Comment on Theory: Flint was a Lanthanite
Sertou@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s an appealing theory, but how would you square it with the end episode reveal that Flint was no longer immortal since having left earth? Was McCoy just wrong when he reported that readings from the earlier tricorder scan show that Flint has been aging normally since he left Earth’s environment, and will soon die? We know little enough about Lanthanites in general, and Pelia in particular but it is implied that they are an alien race, so their long lifespan isn’t likely to be linked to remaining on earth, unlike Flint’s. Perhaps it wasn’t leaving earth that cancelled Flint’s immortality, but some element on Holberg 917-G?
USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website 1 day ago
I’m going to be straight up honest and say that it’s been long enough since I watched the episode that I forgot McCoy’s revelations at the end of the episode. The part that stands out to me in that scene is Spock mind melding Kirk so he forgets he fell in love with a robot.
It certainly does throw a wrinkle into my theory.
Sertou@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Eh, it’s no more problematic than the many canon retcons we’ve gotten. It may be there was an element on both earth and the Lanthanite homeworld that maintains Lanthanite immortality, but that element was lacking on Flint’s planet.
StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 1 day ago
Perhaps all Flint needed was to surround himself with a lot of genuine Earth artifacts (not replicated) to ensure that he had the necessary isotopes or quantum signatures or whatever that Lanthanites need to retain their longevity.