#harry kim is the mvp yo
thinking about harry kim’s ability to make friends with literally anyone… like tom and b’elanna are the most obvious examples of course but also the way he invites janeway to eat with him after they first arrive in the delta quadrant cuz he knows that she’s feeling just as scared and isolated as everyone else on voyager. the way he makes a genuine effort and eventually succeeds in becoming friends with tuvok even after tuvok dismisses him as the goofy ensign. the way seven comes onboard and he immediately sees her for the traumatized, lonely person that she is and responds by reaching out instead of treating her with fear and suspicion like pretty much everyone else does.
and with each of these people he’s approaching them on their level, speaking to them in a language they understand. he plays kal-toh with tuvok, banters about engineering with b’elanna, discusses what it means to be a starfleet officer with janeway. like he gets it, you know, he gets that deep down everyone just needs a little bit of connection, that the real key to survival is found within each other
