I'm not entirely sure of that.Suppose as a Vulcan, you have spent 5 years at it, and then Ponn Farr kicks in. You go through that phase, and after that you resume your Kolinahr training/meditation/whatever. Would you have to start at square 1 again, or would at least some of the training / mental discipline you got earlier carry over / be re-established quicker?
How exactly do Vulcans control their emotions and/or reach Kolinahr?
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I'm not entirely sure of that.Suppose as a Vulcan, you have spent 5 years at it, and then Ponn Farr kicks in. You go through that phase, and after that you resume your Kolinahr training/meditation/whatever. Would you have to start at square 1 again, or would at least some of the training / mental discipline you got earlier carry over / be re-established quicker?
Vulcans have calendars. They know whereabouts their Pon Farr should kick in. My presumption is that Tuvok decided to start a family after taking the weekend off for some good times with his betrothed and Kolinahr would interfere with family life (since it appears to be multiple years of relative isolation).
I believe it's VOY's "Flashback" which reveals that there is also a biological element to Vulcan emotional control - a part of their brain is specifically dedicated to this task.
That's why repressed memories can be lethal to Vulcans. It interferes with this part of the Vulcan brain.
That's why repressed memories can be lethal to Vulcans. It interferes with this part of the Vulcan brain.
So, what happens to a Vulcan that has achieved Kolinahr, when it is time once again for his /her pon farr ? Does such a Vulcan experience no symptoms at all? Or just the purely biological ones that perhaps cannot be suppressed?
Probably nothing.
Presumably there's a reason Tuvok never reattempted Kolinahr after his failed attempt.
The literal quote from Tuvok is
Unless Vulcans, just like humans, are in the business of using euphemisms when giving up an endeavor they invested a lot of time in permanently, to me 'postpone' sounds as if it at least includes the option to later take it up again.
Raising a family can take decades.
But there's the other way...
Instead of banging some broad you haven't seen since childhood, you can stack the deck and just kill some one.
The government could even sort it out for you.
Present criminals deserving a death sentence.
PS...
Spock was 30ish before he had his first Pon Far.. We thought?
Although teen Spock on Genesis stuck a baby in Saavik.
But there's the other way...
Instead of banging some broad you haven't seen since childhood, you can stack the deck and just kill some one.
The government could even sort it out for you.
Present criminals deserving a death sentence.
PS...
Spock was 30ish before he had his first Pon Far.. We thought?
Although teen Spock on Genesis stuck a baby in Saavik.
I've always figured that part of the mastering of Kolinahr involved the discipline to effectively mentally castrate the Vulcan in question so they no longer received the urge. Either that or literally castrate. In which case, one upside to his regeneration on Genesis is that Spock got his balls back.
Spock never completed Kohlinar. Also, that's an odd assumption.
It's not an odd assumption, it's a joke.
Pardon me. It's an odd joke.
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