#Lirpa

[jelliedlimes]

I don’t wanna go to sleep, in all my dreams I drown

A Nightmare. Whose? Who‘s to say. Idk I’m a sucker for post Amok Time angst

wanted to do something more painterly and moody

[almalvo]

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<sehlat eh abertau> | ST:Ex | Concept053123

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[indignantlemur]

Is there anyway we could take a tour through Thoris's weapons collection? Either the one on earth or the one on andoria.

Hello! We absolutely can do that! I hope you don't mind the delay - I took some time to draw concepts for a few weapons! (Scale is all over the place, just roll with it.)

Thoris' collection travels with him between planets, so it's all one collection rather than two split ones. Andorians take personal armaments very seriously, which should surprise no one, and Thoris considers his arsenal part of his personal kit.

Details below the cut!

So, pictured above we have:

Veeg-kaav (Veeg snare)

Rezhveeng (Throwing knives)

Punch-blade

Ngoog (Boot knives)

Ushaan-tor x2

Phoog aam Kor (Clan Kor-style sword)

Hrisal (tactical)

Hiith (Belt blade)

Plasma tonfa

Mace (traditional Andorian)

Plasma rifle

Plasma pistol

Shattered lirpa fan blade

Some of these are self-explanatory, such as the boot knives, throwing knives, punch-blade, and belt blade. Most of these are holdout weapons, or last-ditch close quarters options. An Andorian is never unarmed, if it can at all be helped, and Thoris has many years of experience in hiding weapons on his person.

The veeg-kaav is part of Thoris' hunting kit, as veeg cannot be readily be killed unless the head is separated from the body. The snare serves to pin the head (and thus the body) down while cutting through armoured chitin and allowing the user to give a sharp twist to the side to separate the head from the rest of the beastie. (The spikes along the haft are, in Thoris' words, "For when the little bastard dodges and I have to bludgeon it back into a corner.")

Thoris' ushaan-tor have a little wear and tear, as an oft-used weapon might. He's probably due to replace these with freshly forged ones, soon, but he has a fondness for weapons with a few scuffs and gouges; it shows they've not been idle.

The Phoog aam Kor (or Clan Kor-style sword) is a Clan variation on a traditional single-edge sword popular throughout Andorian history. Each Clan has a slight variation on the same theme, changing up the blade's edge, or length, or altering the shape somewhat. Clan Kor favours one which is serrated for the last two thirds of the blade.

The tactical hrisal (the blade from which Clan Hrisvalar draws its name) is a vicious weapon, meant for inflicting deep and catastrophic wounds. Andorians have a scant few deep arteries and veins in their bodies, and the rest of their circulatory system is a vast and dense network of capillaries. A hrisal blade is intended to punch through chitin and sink deep enough to not only reach but rupture any such major blood vessels. The triangular wounds left behind are extremely difficult to close, even with modern medicine.

A plasma tonfa might seem a bit bizarre at first, but I am compelled to remind readers that Andorians don't believe in nonlethal weapons. More than that, Ambassador Thoris is largely of the opinion that if he hits something, it shouldn't be able to get back up again. The plasma tonfa, to that effect, can discharge superheated plasma if the user desires - though it is a single-use charge, and meant as a last resort.

Thoris' plasma rifle and pistol are the standard Andorian Imperial Guardsman issue, though he has taken the time to customize the grips for both.

The mace is a very traditional, very old school weapon by Andorian standards. It's not something Thoris uses often, but he's as proficient with it as everything else in his collection. Mace design doesn't change much across species, as it turns out - something Dagmar will find amusing - but unlike most examples of Terran maces the Andorian versions are extremely heavy.

And, finally... the shattered lirpa. Contrary to what some believe, this is not a trophy. Somewhere out there is the Vulcan officer who led the boarding party that killed Thoris' eldest sons. The coward responsible fled before Thoris' squad arrived on scene, pulling back the moment the tide of battle turned in typical Vulcan fashion. It is a cold comfort, but even amid the chaos and the damage it was evident that his sons had fought well; a great deal of blood was spilled in the choke point they were protecting ahead of engineering, and most of it was green. The younger of Thoris' sons shattered the lirpa that killed the elder, but succumbed to his wounds before help could arrive. Thoris has carried the fragment with him ever since.

(Strangely, Ambassador Soval has never once protested the lirpa fragment's inclusion in Thoris' weapons display. No one can quite decide what to make of this, Thoris included.)

Hope this was enlightening! <3

[tos-fanart]

Star Trek: Amok Time by puggdogg

[paulgadzikowski]

kitty with a lirpa what will he do

[purpleenma]

Vulcan goddess T'Khut

Pencil sketch

A closer look below the cut ✨

*please click the images for better quality

More Vulcan deities art here and here.

