"So I always assumed the mirror Vulcans were just as bad as the Terrans – a powerful and feared elite within the Empire, not slaves and rebels."
Can't speak to old canon, but since the Vulcans are genetically so close to Humans that they can have children together (whether by parallel evolution and a quirk of genetics, or some common origins I don't know) the Vulcans as part of the Empire would make total sense to me...but it would require more differential characterization of the evil of the Empire than we've seen in Star Trek: Disco, I suppose: that not everything is racism and xenophobia; fascist regimes work on principles like power and profit! too, and Evil!Vulcans would be extremely helpful in these endeavors.
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Can't speak to old canon, but since the Vulcans are genetically so close to Humans that they can have children together (whether by parallel evolution and a quirk of genetics, or some common origins I don't know) the Vulcans as part of the Empire would make total sense to me...but it would require more differential characterization of the evil of the Empire than we've seen in Star Trek: Disco, I suppose: that not everything is racism and xenophobia; fascist regimes work on principles like power and profit! too, and Evil!Vulcans would be extremely helpful in these endeavors.