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anotherminerva — The Romulan Commander

Published: 2009-01-11 00:57:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 2597; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 96
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Description My #1 Badass Heroine of TOS, hands down.

Who she is: The commander of a Romulan fleet (duh) from whom Kirk and Spock steal technology in “The Enterprise Incident.” She and Spock seduce each other for political reasons.

Why she’s cool: You guys: I have a giant crush on the Romulan Commander. She is just so conspicuously awesome. Her entire bearing, her every mannerism, says, “I can have any man I want, and also I can blast your starship out of the fucking sky.” Sure, she’s an adversary, but she’s such a cool adversary that you’re almost a little sad when she is defeated. She is not defeated easily, and when she is, she goes down with amazing dignity.

And the dynamic between her and Spock is, well... fascinating. They both have ulterior motives in seducing each other, and I think they both realize that the other one has ulterior motives. But, coincidentally, they actually have an affinity for each other. They recognize each other as equals, and it seems like neither of them is used to meeting equals very often. During their sexy, sexy hand makeouts, Spock express a genuine emotion. You can tell it’s a genuine emotion because he sounds terrified and ashamed when he admits to it. Their conversation in the turbolift at the end of the episode can basically be summarized as, “You know, it’s really too bad that we’re on opposite sides of this war thing.”

(Don’t you love Vulcan hand kissing? I do.)

Of course, the Commander’s attraction to Spock isn’t going to prevent her from killing the bastard when she finds out he’s a traitor. She tries everything within her power to defeat the spies, including ordering her crew to destroy the Enterprise while she’s on it.

BAD. ASS.

I know that the Romulan Commander doesn’t really have green lips, but she should, so I gave them to her.
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Comments: 12

Therese-B [2014-04-25 15:19:15 +0000 UTC]

I loved this so much, I posted it on my Trek blog (which is Nimoy/Spock centric, by the way!)
Great Job, and nice to see an artist who appreciates the lovely costuming of the original series! Keep up the good work! -Therese 

trekkerscrapbook.com/2014/04/2…

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Crimsoncommander [2013-03-08 11:50:08 +0000 UTC]

I think I'll just fave this one and say that it's nicely drawn- there are no words which can adequately express how much I fangirl RomCom, anyway

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Meowen [2012-09-02 19:20:36 +0000 UTC]

RomCom!

I could go gay for this lady. No kidding. She's such an awesome character. Seems both Kirk and Spock manage to find a Romulan that they can be all "In another life, we might've been friends" with

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Vemavra [2012-06-22 09:59:57 +0000 UTC]

GREAT! Romulan Commander is one of my favorite TOS characters! She's cool and your drawing is amasing)

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FoilFaerie [2010-04-12 00:33:30 +0000 UTC]

How did I miss this one?! Amazing! ROM COM FOREVER!!!

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Wakko666 [2009-10-20 16:20:27 +0000 UTC]

id love too do a Romulan or Vulcan lol

well the good looking ones from TOS and the new movie

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Violet55Black [2009-09-12 23:51:59 +0000 UTC]

I soooo agree with you about the Romulan Commander. She definitely is the best female enemy that they ever came across. And I definitely envy her for getting have hot hand makeouts with Spock, haha. I'm actually working on a new!Trek fic with her in it, and she and Spock get to have some fun times, haha.

Anyway, nice job on the pic! XDD

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CallThePatentOffice [2009-08-24 05:14:39 +0000 UTC]

awesome.
also your description is hilarious XD

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Babylon2260 [2009-07-06 03:23:49 +0000 UTC]

Great work on this! (and your other ST heroines as well) The Romulan commander is my favorite villainess in the whole series. Although I wish I knew what her name was...I heard it was 'Charvanek' or something.

And yeah, Vulcan hand-kissing is dead sexy...especially between her and Spock

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Aconitum-Napellus [2009-01-11 10:34:53 +0000 UTC]

She is so very cool, isn't she?

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EragonSaphira3 [2009-01-11 07:47:06 +0000 UTC]

I agree she's so cool. I like Romulans in general, but she's one of the coolest. Also this peice is pretty good, I like the shading on the face and her eyes. I think the end of TOS Star Trek had several such "bad" heroines with Liviana Charvanek, as she is later named in 'The Romulan Way' novel, being one of the best. Also at the end when she tells Spock she hoped their 'experience' transcended military seduction, do you think she was refering to hand making-out or was there something deeper of camera?

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anotherminerva In reply to EragonSaphira3 [2009-01-13 04:02:04 +0000 UTC]

Hm... I had never considered that anything significant happens off camera. I mean, when they're interrupted, they're both still fully clothed, and she at least seems very much like she's not done yet. I think that at the end, they're talking about the emotional connection they felt.
And thanks!

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