Angel Courting Rituals: Modern VS Traditional
Angels are traditional creatures by nature. They are created with a certain line of knowledge and purpose, and deviating from their norm is difficult to achieve, though once it is returning is almost impossible.
Traditional courting takes much longer than modern-day courting. [Human/Angel relationships had been forbidden for millennia. Angel/Angel relationships were more normal, so took longer since both lived longer. As celestial wavelengths of intent don’t really have sexual urges that also played a factor.] Modern-day courting is shorter, and hindered by things like lust. Most angels ‘dating’ humans forgo most of these steps, though traditionalists adhere to it very closely.
Step One: Recognize your intended.
Angels are warriors, no matter what rank. Most are attracted to strength of will and faith in their cause. Bright plumage is often utilized. Angels either grow in brighter feathers or they naturally change colour in order to lure in intended mates. Large, well-groomed wings is a sign of vitality.
Obviously, this is a step both modern and traditional courting rituals use.
Step Two: Make your intention known.
Sometimes your intended will not recognize your intent straight off. There are a number of ways angels would seek to subtly inform their intended.
Making eye contact is essential.
Make sure your intended recognizes your impressive plumage and strength.
Personal space must be intruded on as often as possible.
If all else fails an angel might simply tell their intended.
Traditional courting outlines this, and if the intention is accepted you may proceed to the next step. An angel may also receive a courting trinket as a sign of intent and goodwill if they accept the courting. Angels can only court one other at a time. Neither the wooer or the wooed are allowed to accept advances, or give advances to another.
Modern courting is more direct, in which an angel would simply ask to go out on a date, perhaps with a smile. Smiling and good humor are not necessary for any courting, but most are apt to use it when trying to woo a human, as they get confused without such things. Exclusivity is not necessary.
Step Three: Gain the approval of your intended.
In this step an angel might seek to prove they are a good match, in mind and body. Some ways include:
Feats of strength to show their intended they will protect and provide for their mate and family. Slaughter enemies or win a battle in your intended’s name.
Making yourself available to aid your intended in any way necessary to show your commitment. If they call, make any effort to arrive.
Highlighting skills you might have. Serenading your intended with a song, creating a work of art to gift them with, or something of the like.
Take your intended to a celebration, to show your good faith and intention to their happiness. A celebration in the heavenly court or perhaps a trip to Earth to witness one of their festivals.
Give your intended gifts, that they would enjoy. Flowers, a book, scroll or tablet, a recently forged weapon, or rare artifacts are common examples.
Feats of strength to show their intended they will protect and provide for their mate and family. Win a bar fight or beat up someone causing a threat to your intended.
Making yourself available to aid your intended in any way necessary to show your commitment. Do not turn off your phone. Ever. Always answer every prayer.
Highlighting skills you might have. Cook them dinner or fix their plumbing. You may also consider your ‘grace’ as a ‘skill’ to be utilized, as humans do not have one. Take your intended flying.
Give your intended gifts, that they would enjoy. Flowers, jewelry and chocolate are common among humans.
Step Four: Gifting of the feather.
In traditional courting, after an angel gains their intended’s approval they offer a feather from one of their wings. If it is accepted they can continue to their next task. If it is rejected then the courting period is over and they will have to wait for the next mating year to either choose a new intended or try again.
Modern courting tends to leave this part out, but some do gift their partner a feather to mark a claim, or to prove their commitment. The giving of a feather is never to be taken lightly. Ever.
If your intended has given your go-head you are free to construct the nest. Angels do not make nests like birds, out of twigs and spare pieces of cotton. Molting does, however occur either before or during construction. Every angel building a nest acquires soft nesting materials from family, loved ones, and enemies. These include:
Blankets, sheets, pillows, pillowcases, duvets, dust-ruffles
Curtains, drapes, towels and shower curtains
Shirts, pants, socks, jackets, sweaters, underwear, ties
Carpets, tapestries and rugs
Shoes, coats, scarves, gloves, mittens
Stuffed animals, tablecloths, napkins
They also use their own molted feathers. Some collect them all from previous grooming to use as well.
The bigger the nest, the more impressive it is and the more likely an angel will win their mate’s approval. Angels are competitive by nature, most will try to acquire the biggest nest. However, they do not, EVER, sabotage a nest in any way. Angels have respect for both the nest and the angel building it. They also get very territorial, it is not advised you try to retrieve your belongings. You will get beaten or smighted. Or bitten. It is better one re-purchase whatever you are missing or ask for it back VERY politely from a safe distance.
There are a number of common rules outlined here for proper nesting conduct.
When the nest is complete an angel will unveil it to their intended. It is then asked if they like it, or will accept. If it is then the new couple can proceed to the next step. If it is declined the feather is returned, and the angel disassembles the nest. It takes a very long time for an angel to recover after a nest is rejected, if they do at all. It is not advised you reject a nest, for the angel’s well-being.
Congratulations you’ve gotten past the nesting stage. Mating to an angel is akin to marriage, though far more permanent and cannot be undone. An angel’s grace is entwined with either another’s or a human soul for eternity. A small piece is put into the intended and vice versa.
To both cement the bond and ensure the pain is minimal it is done at the height of coitus. Traditionally each angel’s name is inscribed on the other as a mating mark.
Once the bond is complete it triggers either a week of heat or simply a very strong, driving need to be as close to each other as possible. Which means sex. Near constantly. [Traditionally angels wait to engage in intercourse until mating. Obviously, modern-day courting doesn’t usually include abstinence.]
Some bonds are different than others.
Some are quiet, and the angel and intended enjoy each other’s company between rounds of intercourse. It is most like a human honeymoon phase, though it takes place in the nest for the next week or two.
Some, however, are strong and passionate. It rouses the angel to the point of nearly rabid sexual need, and will partake in multiple rounds without pause. Most hope this does not happen with a human, as they don’t have that kind of angelic stamina to last 50 or 60 rounds through a day or two of frantic rutting without sleep or food. Luckily, this practice is dwindling in reports, especially as it is likely most humans do not make it through that kind of celestial need. (It was another reason mating with humans had been forbidden)
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