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Lots of people argue that in the SW galaxy there might be a group of humans that could be roughly be assimilated to Latinx people and I have nothing against this idea nor the idea of space Latinx speaking space Spanish.
But every time I read a fic where Poe Dameron speaks Spanish and say it's Yavinese it just makes me grit my teeth.
- Neither Kes nor Shara have been born on Yavin IV
- Kes and Shara settled there during the last months of the OT war. Their place is described as a "fledging colony", indicating that it has been established recently - after the Rebel Alliance left. Poe is probably part of the first generation of humans to have been born and raised on Yavin IV since the Massassi likely disappeared.
- In canon, thousands of years ago there were people - the Massassi - living on Yavin IV, and they were slaves to a Sith Lord or something. These guys could be speaking Yavinese but 1)we have no idea if they're still alive, and probably aren't 2)why would the Rebel Alliance set up their secret base on a planet full of innocent civilians when there are plenty of empty habitable planets
- Even by accepting that the Massassi are still alive, why would Shara and Kes teach Poe as his maternal language Yavinese, instead of what likely would be their first language (so, space Spanish)
- Assuming that Yavinese is actually the language called in the colony because somehow it's entirely made up of space Latinx speaking space Spanish, it still makes no sense for the language to be called Yavinese. The United States have been a thing for 400 years and people here still call the language English, not "American." Brazilian people don't speak Brazilian, they speak a dialect of Portuguese but it's still Portuguese. The dialect established itself after several generations of people being more and more removed from the language's country of origin. So for a young colony like Yavin IV it still makes even less sense to say "oh yeah we're all speaking space Spanish and live on Yavin IV, therefore now we shall say we speak Yavinese."
But every time I read a fic where Poe Dameron speaks Spanish and say it's Yavinese it just makes me grit my teeth.
- Neither Kes nor Shara have been born on Yavin IV
- Kes and Shara settled there during the last months of the OT war. Their place is described as a "fledging colony", indicating that it has been established recently - after the Rebel Alliance left. Poe is probably part of the first generation of humans to have been born and raised on Yavin IV since the Massassi likely disappeared.
- In canon, thousands of years ago there were people - the Massassi - living on Yavin IV, and they were slaves to a Sith Lord or something. These guys could be speaking Yavinese but 1)we have no idea if they're still alive, and probably aren't 2)why would the Rebel Alliance set up their secret base on a planet full of innocent civilians when there are plenty of empty habitable planets
- Even by accepting that the Massassi are still alive, why would Shara and Kes teach Poe as his maternal language Yavinese, instead of what likely would be their first language (so, space Spanish)
- Assuming that Yavinese is actually the language called in the colony because somehow it's entirely made up of space Latinx speaking space Spanish, it still makes no sense for the language to be called Yavinese. The United States have been a thing for 400 years and people here still call the language English, not "American." Brazilian people don't speak Brazilian, they speak a dialect of Portuguese but it's still Portuguese. The dialect established itself after several generations of people being more and more removed from the language's country of origin. So for a young colony like Yavin IV it still makes even less sense to say "oh yeah we're all speaking space Spanish and live on Yavin IV, therefore now we shall say we speak Yavinese."
Radically different AUs - fandoms you can and can't venture that far from canon
(Anonymous) 2016-12-06 05:04 am (UTC)(link)Hi, I've never posted in the discussion here before, but this topic came up with a friend, and I'm curious about other opinions/experiences.
I've played around in a lot of fandoms over the years, but I was never a fan of AUs centered around radically different worlds (and I'm no good at thinking of short and sweet words for things XD).
Examples:
- school AU - teens, early twenties, teachers, etc
- vampire/werewolf/etc supernatural AU
- magic/fantasy AU
- daemon AU - maybe familiars or something to do with souls or spirits, too?