[spirkbitch]

examples

[raisins-n-space]

these were just sketches but i like the colour red or something and had to put them together for some fucking reason.

tap for better quality, bon apetit 👍

[self-made-purgatories]

[jelliedlimes]

Spock keychain 3D render because this is the closest I’ll ever get to making my own keychains. [Spinny version below the cut]

I haven’t done any 3d in a while and they changed the layout of the program I use [gack!] I wish I could make myself acrylic keychains of them. I love the little Kirk

But Jelliedlimes, you may ask, how many times will you draw Spock with a Lirpa? The answer is until they outlaw it, dear tumblr user. 

[almalvo]

Concept052223a3 | Spock | ST:Ex

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[animation-is-my-jam]

I DONT LIKE WORDGIRL I DON'T LIKE JAM THEY ARE BAD BAD CREATOR I ONLY HAVE GOOD IDEAS !! I AM AWESOME AND WHITE AND NOT BISEXUAL

This is NOW DEDICATED JAM HATE BLOG!!!!! 🙌 NEW PERSON NAME OF @LIRPA_LOOFS runs BLOG NOW

SEND WHY IM PERFECT AND JAM IS DUMB. AND IF YOU HATE WORDGIRL SENF ME WHY☆☆☆☆!!!

[cuprohastes]

Lirpa Loof

April fools is so overdone. It's become a slog, a grind. So many people grinding out the most low-hanging fruit.

Oh your webcomic is suddenly pivoting to doign the exact opposite? Uhuh. OK, yeah. Uh you and every other hack. Get some original material. Oh a news article that's a half assed joke written by 'lirpa loof': Wow you are only the 8,845th publication to try that. This year.

I gave up on it after I replicated the school letterhead, typed up a complaint that I'd been selling drugs, committing arson, claiming my parents were dear, nearly murdering the other students... everything I could think of, and hten the final paragraph was:

Of course we'd take this far more seriously if this letter wasn't an april Fools prank written by Cupro.

Then used a rubber stamp of one of the teacher's signatures whic they'd carelessly left lying around.

Stuck it in an envelope and dumped it with the rest of the mail, went to school, ha ha guffaw chortle.

Anyway my mother thought it was brilliant.

My father got half way through and gave up reading in favour of screeching rage and murder and nearly made a bonfire of all my stuff.

He was, as you can tell, a douchebag.

After that I determined that my pranks had to be a little less... reliant on reading comprehension.

Hence the Musical Teabags.

I had a PDA that could play MIDI files. Yeah this is going back a bit. So the setup is that someone comes in while I'm making tea (I staged it) and I say; "hey i have these cool musical teabags from Korea. They have a tiny heat activated chip, enough for a few seconds of musifc!"

Then I pour the hot water in, and stick my hand in my pocket and hit play.

Of course these days you'd use your phone and some Rick Astley.

And sure enough, music happens. Because nobody is watching the pocket hand - As long as you stand close to the cup it's not obvious where the music is coming form especially if it's faint.

That's it. As soon as the target/victim is like 'holy crap, wow, wtf why?' you pull your PDA/phone out and click the music off, they realise they got pocket Rick-Rolled, ha ha, etc. then they go find someone they can try it on.

Anyway.

Yeah i just really hate obvious jokes.

[trek-tracks]

Y'all, Bev finally came back from the symphony and so I have to give this blog back. It's been fun, but I don't think I'm cut out to run a Tumblr when I have lives to save. I just don't have the right kind of vision.

...Oh, where was Spock all this time? That stubborn, thickheaded Vulcan apparently spent the first of Lirpa in the Mirror Universe. In Vulcan custom (if he's not making this up, which I wouldn't put past that liar) the first of Lirpa is a day to get back at those who've wronged you by pulling strange Vulcan pranks on them. Seems that Spock was pretty upset at his counterpart for that forced mind meld. He said my eyes were never the same after it.

...which is damned silly, because these are my normal eyes. They've always been this way.

Anyway, Spock gave Mirror Spock a thoroughly logical talking-to and came back home...

...after stealing his goatee.

I told you Vulcan pranks are weird.

Well, I think it looks quite fetching...one might say...eye-catching.

Good night from Lirpa Fools, everyone, and have a vaguely more normal tomorrow.

Hey everyone, how's it going? Bev's singing with the symphony today, so she said I could take over her blog.

Has anyone seen Spock? I've been searching for him. You'd think I could see him. He said something about it being the first day of the month of Lirpa, whatever that means. I just hope he's not going to stab anyone.

Anyway, I'm keeping my eyes peeled. Let me know if you find him.

[bumblingbabooshka]

Stonn/T'Pring

[goodnight-bloodsucker]

Edgar is the less superior frog brother