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THE EXORCIST (2016-2017) “There But for the Grace of God, Go I” (2.05)

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captain archibald haddock's most epic expletives, finnish edition

for @dimdiamond

to preface this post, I'm a long-time fan of the adventures of tintin and have read it mainly in finnish but also in french and a little bit in english (the animation I've seen exclusively in finnish and the 2011 movie exclusively in english). one of my favorite things about the series has always been captain haddock's colorful swearing.

I mentioned one of those expletives ("tuhannen tuhatta turskattia!") in the tags of one tintin post, and my dearest dim really liked it and wanted to know more. this post has been a longtime coming but here it is now.

all expletives have been taken from the book Tyrskyn myrsky! Johdatus kapteeni Haddockin manauksiin, edited by pasi heikura, adapting the original work by albert algoud (le haddock illustré: l'integrale des jurons du capitaine haddock)

important to note: I am only listing my personal favorites. this post is by no means intended to be an exhaustive list of captain haddock's expletives. many of them are not direct translations of the original expletives as far as I remember.

all of the expletives have been either translated or coined by jukka kemppinen and soile and heikki kaukoranta. translations to them are provided by yours truly, as are most of the additional notes about the expletives. some are translated from pasi heikura's notes. in alphabetical order according to the finnish expletive. pictures provided when possible (all photographed from the book)

disclaimer: not all of these expletives are politically correct by contemporary standards, and we have to remember that the original works were written between 1929 and 1976, and the translations were made in the 1970's

A

absolutisti (absolutist, teetotaler - also raitis in finnish, but this word is also often used)

advokaatti (advocate, an oldish word for lawyer - asianajaja in finnish)

analfabeetti (analphabet, or illiterate - lukutaidoton in regular finnish)

analfabeettien kruunamaton kuningas (the uncrowned king of analphabets)

autodidakti (autodidact, self-learned - itseoppinut in regular finnish)

B

baššibazukki (has several different written forms depending on the translator, this is the contemporary one) (bashi-bazouk, ottoman turkish irregular soldiers)

brestin jyräys! (tonnerre de brest! in french, thunder of brest! in english, one of haddock's most common expletives - I believe in english it's often translated "ten thousand thundering typhoons!" or "blistering barnacles" at least according to wikipedia)

brontosauruksen sivupersoona (side persona of a brontosaurus, brontosaurus is a sauropod closely related to apatosaurus. side persona in this case relates to dissociative identity disorder. despite its obviously problematic contemporary connotations this has always been one of my favorite expletives. it's just so absurd)

byrokraatti (bureaucrat)

D

diplomaatti (diplomat)

dipsomaani (dipsomaniac, periodical alcohol user - also tuurijuoppo in regular finnish)

E

ektoplasma (ectoplasm)

eläinrääkkääjä (animal abuser - this is what haddock calls jorge and wolff after they had knocked milou out cold and the poor dog broke his leg)

G

guanokaupustelijat (guano peddlers, plural)

guanokauppiaan irvikuva (the caricature of a guano seller)

H

haihattelija (daydreamer, but more pejorative - this is what haddock calls tournesol in destination moon when the latter has lost his memory)

herkkukurkku (pickled cucumber, think gherkin)

hippiäinen (goldcrest, a small bird)

hunajavohveli (honey waffle)

hyrysysy (a car. merchant abel klam from virolahti suggested this word as the finnish equivalent of the word automobile in 1907. it didn't stick unfortunately. contemporary finnish word is simply auto. so boring. bring hyrysysy back 2k22)

I

ihmisapina (primate)

isovaari ja vaarin vaari (great-grandfather and grandfather's grandfather, vaari is derived from the swedish word far, father)

J

jesuiitta (jesuit)

juoppolalli (alcoholist, from juoda, to drink, and lalli, who is a mythical finnish character. murdered the bishop henry who was allegedly one of the first missionaries in finland in the 1100's)

juopporatti (alcoholist, from juoda, to drink, and ratti, an archaic word for a funnel. in contemporary finnish a funnel is suppilo, and ratti means a driving wheel in a car)

juudas/juutas (judas, a traitor, we know who this guy is. juutas is an old way to say his name as traditionally finnish people have struggled with soft consonants, i.e. b, d, f, g, replacing them with p, t, v, and k, respectively - f has been a bit easier)