- assassin/serial killer AU
- organized crime AU
- stripper/prostitute AU
- A/B/O AU
D/s or BDSM AU
- soulmate/soulbond AU
- animal/shapeshifter/pet AU
- gender/sex change AU
- trope blends and fandom-specific AUs like Hogwarts/HP
- historical setting AU
- working in the modern world AU (they've graduated school! probably!) - throw all your athlete, dancer, musician, writer, artist, professional children's card game player AUs here
............you get the idea.
I've read a little of the more light-hearted AUs (like coffee shop and buddy cop, both of which I read here! XD), because sometimes you just need something easy to read that might make you laugh. I can't do fluffy (moments of sweet are all I want), and some AUs tend to go in that direction, but that may be more of a fandom tendency thing depending on the fandom.
I usually lean toward dark and angsty, and so many of these AUs can go that way, but I've never really enjoyed them. Granted, some squick me out or blend together things I hate and love (I avoid A/B/O like the plague, but gimme all the elements of D/s you got dude)... but they don't really click with me. I've never had the urge to read or write or draw any of it.
That is, until TFA screwed everything up for me. XD
I don't know why, but Kylo Ren works really freakin well in modern Earth AU settings to me. It's a good way to explore his character and think about how he would act if the stakes were lower. (Like dealing with one world instead of a galaxy, having no Force just good ole gravity, still using sharp pointy objects to threaten people, having all the black clothing and ways to avoid sunlight that he could ever want, etc -- in all seriousness, though, I don't like when he's exaggerated into an obnoxious caricature who never changes. It got boring very fast.) Of course, it can still end up hurting my heart and breaking my brain, but fandom does that to me all the time anyway. Kylo Ren will do that to me anyway, with or without jeans and a T-shirt (and boots -- I tried the sneakers look on him, but he only kept one beat-up pair in the back of his closet).
So! Finally, here are my two questions for anyone reading this:
(1) Do you read/write/draw radically different AUs for Star Wars?
(2) Are you generally a fan of those kinds of AUs, stick with canon-related AUs (like "what if" or change one thing), or don't like to play around in AUs at all?
I'm not counting relationships in AUs for this, so you can skip any het/slash/gen/other parts if you want. I think aging characters up or down can be included, though.
I've played around in a lot of fandoms over the years, but I was never a fan of AUs centered around radically different worlds (and I'm no good at thinking of short and sweet words for things XD).
Examples:
- school AU - teens, early twenties, teachers, etc
- vampire/werewolf/etc supernatural AU
- magic/fantasy AU
- daemon AU - maybe familiars or something to do with souls or spirits, too?
- assassin/serial killer AU
- organized crime AU
- stripper/prostitute AU
- A/B/O AU
D/s or BDSM AU
- soulmate/soulbond AU
- animal/shapeshifter/pet AU
- gender/sex change AU
- trope blends and fandom-specific AUs like Hogwarts/HP
- historical setting AU
- working in the modern world AU (they've graduated school! probably!) - throw all your athlete, dancer, musician, writer, artist, professional children's card game player AUs here
............you get the idea.
I've read a little of the more light-hearted AUs (like coffee shop and buddy cop, both of which I read here! XD), because sometimes you just need something easy to read that might make you laugh. I can't do fluffy (moments of sweet are all I want), and some AUs tend to go in that direction, but that may be more of a fandom tendency thing depending on the fandom.
I usually lean toward dark and angsty, and so many of these AUs can go that way, but I've never really enjoyed them. Granted, some squick me out or blend together things I hate and love (I avoid A/B/O like the plague, but gimme all the elements of D/s you got dude)... but they don't really click with me. I've never had the urge to read or write or draw any of it.
