#snw speculation

In Ghosts of Illyria when La’an is infected with the Light Virus, she attempts to jump into the warp core and Una stops her. But not before they both recieve severe exposure to radiation, Una’s Illyrian genetic modifications save them both.

When she held onto La’an, it provided her with chimeric antibodies that not only spare them both from the radiation but allowed Chapel & M’Benga to use the antibodies from La’an to derive a cure from her blood.

Whose to say those antibodies aren’t still present in La’an’s body?

In A Quality of Mercy, Admiral Pike says that two cadets die in the accident. Maat Al-Salah, and presumably the girl whose console explodes that Pike fails to drag out in time before becoming grievously wounded and exposed himself.

Those cadets die from that level of exposure, Spock dies from a similar level of exposure in WoK, but Pike doesn’t, why? Unless…

Una (likely out of necessity) does something similar for Chris, protecting him the way she saved La’an. If/when she saves him, similar chimeric antibodies would be in him.

It would not prevent him from being injured or prevent him from being severely irradiated, but he would survive long enough for medics to get to him and prevent it from killing him.

I think one of the many reasons Pike actively chooses to live the difficult life the accident’s aftermath leads to. Other than he’s not one to give into despair, and is acutely aware of his own worth to those who love him. It’s this:

More specifically I want Spock doing the “I Know You’re In There” part of the fighting.

The ANGST potential for it is sooooooo good!

I mean we know Chris wouldn’t hurt a fly (not without VERY good reason) and especially wouldn’t hurt Spock. Especially since now he’s probably gonna be a little extra protective of Spock now that he’s seen what could happen to him? Even if he weren’t control/aware of himself that’d still probably bother him deeply.

But then the THING is Vulcans are so much stronger than Humans that we know Spock is restraining himself and relying on the neck pinch to not kill his opponents. Chris is a smart and experienced fighter, it wouldn’t be a neck pinch one-and-done if they had to throw down. Spock would want to hold back even more because it’s human dad. Which would give a mindcontrolled/possessed/whatever Pike more chances to hurt him.

It would also flip the script of Spock usually being the one who gets mindjacked into hurting others in TOS. Then oh my GAWD the frickin juicy Mind Meld angst would be DELICIOUS. Even independently from a shadow self/I know you’re in there style confrontation.

I’m just thinking about how Prime!Spock doesn’t know the grim and violent details of Pike’s accident. If this more vulnerable, emotional babey Spock witnessed that while trying to SAVE Pike’s mind from something?! Oh my god!! It’d be like “we are Kirock” thing Spock did to save Jim’s life in “The Paradise Syndrome” but like, hopefully from a much better episode!

Me: Spock and Uhura?!