#vulcan headcanons

[blanc-ci]

There needs to be more “Spock exhibiting cat-like behavior” posts and I for one am happy to provide

(Also for @jelliedlimes !!)

[purpleenma]

Yesterday the need to draw T'Pring struck me like lightning and here she is now in all her gorgeous glory 🖖💜✨

See the whole series in AO3 here

[loumicrobes]

Did you hear about cats being able to use 100% of their muscular strength when they jump ?

So my headcanon is that Vulcans aren’t "stronger" than humans. They have the same muscles and everything. But they’re basically like cats !

I need to do research about this.

[makeallthingsyours]

Is Vulcan education more geared towards STEM or humanities? Which subjects are mandatory for Vulcans?

I would imagine that there is a separation of sorts - two types of schools. Most Vulcans attend both at the same time. One, the mandatory one, teaches STEM subjects, languages, things considered practical necessities. The other teaches cultural subiects - literature, music, art, etiquette, psychic skills thus provides what is considered the 'training of Vulcan youth'. The first one is what the Federation legally requires to consider one educated, and so is very structured, with grades, semesters etc. The second has all students together, often learning from each other.

I would also add, that I imagine Vulcan schooling to be longer. If humans enter secondary education at 17/18 in the Federation, for Vulcans, it would usually be at around 20, but most would continue the 'cultural' education up until around 30. That is why they seem so well rounded - they are given far more time to be growing and learning.

I also have an older post discussing similar topics.

Post by @makeallthingsyours

💬 0  🔁 18  ❤️ 92 · Vulcan schools: · - Learning Center: Students first start attending a learning center when they are five or six years of

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Vulcan Headcanon about their biology?!

On my blog? More likely than you think!

Imagine with me: we have a newborn vulcan, and they don't have a gender assigned at birth like we humans do because it's hard to tell straight away. Why, you ask, because they don't have an obvious tell. We have certain genitalia for certain assigned at birth genders, yes? Well, Vulcans have both! They are born as Intersex (I think that's the right word) at birth. Later, when the parental bond can be safely established, do the parents know which gender the baby chooses to identify as. And names can begin to be chosen.

Yes, they can, later down the line, choose to become the opposite of what presentation they picked originally if they so wished to. We can still have trans Vulcans!

Another thing about their biology: because they all have both genitalia that means a male presenting Vulcan can become pregnant or choose to make another so. The same goes for those who are female presenting.

Although studies have shown within the Vulcan community that most male presenting Vulcans will willingly give birth to their families offspring. (Insert stuff dating back to the Before Peace Times) They say it helps them stay connected to their species' past/history. (You can make that mpreg fic if you desire! Heck, they want you to!)

I like to believe they are equipped with a sheath that houses the pen-pen. If they want it to come out, it can. Or they can use the sheath as a hole. (Trying to write the words without writing the words is hard, okay) Either way, all the necessary organs are in place for whichever desired outcome!

And that concludes my info dump! Idk why, but I literally just thought of this and wanted to put it down onto paper if you will!

Feel free to add any of your personal headcanons! I may even add to this later down the line if I think of anything else.

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Who wants to hear about my headcanons for Vulcans being able to merge their minds and become a singular being with multiple bodies?

I call these beings keshtan-terau (born by joining), but I am not at all versed in Vulcan so if that violates grammar rules or makes no sense feel free to correct me. Other contenders for names include wehk-ak'shem, tertin-sular, or tertin-kashkau.

Basically, the idea is that a pair (or trio or quartet, etc) of bonded Vulcans can choose to merge their minds into one, utilizing the help of a priest/mind-healer. This creates a singular composite entity with 2+ bodies, and the memories and knowledge of all of the people it once was. This entity has a single katra shared across their bodies. Keshtan-terau are commonly made up of married couples, but can also be made up of friends, siblings, partners, etc. The largest keshtan-terau ever recorded was a polycule/hivemind from the pre-Surakian days made up of 14 bodies. The telepathic bond between the keshtan-terau's brains acts as a corpus callosum or spinal cord, transmitting information back and forth and keeping the whole person in sync. As such, when it is severed, the keshtan-terau is painfully "cloned", with each body retaining a copy of the being's personality and becoming separate people unless re-unified. When one or more bodies die, the whole person does not die, instead inhabiting any remaining bodies. However, the death of a body is extremely painful and distressing for the keshtan-terau, akin to losing a chunk of one's brain and multiple limbs. It is not uncommon for keshtan-terau to experience retrograde amnesia after the death of a body, since different memories are often stored in each brain. However, the trauma is worse if the death is painful or violent, so many keshtan-terau will voluntarily euthanize their terminally ill bodies.

Keshtan-terau prefer to keep their bodies somewhat near one another, but can easily have them lead semi-independent lives, as each body has its own brain. However, it is not recommended for keshtan-terau to go more than 60 days without their bodies being in the same room, as this can cause depression, dissociation, stress, anxiety, and depersonalization. Keshtan-terau also just like having their bodies together in one place, as their composite people invariably loved each other dearly, and that love continues in their merged form as self-love.

Keshtan-terau are extremely rare, less than one in a million, but not unheard of. Depending on time period, dominant belief system, and surroundings, they are alternately fetishized, worshiped, reviled, or treated with indifference. More recently (23rd-24th century), the trend has been polite indifference, though the echoes of the 22nd-century's anti-mind-meld bigotry remain. Several Joined Trill have opted to become keshtan-terau, somewhat predictably; the Commission at first looked upon this with suspicion, but eventually embraced it as being a good experience for the Symbionts. Changelings (in the 25th century) and the Bynars also feel a sort of kinship with keshtan-terau.

Keshtan-terau will name themselves upon formation, either choosing a new name entirely, or mashing together the names of their composite people (like Tuvix). A common practice is to keep the composite people's names as one's family name, like "T'Mair-Liru Sorik". It is also customary to refer to the individual bodies of a keshtan-terau with their former inhabitant's name hyphenated with the keshtan-terau's name, like "Sorik-Liru" when referring to the body that used to be Liru's.

[crack-canon]

Do you think Vulcans would get competitve if we introduced them to Mario party?

[spocksbrainworms]

I’m tired of every Star Trek show being set on a Starfleet ship. Where’s the VSA science vessel show?

What does their chain of command look like? What recreation activities do they have on board? What are their relationships like?

I hate that Vulcans are one of the species we supposedly know the most about yet we only know the bare minimum of what their day to day lives are like.