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Solok headcanons (do not reblog)

Facts

Benjamin Sisko and Solok was in the same class at Starfleet Academy. Sisko drunk-challenged Solok to a wrestling match and ended up in the infirmary with a dislocated shoulder and two broken ribs. Sisko was drunk, Solok was sober.

... couple of thoughts:

☆ Surely a Vulcan, three times stronger, stone cold sober and at a general peak self-control, would be able to pin down a drunk human without injuring him that badly? I mean the level of damage suggests that Solok’s emotional control was slipping.

☆ During the ten years that followed, Solok wrote over a dozen scientific papers on how vulcans are superior to humans, each time analyzing that wrestling match again. That’s more than one paper a year. In his spare time. He quite literally never stopped thinking about that one wrestling match.

And that’s not counting showing up at Sisko’s workplace with the perfect, tailor-made setup for a rematch. I mean, that was bespoke.

But look. What blows my mind is that Sisko apparently read every single one of those papers. Interpret that as you will.

Headcanon time (under cut because it gets rambly)

So it’s pretty clear Solok has some kind of... I don’t even know. Obsession? Unhealthy hobby? Maybe it’s just what happens when an incredibly violent species exchanges massive aggression for passive aggression.

Either Solok is the biggest asshole that ever lived and a) injured a drunk human on purpose and b) genuinely thinks that species with emotions are worth less

I don’t think so. He wouldn’t have joined Starfleet if that was the case, and he certainly wouldn’t have made it to the rank of captain.

There’s a connection between Solok and Sisko. What kind of a connection is really up to interpretation. I think Solok, being Vulcan, was in a position to analyze it properly and failed spectacularly to do so. Instead of nurturing the potential of friendship (or who knows, even matehood) he chose to devote a lot of time to aggravate their relationship, if not actively sabotaging it. In my opinion, if you write twelve papers about the same thing, using the same material and largely coming to the same conclusion, your are trying to convince yourself of something.

Sisko, on his end, seems bewildered about the whole thing - which is understandable.

Wishlist

☆ I’d love for a thread with Sisko and Solok being forced to work together. Apart from the hilarity of it, hopefully also sort some things out and come to an understanding.

☆ I want somebody, vulcan or human, to challenge Solok’s perception and to make him reconsider his conclusions.