12-30-2022, 11:39 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-31-2022, 02:48 AM by FaceInTheCrowd.)
Most people in the Trek universe who aren't Vulcan seem to think the Vulcans are deluding themselves when they claim they've eliminated or controlled their emotions. The Romulans are especially contemptuous of that claim, even in Discovery's 29th century when Reunification has taken place and they're trying to be one society again.
Saavik's unused backstory from STII had her growing up as a homeless "wild child" in a Romulan settlement called Hellguard, where the Romulan version of "a little joke" would have been beating the half Vulcan street children for entertainment. And then she was rescued by Spock and taken to Vulcan, where amusement was considered one of those emotions nobody was supposed to have. So her first experience with people trying to be funny with words could very well have been at Starfleet Academy.
Saavik's unused backstory from STII had her growing up as a homeless "wild child" in a Romulan settlement called Hellguard, where the Romulan version of "a little joke" would have been beating the half Vulcan street children for entertainment. And then she was rescued by Spock and taken to Vulcan, where amusement was considered one of those emotions nobody was supposed to have. So her first experience with people trying to be funny with words could very well have been at Starfleet Academy.