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Ideal crucifixion weather?

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For daytime: hot, unforgiving sun, sweaty weather basically. For nighttime: humid, no chill, moonlight and firelight.
For both; no rain or wind. Either still or just a light warm breeze at most.
 
It has started raining!

I hear the guards cursing, for it happens during their watch! But a least, they can make an improvised shelter for themselves.

The onlookers also disperse, or take cover and watch from a distance.

It has been clouded but muggy, the previous hours.

The other crucified seem to get revived too. They growl, moan, writhe, whine,…

Anyway, the rain is first of all refreshing, it washes the dust and sweat from the body, and chases the insects. But nevertheless, we are fully exposed to it.

I try to capture some of the rainwater, with my tongue and my open mouth, to relieve the terrible drought. But I have to lift up my head with small increments, since every motion causes cramps in my neck, my arms and my back.

There is some thunder in the distance too! Judging from the dark sky, the rain will not stop soon! Showers ahead, and the wind is blowing harder.

Finished, the ideal crucifixion weather!
 
Loxuru said:
It has started raining!

I hear the guards cursing, for it happens during their watch! But a least, they can make an improvised shelter for themselves.

The onlookers also disperse, or take cover and watch from a distance.

It has been clouded but muggy, the previous hours.

The other crucified seem to get revived too. They growl, moan, writhe, whine,…

Anyway, the rain is first of all refreshing, it washes the dust and sweat from the body, and chases the insects. But nevertheless, we are fully exposed to it.

I try to capture some of the rainwater, with my tongue and my open mouth, to relieve the terrible drought. But I have to lift up my head with small increments, since every motion causes cramps in my neck, my arms and my back.

There is some thunder in the distance too! Judging from the dark sky, the rain will not stop soon! Showers ahead, and the wind is blowing harder.

Finished, the ideal crucifixion weather!
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but love sunshine too !
 
I don't imagine there being any one specific ideal weather for crucifixion. But I think it can add to the drama, the torture, but the advantage of being on a cross for several days is that you experience a whole host of potential weather. Every kind of rain, from light gloomy drizzles, to torrential and unrelenting; sunshine from lovely spring weather in the warm countryside, to burning, unbearable and inescapable light; and of course, cloudy and cool weather. A good mixture of weather also changes up the amount of spectators present. On a good day, well, for the populace and not the condemned, they might attract a sizable crowd. But being abandoned in the rain only a few hours later reveals their true temperament. Especially when they simply come right back the next day, to laugh at the suffering woman who had to endure the elements.

I don't like ultra-extreme weather that would cut the execution far too short, natural disasters and the like. So no hurricanes, blizzards, tornados, heat waves, and the like that would kill the woman before she could suffer properly. And besides, no one would go out in that weather anyways. Other extreme weather and natural disasters would be at least intriguing. Earthquakes, especially light ones would be especially hellish for the crucified, the vibrations ensuring and even more painful experience of hanging on the nails; wildfires could burn them where they suffered, unable to escape the growing flame; volcanos could give the crucified a little justice as her captors die with her; most interestingly of all perhaps is the total solar eclipse. 3 minutes of midnight. The solar eclipse in America a few years back inspired many works of art here.

But routine crucifixions probably happened to unremarkable slave women in unremarkable weather. This, to me, is the ideal situation.
 
mp5stab said:
I don't like ultra-extreme weather that would cut the execution far too short, natural disasters and the like. So no hurricanes, blizzards, tornados, heat waves, and the like that would kill the woman before she could suffer properly. And besides, no one would go out in that weather anyways. Other extreme weather and natural disasters would be at least intriguing
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A meteorite impact on the crucifixion site? :eek:
Gives a lot of dust!
 
Heat, sun, humidity at night, heat not cold generally speaking. Nothing extreme. Cold drains life where heat gives it except for extreme heat which is a killer. Minimum or no wind or rain. Plenty of water staves off dehydration. We want maximum time crucified not cut short.
 
I am back on my favourite topic. Today we had a 30 °C bake-off, but as usual, such days are rewarded by a beautiful summer evening.

Sitting outside, I got a thought! Crucifixion time schedules! We are a bit used to a ‘gospel inspired timing’, with the execution somewhere between 9 a.m and noon. As a result, the condemned hang a whole day baking in the sun, and are worn out in the evening.

But why not reschedule to 5-6 p.m.? During the day, most onlookers will hide for the heath inside. The crucified are nearly hanging alone, just accompanied by guards, and occasional passers-by. Such a waste of time during which the condemned are merely exhausted.

A late afternoon or early evening has certainly advantages, of course when the weather is good. The crucifixion scene can benefit at least 5-6 hours of daylight. The hardest heath has gone, attracting more spectators, and exhausting less the condemned. The onlookers stay longer, have a drink or some food, they chat, it is more an occasion for an evening venue, that may continue to midnight or later. Particularly when giving enough water, the condemned go into the night in a better physical state, and may ‘enjoy’ their probably last sunset, and even see the sunrise, after which they are still interesting to visit by early onlookers.

A public crucifixion soirée, why not?
 
Tree disagrees with you. Crucifixions should be in the early morning. A skilled team can nail the condemned and raise them so they will still be (slowly) dying when the afternoon heat recedes. Plus Tree's adult beverage concession tent can sell comforting drinks to the crowd hardy enough to stand the heat...
 
thehangingtree said:
Tree disagrees with you. Crucifixions should be in the early morning. A skilled team can nail the condemned and raise them so they will still be (slowly) dying when the afternoon heat recedes. Plus Tree's adult beverage concession tent can sell comforting drinks to the crowd hardy enough to stand the heat...
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But don't forget : many people got to work during the day. My beverage concession would aim to draw peope who come for an after work distraction and meeting.
 
captivecuties said:
Well thought out.
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that's just the weather we're getting now lots of thunder rumbling around, frequent lightning flashes, but over on the hills, no rain yet, so eul's feeling very ready for that Cross!
 
Loxuru said:
I am back on my favourite topic. Today we had a 30 °C bake-off, but as usual, such days are rewarded by a beautiful summer evening.

Sitting outside, I got a thought! Crucifixion time schedules! We are a bit used to a ‘gospel inspired timing’, with the execution somewhere between 9 a.m and noon. As a result, the condemned hang a whole day baking in the sun, and are worn out in the evening.

But why not reschedule to 5-6 p.m.? During the day, most onlookers will hide for the heath inside. The crucified are nearly hanging alone, just accompanied by guards, and occasional passers-by. Such a waste of time during which the condemned are merely exhausted.

A late afternoon or early evening has certainly advantages, of course when the weather is good. The crucifixion scene can benefit at least 5-6 hours of daylight. The hardest heath has gone, attracting more spectators, and exhausting less the condemned. The onlookers stay longer, have a drink or some food, they chat, it is more an occasion for an evening venue, that may continue to midnight or later. Particularly when giving enough water, the condemned go into the night in a better physical state, and may ‘enjoy’ their probably last sunset, and even see the sunrise, after which they are still interesting to visit by early onlookers.

A public crucifixion soirée, why not?
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Another consideration in favour of an evening crucifixion is that's the time when biting insects are most active, eagerly flocking to feed on sweaty skin, sucking pumping blood ...

And, after a long, slow dying through the night, a good feed's awaiting the crows at dawn.
 
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