when I watched the plotline in Enterprise where the Vulcans have a military and were gearing up for conflict I was like "ok thats stupid but whatever, its only in one show so I can ignore it, and its 2005 and they're doing a thing about American politics, so liberties must be taken, etc etc" but apparently Vulcans have a military in other shows too?? That is SO. STUPID!!!!!!!!!
Literally how does Sarek's "I'm disowning you for joining a military" thing make ANY sense in a world where Vulcan has a military?
It's not that I don't like hypocrisy in my worldbuilding, I love it, but this feels more like... Trek writers having difficulty imagining a society that functions radically different from our own. If Vulcans are supposed to be an allegory for a idyllic peaceful human future, even if you subvert that allegory, it has to still be believableeeee.
For ex. I was so down with the Enterprise storyline when it was just "Vulcans are engaging in morally questionable espionage." That was fun. That was believable. That didn't make them feel like they're increasingly turning into just humans with pointy ears, in-universe AND in story function.
