moderndayscribing
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Gaud never really fails to give good advice (when they want to)
I remember an earlier post they made about reading critically and by god I have that post ingrained in my head now every time I do research.
Now here’s another one.
Be angry. But be wise.
Always be wise.
An important thing I am learning is to remember to ask myself "Is there a better target for my anger?"
If you’re going to spread “Autism Awareness”, then spread awareness that
We still face workplace discrimination
Caretakers are killing us
Autistic poc are killed for acting autistic because it’s “suspicious”.
ABA is not okay!
The Judge Rotenburg Center is still getting away with abuse.
Autistic girls are underrepresented (and it’s worse for Autistic girls of color)
Autism $peaks does not speak for us!
what the fuck. op what the fuck. i looked forward to going to eeby deeby. i dreamt of the legends of eeby deeby.
and it’s just a room full of goddamn bees-
Eeby deeby has bee spelled backwards in it, ybee ybeed This means that the eeby deeby could just be a room full of bees
etymology of weapons in mando’a
this is all speculative, but i’ve been teasing apart the different etymologies for mandalorian weapons in hopes of being able to come up with new words for other weapons (like bow, which has no equivalent in mando’a).
beskad - a slightly curved sword of mandalorian iron. bes is likely derived from beskar, and -kad means sword or saber.
tracy’uur - a blaster. tracy is derived from tracyn, or the word for fire (both the burning kind and the shooting kind). uur is more of a mystery. uur by itself means silence, so perhaps blasters are associated with firing more quietly than the slugthrowers that proceeded them.
bes’bev - mandalorian wind instrument also used for combat: a large metal flute with a sharpened, cut-off end. bes could again come from beskar considering the weapon is metallic, but it could also be derived from the word for music, bes’laar. bev could come from either bev, the word for needle or spike, or bevik, the word for stick (which itself is probably derived from bev, but whatever).
beviin - mandoa.org lists the definition as “lance”, but i’d wager it’s better translated as “spear”, considering that irl lances were a specialized type of spear developed millennia after the invention of the spear. bev comes from bev, which we’ve established means needle or spike. -viin could derive from iviin meaning speed, or viinir meaning run, both because of the speed that is required to stab with a spear.
kal - it’s defined as “blade”, but i posit a better equivalent would be either “dagger or knife”, considering the existence of the mandalorian kal dagger. kal is one letter off from kad (sword or saber), but i’d argue that kal came first because irl we invented knives before swords, so it makes sense for the taungs to have done the same.
jetii’kad - lightsaber. this one is easy because it’s a compound word - jetii means jedi and kad means saber.
kad’au - an alternate word for lightsaber. it’s another compound word with kad meaning saber, but au is a little harder to suss out the origin. the only other word that uses au as a suffix is gaan’au, meaning laser pointer (sidenote: no i have no idea why kt thought this was an important word to have in her conlang). considering a lightsaber is also a laser and we can rule out gaan as meaning laser (it means hand), i feel confident that au means laser, so kad’au literally translates as “laser sword” (another sidenote: this is hilarious and i also now have a mental image of obi-wan using his lightsaber like a laser pointer in a council meeting)
besbe'trayc - weapons. this is a compound word constructed from the word besbe meaning kit, and trayc, which is derived from tracyn, meaning fire.
be’senaar - defined as “missile”, though i think it could also be a word for projectiles of any variety, including arrows. senaar means bird and be’ is a possessive, so projectiles are literally said to belong to the birds, likely because they’re launched through their domain.
tracyaat - artillery. tracy comes from tracyn aka fire, which we’ve seen before. -aat shows up in several other words in mando’a, but i’d argue the most logical meaning is related to the word trat’ade, meaning force. that would make the literal meaning of tracyaat fire-force.
marev - fist. this is the one that gave me the most grief. the closest related word i could find was marekar, meaning navigation. it’s possible to navigate using your hand and a knowledge of the stars, so the best i could come up with is that mare meant hand in some proto-mando language, and rev, which shows up nowhere else in the entire lexicon, is a root that implies that the hand is clenched
shuk’orok - crushgaunt. shuk derives from shukalar, to crush, and -orok is derived from kom’rk, meaning gauntlet. kom’rk and -orok look different, but they have a similar pronunciation of kohm-or-rohk and -oh-rok respectively.
A part the ‘what he would’ve wanted’ wip I’m working on rn because this chapter is taking a while and I need to feed the wolves. See if you can guess what’s going on!
He didn’t know what he was expecting, couldn’t understand how he hoped for the same mechanic that had helped his buir all that while ago. What, that after all this time she’d not only still be here, but would also be in the hanger his teacher had chosen at random?
