Best Female Vulcan

[Captrek]

There was a Vulcan ambassador (I think she was an ambassador, don't recall for sure) who practiced human customs when dealing with humans. She shook hands and said things like "Nice to meet you" and "How do you do?" I thought that was pretty cool.

 

[Satyrquaze]

I don't know. I find such "inconsistencies" actually make Trek's alien races more believable.

Does every human have the exact same personality and reactions? Of course not. So why should Vulcans or Klingons or Romulans be any different? Even among humans who supposedly subscribe to same philosophy and code of behavior, there are wide variations in how strictly people adhere to that code. Some people are just more political or religious or extroverted or whatever. I don't have the exact same personality as my girlfriend or cousin or whomever, but we're all twenty-first century middle class Americans...

Sure, but one shouldn't put up a poll for "Best female Human" and offer only the likes of: Belanna Torres, Janice Lester, and Admiral Nechayev. Which is basically what happened here.

 

[Greg Cox]

^ Only if you assume that the most unemotional Vulcan female is the "best."

I think the best Vulcans have a bit more personality, and maybe a bit of an edge to them. Like Sarek or Saavik or Valeris.

 

[Satyrquaze]

^ Ambassador T'Pel had a great personality, it hardly made her the best female Vulcan by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[Captrek]

Sure, but one shouldn't put up a poll for "Best female Human" and offer only the likes of: Belanna Torres, Janice Lester, and Admiral Nechayev. Which is basically what happened here.

What happened here is that what Admiral Shran said isn't exactly what he meant. He posted the poll in response to this discussion in other thread.

To those of us who had seen that thread, it was obvious what Shran meant. To those who came to this thread without that context, it looks like what you describe.

 

[Greg Cox]

^ Ambassador T'Pel had a great personality, it hardly made her the best female Vulcan by any stretch of the imagination.

Depends on how we're defining "best." Most admirable? Most emotionless? Most intriguing? Most worth revisiting in a sequel? Sexiest?

I suspect we're talking past each other!

 

[Satyrquaze]

^ Entirely possible, we should just agree to disagree.

 

[Greg Cox]

^ Entirely possible, we should just agree to disagree.

That would be highly logical.

 

[Admiral Shran]

Sure, but one shouldn't put up a poll for "Best female Human" and offer only the likes of: Belanna Torres, Janice Lester, and Admiral Nechayev. Which is basically what happened here.

What happened here is that what Admiral Shran said isn't exactly what he meant. He posted the poll in response to this discussion in other thread.

To those of us who had seen that thread, it was obvious what Shran meant. To those who came to this thread without that context, it looks like what you describe.

Exactly. I probably should have thought out the thread title a little better.

 

[T'Laina]

Wasn't Ambassedor "T'Pel" Romulan? o____O

 

[Satyrquaze]

^ Thank you for coming with me on that one.