#pre surak

[kugelfische]

petting proto

[purpleenma]

"The passage of time could be seen in the changes of his hair. James Kirk's long locks of luscious wavy hair, braided and adorned with precious stones, represented the moments spent with he who was the other part of his soul; his T'hy'la. The shaved side near his temple, a sign of his soon-to-be official bonding.

He always knew his fate was in the stars, he just didn't think this belief would turn out to be so literal."

And I can now reveal my third and last artwork for Winter Fandom Kombat 2025.

A fitting pair for my earlier Prince Spock. ✨

Thank you so much again to @eldar-of-zemlya for inviting me to participate in this event, I had so much fun! Count me in for next year 💜

AO3 Post

[teacup-gathering-itself]

First human thing to make Vulcans, as a collective, act positively pre-surakian (read: uninhibitedly emotive) is playing a game of UNO.

Cultural exchange events that didn’t make it into the first contact curriculum on Earth simply due to the level of mischief it would inspire.

[vanilla-phantoms]

I am thinking SO ridiculously hard about pre surak Vulcan rn, specifically about hairstyles

Most Vulcans we see have that very uniform bowl cut, but not all of them, and I figured it must be something to do with practicality because it would be illogical to value appearance over functionality, but we also see most romulans with this hair, and I thought maybe some of this could be attributed to most of the romulans we meet being of some military status

Anyway I’m trying to think about what pre reform hairstyles would look like, since I’m trying to design a character for a fic I’m writing, and I don’t love the long-hair-on-men styles that I see most fanartists assign to pre surak vulcan (love how they look but don’t love the. Hm. Well it’s a bit racist innit. But that’s another post. Hope this isn’t hitting the hornets nest but please think about the traits and images you automatically associate with “violent primitive alien culture”). And I don’t see any reason WHY Vulcans should have long hair in the past other than it maybe being distinctly different from the present and a visually appealing design

Vulcans at the time of Surak were not pre industrialization. They had NUCLEAR warfare after all. They’re referred to as a “warrior race” but this was MILITARY warfare. Surely, the military officials of the past would’ve had practical haircuts too, maybe similar to the Vulcans we see on the show. The only difference I can think would be that they would be less uniform. More room for trends and self expression. (And there was surely more hairstyle variation among civilians but the character I’m making is a military official)

So that opens up a lot of possibilities, once we’ve figured out what would make sense it becomes a question of “what would’ve been popular then”. I think I’m going to find a time period of earth to base the hairstyles off of

[snark-tr3k]

Pre-Surak!Spock meets strandard Captain Kirk.

(based on the Princess Mononoke scene)  

[shyravenns]

Pre surak spock + t’pring 

[yel-halansu]

Tl:dr of my Vulcan history infodump post:

-Pre-reform Vulcan: Logical, not as ancient as it sounds. Literally T’Pau was already around. Like 10 years before Sarek was born.

-Time of Awakening: Around when Surak was alive. Dieselpunk Mad Max dystopia with nuclear bombs and evil warlords.

-Age of Antiquity: Nomad tribes and small city-states with clan intrigue and arranged marriage drama. Can have tattoos and riding sehlats, if you want.

[warpfactornonsense]

Rewatched Atlantis: The Lost Empire, so decided to try my hand at an Atlantean/pre-Surak fusion.