Please. He remembered how the other Younglings would hate it if a story melded perfectly for the character’s usage. ‘He has stupid plot armour!’ they’d cry out. ‘It makes no sense!’
Fool him twice for thinking he had plot armour.
I just thought it was funny :)
So I wrote a song in Mando'a a while back, and I finally remembered to post it here :P
Te Nau teh te Me'suum'ika...
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Te nau teh te me’suum’ika nau’ur te kurs,
<<The light from the moon illuminates the forest.>>
Te cin sarade bat te kurshise, jii dral pak,
<<The white flowers on the trees, now glowing silver>>
Te senaare laararir bah solus ashi, val laararir bah te ca’tra
<<The birds sing to each other, they sing to the night sky >>
...
Te nau teh te ka’ra nau’ur te kurshise,
<<The light from the stars illuminates the trees>>
Te shi’yayc sarade, jii dral ve’vut,
<<The yellow flowers, now glowing gold>>
Te senaare laararir bah solus ashi, val laararir bah te ka’ra
<<The birds sing to each other, they sing to the stars>>
...
Te nau te teh me’suum’ika nau’ur te suumpir,
<<the light from the moon illuminates the lake>>
Te nau redalur bat te kebiin sarade,
<<the light dances on the blue flowers>>
Te senaare laararir bah solus ashi, val laararir bah te ca’tra,
<<The birds sing to each other, they sing to the night sky>>
Te nau teh te me’suum’ika nau’ur te kurs,
<<The light from the moon illuminates the forest.>>
Te cin sarade bat te kurshise, jii dral pak,
<<The white flowers on the trees, now glowing silver>>
Te senaare laararir bah solus ashi, val laararir bah te me’suum’ika
<<The birds sing to each other, they sing to the moon >>
Val laararir bah te me’suum’ika...
<<they sing to the moon>>
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If you use this in something like a fic or something, please credit and tag me! I'd love to read it! <3
Also- I'll edit in a recording of me singing this later for the tune. Right now I can't do that, but I'll do it later :)
Little Nightmares 2 Spoilers
Okay so I’ve seen takes where it’s like “Six is a traitor. She dropped Mono and Mono grew up with the hate and it twisted him to become Thin Man,” and boy lemme tell you that breaks my heart and I love it.
But you know what I think does worse?
Is that if Mono told Six to let go. I’m not gonna delve into the proof of why this is possible, just the implications if it was. Imagine Mono and Six running out of the crumbling transmission tower. Imagine Six is still reeling from her time as a fucking monster. Imagine she snaps out of it all and moves through the familiar motion of catching her friend. Imagine she starts to pull him up like usual, but Mono refuses.
Imagine Mono keeps being drawn to the hallway from the TV scenes because that’s just him. When Thin Man first comes out of the TV, Mono reaches out to the Thin Man (before it all went to shit, that is). Imagine Mono desperately running through the rain, jumping from TV to TV, clawing his way through the streets trying to save his friend. Imagine him defeating the Thin Man. Imagine him running through the transmission tower. Imagine he knows. He knows that he is the Thin Man. He knows that he will grow to become that monster. Imagine Mono knows and - kind, sweet, heart of gold Mono - firmly decides to not let Six face the Thin Man ever again.
To not face him ever again.
So he tells her to let go.
And she does.
damn fuck i will spam little nightmares on main you legally cannot stop me
spoilers.
also i’ve never played either games i just watched the walkthroughs and im hooked goddamn it
1/ oh my god, oh my gfuckkdnnddndg god. the game was so beautiful. the graphics were :Chef’s kiss. i want to see every shiny wet surface from the rain in my head at all times. i want to print the hunter’s forest and make it my wallpaper. i want to cry myself to sleep staring at the purple glow of the doors in the transmission tower. i am going apeshit over the graphics oh my goddd
2/ maybe it was just me but i never really was into into little nightmares before? i mean i watched the first game obvs, and i knew there was a second game, but I didn’t hype myself up or stave of my hunger (hah) by gleaming little details as it developed. so when Mono rescued the little kid from the hunter’s cabin i was like ‘awww, friend. friend from woods. hold hands with friend. team up with friend. keep friend safe at all costs’ and that was that. then what happens? in the rain? after the school? little friend gets a raincoat? little friend gets a very familiar raincoat? little friend is actually really fucking important to plot?? i lost my goddamn mind.
3/ the monsters all freaked me out. one way or another, they did. for the hunter, it was the way six and mono got rid of him (THE DETAIL OF THE SHOTGUN’S DRAWBACK AHSUAIHSUIHSUIWH WHAT). for the teacher it was her freaky ass neck. for the doctor well, other than the fact he’s practically spiderman, it was the fact that they burnt him alive. oh my god and thin man. Thin Man. oh my god.
