Vulcan has a lot of mystical and ceremonial stuff for a society built around coldblooded logic. Everything from their clothing to their architecture to their elaborate rituals is more evocative of bronze age pagans than utilitarian space autists.
The soul is a real tangible thing in Star Trek, at least for Vulcans. Most of their ceremonial mysticism is effectively meant to calm and focus the mind and soul. Even Vulcans can understand the logic in using symbols to help their fellows understand the proper way of logic, much like how Buddhism has a frickton of iconography meant to inspire enlightenment.
I mean I can understand on a hot world having some nice, breathable robes for the junior priestesses and the big, heavy beduin robes for the old people because even in a society that practices repressing emotion nobody wants see-through clothing on their ancient venerable clergy.
Vulcan has a lot of mystical and ceremonial stuff for a society built around coldblooded logic. Everything from their clothing to their architecture to their elaborate rituals is more evocative of bronze age pagans than utilitarian space autists.
They can be spiritual, as long as their coldly logical about it.
The soul is a real tangible thing in Star Trek, at least for Vulcans. Most of their ceremonial mysticism is effectively meant to calm and focus the mind and soul. Even Vulcans can understand the logic in using symbols to help their fellows understand the proper way of logic, much like how Buddhism has a frickton of iconography meant to inspire enlightenment.
It helps that to the vulcans the soul is the sum totality of your life experiences rather than a more traditional immortal soul, since if you fail to pass it on it's lost forever. And fwiw at least with Spock it was harder than just cramming his past self into his resurrected body. Took a lot of re-training plus a magical time travel adventure to Save the Whales™ to re-learn the value of friendship.
I don't think we really need another thread where one anon is so insecure in his own sexuality after he saw two cartoon chicks holding hands that he bombards the thread with hundreds of shitposts.
I'm not. T'Lyn's breasts are apparently super uncomfortable.
It's the Vulcan undergarments. They stopped development of new ones in their Victorian era since they were satisfactory.
Surely they corsets aren't whalebone. A study duranium shell would be more modern and durable.
Truefact, Vulcan never invented underwear.
Vulcan has a lot of mystical and ceremonial stuff for a society built around coldblooded logic. Everything from their clothing to their architecture to their elaborate rituals is more evocative of bronze age pagans than utilitarian space autists.
The soul is a real tangible thing in Star Trek, at least for Vulcans. Most of their ceremonial mysticism is effectively meant to calm and focus the mind and soul. Even Vulcans can understand the logic in using symbols to help their fellows understand the proper way of logic, much like how Buddhism has a frickton of iconography meant to inspire enlightenment.
Do Romulans have any of this spirituality and symbolism? We never see much of their society outside of their military so it's hard to tell.
Any symbolism seems to be tied to the state. Lots of great bird motifs, to represent the Empire spreading its wings across the galaxy.
There's some beta stuff if you want to borrow any to flavor a game.
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Romulan (I realize this isn't memory-beta, but it's listed under apocrypha).
Game. Fanfic. Just plain ol fapfic. It's all good, muh brutherford.
I mean I can understand on a hot world having some nice, breathable robes for the junior priestesses and the big, heavy beduin robes for the old people because even in a society that practices repressing emotion nobody wants see-through clothing on their ancient venerable clergy.
They can be spiritual, as long as their coldly logical about it.
It helps that to the vulcans the soul is the sum totality of your life experiences rather than a more traditional immortal soul, since if you fail to pass it on it's lost forever. And fwiw at least with Spock it was harder than just cramming his past self into his resurrected body. Took a lot of re-training plus a magical time travel adventure to Save the Whales™ to re-learn the value of friendship.
gives how often characters end up in their underwear on this show I'm sure we'll get an answer to this one sooner or later
This show sucked. Why did they make it? Star Trek for queers?
Yes, because your have to be pretty queer to like Star Trash
I don't think we really need another thread where one anon is so insecure in his own sexuality after he saw two cartoon chicks holding hands that he bombards the thread with hundreds of shitposts.
mariner a cute
t'lynn has successfully replaced boimler for storylines A.
Kind of crazy that Boimler got his major send-off on an episode of Strange New Worlds.
A friendly reminder that original trek did everything better.
I don't think anyone's questioning that