Transporter accident.

I always thought she was pretty.

It was her *looks* that bothered you, and not the fact that she's a cardboard cutout of a difficult woman?

Hey now, let's not forget about her other vital character trait: being Japanese.

Nobody likes me because I think Voyager is the superior show out of the two.

At least the premise of Voyager doesn't read like the boring parts of the Star Wars prequels.

Garak was really cool also. I think he may be the most interesting Star Trek character of all.

DS9 was a great show, and I will fight you with my fists, a chain I found, and these knife-tipped dance shoes.

Yeah, dude, a massive intergalactic conflict involving dynamic characters whose relationships and priorities evolve over time sounds way less exciting than Janeway's aimless, plodding slog through the No Consequences Quadrant.

Captain Jazz Jesus and the recycled characters crew wring their hands over politics that all happen off screen and in snippets during "Star Trek Episode Template #15"

It's all the same shit, "dude", and 2 Datas > 0 Datas.

*****

Keiko is basically there to give Miles something to lose. She basically exists to raise the stakes in any O'Brein episode.

She was sorely misused when she was just a damsel in distress, but I don't remember that happening too often. She was best used when she, like Miles, was a sort of 'social everyperson', the normal day-to-day folk who suffered the consequences of whatever weird event was happening. That's why I liked her as the one-room school teacher, but that didn't last long.

I also thought she was great in the episode where Miles thinks there's a conspiracy because everyone is acting slightly off toward him, especially his wife, but it turns out they're actually creeped the heck out by the fact that he doesn't know he's an evil clone.

also, this is appropriate

http://trekcore.com/gallery/albums/keiko_obrian/disaster279.jp g

I won't post links to the fan art I found.