K

kaappari (privateer)

kaksituhatta piparkakkua (two thousand gingerbread cookies. these cookies are often baked in finnish households in christmastime)

kannibaali (cannibal)

kerettiläinen (heretic)

kookospähkinän näköinen diktaattorin oppipoika (dictator's apprentice who looks like a coconut. haddock calls general tapioca this)

kurja kamelinkopio (wretched copy of a camel)

kurpitsa (pumpkin)

käymälälaivan kippari (captain of a lavatory ship)

L

lehtikirva (aphid, more commonly known as greenfly or blackfly)

lettupannu (lettu is essentially a crêpe, and pannu means a pan)

logaritmin hännänhuippu (the final tip of logarithm)

lotjauuno (a silly boat worker. lotja is a fairly oldish word for a boat. uuno is a finnish masculine given name that has also gained the meaning of a rather slow-minded person. a famous uuno is the fictional character uuno turhapuro, played by the late vesa-matti loiri)

lörpöttävä papukaija (a babbling parrot)

M

maakrapu (landlubber, literally land crab)

makean veden astronautti (fresh water astronaut)

makean veden piraatti (fresh water pirate. another finnish word for a pirate is merirosvo, which literally translates to sea robber, making this particular expletive impossible, as pirates don't sail in fresh water)

makean veden purjehtija (fresh water sailor, a mocking name for sailors who operate on lakes and rivers that are relatively calm compared to the seas)

mattokauppias (carpet vendor)

megasykli (megacycle, a long period of time)

merinolammas (merino sheep)

mestaritunari (master or champion duffer/moron/dolt/dumbass)

myrsky ja mylväys (storm and bellow, also tonnerre de brest in french, one of haddock's most common expletives)

N

nelijalkainen cyrano (quadruped, or four-legged, cyrano. referring to cyrano de bergerac. haddock calls an anteater this, as both de bergerac and anteaters have long noses)

nelijalkainen suihkulähde (quadruped/four-legged fountain. captain haddock calls a llama this after the animal has spat at him)

O

ohjus (a missile)

ornithorynchi (ornithorhynchus, bird-billed. refers to a platypus - vesinokkaeläin in regular finnish)

P

paviaani (baboon)

periköön piru hänet, hänen vakuutuksensa ja hänen anatole-serkkunsa (may the devil have him, his insurances, and his cousin anatole. captain haddock getting frustrated with the insurance seller seraphin lampion)

planeettainvälinen taivaanrannan maalari (interplanetary daydreamer, an extremely unrealistic dreamer. taivaanrannan maalari literally translates to skyline/horizon painter and is also seen as a compound word, i.e. taivaanrannanmaalari)

puliveivari (a cheater, a dishonest person)

putkisierainlepakko (tube-nosed bat. nowadays in finnish they are called putkikuonolepakko. sierain means nostril)

pyromaani (pyromaniac)

R

rattijuoppo (drunk driver)

riivatun kakara (damned brat. no surprise, captain haddock refers to prince abdullah as such)

S

senkin rasvassa käristetty ihmissusi! (you deep-fried werewolf! captain haddock calls the yeti this)

siansuoro (a pig's penis. suoro is a very old word for penis, a more contemporary word would be siitin or, more simply, penis. I stared at this particular one in silence for a good while when I read the definition for the first time. I had never thought about what suoro meant, just thought it was a funny word. my childhood is ruined lmao)

sillinihrassa kieritetty kermaleivos (cream pastry rolled in the fat of an atlantic herring. yeah. I don't wanna taste that)

sirkus-mussolini (circus mussolini. captain haddock angrily calls general tapioca this during his television speech)

suurbasaari (great bazar. haddock means the grand abbot of the buddhist temple, called suuri ihanuus, or great bliss, in finnish)

suurmoguli (grand mughal. another attempt by haddock to address the grand abbot. he's trying. bless his heart)

säkkipilli (bagpipes)

