Hey It's @empyrean-demise Again, This Time On More Information About Starfolks (That Isn't Spoilers)

Can you comprehend the sorrow of a star unable to find its way back to the heavens?

does anyone need a moodboard? feel free to ask!🌟💫🌌

upd: creatures, please don't forget at least basic politeness and manners.

If you are a pagan devoted to a deity, please live.

Continue writing about them, please keep saying their names. Please keep worshiping them. If you can’t find the strength within yourself to live for yourself, please try to live for them.

I know it’s getting scary. I think it’s going to get scarier. But please, if nothing else. Live.

Thousands of years, hundreds of genocides and crusades and decimation of culture, and yet somehow my Lords still have followers. Somehow I’ve found them. Somehow these names still have meaning. Through all of us they still remain.

Despite the efforts of centuries of suppression and control, My Lord is still alive, because I am alive.

In our fringe little cults, even when we must whisper because we cannot scream.

and maybe one day we’ll be free to frolic in fields or dance in forests while we chant without fear.

but for now, just live. Please.

A comforting thought

Five thousand years ago, the Sumerians called the night ngi, the stars mul, and the moon Nanna.

Four thousand years ago, the Akkadians called the night mūšu, the stars kakkabū, and the moon Sîn.

Three thousand years ago, the Hittites called the night išpanza, the stars haštereš, and the moon Arma.

Two and a half thousand years ago, the Greeks called the night nux, the stars astra, and the moon Selênê.

Two thousand years ago, the Romans called the night nox, the stars stellae, and the moon Luna.

Kings and queens and heroes looked up at them. So did travelers coming home, and little children who sneaked out of bed. So did slaves, and mothers and soldiers and old shepherds, and Sappho and Muršili and Enheduanna and Socrates and Hatshepsut and Cyrus and Cicero. In this darkness it didn’t matter who they were, or where they stood. Only that they were human.

Think of that tonight, when you close your window. You are not alone. You share this night sky with centuries of dreamers and stargazers, and people who longed for quiet. Are you anxious? The Hittites were too: they called it pittuliyaš. Does your heart ache? The Greeks felt it too: they called it akhos. Those who look up to the stars for comfort are a family, and you belong to them. Your ancestors have stood under Nanna, Sîn, Arma, Selênê and Luna for five thousand years. Now its light is yours.

May it soothe you well.

To you I'm the monster.

Because I bite. Because i growl and howl. Because i claw and tear at my prey.

Im the freak here

Not the one who glares at me. Who jabbed me with their judgmental words. Who isolates me in a cage too small for me.

You blame me when i wish to snap your pointed sticks that you sink into my hide.

You fear me while cornering me and gawking.

Im not your novelty. Im not your prize catch.

Im not a human. I never was and never will be.

Im not one of you. You all make it clear.

This is directed to the humans who act like we are the wrong ones for existing.

In our timeline we were both stars as in balls of heat but also stars as in star people... We had our own language, culture, traditions... Right now we are trying to recreate our old language in this world. However it gets hard as human brains cannot exactly comprehend it... As much as I love exploring this world and I definitely don't hate it, I miss our old abilities that weren't bounded by this human body.

At times, I find myself missing the simplicity of the perfect star society, even though I have an appreciation for this world. It seems that people have a tendency to make things more complex, despite the brevity of life and the fragility of the human body, which saddens me.

Every now and then, I try to recall the sounds of the language from that time, but it seems like the human brain is just not able to comprehend something like that. The sight of other stars brings me happiness. I am curious about your traditions, understanding that they can vary based on different factors, and I am keen to learn more. Could it be possible that we had a connection in the past?

hi! i have a question about the russian language that i've been trying unsuccessfully to get answered on quora and reddit, i've seen your blog and thought you might have an answer?

i'm part russian and am interested in exploring and honoring my heritage. i want to change my last name to a russian word that is meaningful to me. i'm not yet fluent in russian so i don't know what the proper spelling would be. i want to use the word "integrity", as a moral standard for myself and my future family. i understand it can be spelled целостность (directly meaning integrity) or целостный (translating more to holistic/complete) what would be the proper spelling for the word as a surname? thank you!

/genq

are you serious? why should i even know anything about russian lmao. i speak Ukrainian.

Greetings !

Would it be possible for you to create an angelkin moodboard ?

I have preferences for colours of gold and grey but I wish for you to take liberty where you so please .

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If you're willing to share, I'm very curious to know how nonhumanity has been for you. Though I doubt im the only one that feels the way i do, i havent seen people speak of it really. It has been a very difficult process finding out what exactly i am, and i am still not fully sure on most of it. I know im a shapeshifter, but sometimes i just am an animal. How fluid my nonhumanity is doesn't help in figuring it out, truth be told. I have been a crow, a snow leopard, a cat, a dog, an angel, a ghost..... I have been those but im not sure if i still am, or if it even matters. Im not a crow anymore but it was very important to me when i was, and the same goes for being a ghost and an angel; though being an angel still applies at times. I dont think this is very coherent, but i guess it just shows how puzzling it has been.

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Hello! Thanks for the great question, I really didn’t see that the community was actively discussing this, so it’s really worth talking about. It sounds like you really care and you don’t stop thinking about it.

I will share my experience and may even advise something, but each experience is unique and we should seek our own answers to difficult questions.

I always paid attention to what seemed familiar and right. Not just some things that seem right for a few moments, but a constant feeling of repetition. For example, as I remember myself I always was drawn to the stars, I talked with them, shared some secrets and stories and just slept under the starry sky and felt very calm and "right". This is just one example, but it’s the most vivid in my memories. If you’re not sure about who you are now, remember everything you did when you were absolutely certain that you were a snow leopard or a ghost, for example. Does it feel the same now? Does it feel "right" now?

I suggest just sit in some quiet and special place and focus on your feelings. Ask yourself questions. Also do not forget about the kins, which are not too common. For example, you can be a mythical being that combines several animal traits in one!

At the end I want to say that changing your opinion and learning yourself is normal. It’s okay to doubt, to ask questions and not be completely sure of anything is also okay. Let’s normalize this in our community and help each other. I encourage all readers to share their experiences in comments.

May the stars guide you. 💫