#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]

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.

[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”

[nun-draws]

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

[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!

[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"?

[bumblingbabooshka]

No, go on. Say what you want to say. Patreon | Ko-fi

[bernese-mountain-dyke]

I HATE SNW SPOCK :|