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this is hardly an idea as much as it is the most logical conclusion to draw from canon eridian biology (the hivemind implications and so on), but every dimension of their society will be maximally collectivist imo. fully automated luxury gay space communism etc. which is not to say there arent factions/clans/what-have-you, or that there is no friction or cultural difference (erid being some sort of utopia is boring 2 me), but i dont see modern eridians as people who will employ the same kind of othering mechanics that humans do. and generally i imagine their social heirarchies to be flatter, because the ability to thrum and thus coordinate with vast amounts of people at once eliminates a lot of the need to concentrate decision-making power in indviduals. same reason i dont think family holds the same importance; if you can feel the same degree of connection to a mind not biologically related to you, what does that do to your sense of belonging?

arts: i think the performing arts are a highly prestigious and busy field. music and dance and everything in-between. live performances might be less of a unidirectional sender -> receiver dynamic (simplifying, of course, ours arent fully unidirectional either) and perhaps more a kind of thrum where the artist in question invites the attending eridians to perform a routine they have conceived of. imagine a cross between water aerobics and a rave, except everything is actually quite coordinated & elegant with seemingly little effort??

economy: i imagine their economy is based on (re)distribution, which covers the bottom two tiers of maslows hierarchy of needs. barter/reciprocity for most other things. GIFT ECONOMY. kind of hinted at this in a fic but i like the idea of gifts having multiple meanings. a) prestige/status items that are functionally useless but exchanged regularly between entities in some sort of cyclical fashion to strengthen bonds but also show off ones accomplishments. this + fields of occupation might be where social class comes in. b) reciprocal gift-giving to commemorate a change in personal relationships. gifts may range from interchangeable to highly personalized depending on perceived significance of the change. these gifts are then probably returned if the parties end the relationship.

i also love that post about eridian religion(s) being centered around erids geological activity. i dont necessarily subscribe to the idea of there being such a thing as eridian gods, but i like to think they land on the agnostic side of things. they might ascribe (spiritual) meanings to geological formations like caves and gorges. dont know how (if) this would work out with erids dense atmosphere, but perhaps there is a large meteorite crater of some sort, the origin of which was understood only in the advent of eridian interest in space. maybe it is/used to be a ritual site.

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the one I was looking for originally also has a summer variant. (artist is Frederick Charles Herrick: 'it is warmer below' is from 1927, 'it is cooler below' is 1926)

over his naked ass carapace has essentially equivalent implications to eridians as this:

Started stitching the Milky Way in. Slowly making progress on it as I am hiding the travelling thread so the back will look nice.

Progress on the constellation quilt has come along quite a lot now. Finished the binding on the quilt over the weekend. I prefer to machine stitch the binding to the front then hand stitch the back side. It gives such a nice finish to the quilt. Took the time to measure it also and it ended up being 72" by 72" (183cm by 183cm).

Behold the stars of the constellations of the northern sky! I love how this quilt has turned out. It was a lot of fun to work on and the effect is so cool in person. Overall I would estimate it took about 90-100 hours to complete. Give or take 10 hours if you want to count the time I spent custom dying the fabric.

I made sure to get a nice photo of it in daylight. For once I also remembered to get a quilt label on it. The back really shows the difference in readability of the quilting on the ice dyed fabric compared to the solid front. Thank you everyone that has followed this. I am glad you all found joy in it.