Romulan Change in Appearance
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This makes the most sense to me. It is something that happened as they did have an alliance on screen, and it would explain the changes between the original series and Next Generation.
Also the fallout from when this alliance broke down, the split factions in Romulan society after the inbreeding could have caused the turmoil the Romulans had the deal with as talked about in TNG season 2.
Our skin does act that way. Just not on our foreheads. Think of it as something like blushing.
Then look elsewhere in the animal kingdom.
Then think about how similar to humans they actually are when their blood is copper based and not iron based.
It may seem a bit silly, but it's also perfectly biologically plausible.
Maybe they just used the opposite setting on the dermal regenerator to what Chakotay did with one in "Work Force" to get rid of his fake ridges.
Except our skin does work that way. Blushing being the hardest example to hide. Look elsewhere in the animal kingdom you see other examples.
And how similar can they be with copper based blood?
It may seem silly, but it's perfectly plausible.
Not seeing it on vulcans is sort of interesting, but ultimately if it's something both races have so much conscious control over, it would be the last thing an emotional outburst would cause anyway...especially if the level of it varies individual to individual anyway.
Then there's the case of the Robin Curtis character in gambit.
Also, consider that it is shown that Romulans diverge very quickly in evolutionary terms from Vulcans (perhaps the result of mutation from exposure to vast intragalactic space travel in simple craft.) shown both by the ridges and then by the adaptations and mutations shown in those that settled on Remus.
It may even have been engineered by genetic research or viral research...intentionally or as a side effect of controlling those legendary self destructive tendencies we are told existed by Vulcans. The inverse is also possibly true. It may be the Vulcans who are te mutations, a physiological side effect of the great control they subject their emotions and to an extent, their biology, to. Ths ridge may be a gland of some kind, producing neuro chemicals that support emotional states, possibly related to the telepathic skills we know both races share. Indeed, Spocks failure at his Kohlinar coincides with an increase in his telepathic range.
It's not hard to imagine Vulcans logically turning to scientific modification of their bodies as part of their ethos, and may even be a ritual similar to circumcision (yuck. But pitifully it exists in human societies so it's plausible.)
These things are all plausible, within the bounds of biology, sociology and the framework of Star Trek as presented.
Indeed, remember Nero and his crews adoption of mourning tattoos.
The breeding with Klingons, during a plausible alliance, is not borne out by the amount of ridged Romulans we see, or by the obsession with blood purity demonstrated by both Romulan and Klingon stories. (also yuck, but again, we see it here on earth.)
Can I just say that the forehead thing never bothered me as much as the fact that every Romulan has the exact same hairdo?
I mean, what the actual fuck?
Are hair dressers banned from Romulus and there's just state-issued haircut machines that are programmed by the government only to produce a single haircut for everybody?
I get that Romulus is kind of an authoritarian society and people tend to be afraid of rising up against a police state. But damn, the haircut fascism is just too much and would lead to a revolution for sure.
I mean, what the actual fuck?
Are hair dressers banned from Romulus and there's just state-issued haircut machines that are programmed by the government only to produce a single haircut for everybody?
I get that Romulus is kind of an authoritarian society and people tend to be afraid of rising up against a police state. But damn, the haircut fascism is just too much and would lead to a revolution for sure.
But it looks so good on the ladies. Not so much the poor dudes. Maybe there is some inherent property to Vulcanoid hair that makes it an absolute sod to cut and style. Maybe that's why Sela never dyes her hair to blend in. It just won't take. The copper must react or make it conductive.
No. It absolutely does not.
Not a fan of 20s flappers or Bettie Page huh?
It's a fringe activity I suppose.
Jaime: "Except our skin does work that way. Blushing being the hardest example to hide. Look elsewhere in the animal kingdom you see other examples."
No it does not. Human skin does not inflate just so, or (as you'd find on a Romulan skull) grow additional bones. Even Denobulans could barely maintain a bulbous swollen look for just so long.
And if you're looking to explain every little thing about every little make-up, regardless how silly the explanation is, you might as well start explaining why makeups change from scene to scene, let alone year to year, as well.
No it does not. Human skin does not inflate just so, or (as you'd find on a Romulan skull) grow additional bones. Even Denobulans could barely maintain a bulbous swollen look for just so long.
And if you're looking to explain every little thing about every little make-up, regardless how silly the explanation is, you might as well start explaining why makeups change from scene to scene, let alone year to year, as well.
Actually I was joining in on the conversation already ongoing, agreeing with a suggestion somebody already made....
And bits of the human body do indeed engorte in relation to emotion, and given the Romulans are at the opposite end of an emotional scale as Vulcans, it makes it plausible. There's a science factual basis in humans and more so in the animal kingdom, extended in a fictional setting.
Do i need to explain make up changes in universe? No...but people sure loved that enterprise 3 parter where they did that for Klingons.
Now...Janeway has magic reverso hair spray. Discuss.
