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The Terran Times
People / Fashion and Style
Whoops! Awkward Amanda Grayson Breaks Vulcan Etiquette with Her 'Vulgar' Outfits…Again!
Written by Loretta Flowers
Photo. Amanda Grayson at the Voyage Inn.
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Amanda Grayson—the new wife of the current Vulcan Ambassador to Earth—joined her husband, Ambassador Sarek, in a top class event this week at the Voyage Inn and what a mess! For the millionth time, Miss Grayson didn't seem to care for Vulcan's modesty protocols and wore a scandalous red dress with transparencies and uncovered shoulders that brought her to the attention of all attendees.
How can you not stare at her wearing exactly what you should never wear to a party full of Vulcans!?
Somehow, she still manages to be the less interesting outfit in the room.
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People / Socials
"She Always Had a Bit of a Vulcan Fetish": Amanda Grayson's Former Classmate Speaks Out
Written by Alex Tremblay
Photo. Mia Grant and Amanda Grayson in Terran Languages Institute in Federation's Day festival.
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Mia Grant is a 28-years-old teacher born in California, Earth, who attended Terran Languages Institute alongside the controversial Amanda Grayson.
"We were kinda close, like friends. Amanda was one of the smartest girls in the whole class, but she always had a bit of a Vulcan fetish", declared Mia Grant in an exclusive interview for The Terran Times, disclosing all kinds of stories of the real Amanda Grayson to the public.
"She was always bringing Vulcan and Vulcans into the conversation. No matter what we were talking about, she would force a commentary for no reason, which was really uncomfortable for everyone. She was so weird and we were all shocked by the extent of her obsession for pointy ears. I was constantly calling her out, because It's not okay to fetish a whole species. I would say: 'Amanda, you can't stalk that Vulcan Ambassador! It's so creepy to keep pictures of him in your PADD. You better stop or you're gonna get arrested!', but she would never listen to me. In fact, the wallpaper of the PADD she brought to class everyday was the picture of Ambassador Savek [Sarek]. She was so obsessed with him!" added Grant, when she was asked to talk about Amanda's behavior during her years as a student of Terran Languages Institute.
Miss Grant also revealed in exclusive the unconventional weekend activities Amanda used to do during her student years, and claimed that she is not after Ambassador Sarek's fortune: "She [Amanda] liked to be around the Vulcan embassy in our city on the weekends. I guess that's how she and Ambassador Sovek [Sarek] met because I can't think otherwise. I remember that, one day, I greeted her before class and she just said that she was gonna marry a Vulcan. I thought she was joking, but we all were pretty aware of her obsession with Vulcans. Well, she did it… It doesn't surprise me, to be honest. Amanda was always really determined and clear about what she wanted in her life. I'm truly sorry on Ambassador Sorek's [Sarek] behalf. We all know she's crazy and, even though, I'm sure that she's not a gold digger and she doesn't want his money at all… I can bet that he's just the dreamy Vulcan trophy husband she was always begging for".
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The Galaxy Inquirer
Socials / Vulcan / Media and Politics
DISOWNED: Councilman Skon's Youngest Son Just Married Human Amanda Grayson and the Family Isn't Happy
Written by Alejandra Lowell
Photo. Councilman Skon, Chairwoman T'Kin and their older son, Ambassador Silek.
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Earth—After Councilman Skon's son, Sarek, vanished in the air and stayed for months out of the public eye, a lot has been said about the possible motive behind. We can't deny how sudden his disappearance was! But finally, responses to galaxy-wide asked questions surfaced at the beginning of the current year when the news became public; Ambassador Sarek has married human Amanda Grayson six months prior. But we won't get lovely pictures with the in-laws' because it's painfully obvious that Councilman Skon and his wife, Chairwoman T'Kin, are not pleased with their youngest son's choices.
The whole galaxy has voiced out loud their opinions. The balance indicates that Ambassador Sarek and Amanda Grayson's recent wedding was an event that no one asked for. It fits perfectly into the "complete disgrace" category for the groom's family as they have already let us know by stepping aside and doing the Vulcan equivalent of cutting him out of the familiar album. It's not a secret that the only Vulcan at the place was Sarek, and just Amanda's friends attended the ceremony that took place on Earth.
A quick look at official pictures reflects Sarek's fall from grace with his family. Now the preference seems up to Ambassador to the Federation, Silek, who's all what his parents expected of him; successful, educated, well-spoken and an impeccable man who is—basically—the Vulcan etiquette and protocols made flesh.
The most recent photo taken at the Vulcan festival of summer celebrated in Shi'Kahr speaks volumes about the strained familiar status. We can see a perfect family portrait of three in the official photos and, of course, baby brother Sarek and his new human wife are not invited to the party.
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The Saturn Post
Vulcan / People / Media
'False Flag' Wedding: Is Amanda Grayson a Crisis Actor?
Written by Lucas Noyes
PHOTO. Ambassador Sarek standing next to his human assistant, 26-years-old Scott Langdon, at the Voyage Inn meeting last Thursday.
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Crisis actors have been all over the news since the 21st century, in all kinds of staged tragedies and events to distract from actual events, shaping public opinion in the vilest way. Needless to say, Ambassador Sarek—the current representative of Vulcan interests on Earth—became a controversial figure when he married Amanda Grayson earlier this year.
