DrCrowTStarwars said:
That is all speculations that doesn't line up with the dialog and we are never told that is what is happening. That doesn't change the fact that what we see onscreen makes no sense. You can explain away any plot hole or piece of bad writing if you come up with your own back story and just make stuff up out of thin air and while that may be fun that is not what we are told in any of the episodes. What we are told is that Kes is going to die because she turned nine,she wasn't in danger when she was eight and we are never told anything about the Caretaker or food being involved at all. It treated the same way old age is treated with anyone except it is treat as a fact that no one can live shorter or longer then ten years and that is just silly.
Yeah you can explain it away with stuff you make up in your own head but based on what we are told on the episode it's self this is what happens,once Kes turns nine she drops dead no question about it and it is a natural part of her people's lives.
So I just looked up the cold fire episode Tanis states "He was only interested in maintaining the status quo. He kept our people servile and weak." He also mentioned how their abilities had laid dormant and Suspiria taught them to be stronger and how to develop those abilities and he also mentions he's 14 years old. Sure it's speculation on my part about how the male caretaker kept their status quo but it's not something I'm making up. It's there in an episode of Voyager with Kes.
