HEADCANONS/WORLDBUILDING
Most of this is based on the Gerard Way comics.
negative spirits experience everything more intensely than we do. emotions especially, but also sensations and experiences. it's almost unbearable for them, and a major emphasis in spirit society is on dealing with these emotions. hence, creativity is encouraged as an outlet for them, and those particularly good at expressing themselves are highly respected - an example of this is the great poets.
the naming rule. in the comics, the only named spirits have four letter first and last names; hence, it is my opinion that in the negative space, spirits are usually given names that have only four letters. spirits may choose any name they wish over the course of their existence, but the "default" spirit names when created have four letters only.
speaking of creation... negative spirits do not reproduce sexually, they are incapable of it. instead, to reproduce, they use a system similar to the loom theory from doctor who. the family extracts negative energy from their existence. to create a new being, the spirits need at least one source of negative energy, though there can be more than one source, and the more sources a spirit has, the more powerful they are. the spirit is then woven together and has the knowledge of their source spirits as well, but must adjust to life on their own. when a spirit extracts their energy, they lose an aspect of themselves, whether it is a memory, a trait, a skill, or something else, so many spirits are hesitant to reproduce.
spirits are immortal. they do not die in their own habitat ever. if the dimension gets too populated beyond what it can sustain, the great sun expands it further; therefore the negative space is technically infinite.
negative spirits mate for life. unless they don't. there is the idea of a b'keh, a soul pairing. this can be of any kind; platonic, romantic, undefined. some have more than one. once they find their soulmate, both/all are taken to what is called a realization sequence -- they are briefly transported into a psychic projection involving the two spirits that displays meaningful imagery to them and generally lets them know that they've found their soulmate(s). however, many spirits do not participate in this aspect of spirit culture and those who choose not to do not experience realization sequences. everything in the negative space is voluntary, which is why being involuntarily forced out of the negative space was so hard for larry's spirit.
the soulmates are said to be chosen by...
the great sun. this is the negative space's concept of the being that created the negative space, it is not deified in the traditional human sense but rather considered a personal friend of each negative spirit. there are many different views of the great sun, and many different belief systems, but most of them have the great sun as a central figure. the great sun is a being that lives within the fabric that composes the dimension; it created the Hall of N'Hal first before anything else in the dimension, hence N'Hal hall is considered the atelier of the dimension. religion in the negative space is different than on earth; in the negative space the great sun is prayed to, yes, and is considered to be very powerful, but it is considered offensive to the great sun to worship it or give offerings, because the great sun is supposed to be seen as similar to any negative spiritit is a friend, not a deity to them. its warmth embraces everyone.
Contact
Agnes Alien
spirits@alien.hospital
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