One Spock continuity violation we might struggle with?

[WarpFactorZ]

Maybe it ends with a mindwipe. That would fix it.

That's a guaranteed continuity fixer for prequels!

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[Greg Cox]

Maybe it ends with a mindwipe. That would fix it.

Honestly, I'm not sure there's anything that needs to be fixed. As noted, Vulcans are always in denial about their own feelings. And just because somebody says something about themselves doesn't mean it's literal fact or should be taken as gospel.

We are all unreliable narrators when it comes to our own stories.

 

[Agony_Boothb]

Big fat liars? Compared to whom? Humans? Really?

It was a joke.

 

[Noname Given]

I guess you could get around that by saying he didn't see himself as obsessed where the Red Angel is concerned.

Spock has always had a problem with self introspection.

 

[Butters]

Come on, without his disciplined logic he can be pretty damn violent. His devotion logic protects both himself and the people around him. The Vulcan devotion to logic is what kept them from destroying themselves. But again, when you follow the maxim, the needs of the many outweight the needs of the few or the one, then their denial makes sense.

One could argue that the suppression of all emotional responses in defiance of, and to the detriment of, natural mechanisms is itself highly illogical and the ultimate cause of the violence.

Spocks anger management would be better served by allowing himself a smirk when someone trips on a step.

 

[Alan Roi]

One could argue that the suppression of all emotional responses in defiance of, and to the detriment of, natural mechanisms is itself highly illogical and the ultimate cause of the violence.

Spocks anger management would be better served by allowing himself a smirk when someone trips on a step.

One could argue all sorts of things, doesn't mean they make much sense in context. As for physical reactions, why do you think all those eyebrow lifts are for

 

[pst]

i think if you can accept the whole secret sister angle, this line of dialogue isn't a dealbreaker.

 

[Nerys Myk]

i think if you can accept the whole secret sister angle, this line of dialogue isn't a dealbreaker.

A secret from who?

 

[Dukhat]

A secret from who?

The Star Trek viewing audience, for the last 50 years

 

[F. King Daniel]

I don't see them as the same Spock. All continuity problems solved! Enjoyment to maximum!

 

[Nerys Myk]

The Star Trek viewing audience, for the last 50 years

As much as we hate it, we don't count.

 

[Dukhat]

As much as we hate it, we don't count.

Great, one more blow to my self-esteem.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I don't see them as the same Spock. All continuity problems solved! Ennoyment to maximum!

Ennoyment? Is that a portmanteau of enjoyment and annoyance?

 

[F. King Daniel]

Ennoyment? Is that a portmanteau of enjoyment and annoyance?

Apologies, my autocorrect has died a death

 

[Nerys Myk]

Apologies, my autocorrect has died a death

Seems to be a good way to describe a lot of fans' reactions.

 

[Kemaiku]

There's a meta-Spock holding reality together, they just aren't all aware of each other.

 

[Spot261]

Spock has been obsessed with the red bursts and the Angels for some time, yet in TOS Obsession he tells McCoy he doesn't understand obsessive behaviour. Is he in denial that he WAS obsessed, or is this a continuity error?

Experiencing and understanding are not one and the same, maybe like many people experiencing psychiatric symptoms he came away with no more wisdom than he had beforehand?

This would especially make sense since we are talking about someone with (at least at this point) a very literal and factual framework for structuring knowledge

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

Spock has been obsessed with the red bursts and the Angels for some time, yet in TOS Obsession he tells McCoy he doesn't understand obsessive behaviour. Is he in denial that he WAS obsessed, or is this a continuity error?

Whatever the Red Angel story outcome, I bet Spock would be able to claim that it wasn't obsessive, but necessary behavior under the circumstances.

Brett Kavanaugh is Vulcan?!

Yep, and so are his old classmates -- P.J., and Squi, and Handsy Hank, and Gang-Bang Greg.
All Vulcan names, for sure.

 

[Spot261]

Spock has always had a problem with self introspection.

Is there any other kind of introspection?

 

[Greg Cox]

Yep, and so are his old classmates -- P.J., and Squi, and Handsy Hank, and Gang-Bang Greg.
All Vulcan names, for sure.

P.J. is short for P'Jem.