Poor chap is leading a fledgling republic with no love interest and possible successor, than it donned on me....
Successor via elections. But yeah, he deserves some love interest, seeing that he was a kid during TNG he can't seriously be older than 50. Which is young, seeing that Vulcans/Romulans live up to the age of 200. He's what we would call: in the twenties. And since he has 150 years left to live, no successor needed.
And than we can save ammo by just using 1 torpedo to take them both out under 1 roof instead of 2 ....
Why under a roof? Want to give them some protection or what?
And just a torpedo? I'll fire a full Quantum spread of total annihilation to the field of the wedding. We'll take out the marrying couples and all the annoying characters attending the wedding.
Its the only way to be sure.
The problem with getting D'Tan married to anyone is that he doesn't want anyone but Spock. (Even the Tal Shiar were commenting on D'Tan "worshipping the Vulcan's memory".)
And somehow I don't think D'Tan's Spock's type, so it's problematic all around.
We rarely see officers get married because they're supposed to be too busy for families and in no hurry to settle. (Mind you, things have changed quite a bit since the 60s. People today marry without the intent of having children EVER and marriage isn't so much settling down, necessarily. I think marriage may have changed enough that a Trek show could have a married captain, provided the spouse is also an adventurer. We had this some with Sisko/Cassidy and in the books with Shelby/Calhoun.)
Some concerns with D'Tan having a family or spouse though are the cliches:
- They become canon fodder who get killed to fuel his angst/anger.
- They are Tal Shiar
- His wife is secretly a Vulcan or, slightly less cliched, another Vulkcanoid species like Mintakan. (I could forgive this one entirely if her secret is that she's a Mintakan because it could show the relationship between Romulans and other Vulcanoid species.)
- They turn out not to be real. Less of a popular cliche but I could see a sci-fi trope play out where it turns out he's married to a hologram secretly. (I could forgive this one more if he knowingly married a hologram but perhaps concealed it for political reasons.)
Granted, D'Tan's spouse probably wouldn't have to be a *she*. It's the 25th century.
The problem with getting D'Tan married to anyone is that he doesn't want anyone but Spock. (Even the Tal Shiar were commenting on D'Tan "worshipping the Vulcan's memory".)
And somehow I don't think D'Tan's Spock's type, so it's problematic all around.
Well, characters in this position are often given a romantic interest, as redlettermedia has pointed out, to assert that they're straight despite intense emotional attachment to a same gendered character.
Granted, it would be a coy subversion of that to give D'Tan a husband who's like, "Shut up about Spock, already, dear. Your food is getting cold."
Well, characters in this position are often given a romantic interest, as redlettermedia has pointed out, to assert that they're straight despite intense emotional attachment to a same gendered character.
Granted, it would be a coy subversion of that to give D'Tan a husband who's like, "Shut up about Spock, already, dear. Your food is getting cold."
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Successor via elections. But yeah, he deserves some love interest, seeing that he was a kid during TNG he can't seriously be older than 50. Which is young, seeing that Vulcans/Romulans live up to the age of 200. He's what we would call: in the twenties. And since he has 150 years left to live, no successor needed.
Poor Tovan, she was to be married to him! Don't deny Tovan his wife! He already lost his girlfriend before!
Why under a roof? Want to give them some protection or what?
And just a torpedo? I'll fire a full Quantum spread of total annihilation to the field of the wedding. We'll take out the marrying couples and all the annoying characters attending the wedding.
Its the only way to be sure.
So no. Although I appreciate the way you think and bring some humour in the forums, this idea could be so better planned than your current idea.
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And somehow I don't think D'Tan's Spock's type, so it's problematic all around.
We rarely see officers get married because they're supposed to be too busy for families and in no hurry to settle. (Mind you, things have changed quite a bit since the 60s. People today marry without the intent of having children EVER and marriage isn't so much settling down, necessarily. I think marriage may have changed enough that a Trek show could have a married captain, provided the spouse is also an adventurer. We had this some with Sisko/Cassidy and in the books with Shelby/Calhoun.)
Some concerns with D'Tan having a family or spouse though are the cliches:
- They become canon fodder who get killed to fuel his angst/anger.
- They are Tal Shiar
- His wife is secretly a Vulcan or, slightly less cliched, another Vulkcanoid species like Mintakan. (I could forgive this one entirely if her secret is that she's a Mintakan because it could show the relationship between Romulans and other Vulcanoid species.)
- They turn out not to be real. Less of a popular cliche but I could see a sci-fi trope play out where it turns out he's married to a hologram secretly. (I could forgive this one more if he knowingly married a hologram but perhaps concealed it for political reasons.)
Granted, D'Tan's spouse probably wouldn't have to be a *she*. It's the 25th century.
Well, characters in this position are often given a romantic interest, as redlettermedia has pointed out, to assert that they're straight despite intense emotional attachment to a same gendered character.
Granted, it would be a coy subversion of that to give D'Tan a husband who's like, "Shut up about Spock, already, dear. Your food is getting cold."
Heh, I'd pay to see that, actually.
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Seriously, did this thread migrate over here from the creepy parts of the Bioware forums?
This +1. Go TRIBBLE Star Trek!