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Spoilers The Qowat Milat and the Klingons

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From what he learnt about them in "Absolute Candor", it seems to me that these are Romulans that could easily be friends or allies for the Klingons. At least i guess they would command a lot of respect and maybe admiration from a lot of Klingons.

Thoughts?
 
idk, where is the honor in telling the truth? ;)
I was talking more about their warrior ethos and their preferences for impossible missions. Something i see that Klingons would really admire. But only speaking the truth is also something very much in line with the way most klingon warriors, at least those we know, behave and something i guess they would like and respect.
 
Elnor would be a worthy sparring partner for a Klingon. The question is which sword they would use. On the other hand, Worf was never fond of Romulans......

With good reason as they killed his entire family except for him and Kurn.
 
I particularly like how they contrast with the Vulcans and other Romulans. A stereotypical Romulan openly displays emotion but is otherwise secretive and untrustworthy. A stereotypical Vulcan suppresses emotion but is otherwise completely truthful. The Qowat Milat are open and honest about all things ( at least as far as we know), including their emotions. As they seem to be both honorable and skilled in combat, I do believe they could earn the respect of a Klingon.
 
I got the impression in ENT, that the Klingons had some respect for the Vulcans. How much of that was how advanced and powerful they were is the question. "Intellectual puppets of the Federation" was later expressed as well. What Klingon comments we get about the Romulans is that while they might recognize them as formidable, it's not clear how respectable or honorable they think they are. But we should avoid treating species as one dimensional in a way we know that humans are not. In other words, there are probably mixed views.
 
Probably depends on the klingon and family.

Remember house duro was more than willing to jump in to bed with the Tal shiar.

The house of mogh and wolf? Can see the despising all romulans regardless of background.
 
Probably depends on the klingon and family.

Remember house duro was more than willing to jump in to bed with the Tal shiar.

The house of mogh and wolf? Can see the despising all romulans regardless of background.
Yes, that is another dimension to it. The House of Duras, whatever their personal feelings about Romulans, were perfectly willing to accept their help on the down low.
 
I got the impression in ENT, that the Klingons had some respect for the Vulcans. How much of that was how advanced and powerful they were is the question. "Intellectual puppets of the Federation" was later expressed as well. What Klingon comments we get about the Romulans is that while they might recognize them as formidable, it's not clear how respectable or honorable they think they are. But we should avoid treating species as one dimensional in a way we know that humans are not. In other words, there are probably mixed views.

Klingon-Romulan relations are a complicated matter. During TOS (and Discovery?) they are the best of allies, sharing technology and probably support in their anti-Federation imperialist agenda.

By the time of the Praxis explosion, the Romulans have (briefly?) become allied to the Federation, and pushed for the Khitomer conspiracy to wipe out the Klingon Empire. In twenty years, they isolated themselves from the Feds, but would continue their ambivalent relationship with the Klingons.

Up until the Khitomer incident, when they all-but declared War on the Klingons with the assistance of the House of Duras. In the thirty years succeeding, they were seen as blood enemies, with perhaps only the Dominion War offering a brief respite.

These all point to a disciplined Romulan Star Empire changing governments and objectives on a regular basis, and fits the narrative conceit that Romulans have always wanted discord in the region to prevent any one power from gaining too much control (hence their opposition in Enterprise towards the Coalition/pre-Federation being formed).

I think the Klingons have respected Romulan culture as worthy adversaries and relatively honorable in the past. If the supernova hadn't happened, I would assume that the Romulans would be shifting once more towards allying with the Klingons. In fact, that's probably what the Civil War and alliance with the House of Duras was meant to achieve.

As for the Vulcans, we learn in Discovery that they were exchanging weapons fire in 2016, 140 years prior to Enterprise. Vulcans are the epitome of honor, and there's no better way of gaining a Klingon friend than by giving him a bloody nose.
 
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