#Vulcan rituals

[purpleenma]

The Ritual Duel Braid

I'm slowly building up a post around this idea I have that hair and braiding were of great importance for pre-Reform Vulcan and all the headcanons surrounding it. Tonight I felt in the mood of sketching Spock rocking one of them.

Vulcan warriors would wear this braid for an ancient ritual duel where the contenders must try to cut their opponent's braid with their lirpa blade, risking their lives in the process. The length of a warrior's braid was deeply important, since the longer it was the more skilled and practiced the warrior was perceived as, being that no edge had touched their hair in battle.

It was a rare ritual to perform even back them, for deep offenses to one's honour or their kin.

[eldar-of-zemlya]

I once stumbled upon some obscure piece of canon that described an ancient Vulcan ritual of standing naked in the rain to absorb rainwater.

I immediately pictured Jim accidentally finding Spock performing one of those... "rituals" while on a shore leave.

And, of course, I couldn't keep myself from drawing it!

Based on this post by @lesbianrustcohle and this fic by Raven_Knight!

[very-bad-poetry-captain]

Okay but this line from Firestorm by L.A. Graf is driving me insane?? What do you mean Spock lifted McCoy's foot instead of just asking him to move it??? What was the logic behind that??

[bumblingbabooshka]

I want to know what happened during every Vulcan's kahs-wan or tal'oth in detail. For every main Vulcan on Star Trek there should be an episode where we can see them surviving in the Vulcan wilderness. The manner in which they survive could tell us more about them as an individual and would probably be related to the A plot of whatever the episode is (probably another high pressure situation but it'd be interesting if it WASN'T life or death. Ex: T'Pol surviving in the desert juxtaposed with T'Pol and Archer in diplomacy talks) PLUS we could get a chance to see a lot of alien flora and fauna...imagine all the cool designs. I always picture Vulcan as a very hostile planet where everything's trying to kill you in contrast to the people themselves who strive for peace. Maybe originally the survival test was about teaching children how to be good warriors but what is it now? What does it mean to the Vulcan people? Why is it continued? Maybe we can see how each Vulcan's personal background (their country of origin, parents, personality, the landscape they hail from) influences how they were taught about the ritual and what precisely the ritual entails and of COURSE in the end we see how completing the ritual made them feel. Were they ashamed? Confused? Triumphant? Does that feeling echo into their current situation?

[itsme-theborgqueen]

(Backlog of doodles)

One of the au’s I constantly come back to in my head is the Vampire Vulcans AU. Basically, The Federation formed without the Vulcans, because they were seen as ‘dangerous vampires from space’, and the Vulcans kind of perpetuated this (imagine a pre-reform type of Vulcan but vampires).

Anyway, Jim still becomes Captain of the Enterprise, and now the Vulcan’s have offered a peace treaty/want to join the Federation. The Enterprise is in charge of retrieving the Vulcan ambassadors for the peace conference.

As part of the ‘royal family’ Spock is one of the Ambassadors (along with his parents—nobody knows Amanda is a human). Obviously, Spock and Jim fall in love, but it’s a dangerous flirtation. Also, to establish a mind meld, the Vulcan’s have to bite you while also touching your meld points.

[ssaalexblake]

I wonder if the vulcan marriage rituals are as intricate (and somewhat hostile to other species) circa Disco's future era???

I mean, the fact that T'Rina asked Saru tells us pretty blatantly that this isn't any kind of cultural ~issue~ for them to get hitched, but i wonder if the small things in the system have gotten a bit less harsh to non vulcans? I assume on many levels they've Had to, they effectively live in an entire society that is a compromise in this era, but sometimes societies like that get even More die hard about the small things.

I would be curious to see what change has happened since Amanda, quiet trailblazer, Michael's mother, did the same thing as Saru. And in the event that they show it, i wonder if they'll point out through Michael who witnessed and Lived herself through the perpetual feeling of Outsider on Vulcan, to show the change.

[jeremywebb]

Pain is not ... Logical!

[vulcanlovetriangles]

Imagine Solok having to hold up under a V'shal ritual evaluation from his betrothed's parents?

[anotherstartrekblog]

Hey you're so right about Star Trek and mcspirk and I love you

REALLY?!? Ahhhhh! You have no idea how happy this comment has made me 💙💛💙

[speakvulcantome]

A lot of linguistic hoops to jump thru, to get Dalle to make Vulcan images. "Two dynamic panels in an intricate detailed modern comic book page showing a cermonial (star trek) Surak Vulcan, approaching a (kolinahr) Sarek Vulcan temple, and the other panel showing a close-up of their kal-i-fee ritual. Text boxes and captions heighten the honor, leaving the reader captivated by logic and tradition." If I can get it going better, without copyright infringements, I can use it for Vuhlkansu. AI is trained on other artists. Artists are trained on other artists. Libraries are full of books, written after reading books. Good and bad AI art, good and bad books.

(more genned art from this session at mjbanks.blogspot.com)

[the-stars-sigh-when-i-get-high]

Had the sudden urge to go shopping the moment Spock said “Ritual Mating Colors”

[purpleenma]

Stop at the Stairs

So thrilled to finally be able to show my art for the @thylabang Shore Leave!

I had the utmost pleasure to collaborate with CampySpaceSlime (@ex--astris--scientia) for the T'hy'la Reverse Bang: Shore Leave and it's finally out 🔥

You guys need to read the fic Harrekh t'Harrekhi, it's absolutely amazing and I'm in such awe at what CampySpaceSlime did inspired by my art. Such an honor!💜✨

I also made a book cover for such a sacred text, go take a look if you want!

[nun-draws]

I started dating a Trekkie and I couldn’t stop making links between Vulcans and Datho Zabraki dONT @ ME

[bumblingbabooshka]

B'Elanna, Neelix, Tuvok and Chakotay needed to star in an episode where they just talked about their different beliefs and approaches to spirituality/religion. Paired off and all together. I need to gain more insight. I need characterization and I need it to be messy.

[basingstokemercury]

Also still on the anti-religion kick with full force.

How are you going so deep into Klingon culture, a culture that is clearly highly ritualised and which you treat with great respect, and say belief in the supernatural has no value?

Do traditions that have no obvious rationality make sense in a culture that's apparently atheistic, but suddenly lose all importance if we're given a reason and it's "we believe our deity/s values them"?

[bernese-mountain-dyke]

I HATE SNW SPOCK :|