I don't think I am the only person but I felt more sadness and was upset with Amanda Grayson dying then I was Vulcan being destroyed. That sounds weird I know. It is like me saying, "All of Canada was destroyed? Did they get Elisha Cuthbert out safe?!?! They did? Ok, I'm fine then."
Now as upsetting as that is if you step back it makes sense. Cause Kirk lost his Dad to the new timeline and now Spock has lost his mother. Plus, if my feelings in the first paragraph are true for the majority of us (and I kind of think they are) then we would not as fans (hardcore or casual) felt the emotion the writers wanted us to feel just by Vulcan being destroyed. "Oh Vulcan is destroyed? They saved Spock's parents and the high counsel? Ok, I'm fine then."
So there. That's my thoughts on that.
Now as upsetting as that is if you step back it makes sense. Cause Kirk lost his Dad to the new timeline and now Spock has lost his mother. Plus, if my feelings in the first paragraph are true for the majority of us (and I kind of think they are) then we would not as fans (hardcore or casual) felt the emotion the writers wanted us to feel just by Vulcan being destroyed. "Oh Vulcan is destroyed? They saved Spock's parents and the high counsel? Ok, I'm fine then."
So there. That's my thoughts on that.