TheUnreveal: What effect did Kelis' play have on his society?

* [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask The Woman Wearing The Captain's Mask]]: The performers playing Captain Janeway and Commander Chakotay put aside their drama masks to kiss. Cut to ''Voyager'', where the real Janeway and Chakotay [[AnchoredShip maintain their distance]].

* GodGuise: Downplayed in that the crew inspire a [[FanFiction play]] as opposed to a religion. The locals view of Eternals is of powerful beings to be wary of, rather than gods to be worshipped. For instance Kelis warns B'Elanna that if the Autarch captures her, he will force her to fight his enemies.

* AllPartOfTheShow: When B'Elanna herself steps onto the stage, Lanya denounces her to everyone as an Eternal. Some quick {{improv}} by [[BuffySpeak Chorus Guy]] convinces the Autarch of this trope, and no-one dares contradict him.

* AsideComment: In the play Seven of Nine does this for TheReveal that she's [[TheMole actually the]] [[ArchNemesis Queen of the Borg]], plotting revenge against Captain Janeway. "Say nothing, [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou or you too will be assimilated]]." Once she leaves the stage Captain Janeway does the same, telling the audience she knows Seven's true identity and is planning a BatmanGambit. "Say nothing, or I will lose my advantage…and my ship as well."

** Lanya denounces B'Elanna as an Eternal – no-one believes her.

* {{Flanderization}}: The protagonists in Kelis' play are all defined by a single characteristic. [[TheDeterminator Headstrong B'Elanna Torres]], [[EnsignNewbie Young Harry Kim]], [[TheStoic Logical Tuvok]], [[TheCaptain Captain Janeway]] versus [[IceQueen Seven of Nine]] aka the [[ArchNemesis Queen of the Borg]]. This [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything fits with the classic Greek play]] vibe of the episode, e.g. "Wise Penelope" from ''Literature/TheOdyssey''.

* TheMenFirst: In Kelis' first play Headstrong B'Elanna Torres orders Young Harry Kim to AbandonShip while she pilots the ''Delta Flyer'' on the verge of a warp core breach. He refuses, saying "[[TogetherInDeath We die together.]]" B'Elanna replies, "No-one is going to die -- go!"

* MrFixit: Lampshaded by B'Elanna. "I'm an engineer -- I fix things." She finds herself unable to repair the ''Flyer'' however -- the alloy component Kelis tries to have made using local craftsmen has too many impurities. Then Harry turns up with an emergency transmitter, enabling her to construct a rudimentary SubspaceAnsible.

* MuseAbuse: Seven of Nine (whom B'Elanna always finds annoying) is the villain of the play, seducing Tom Paris and plotting to destroy Captain Janeway. In fairness B'Elanna isn't taking the play very seriously and much of this is likely Kelis's idea for RuleOfDrama.
* TheNeedless: After forgoing sleep to search for their missing crewman (he is, after all, Vulcan, and [[BadassBoast can go for weeks without sleep]]) Tuvok falls asleep on the bridge, snoring loudly.

* ObscuredSpecialEffects: When B'Elanna walks on stage and announces that she's going to ascend in a [[FlashyTeleportation dazzling blaze of light]], the elderly Chorus Guy quickly improvs the line "On a far-away snow-covered peak", no doubt with this trope in mind.

* PaperThinDisguise: Kelis introduces B'Elanna as a poet from across the Eastern sea, even though she's got a [[RubberForeheadAliens different kind of forehead]]. Presumably his fellow performers just assume [[HereThereBeDragons everyone from the mysterious East]] [[FunnyForeigner looks like that]].
* ThePowerOfLove: Kelis thinks that by filling the play with romance, his patron's heart will be filled with love instead of anger. B'Elanna points out that it's not that simple -- from the Autarch's point-of-view he's surrounded by hostile enemies, so love is the last thing on his mind. Coming from one half of ''Voyager'''s OfficialCouple this might not be convincing to fans, but it does apply to [[CelibateHero Captain Janeway]] who [[TheChainsOfCommanding deals with a life-threatening crisis every week]].

* ReactionShot: The expressions shown by the Autarch as he watches the play show it is making an impact, but as everyone knows a bad ending could still ruin everything.

* TheShowMustGoWrong: By performance time Kelis still hasn't thought up an ending to his play and his patron turns up in foul mood. When B'Elanna arrives to save the show, his jealous lover publicly denounces her to his patron.
* SpaceIsAnOcean: Literally as a poet who doesn't even know about Outer Space tries to [[PlatonicCave put what he's heard]] into LaymansTerms his audience can understand. The ''Delta Flyer'' becomes a sailing vessel swamped by a huge wave. ''Voyager'' is a great ship searching for the beautiful island of Earth, after being blown off course by a storm.
* [[SwordOverHead Spear Over Head]]: In the play's climax Captain Janeway refuses to kill the Queen of the Borg, [[SheatheYourSword throwing aside her spear]] for a PatrickStewartSpeech on the futility of their CycleOfRevenge.

* SwissCheeseSecurity: Kelis is able to play the CaptainsLog. Admittedly the ''Flyer'' is smashed up, damaging who-knows-what security systems, and the log was probably running when the shuttle crashed.

* [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask The Woman Wearing The Captain's Mask]]: The performers playing Captain Janeway and Commander Chakotay put aside their drama masks to kiss. Cut to ''Voyager'' where the real Janeway and Chakotay [[AnchoredShip maintain their distance]].

* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: InUniverse. Kelis has [[RaceAgainstTheClock only one week]] to write and perform a play that will please his patron. By the time of performance he doesn't have an ending, and his actors point out that they won't have time to learn it anyway.

* GreenEyedMonster: Lanya walks off in a huff when Kelis introduces B'Elanna as [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow another poet]]. When she discovers the truth she's even more upset; [[MuggleMageRomance how can she compete with an Eternal]], who might well be the very B'Elanna Torres her lover is obsessed over? She begs B'Elanna to leave and threatens to expose her if she turns up at the performance.

* GreenEyedMonster: Lanya walks off in a huff when Kelis introduces B'Elanna as [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow another poet]]. When she discovers the truth she's even more upset; how can she compete with an Eternal, who might well be the very B'Elanna Torres her lover is obsessed over? She begs B'Elanna to leave and threatens to expose her if she turns up at the performance.

* ObscuredSpecialEffects: When B'Elanna walks on stage and announces that she's going to ascend in a [[TeleportersAndTransporters dazzling blaze of light]], the elderly Chorus Guy quickly improvs the line "On a far-away snow-covered peak", no doubt with this trope in mind.

* RealityEnsues: After asking Kelis for a piece of alloy to fix the Delta Flyer, B'Elanna is disappointed that the metal made with presumably primitive technology has too many impurities to be of any use.

* MuseAbuse: Seven of Nine (whom B'Elanna always finds annoying) is the villain of the play, seducing Tom Paris and plotting to destroy Captain Janeway. In fairness B'Elanna isn't taking the play very seriously and much of this is likely Kelis' idea for RuleOfDrama.

* NoHuggingNoKissing: Real ''Voyager'' as opposed to FanFic ''Voyager''. Delightfully averted when Harry turns up, having been presumed death for most of the episode; B'Elanna gives him a big hug.

B'Elanna Torres crashes the ''Delta Flyer'' on a planet with a Bronze Age civilisation. She is discovered by Kelis, a playwright who mistakes her for a mythical being called an Eternal. Kelis starts writing a play based on her CaptainsLog, hoping to woo the proud ruler of his city-state away from war. The two form an awkward alliance, with B'Elanna trying to fix the ''Flyer'' and Kelis struggling to write his play.