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minus-squarelimelight79@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoSo we know Vulcans have that 7-year mating cycle thing. Doesn’t that imply the Romulans have the same?
minus-squareummthatguy@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoI suspect that it’s specific to Vulcans as a result of their choice to suppress emotions. Over a long enough period of time, their own bodies developed a need to release those feelings/urges. It then became known as pon farr.
minus-squareThebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 hours agoSo it’s the star trek equivalent of abstaining from sex for a long enough time that you bust in your sleep
So we know Vulcans have that 7-year mating cycle thing. Doesn’t that imply the Romulans have the same?
I suspect that it’s specific to Vulcans as a result of their choice to suppress emotions. Over a long enough period of time, their own bodies developed a need to release those feelings/urges. It then became known as pon farr.
So it’s the star trek equivalent of abstaining from sex for a long enough time that you bust in your sleep