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I fully agree. In this vein, I also think that Romulans and Vulcans should prefer green-tinted lipstick rather than red. In a few episodes in DS9 they actually did this, but most of the time they just default to red and it really doesn't feel right.
A common beauty hack is to match your lipstick colour to the colour of your nipple, so yeah.
This being said, maybe the Romulans or Vulcans in question have a fetish for humans.
All three of them.
Finally, a beauty hack for my body type.
But my lips are already the same color
What colour are Vulcan/Romulan nips? Please provide sources to show your work.
That's extremely cultural, and doesn't even stand up to the a historical test. I doubt it would carry over across planets. (Works great for TV audience though)
I feel like a lot of it is "translated" to match human emotions. That person wouldn't actually be considered attractive, but the movie makes them attractive in a weird way so humans can relate. Green lipstick on a Vulcan would be EXTREMELY off putting to a human, in literal stark contrast. To make a Vulcan "attractive" it would be on human terms with our sexy red lipstick or... it may have the wrong effect and not tune emotions in properly to the scene. It's a huge reason why I hated watching Star Trek with a particular individual I know. "THOSE TWO SPECIES COULDN'T BE BREEDING! THE HORMONES ARE ALL WRONG AND THEY DIDN'T DEVELOP IN THE SAME..." and on and on.
The blushing thing absolutely should be green, but I get why it wasn't characterized as such. Friggin apes.
not the biggest fan but doesn't TNG suggest that all (most?) biped races in trek share a common ancestor?
Yes it does, i think there is a tos episode that hints at that as well
Anthropology major I think part of the argument was that since all primates share a common ancestor, when does it stop being functional for reproductive purposes? Is Tuvok sterile like a mule?
Seriously this is why I stopped watching these things with this person. It's like watching a war movie with a veteran.