How would you retcon Strange New Worlds?
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Considering how much Kirk drew him out over the course of TOS, Spock should be more aloof at this point in time. His only strong bonds should be with Pike and (to a lesser degree) Number One. IMO.
In other words, I just don't see him being comfortable enough to be joking around with his shipmates. Ever. After Star Trek IV, sure.
But even then he should still talk like Spock.
Except he wasn't aloof with Pike. Spock clearly had a different relationship with this crew than Kirk, since he is willing to risk it all for Pike.
Based on The Cage, it’s more logical (pun intended) to think something happens between the first time to Talos IV and WNMHGB that makes Spock a more stoic character—we just haven’t seen it yet (perhaps we never will).
Did you miss where I wrote "His only strong bonds should be with Pike and (to a lesser degree) Number One. IMO."?
Hey, I'd love it if SNW did something like that Early Voyages comic book story where Spock was inspired to become less emotional after encountering a group of pre-reformation Vulcans. I thought that worked great!
No, I did not.
However, speaking as someone who gets comfortable with a group and then immediately withdraws if that changes I find Spock perfectly understandable.
Also a distinct possibility.
My God, people have a hard time grasping with a concept Star Wars has been using for a decade.
Canon SW has been mining Legends for ideas for years. Its the same case as TAS, or PIC and STO. Titan.
Just because there are crossover elements does not mean the source - TAS/STO/shatneerverse/novel'verse is canon.
Canon SW has been mining Legends for ideas for years. Its the same case as TAS, or PIC and STO. Titan.
Just because there are crossover elements does not mean the source - TAS/STO/shatneerverse/novel'verse is canon.
Is canon though, per the Trek website under "canon works" directory.
The obsession with canon is one of the worst things to happen to fandom.
Absolute-fraggin-lutely! Like religious fundamentalism without a god (well, maybe Shatner).
I dunno. He seems to show a lighter side in WNMHGB and Mudd's Women ( any maybe others). Of course Nimoy and the writers hadn't quite found the character yet.
He does talk like Spock. He's just a younger Spock. He still seems reserved to me even in his "friendly" interactions with others. My fanwave-y view is that the accumulative effects of serving with so many emotional beings makes it necessary for him to crank up the Vulcan traits as a coping mechanism until we see him as we know him best towards the end of S1 TOS - logical and (mostly) unemotional. We humans are a very trying species.
Funny thing is is that I sometimes feel I can have longer conversations with religious fundamentalists about some topics than fans.
TAS is The Animated Series. It aired in the early 70s and featured most of the original Trek series' cast.
Thrawn is, as I understand it, a character from Star Wars: Clone Wars and Rebels.
I try to black out most of season 3. Worst season opening episode and worst season/series ending episodes of any Star Trek show. Thank god for the movies.
Originally a character from a trilogy of books.
Indeed.
The so-called decanonizing of TAS died with Gene
Agreed, crossover elements don't make TAS canon. The fact that TAS appeared onscreen at all makes it canon. Argument over.
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