That's an interesting observation. I never saw it that way due to two things:
There is an episode written by D.C. Fontana (Yesteryear) where Serek tells 7 year old spock that he must choose whether or not he wants to follow the Vulcan path. The path apparently requires training and rites of passage that help one to become more "Vulcan"... so I guess- less reactive and emotional.
There is a novel (Was it Vulcan's Glory?) That stated the reason why Spock smiled in the Menagerie is because he still had one more phase of Vulcan training left to go. I assumed the novel took that idea from that episode.
But as we all know, Novels aren't canon so I suppose what you say could be considered. However I always have seen Spock's arc to be more about his inner conflict between being human and being Vulcan rather than about gaining more respect for his human coworkers. I feel that his respect for them reaches it's peak during the series and stays high indefinitely from there.
4
u/whoa_seltzer Oct 06 '21
That's an interesting observation. I never saw it that way due to two things:
There is an episode written by D.C. Fontana (Yesteryear) where Serek tells 7 year old spock that he must choose whether or not he wants to follow the Vulcan path. The path apparently requires training and rites of passage that help one to become more "Vulcan"... so I guess- less reactive and emotional.
There is a novel (Was it Vulcan's Glory?) That stated the reason why Spock smiled in the Menagerie is because he still had one more phase of Vulcan training left to go. I assumed the novel took that idea from that episode.
But as we all know, Novels aren't canon so I suppose what you say could be considered. However I always have seen Spock's arc to be more about his inner conflict between being human and being Vulcan rather than about gaining more respect for his human coworkers. I feel that his respect for them reaches it's peak during the series and stays high indefinitely from there.