I thought it might be fun to let you readers here choose the ending of my story, The Vulcan Who Fell to the Earth.
If you’d care to participate, please put your choice of the three options below and why you chose what you did as opposed to the others.
- Kelvin Spock and Kelvin Kirk make the decision that Kirk has screwed things up so badly for everyone involved that they are going to reverse everything. Send our Vulcan boy back to his version of Vulcan. Erase his memory of Jim and Jim’s memory of him. So everything goes back to the way it was before Jim interfered. This Spock would also have his memory altered of ever having Kelvin Jim visit him. Basically it’s like none of it happened, except that Kelvin Kirk and Spock know it did. This is the preferred way for Kelvin Spock as it is basically “interference-free” with the prime directive if everything is back to the way it should have been.
- Pike, the Federation, and Starfleet in Iowa Jim’s story are really harmless and exactly what Winona says they are, not interested in harming Spock, and in fact interested in helping Vulcan advance and join the Federation. As Spock learns more and more how to fit in in Jim’s world, they eventually decide to join Starfleet together and begin exploring strange new words.
- Knowing that Iowa Jim and Sweetie Pie Spock are doomed to live without the happiness they deserve, Kelvin Jim transports them both to a beautiful, earthlike planet where they have a farm of their own, marry, have a little family, and stay together forever, without any interference from anyone again.
October 13, 2020 at 1:39 pm
Oh I’m torn between 2 and 3.
But I think I’ll go with 2 because they get to be together and explore the stars together as well as is their destiny ๐
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October 13, 2020 at 2:37 pm
thanks for the vote!
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October 13, 2020 at 1:46 pm
Hands down- option two. Starfleet and Pike really are harmless. They truly are the start of the United Federation of Planets. All planets are treated with respect to their diversity and history. Spock and Jim can be a bridge to understanding between the planet Vulcan and this developing Federation of Planets. Spock, being Spock no matter the universe, is incredibly intelligent and can successfully learn what it takes to be a Starfleet officer. Finally, Jim and Spock of that universe deserve to be united with the other half of their heart and soul. Please make it so, Ivan! ๐๐๐
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October 13, 2020 at 2:36 pm
thanks for the vote!
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October 13, 2020 at 2:12 pm
My vote is Option 2 – exploring space will always be my choice.
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October 13, 2020 at 2:35 pm
thanks for the vote Connie!
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October 13, 2020 at 2:30 pm
1 breaks my heart so no. Iโve had a good long think about it and I like 3 best. 2, while happy and wonderful, almost seems too easy. Maybe Pike is okay, but the federation? I donโt know if theyโre there yet. I love the idea of them going to any length to stay together and forging their own path. So 3 is my vote, even though Iโm clearly in the minority! Lol
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October 13, 2020 at 2:35 pm
welcome to the clearly in the minority club! I prefer option 1
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October 13, 2020 at 2:35 pm
I am not surprised by that! Lol
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October 13, 2020 at 2:36 pm
LOL me neither
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October 13, 2020 at 4:23 pm
I like option 2 – mostly because I feel Spock has made some really good strides, learned a whole new language and lifestyle. Even with his memories gone heโll always feel something was missing. More importantly it would eat Kelvin spock up more and more each year that he gets his happy with Jim but they took that away from the other Spock.
Sometimes you admit you took the genie out of the lamp and you let things be and let the universe play out.
Just a thought ๐
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October 13, 2020 at 4:52 pm
thanks for voting!
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October 13, 2020 at 5:35 pm
I’m Team 3.
Because 1 is just too much work. Kelvin Jim could have done that in the first place if he was up for that option, and he’d not have messed with anyone. He alone would know what happened with pre-Surakian Spock on Vulcan.
2 – I know in a perfect world, pre-Surakian Spock could squish decades of training into a few years and go into space. But his planet is nowhere near a space program, nor has it been his dream to go into space.
3 – So 3 it is, because it fits who this pre-Surakian Spock is already. He just wanted Just Jim to love. And this Jim now is pretty caught up with loving him. And this Jim, I believe, would never totally trust the Federation to treat this Spock right. He’s the only Vulcanian on Earth.
And since Kelvin Jim’s heart was to let this pre-Surakian Spock have a Jim and not be lonely and heartbroken, placing them in a world where both have what they really want, each other and life together, gives them exactly that. Except I would want for Jim’s mom to be able to visit them when she wished, too. Not like in the witness protection program! haha
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October 13, 2020 at 6:08 pm
All valid points
In all honesty, the heartless, realist me wanted Kelvin Spock to win, put the breaks on and make Jim takesie backsie. I knew that would not be the popular choice.
My second choice was 3, though, because, as you said the space thing wasn’t Pre-Surak Spock’s dream. He just wanted the mate that he loved. And space isn’t really Iowa Jim’s dream, either, he is a teacher, and just wanted a calm, peaceful life. He is not the same Jim as TOS or AOS Jim, so his dreams of space never occurred to him in the same way. Plus he still does blame them for the way Sam was treated, no matter what Jim’s mom says about it.
So yeah, I don’t know what to do now, since the majority went with MY least favorite option LOL!
Thanks for voting!
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October 13, 2020 at 6:56 pm
Ivan Iโm coming around to option 3. j has a good point. Space was never this Jimโs dying passion and he is suspicious of the motivations of Starfleet and doesnโt forgive Pike about how he handled his brother. Plus option 3 gives them their happily ever after without the inherent dangers of space travel. But I donโt want them to be plunked down alone on some isolated planet and Vulcan seems too barbaric to be safe. How about they end up on Risa or similar planet that is accepting of diversity and raise a family there?
But I still feel the Federation and Starfleet should be benevolent and continue to expand to include other planets, including Vulcan. So Jim and Spock donโt have to go into hiding.
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October 13, 2020 at 7:04 pm
Thanks for your thoughts. And as J said, it would be nice for Jim’s mom to be part of their life anyway. I didn’t mean they’d be on a planet by themselves, Captain Kirk would treat them well.
We shall see!
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October 16, 2020 at 10:47 am
Option 3 definitely. I love the thought of a cottagecore spirk family lmao. But also what if becomes a secret space colony for other mixed species families looking for safety? Now I’m just thinking about that concept on its own. Hmm maybe I’ll want to do something with that. Anyway, Option 3 all the way.
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October 16, 2020 at 10:54 am
thanks for the vote ๐
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