IDW did do a leadup to Spock's death in their comics I think, and it showed that he was very much not popular with the Vulcan refugees. They blamed him for having the red matter that Nero stole that was used to destroy Vulcan. Only at the very end in the final panel was their a statue of Spock Prime on New Vulcan showing they changed their opinion about him.
Regardless, although non-canon, these licensed comics show that Spock being this ultra-essential asset for Vulcan refugee survival that some on this thread are claiming was definitely not a set in stone thing. I don't think Spock Prime traveling home to the Prime timeline is out of character at all. People are claiming he won't abandon the Vulcan refugees, but if those same Vulcan refugees don't want him, blame him for their homeworld's destruction, and then get angrier when he won't reveal future info, what else should Spock do? Force his presence where he's not wanted? Spock never struck me as that sort of guy, and even when he was on Romulus he had Pardek's backing. Spock would logically just go home.
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