4/ the details. the details. the details. like i said earlier, the shotgun draw back. the fact that if you hold a flashlight and six’s hand in the same hand then you can’t really use the flashlight. the fact that if you shine a flashlight in six’s eyes then she lifts a hand up to cover them. just oh my god, they do not rest.
5/ six’s coding. man. she’s a really person isn’t she? where she go after you defeated the living hand and got a power cell? you think she’s just gonna wait for you at the exact same spot?? you think you’re, what, a video game character? you think you have to do everything by yourself and act surprised when six actually knows what to do? what do you think she is, an npc of a video game?? huh??? huh???
6/ i think we reached the ending now. the ending tore my heart out. i was like the greek guy that stole fire for Man but got punished by having eagles eat my liver out every day. that but it’s my heart. what the fuck man. oh my god after all we been true. damn fuck six and mono were friends how could you. let them be friends. let them be friends. they need friends.
7/ obviously when my heart has been broken in such a violent manner the only remedy is fanfiction. oh my god the fanfiction. glorious. amazing. you lot are doing god’s work. i will die for each and every one of you.
little nightmares 2 spoilers but i give you no context whatsoever
what the fuuuuuuuuuccck
was the ending to little nightmares II
what the fuck
give me my fixation back you stupid, gloriously amazing game
Well hey guess what?
After a lot of struggling and more than one occasion where I went “Hey can I just rewrite this whole chapter?” I finally managed to get another one up for ya!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/28909794/chapters/72110688
‘what he would’ve wanted,’ is back!! Have fun :)
Imagine how you might feel if your wildest and most wonderful fantasies were brought to life. That’s probably how a child would feel if their drawings of strange and wondrous characters were turned into real-life plush toys, which is exactly what Budsies does.
Budsies takes children’s drawings and reinterprets them as 16-inch-tall hypoallergenic plush toys – but they’ll take playful adults’ drawings, too.
this. oh my god this. I’ve seen Too Many posts that said “They shouldn’t have fired Carano!! She was just expressing her opinion!! They’re trying to paint it as transphobic and anti-semitic but it’s all fake!!!” and I’m here, knowing that Carano did all those things and deserved what she got, but being unable to say it because I was stupid enough to not save the sources.
Enough is enough.
Carano reaped what she sowed. She deserved to be fired. Kindly please fuck off if you think she didn’t.
Lucasfilm did not fire Gina Carano from The Mandalorian for being Transphobic:
She got fired for being Anti-Semitic.
Her being Transphobic is not at all okay either but,
Anti-Semitism is not talked about enough.
She basically just compared Holocaust victims to being a Republican. Do you realize how fucked up that is?!
I’m Jewish. I really don’t like when someone compares the genocide of 6 million of my people to being a Republican. When was the last time 6 million Republicans were murdered via gas chambers?
People need to know that this was why she got fired. Don’t you dare just like this post!
REBLOG IT
the mandalorian season 3
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/the-mandalorian-star-gina-carano-fired-amid-social-media-controversy OH FUCK YEAH!!!
it’s really ironic for Cara Dune’s actress to be the epitome of what Cara Dune hates.
Cara Dune would beat the shit out of G*na C*r*no.
In this essay I thank you for coming to my ted talk
it’s really ironic for Cara Dune’s actress to be the epitome of what Cara Dune hates.
Cara Dune would beat the shit out of G*na C*r*no.
In this essay I thank you for coming to my ted talk
it fits so perfectly im-
Just a constant stream of what am i doing? what was i doing? i was doing something. where’s my thought train? am i faster than a train? how fast does a train go? where am i going? i was doing something. what am i doing?
Do any other neurodivergent ppl, especially adhd ppl, walk around and basically chant things to remember them? This morning I was walking around my house saying "what am I doing? What am I doing what am I doing? Im making coffee I'm making coffee I'm making coffee I'm making coffee! I'm making coffee." and continued to chant so I didn't get distracted AAND SHIT I JUST GOT DISTRACTED BY MAKING THIS POST FUCK GODDAMN IT
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applause
Basic Needs; Cool Armor is part of the Resol’nare. It keeps them alive and is a key pillar in their beliefs. Bounty hunting gives a Mandalorian a source of income, also keeps them alive, and being known as part of the greatest warrior’s in the galaxy just makes it easy for them.
Psychological needs: Novelty Weapons. “Weapons are a part of my religion.” Keeping weapons clean, good, and ready is vital. Respect the weapons. They keep you alive. Jetpack: Really fucking cool. ‘Rising Pheonix,’ like hot damn who wouldn’t want a Jetpack like that. Is also part of their fighting style. “A Mandalorian with a Jetpack is a weapon.”
