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estaratshirai posted a link to a fan-shaped, rather than tree-shaped, genealogy chart here (apparently a Martha Stewart thing? weird). Oddly, I was reminded of a phrase I wrote once in a Malkavian character's background story, about being "a spirit-fan spread through time". I like the tree shape because, well, trees and all that... but somehow this particular diagram shape inspired the thought that in a way me and my ancestors could be considered to be the same being... glances at different points along the same thread, woven into the tapestry. Of course, the further back you go, the more likely you are to find a common ancestor with someone else... so how many threads are there really? If there is a "Lucy", is there only one thread? (And of course this begs the question of more woo-woo ideas like Nephilim or aliens "seeding" the planet or whatnot...)

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estaratshirai posted a link to a fan-shaped, rather than tree-shaped, genealogy chart here (apparently a Martha Stewart thing? weird). Oddly, I was reminded of a phrase I wrote once in a Malkavian character's background story, about being "a spirit-fan spread through time". I like the tree shape because, well, trees and all that... but somehow this particular diagram shape inspired the thought that in a way me and my ancestors could be considered to be the same being... glances at different points along the same thread, woven into the tapestry. Of course, the further back you go, the more likely you are to find a common ancestor with someone else... so how many threads are there really? If there is a "Lucy", is there only one thread? (And of course this begs the question of more woo-woo ideas like Nephilim or aliens "seeding" the planet or whatnot...)

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This picture pretty much encapsulates a lot of the stuff I want my name to be. Unfortunately "Twilight" is waaaay overdone, and I daresay "Evenstar" is, shall we say, taken. I can't think of anything else that sums up "very late evening sky with waxing crescent moon and evening star, preferably with tree silhouettes". I have not yet pinpointed my attraction to this kind of scene, by the way - I used to think I might have been born under this sort of tableau, but the moon was in waning gibbous phase when I was born, and the sky was much lighter (sunset 7:50 pm, end civil twilight 8:17 pm - a sky like that is closer to "end civil twilight", and I was born at 7:35). I have no idea if Venus was in a place to be the evening star on that day or not.

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This picture pretty much encapsulates a lot of the stuff I want my name to be. Unfortunately "Twilight" is waaaay overdone, and I daresay "Evenstar" is, shall we say, taken. I can't think of anything else that sums up "very late evening sky with waxing crescent moon and evening star, preferably with tree silhouettes". I have not yet pinpointed my attraction to this kind of scene, by the way - I used to think I might have been born under this sort of tableau, but the moon was in waning gibbous phase when I was born, and the sky was much lighter (sunset 7:50 pm, end civil twilight 8:17 pm - a sky like that is closer to "end civil twilight", and I was born at 7:35). I have no idea if Venus was in a place to be the evening star on that day or not.

IMs say the darndest things

fernilee grinlow says: i could try invoking Cyrano de Bergerac and nuzzling you from afar
fernilee grinlow says: but i don't think Steve Martin wants me muscling in on his romantic-comedy turf.

IMs say the darndest things

fernilee grinlow says: i could try invoking Cyrano de Bergerac and nuzzling you from afar
fernilee grinlow says: but i don't think Steve Martin wants me muscling in on his romantic-comedy turf.