• Voyager763@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    Something I’ve become increasingly concerned about with SNW is how giving Spock a series’ worth of screen time and development before his time in TOS might put him “ahead” of where he’s supposed to be in his pursuit to understand his humanity.

    I hope that the goal is to make him more appreciative of his Vulcan heritage over the course of SNW to explain why he’s so all-in on it by the time TOS starts.

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      I was not a fan of introducing legacy characters like Spock, Kirk - and even lesser-explored characters like Pike, Chapel, Number One and M’Benga to an extent - in DIS/SNW. Introduce new characters I say, that aren’t hamstrung by what’s already been established - something that I think is even more important in a show that’s set in the “past”.

      That said, if we were to have a pre-TOS Spock, I wanted to see a Spock who would credibly grin at a plant or exclaim “The women!”. I think SNW has given us that.

      However, you’re absolutely right. The destination for the character in SNW is for him to choose his Vulcan half over his human half. Hopefully the writers have planned this out. There’s potential for a poignant story arc here, not just for Spock but also Chapel and T’Pring.

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        grin at a plant

        To be fair, The Cage is set before SNW and even before DIS. And if you recall season 2 of DIS, he sort of lost his mind at some point in-between.