how quickly they forget...

[cellio]

Tonight's episode of Enterprise had some good character bits. I'd rate it pretty high, except for one little plot problem.


Have they already forgotten that they have a transporter on that ship? I would have accepted nearly any excuse for why it wouldn't function, but ignoring it is unreasonable.

Sheesh.

Comments

Re: I can't BELIEVE I'm actually making these arguments...

[tangerinpenguin.livejournal.com]

Well, we know from Sarek and Amanda that it's possible for Vulcans and Humans to interbreed, which suggests that the physiology can't be too different (although if we're being strict about it, the whole copper/iron based blood thing should have precluded that as well.)

Stopping bleeding is a staple of biofeedback/mental discipline literature, so I assume it's part of the Vulcan Mental Discipline portfolio as well. We actually have support suggested in this episode, with the discussion regarding meditation and what it can accomplish. Obviously, that's not likely to be enough for severe trauma, but probably works for routine cuts and scrapes at some minor cost to overall constitution.

We also have substantial precedent for Vulcans (notably Spock, Tuvok, and, when he started going senile, Sarek) withdrawing when injured or sick to try and "gut it out" privately. Sort of like cats finding a place to hide to heal naturally. I believe that supports the notion that most of the time time they can get over things through bedrest and directed meditation.

Re: I can't BELIEVE I'm actually making these arguments...

[cellio]

I didn't mean to imply that I thought Vulcans and humans couldn't breed; we know they can. I was wondering whether there were any differences that would become visible once the clothes have been removed -- things to make the human female ask "what IS that?" or the like. :-)

Re: I can't BELIEVE I'm actually making these arguments...

[tangerinpenguin.livejournal.com]

This is the 50s - any good girl wouldn't have the prior reference to know that anything was different, right? :-)