SF Debris: Blood Fever

[Nutso]

Our first look at Pon Farr since Amok Time.

Chuck is really enthusiastic reviewing this one. Nice to see him having fun.

[Deepcrush]

Yes, because rape is very much a Pro-Woman ideal.

[Lighthawk]

I love watching Voy attempt to explore Vulcans. The writers are as adept at logical thinking as Neelix is at wilderness survival.

Also, does anyone else see Pon Farr as an indicator that Vulcans don't really control their emotions, they just bottle them up until they explode?

[Nutso]

I love watching Voy attempt to explore Vulcans. The writers are as adept at logical thinking as Neelix is at wilderness survival.

It's like the Voyager writing staff never saw an episode of the the original series or at least never used them for study material for writing Star Trek.

Also, does anyone else see Pon Farr as an indicator that Vulcans don't really control their emotions, they just bottle them up until they explode?

I think if males don't ejaculate regularly, they become bloodthirsty, brute savages.

[Captain Seafort]

Also, does anyone else see Pon Farr as an indicator that Vulcans don't really control their emotions, they just bottle them up until they explode?

If that were to root cause, I'd expect it to be random, rather than every seven years - given the regularity it seems more likely to be strictly biological, although why the species would evolve like that is anyone's guess.

[Mikey]

As an aside, the Vulcan practice of suppressing emotion (as opposed to "conquering" it) had been explored prior to this.

[Teaos]

To the biological reason to only do it every 7 years, we know Vulcan is not a great M class planet, maybe doing it any moe than that can be dangerous to survival.

[Mikey]

To the biological reason to only do it every 7 years, we know Vulcan is not a great M class planet, maybe doing it any moe than that can be dangerous to survival.

Wait... they can't get their swerve on because it's hot and heavy? How does that work?

[Lighthawk]

I think he meant more that bearing children more often than that would be dangerous, back when things like adequate water and food supplies would have been a daily issue. Still doesn't explain the hard 7 year time frame. If it was merely about every 7 years or so it might fit that kind of criteria better...unless of course Vulcan's orbit is such that every 7 years the climate becomes more hospitable and more friendly to starting families.

[Griffin]

...unless of course Vulcan's orbit is such that every 7 years the climate becomes more hospitable and more friendly to starting families.

But if that were the case, then wouldn't every vulcan male undergo Pon Farr at the same time?

[Lighthawk]

Yeah, probably. So odds seem unlikely for that, don't they?

[Nutso]

From since the time of Surak, Vulcans have been always repressed their natural urges and tendencies through meditation. Maybe that seven year itch thing is the average cycle that Vulcans have determined the hormones can overwhelm the individual male Vulcan's every attempt to control their bodies and minds.

Imagine every time we males got a boner, instead of rubbing one off or just having sex, we went and meditated. How long before we snap? Seven years is probably the male Vulcan's limit.

[Nickswitz]

Maybe it's like a period... for guys...

[Nutso]

Maybe it's like a period... for guys...

...Spock was real bitchy in Amok Time, no?

[Nickswitz]

Exactly, it makes sense.