Romulans And Mating...

[Nyotarules]

. In my opinion giving Vulcanians human mating drives is an example of small universe syndrome, becasue we can't imagine abstaining for seven years.

T'Pol, banged Trip, 7 year mating cycle had nothing to do with that. And you cannot ignore Amanda, she is married to a Vulcan and seems pretty happy about it, so either she is non sexual or has a non Vulcan partner to scratch her itch or her husband sexually satisfies his human wife orally or otherwise.

 

[uniderth]

And you cannot ignore Amanda, she is married to a Vulcan and seems pretty happy about it, so either she is non sexual or has a non Vulcan partner to scratch her itch or her husband sexually satisfies his human wife orally or otherwise.

Ok. So pick one.

EDIT: That's why I find it uninteresting, because it has to be one of those things. Yet we have no evidence which one, so unless you're writing a fan fic about Amanda's private time, why worry about it?

 

[Kor]

It was never stated that Vulcans are only physically capable of mating every seven years; only that at that time they absolutely must do so.

Kor

 

[johnnybear]

Maybe it only happens that way, the seven year urge, if they've been ignoring their sexual passions for too long anyway?
JB

 

[General_Phoenix]

I find anything to do with the Romulans to be interesting, I have also been curious how greatly they differ from Vulcans, mainly because I RP as a Romulan Starfleet officer in STO. For example are they able to do the nerve pinch?

 

[Farscape One]

Or mind meld, for that matter.

 

[Longinus]

I really dislike the attemts to water down the alieness of Vulcans. I definitely want to think that they normally only have sex only once in seven years. That may seem bonkers to us sex crazy humans, but it may be perfectly normal to the Vulcans. There may be exceptions of course , Spock implied so. As for Romulans, they probably fuck more often. My theory is that the seven year cyckle is the fertility cyckle and the Vulcans just repress their sexual desires outside of it, Romulans don't.

 

[SolarisOne]

The Vulcan Ponn Farr might be the Human version of premature ejaculation, after all its about loss of control, every 7 years the Vulcan male is a 1 minute man, that's why they don't want to talk about it.

 

[SolarisOne]

As for Romulans, they probably fuck more often. My theory is that the seven year cyckle is the fertility cyckle and the Vulcans just repress their sexual desires outside of it, Romulans don't.

Considering that this thread is about Romulans, and not Vulcans... Their cultures are rather different--they're more reserved than--say--humans, but far more expressive than Vulcans. It would make sense that they have sex more often.

 

[Nyotarules]

Ok. So pick one.

EDIT: That's why I find it uninteresting, because it has to be one of those things. Yet we have no evidence which one, so unless you're writing a fan fic about Amanda's private time, why worry about it?

'Why worry about it'?! This is TrekBBS I worry about everything to do with Star Trek, so do you that's why you're on here!

 

[Kor]

Would the long-lived Vulcan population see much growth if they were only biologically capable of mating once every seven years, and most Vulcan families seem to only choose to have a few children (or just one) in their lifetimes?

Kor

 

[Nyotarules]

I really dislike the attemts to water down the alieness of Vulcans. I definitely want to think that they normally only have sex only once in seven years. That may seem bonkers to us sex crazy humans, but it may be perfectly normal to the Vulcans. There may be exceptions of course , Spock implied so. As for Romulans, they probably fuck more often. My theory is that the seven year cyckle is the fertility cyckle and the Vulcans just repress their sexual desires outside of it, Romulans don't.

What's to dislike? It's a fictional group of people, they already have green blood, pointed ears, telepathy but have a humanoid phenotype. Do Klingons, Andorians, Tellarites, Betazoids and all the other Star Trek aliens seem less alien to you if they banging each other as often or more than the average human?
I'm no scientist but I doubt you populate a planet with 6 billion folks just by having sex every 7 years, unless everyone uses IVF instead.

 

[Longinus]

Considering that repressing emotions is a defining feature of Vulcans, them not doing so for their sexual feelings makes them less unique. You list physical characteristics that makes Vulcans different, but it is their quite unusual mental characteristics that actually make them interesting alien species and indeed much better than many other Trek species.

And the math on population growth has done several times in threads on the subject.It is not an issue considering the long lifespan of Vulcans; they will be fertile for decades, maybe even over a century.

 

[uniderth]

I'm no scientist but I doubt you populate a planet with 6 billion folks just by having sex every 7 years, unless everyone uses IVF instead.

Do we even know how many Vulcanians there are?

 

[Nyotarules]

Do we even know how many Vulcanians there are?

Enough to change a light bulb

 

[Nyotarules]

Considering that repressing emotions is a defining feature of Vulcans, them not doing so for their sexual feelings makes them less unique. You list physical characteristics that makes Vulcans different, but it is their quite unusual mental characteristics that actually make them interesting alien species and indeed much better than many other Trek species.

And the math on population growth has done several times in threads on the subject.It is not an issue considering the long lifespan of Vulcans; they will be fertile for decades, maybe even over a century.

Its possible to have sex and have no feelings for the person you are with whatsoever, (its part of the worlds oldest profession, apart from farming) so its my impression Vulcans can every easily copulate with anyone they want to for experimental purposes. Hello T'Pol

 

[Henoch]

Romulans and Vulcans are physically different enough that the Enterprise sensors could tell them apart in "The Enterprise Incident". If so, then anything is possible including a completely different biological sex drive; evolution/selective breeding favors "use it or lose it". Counter argument, but I don't think correct, is that the sensors were detecting for the unique signature of his uniform, boots or hair gel.

 

[T'Bonz]

Vulcans: Just because they have to mate every seven doesn't mean they only mate every seven years. I think that Vulcans and Romulans haven't been separated long enough to have major changes between them. *

Not knowing if Pon Farr is a result of emotion repression or not, it's impossible to tell if Romulans have the same thing. If they do, the same statement as above counts.

* I ignore the stupid added head ridges. Plus, as much as I enjoy the novels, they're technically not canon. So any Rommie stuff in them may or may not count.

 

[uniderth]

Enough to change a light bulb

That is the most true in this entire thread.

 

[Tim Thomason]

Tuvok's first pon farr was in 2304 when he was about 40, older than Spock who was 37 in Amok Time. Tuvok also had at least 11 pon farrs before Voyager, which doesn't add up (his 11th would be in 2374), but if we assume that cycles don't match up, and that Tuvok and T'Pel have a pon farr every 3.5 years on average (helping each other out during their respective blood fevers), then his (and her) 11th would be in 2340.

Since Tuvok returned to Starfleet in 2349, this would neatly place his entire intra-Starfleet career alongside his forming and raising a family, since his youngest would've been born around 2341. Tuvok may have been a stay-at-home dad for most of this time.