I just had a terrible, awful, no-good idea, straight out of the darkest depths of fan fiction as I was taking a shower... Gabrielle Burnham was thrown back to ancient Vulcan, lost her temporal tether, and her time suit was irreparably broken. She couldn't have possibly known if Discovery was successful in stopping Control, so in lieu of other options, she recruited some pre-Awakening Vulcans as a last-ditch effort, to keep the knowledge of what she saw in the dark future and pass it on to the coming generations so that they could stay vigilant and be ready to stop anything that could eventually become Control before it got too dangerous. She's the Zhat Vash version of Entil'Zha Valen and the secret group she created became a villainous version of the Rangers.
Maybe it's a sign that I haven't been sleeping well for the last few days.
Maybe it's a sign that I haven't been sleeping well for the last few days.