#and this is just one example but! how would directionally-based prayer work on smth like a ship with a rotating living quarters?

[the-faultofdaedalus]

i know i keep saying that i dont give a shit about thanos and as a character and as a person i do not but as an individual of an alien species,,,, turns out i fucking do. (note: i do not know enough about 616 to talk about space-religion and extradimentional-religion and what constitutes a god there so i am not going to. im talking about Death bc she exists in remortal au and that’s all i care about)

i just! because, ok, religion is a thing. on earth, at least, and there’s some overtones on it for asguard as well, even if their religion is just.... themselves with some sort of god-king system, but so far there’s not.... that many gods who are actually gods. There’s Thor, who’s an alien who humans built a culture around. In MCU i don’t think dr strange actually dealt with any, you know, gods. but, here’s the thing with thanos, and thanos and a worshiper of Death: Death exists.

Not just as an abstract concept. Not just as an eventuality. Death exists as a sentient anthropomorphism of an abstract concept. Lady Death is probably the closest thing to a god that’ll ever exist! and not only does thanos know about her, and know that she’s real, he worships her. what the fuck! how the fuck! how do you get to that conclution? what kind of culture is he from where worshiping an actual entity that who knows if anyone living has ever seen it is a thing???

how does one start to workship death? how does one begin to know that death --not as the concept but as the sapient entity-- even exist?

im just..... i wanna know what religion and culture is like in mcu in space. please.

#the more i think about gotg the more s o many of the alien cultures that are shown seem so hollow #like! i think the ravagers are the best example of a chohereent culture we ever see! and they're pirates! #not to say pirates didn't have concrete culture bc they deffo did #but like. there at least seems to be some thought taken to how they act as a group of like-minded people. #but there's. like. so little with other groups? even whole alien specieses don't seem to have like.... distinct culture #maybe they wanted to go w/ the whole ''oh well they're advanced space civilizations so of course they're all athiests'' like shut the fuck #there was a really good thing about this in artemis #where muslims living on the moon and praying had to bend the rules a bit because it would be impossible to face the correct direction #without actually being on the walls #(and one character who did pull that Extra step out so he could pray on the walls) #and this is just one example but! how would directionally-based prayer work on smth like a ship with a rotating living quarters? #like #unless the ship's rotating hull was perfectly perpindicular to the earth. or you built a prayer-gyroscope that aligned automatically #........actually i really like prayer-gyros now thats a cool idea that from my -- limited understanding -- works fine #BUT LIKE THAT! THAT KIND OF WORLDBUILDING! because even space-faring species have their roots on some ground #and having great scientific expertiece doesn't like. invalidate all religion #also if any people who pray based on a certian direction happen to read these tags please HMU with your opinions on prayer-gyro-orb #im. now reading articles on the guidlines for praying on the ISS because it is really interesting #its a logistics problem and yall know that i LOVE those