That is, until TFA screwed everything up for me. XD
I don't know why, but Kylo Ren works really freakin well in modern Earth AU settings to me. It's a good way to explore his character and think about how he would act if the stakes were lower. (Like dealing with one world instead of a galaxy, having no Force just good ole gravity, still using sharp pointy objects to threaten people, having all the black clothing and ways to avoid sunlight that he could ever want, etc -- in all seriousness, though, I don't like when he's exaggerated into an obnoxious caricature who never changes. It got boring very fast.) Of course, it can still end up hurting my heart and breaking my brain, but fandom does that to me all the time anyway. Kylo Ren will do that to me anyway, with or without jeans and a T-shirt (and boots -- I tried the sneakers look on him, but he only kept one beat-up pair in the back of his closet).
So! Finally, here are my two questions for anyone reading this:
(1) Do you read/write/draw radically different AUs for Star Wars?
(2) Are you generally a fan of those kinds of AUs, stick with canon-related AUs (like "what if" or change one thing), or don't like to play around in AUs at all?
I'm not counting relationships in AUs for this, so you can skip any het/slash/gen/other parts if you want. I think aging characters up or down can be included, though.
how do you post a link to an image on dreamwidth so it shows up as that little notebook picture
Did anyone see it? I just came back and went kinda meh with it, however I don't think I was all that much of a SW fan even though I've seen all the movies (my grandma made sure I grew up with them).
With that said, it did spark ideas for long dead fics that I just returned to. I also REALLY want to read/write something that has Hux in that fabulous white uniform the Director was wearing. (Even though I know it wouldn't make any sense because Hux is a General but...white cape...)
With that said, it did spark ideas for long dead fics that I just returned to. I also REALLY want to read/write something that has Hux in that fabulous white uniform the Director was wearing. (Even though I know it wouldn't make any sense because Hux is a General but...white cape...)
THERE IS NO JESUS CHRIST IN STAR WARS
IT ALL HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO, IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY
STAR WARS WIKI MOTHERFUCKER DO YOU USE IT????
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_phrases_and_slang
LOOK I EVEN DID THE BLOODY 5 SECOND GOOGLE SEARCH FOR YOU
IT ALL HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO, IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY
STAR WARS WIKI MOTHERFUCKER DO YOU USE IT????
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_phrases_and_slang
LOOK I EVEN DID THE BLOODY 5 SECOND GOOGLE SEARCH FOR YOU
I am pretty sure, we must have that somewhere along those 10K+ fics on AO3 for TFA, but for hells sake, i cant remember them, so could anyone have a flash of recognition, could they point me out to those fics?
Thank you!
https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/5tar54/star_wars_general_hux_is_way_more_important_to/
(I hope, linking is ok, and I didnt put the theorys here inside because maybe that if they turn out true, this might be spoiler for someone here, and make it triggerish?
)
Thank you!
https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/5tar54/star_wars_general_hux_is_way_more_important_to/
(I hope, linking is ok, and I didnt put the theorys here inside because maybe that if they turn out true, this might be spoiler for someone here, and make it triggerish?
)
Does anyone remember a Kylo/Hux fic that's a long epic? The only part I remember is that there's Force Ghosts and Ren takes Hux to a remote planet and won't let Hux leave. Hux tries to fix a ship or...something...and Ren gets really mad and used his power to throw the ship into a body of water to let it sink.
I...think they're plotting to kill Snoke?
Ren is really attached to Hux even though they fight all the time.
Possible Hux is Force-sensitive but I honestly cannot remember. I wanted to read it again because I wanted to re-read some plotty fics on Ao3 but but didn't save it.
I...think they're plotting to kill Snoke?
Ren is really attached to Hux even though they fight all the time.
Possible Hux is Force-sensitive but I honestly cannot remember. I wanted to read it again because I wanted to re-read some plotty fics on Ao3 but but didn't save it.
Is there a Last Jedi kinkmeme, or are we all basically staying here?
this is a very long shot but does anyone recall a short(ish) kylo/phasma fill for the tfa_kink (or starwarskinkmeme)? it was kind of tragic and angsty, and appears to have been deleted.
(x-posted to rogueonekink)
(x-posted to rogueonekink)
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