I loved the idea of T’Pol being able to speak to herself – and benefit from the experience that I am sure was costly to gain. Having yourself assure you that you would be okay and to tell you that the man, that she was obviously trying to push away, was the right one for her. It was really something to watch. I also liked the scene with Trip and Lorian in Engineering when Lorian tells him he was a good father.
I saw a link to a deleted scene where that continues and Trip is telling Lorian that he can’t see how he and T’Pol would get together - given their current relationship (and she being just “fine”
![Doubt :doubt:](./images/smilies/doubt.gif)
What was missing for me, in the episode, is that Trip did not go and visit “older T’Pol”. I think he would have done it. He had feelings for “younger T’Pol” (I think) and here was a T’Pol who shared those feelings.
Wouldn’t he go visit her just to ask her how she was? He strikes me as a man who would see her with his heart - not the years, but the woman he loves (I'm assuming he was way down the love path - wishful thinking?
![Wink ;-)](./images/smilies/wink.gif)
I could see “older T’Pol” telling him that he should follow his heart too. Telling him that he elicited strong and sometimes frightening feelings in her – and that she could not see her life without him. That would give him all the insight he needed to understand “younger T’Pol”, “his T’Pol”.
That would have been so sweet!
This is why I love FanFic. In The Reconnecting Series there was a scene between "older T'Pol" and Trip. Also, very sweet.
What do you think?