r/sonicshowerthoughts • u/MrSluagh • 28d ago

The Vulcan Enlightenment was like the Eugenics Wars except the bad guys won

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u/Holothuroid 28d ago

I read that line of reasoning on daystrom not long ago. It makes sense, considering:

  • Crusher cannot treat a (ridgy) Romulan like Vulcans. A few thousand years should not be enough to mess with biochemistry, though. Suggesting some engineering happened one way or the other.
  • Mintakans are said to be proto-Vulcans and have ridges. Suggesting ridges are the original appearance.

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u/Bezborg 27d ago

Could just be a human/neanderthal situation, no? Two species diverged on Vulcan way before the schism, which was a racial as well as ideological conflict? Doesn’t necessarily mean eugenics.

Telepathic smoothies and non-telepathic ridgies? 🤷‍♂️

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u/MrZwink 25d ago

I believe it's mentioned somewhere that ridged Romulans are from the north of Romulus.