Review – Recessive
Recessive grew out of not just the concept of rare blond and blue-eyed Vulcans (and humans, for that matter), but also from the concept of the rare emotional Vulcan. Of course, that is Eriecho. The term also works as a measure of her reticence.
Background
Continuing Eriecho‘s story, I had a few shorter stories which I wanted to combine into something more. This story proved to be a great vehicle for doing that. It was also a way to comment on some Vulcan snobbishness seen in the Enterprise series. I had always liked that bit of canon, as that species had often seemed, to me, to be overly perfect.
Plot
Connections of genetics and memory bring a silver lining to a horrible tragedy.
Eriecho and Saddik have been living at the Martian sanctuary for a few months.
Jack Shaw has been doing his best to accommodate them. Eriecho even has, sort of, a beau, the youth Sollastek. Saddik has even met someone, Valeris.
But all is not right, as snooty matrons dismiss Eriecho as being overly emotional and too much like a human. Hence Eriecho and Saddik seek solace with the only real family they can truly relate to – H’Shema’s. H’Shema, the late Suliban, served as mother to Eriecho and lover to Sollastek. Upon their release from Canamar, it makes sense to them to meet the Sulibans and see if they are amenable to becoming family.
Story Postings
Rating
The story is rated K.
Upshot
I like the interplay, and I think readers appreciate the shout out to the canon character Valeris and certainly sympathize with the put-upon Eriecho, who is only trying to make her way.
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