...it's horrifying to think of an entire people's emotional identity being wiped out like that...
Spock's reunification efforts have always had a faint whiff of cultural imperialism to me - the 'civilized' missionary trying to uplift the barbarian 'other'.
And there are some elements of Romulan culture that seem superior to Vulcan culture - half-human Sela seems to be a lot more accepted as a Romulan than Spock was as a Vulcan.
There's some very odd little hints about Vulcan culture here and there that have never really been adressed - specifically, there's one TOS episode where Spock is thrown back in time millenia, and 'reverts' to the savage state of an ancient Vulcan... so it almost seems as if Vulcan control is maintained by the race as a whole, not by individuals.
Throw in that Romulans, unlike Vulcans, don't seem to be telepaths of any kind, and one has to ask - just what the hell did the Vulcans do to themselves to implement and enforce their new order after the Romulans left?
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on 2009-06-20 04:21 am (UTC)Spock's reunification efforts have always had a faint whiff of cultural imperialism to me - the 'civilized' missionary trying to uplift the barbarian 'other'.
And there are some elements of Romulan culture that seem superior to Vulcan culture - half-human Sela seems to be a lot more accepted as a Romulan than Spock was as a Vulcan.
There's some very odd little hints about Vulcan culture here and there that have never really been adressed - specifically, there's one TOS episode where Spock is thrown back in time millenia, and 'reverts' to the savage state of an ancient Vulcan... so it almost seems as if Vulcan control is maintained by the race as a whole, not by individuals.
Throw in that Romulans, unlike Vulcans, don't seem to be telepaths of any kind, and one has to ask - just what the hell did the Vulcans do to themselves to implement and enforce their new order after the Romulans left?