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Thoughts on Burnham's relationship to Sarek
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I wonder if Sarek disowned her as well when she joined Starfleet?
That could fit with his question "What have you done out there on the edge of Federation space?" if the idea is that Sarek is showing some contempt or suggestion that she's been wasting time. Of course, it might not be contempt at all; it could be curiosity or alarm, say.
It doesn't make much sense (on the surface) that he still has some kind of relationship with Burnham who is deep into her Starfleet career, yet opposed Spock's enrollment and froze him out for 18 years over it.
Maybe whatever happens with Burnham is WHY he opposed Spock's enrollment at Starfleet Academy so much(?)
You know, that might actually be it.
http://www.startrek.com/article/bryan-fuller-reveals-discovery-details
BTW, that interview last August laid out just about everything that we have since seen to be true of the show - and it was all Fuller's idea, before he was let go.
http://www.startrek.com/article/bryan-fuller-reveals-discovery-details
BTW, that interview last August laid out just about everything that we have since seen to be true of the show - and it was all Fuller's idea, before he was let go.
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Could be, but the timeline doesn't really add up. Spock would've joined Starfleet in roughly 2248, Discovery (from what we think we know) takes place in the mid-2250's.
So it couldn't be whatever event is in the pilot.
It may have made Sarek double down on his dislike, though. Before, he merely would have preferred Spock not join Starfleet. After the incident, he wishes his boy were as far away as possible from the mere idea of Starfleet.
It would still have had them "not speak as Father and Son" (Amanda said eighteen years in "Journey to Babel") for nearly a decade prior to whatever incident we see in the pilot. Which either means that "ten years before Kirk and Spock" is a lot looser, part of what we are seeing is flashbacks to a much earlier point in Burnham's career, or they are rewriting some of the history.
That's interesting wording too. It could mean that when they conversed, it was purely professional and cold. No paternal or filial warmth - strictly business.
But the trailer said Burnham had served with Michelle Yoeh's character for 7 years - and unless that's been Burnham's entire career history (which I kind of doubt) , she would have joined StarFleet Academy YEARS prior to Spock - so, Sarek and Amanda raised or in some way mentored her too - her joining StarFleet could indeed have colored Sarek's perception of StarFleet when Spock decided to join.
Agreed. Which is why I was talking about whatever the event we are seeing in the pilot not being the reason. Unless the story is some kind of flashback from 2255.
It depends, I mean, Spock was his *son*. That's going to carry entirely different baggage than a student/teacher relationship. I can see Sarek being far more upset about his own child going into Starfleet than a human student, even if she is a stepchild.
My bad - I misread your post.
Maybe she is a Vulcan who raised by a human parents; then met Sarek when she was young.
Sarek wants to proive he can raise a full-blooded human to be Vulcan, after his full-blooded Vulcan son ran off to start a cult and his half-Vulcan son is off being angsty.
Notice her hair is cut in Vulcan fashion as a child, so that Amanda's employer school which she would have attended would be a rather odd one, forcing students to cut their hair that way.
The way it was presented(and that of course could be misleading) points to a definite connection to Vulcan through bloodline.
The impression I got was that Sarek is curious about an incident that will happen in the pilot episode, possibly the encounter with the Klingons. More like "what the f*ck happened there"?
Yeah, that's what I meant by "alarm," as a possibility.
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