Perhaps Vulcans needed another Reformation OR they needed their logic to function in The Federation. All those emotional species would drive them crazy.
Was DS9 anti-Vulcan
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And there are certainly contradictions in Vulcan culture, as there are in any culture. They believe in "infinite diversity in infinite combinations," but they also tend to be rather hidebound and inflexible with regard to their own traditions. They laud diversity, yet often seem to dislike dealing with more emotional species. They have all-Vulcan crews on their ships. Etc.
None of which is intended as a criticism, btw. It's the contradictions and paradoxes that make the Vulcans, as portrayed on STAR TREK over the last fifty years, feel like a living, breathing, believable civilization and people.
None of which is intended as a criticism, btw. It's the contradictions and paradoxes that make the Vulcans, as portrayed on STAR TREK over the last fifty years, feel like a living, breathing, believable civilization and people.
Methinks the Vulcans doth protest too much
To be fair to the Vulcans and their lack of diversity TOS showed a crew with one alien, ONE. The FCLU must have had a field day.
True!
Well most of the aliens in TOS looked human,so who can say.
It would have been cool to see how DS9 would have implemented their proposed "Vulcan leaves the Federation" storyline.
I believe it involved a civil war, either between humans or between Vulcans and the Starfleet guys that declared Martial Law.
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Read the book Spock's world...brilliant
Sounds like the Vulcans would be right to leave a military dictatorship, the other races would follow the next day.
Yes, if that was the case, they would've been on the heroes' side. However, Earth declaring Martial Law, (which was to be a dominion ploy) and Vulcan leaving the Federation, would probably result in the Federation collapsing and Fragmenting. It would be like Dad turning crazy, and mom filing for divorce.
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Thank you. The editor in me was biting my tongue but quietly dying inside.
The same way I do whenever I see "cannon" (instead of canon) or "Kahn."
If the federation fragments then there is absolutely no plausible way the Feds win the war.
I think it's wrong to say DS9 was anti-vulcan and more that the writers wanted to give alternate views to things. we'd seen the nice vulcan heaps of times, now here's the jerk Vulcan or the serial killer vulcan or the gunrunner vulcan. it's just filling in the gaps in the same way we got different views of cardassians, klingons, bajorans, romulans etc. and admittedly all he did was say a few words and get killed but I liked the few moments with JG Hertzler's Vulcan captain of the saratoga all the way back in emissary.
Good point. As I recall, DS9 also gave us our first Klingon lawyer, which was something we hadn't seen before but which made perfect sense. Every Klingon can't be a soldier.
They must have lawyers and accountants and architects and mechanics and housekeepers and doctors and nurses as well.
With a franchise as enduring as STAR TREK, writers are inevitably going to be looking for a new slant on Vulcans or Klingons or transporter accidents or whatever.
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The Klingon Empire isn't just soldiers but its abundantly clear warriors are the most idealized profession in the Klingon empire.
With Vulcans its fairly clear the overwhelming majority follow the teachings of one prophet, regardless of their profession. Rebels like young Tuvok are broken by masters. Not to mention an apparently neurological suppression mechanism that keeps their "Vulcan' persona stable.
With Vulcans its fairly clear the overwhelming majority follow the teachings of one prophet, regardless of their profession. Rebels like young Tuvok are broken by masters. Not to mention an apparently neurological suppression mechanism that keeps their "Vulcan' persona stable.
I'm saying previous canon insists Vulcans have a limited range in which they can be faithfully characterized.
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