Self-fulfillment needs: Fatherhood. Jango Fett. Din “The Mandalorian” Djarin. Foundlings are the future. They are everything to Mandalorians. A foundling comes first and foremost. Children are precious. Not every Mandalorian needs to have a child, but hot damn every child needs a Mandalorian Parent. I want a Mandalorian Parent.
Between Jango Fett demanding a son as payment for being cloned and the mandalorian immediately adopting baby yoda I’ve come to a conclusion
If they can’t see that making business with terfs is a bad idea, then we’ll make them see.
If they can’t see that giving terfs a platform is a bad idea, then we’ll make them see.
If they can’t see that we do not want anything to do with giving profits to a terf, then we will make them see.
Hey, so they’re making a Netflix Harry Potter.
With that in mind, we’re all gonna remember that JKR is a terf who has literally been cited by legislators engaged in legislation that actively harms trans people, and we’re not gonna give her any more money.
That means not streaming the new show on Netflix, because regardless of how much influence she has on the production, she gets paid for it.
We’re gonna make the show flop. We’re gonna show Warner Brothers that we don’t forget (of course, how would we forget, it isn’t as if she’s stopped), and that their business association with terfs is no longer profitable.
It is NOT like Lovecraft, because Lovecraft is very dead and his works are in the public domain. By consuming Lovecraft media, you are not giving any money to old Howard.
Folks, friends, y’all…. esk*mo is a slur. I understand a lot of people don’t know that, I don’t want to be a dick about it, but I’ve been seeing it in fics. Wanna write “esk*mo kisses”? Just say “nuzzled noses” or something.
I’m not here to call anybody out, it’s been in multiple fics, I’m not vague posting. This is just a psa. 👍🏻
fic writers for the mandalorian ! this vid ended up being pretty interesting analytically wrt din’s fighting style and what benefits him — i don’t agree w everything stated in it just due to differing opinions / analysis and ofc some things have changed because this vid was posted before s2, but regardless it’s still pretty useful for understanding his weapons (most helpful bit imo) + the way he fights
(+ anything u might disagree w or that has been removed from or changed in canon by the end of s2 is addressed and analyzed by many ppl in the comments! so thats useful too)
I love those AUs where it’s like, set in a modern/earth setting and everyone has normal-ish jobs and lives. Mandalorians being one massive motorcycle gang and Luke Skywalker being a kindergarten teacher/owning a flower shop/literally anything else AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Most of these usually turn all the less humanoid characters into humans and I totally vibe with that, especially the decision to change Grogu into like a normal human baby to fit in with the whole setting.
But I see your “Grogu is a human baby” and raise you “Grogu is still how he looks like in the show (green, big ears and all) but nobody mentions it”
Some random, pointing to Grogu: “What is that?”
Cara Dune, Officer of the town of Nevarro or Sumn: “That’s Mando’s boy.”
op this is such an astounding idea. oh my god. someone write more about this before i do it myself-
Recalibrate (The Mandalorian)
What if Grogu’s been doing the “These are not the droids you’re looking for” thing to Din this entire time?
Gen. 275 words
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Grogu’s been nudging Din’s mind with the Force to make him more inclined to feel protective of him since the moment IG-11 was about to shoot him.
The spell breaks a bit after Grogu is incapacitated by the effort it took to rescue Din from the Mudhorn, which is why he’s able to trade the baby for the camtono of Beskar. But that lingering look Grogu gives him as the pram is led out of the room by Dr Pershing? That’s Grogu saying You will not leave me here, and hoping it’s strong enough to stick.
So Din can’t stop thinking about the kid. Breaks Guild protocol by asking what will become of him. Puts his Covert at risk by going back for him and goes on the run for months with him. And the rest is history.
But maybe, eventually, Din has a moment of clarity. He stops in the middle of what he’s doing one day and looks around at the modest collection of baby stuff he’s accumulated inside the Razor Crest. It’s so incongruous to the way his life used to be that it momentarily pulls him out of it.
He blinks down at the baby in his arms like he’s coming out of a dream. “What… what am I doing?”
But then Grogu waves his little hand at him, cooing—Don’t think about it! We were about to get lunch, remember Dad?—and Din just stares at him for an unbearably long moment, helmet inscrutable, as Grogu wills his brain to reset back into Parent Mode.
Until finally Din sighs, “Right… lunch time,” and Grogu knows it worked.
And that’s that.
me: sees din 'the mandalorian' djarin literally anywhere
me: "LOOK AT HIM!!! LOOK AT THE MAN!!!! LOOK AT HIM AND HIS LIL' GREEN BOY!!!! LOOK AT HIM!!! SHINY MAN!!!! I LOVE HIM!!!!"