This alleged wedding has made headlines in various reputable media outlets, but none appear to have found any concrete information about the circumstances surrounding this event. The only thing we know about Amanda Grayson is that she was born in San Francisco and studied to be an educator. In general, the details of her life before the wedding are rather vague, and in my opinion, irrelevant since we can't be sure that this is even real.
What's interesting pops up when you examine the other half of this very odd couple. Contrary to Mrs. Grayson, the ambassador is no stranger to media coverage.
His official profile on the Vulcan embassy website indicates where he has served and provides a brief summary of his career as a diplomat. At first glance, he does not differ from any of the other diplomats listed as active ambassadors.
The difference between him and his compatriots lies in the background that the government page has left out. In the Vulcan version, we can find the full names of all diplomats. It is not necessary to dig too deep to realize that this ambassador is not just any mortal and that he is part of a line of renowned government servants quite present in the media.
The description in both versions admits that he enrolled in the Vulcan Diplomatic Service School in the capital of the planet, but they do not list that this same school was renamed in honor of the famous Ambassador Solkar, his grandfather.
PHOTO. Ambassador Solkar with Zefram Cochrane during the famous first contact.
We all know who Ambassador Solkar is. His name is imprinted alongside Zefram Cochrane in the story of our journey to reach the stars that began in the 20th century.
The relationship between Vulcan and Earth has always been one of borderline rivalry. History is forgotten and by now, many have fallen in love with them. Today, they are perceived as the space police of righteousness to the point where their judgments are valued as sound without complaint by the Federation.
It is easy to believe that their reluctance to relate to us beyond the essentials is merely a cultural thing and we should think nothing of it. But this is clearly not the case. The Vulcans have demonstrated that on the basis of fallacies of authority—authority they have bestowed upon themselves based on philosophies of their own that they do not hesitate to impose—they can grant themselves the right to override other species for their benefit or stop them from achieving progress if it is inconvenient for them.
One must be skeptical. To the untrained eye, this wedding looks like a step forward in terms of diplomatic relations between the two planets as is the case with the relationship with Andoria. Still, we cannot ignore the tumultuous history we have to Vulcan and its diplomats.
If we analyze the leaked pictures, we can notice that they look planned and artificial. It looks like a bunch of stills taken from a bad staged scene of some crappy rom-com, where the actors have no chemistry whatsoever. Even the guests seem more into it than the alleged couple! Are we supposed to believe that they love each other?
This whole affair looks like a PR move on the Vulcans' behalf. We all know how they like to insert themselves into everything.
They have been gatekeeping humanity since Cochrane's era and we can't fall for this anymore! If Amanda Grayson is not consciously partaking in this re-brand, that intents to sell us Vulcans like if they weren't that annoying, condescending babysitter humanity have never asked for, then I feel sorry for her because she's probably been brainwashed by them and we should be afraid of the extent of Vulcan telepathic power.
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The Sun Journal
Opinion
What Ambassador Sarek's Marriage with Amanda Grayson Tell Us about Vulcan Society?
By Varith
Photo. Amanda Grayson (left) and Ambassador Sarek last month in Andoria alongside a human aide, Scott Langdon.
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Editor's note: Varith is a Vulcan journalist and author of the best-seller "The Children of Surak: The consequences of emotional repression", based in Earth who is an advocate for interspecies cooperation and spokesman for the 'Thon-tor ozhika' organization against logic extremism.
Earth, Solar System— After Ambassador Sarek and Miss Grayson's bonding ceremony became of public knowledge, an extensive spectrum of reactions and insights have surfaced throughout the means of communication.
The press' backlash both of them have faced is widely known, focused on pointless speculations such as discussing the alleged intentions of Miss Grayson or calling into question Ambassador's personal preferences, but public opinion of the average non-Vulcan individual is inclined to be an approbatory one.
The relationship between Vulcans and humans had been cooperative from the beginning, but paradoxically distant and condescending where humans had put so much trust in Vulcans' logic and opinion. It's been twenty-tree standard years since I left Vulcan, but I still find my insights have been valued higher than my peers' because it's assumed that Vulcans are incapable of being judgmental and all we said is entirely substantiated in infallible logic.
Needless to say that this is an untruthful assumption.
As a resident of Earth, and a Vulcan who is no longer a strict follower of Surak's teachings, I have learned to recognized Vulcans' preference for traditions that had barely evolved since the Awakening Time, and are now deeply rooted inside Vulcan society, justified with arbitrary logic-coated arguments. It is clear that Ambassador Sarek has broken one of the most sacred and unofficial rules for Vulcans. He has disrupted the order and what is expected of an average Vulcan male born and raised in a conservative environment of Surak's followers as myself, where the IDIC seems to be merely an accessory to present ourselves as less hostile to the public.
Vulcans respect the infinite diversity in infinite combinations as long as it does not disrupt their strict way of living or it's not present inside their own families. Vulcans taking human mates is something that has been happening for a considerable amount of time, at great risk and all of them have paid a high price because of it.
A man in the position of Ambassador Sarek, who is not only a member of one of the oldest families in Vulcan that still holds the ancient traditions tightly, but also a representative of the planet to the exterior, should take into consideration how this is going to impact on his public image. It's not misguided to ask how those who value logic above all, feel about this event and be represented by a person who has deliberately chosen an opposite path to the one that has been decided for all us for over five hundred years.
A/N: I'm not an English native speaker, please feel free to point out mistakes :)