T

takkuinen merinon kuvatus (a shaggy caricature of a merino sheep)

titanicin keulakuva (titanic's figurehead. titanic famously did not have one but many old wooden ships did)

tuhannen turskattia (also tuhannen tuhatta turskattia, mille sabords or mille million de mille sabords in french, or thousands/ten thousand blistering barnacles in english. one of haddock's most common expletives)

tyrskynmyrsky (a very strong storm at sea. also from tonnerre de brest or blistering barnacles. I know this better as tyrskyntärsky, which is essentially the same thing. one of captain haddock's most common expletives. this is also what prince abdullah calls captain haddock)

V

vaapsahainen (an old word for crane flies. vaaksiainen in contemporary finnish)

vampyyri (vampire)

vihonviimeinen guanokaupustelija (crummy guano peddler. in finnish vihonviimeinen, or more contemporarily vihoviimeinen, means not only the very last but also wretched or crummy, which is what haddock is going for here)

vihonviimeisen meteoriitin veljenpoika (the wretched meteorite's nephew. see above for vihonviimeinen)

if you have any questions, I'll do my best to answer^^

[kurt-goreshter]

Now i want a post in which you talk about their design and how complementary they are.

ALRIGHT THEN

Let's take a look at their designs:

I'm going to focus on two things:

Physical traits

Color palette

Physical traits:

I think these are obvious so I won't stand for long. Tintin is short and thin and Haddock is tall and more built. Tintin's youth can be seen from the lack of wrinkles while Haddock's age and struggles with alcohol and his profession can be seen from his eye bags. Haddock has beard and big nose and his eyes blank dots (something that I translate to light color eyes) while Tintin has no facial hair and small nose and his eyes black dots (like most characters and I translate it to dark color eyes). They already contradict each other with their appearances but they're exactly what they lack for each other so together it's like they complete the traits that a character can have and of course the main goal that is more than successfully accomplished is that they're immediately recognisable.

The lack of many characteristics of Tintin's face is filled by Haddock's rich of characteristics face and I would take it one step farther and say that as Herge's skills developed Tintin changed too and become more human in his world, no more a symbol but just Tintin, the young journalist. In a way we can say that since he has a stable companion he gains from him a stability in their world too.

Color palette:

Tintin is usually shown in warm colors and specifically close to yellow, red and orange and some white. Haddock is mostly in his classic blue and black. We already see that the colors are the complementary ones (complementary we call the colors that they're opposite to each other in the color wheel and if you combine them you get grey aka all the colors because they complete each other). That's a usual technique for character design especially when you have a duo. You want to pass the message to the audience that they are here to work together and they're not whole without each other. And if you have a character with the complementary colors on themselves then you pass the message that this character is a whole by themselves, another character is not necessary. So if you see a character coded blue or another color wait for its complementary to show up. It always does.

But I want to stay a bit in these characters because I think it's genius how the colors work here. Before Haddock's appearance Tintin is mostly in his yellow shirt and white socks:

example from Cigarettes of the Pharaoh

But that doesn't mean he didn't wear blue even in these books:

examples from The Black Island and Blue Lotus

But these were more like one time attires, to fit in the environment and circumstances. They're not exactly his choices, he happened to find them and I understand the choice because, as we said, blue is the complementary of orange (his hair) so he's more or less a stand alone character, he doesn't need another one. But actually he does because he quickly goes back to his yellow shirt and warm palette.

Since Haddock appears though the blue sweater makes more and more appearances and the yellow shirt starts to vanish with some last appearances in his first adventures with Captain.

examples from Shooting Star and The Secret of the Unicorn

The classic baby blue sweater becomes his standard attire without stopping wearing his brown-red pants and suit. That shows that not only he is affected by his companion but also that he hasn't given up his own identity. He has found a balance finally.

Meanwhile Haddock remains to his colors in most occasions but what do we see here:

example from The Seven Crystal Balls

When Haddock doesn't wear his usual attire he adopts a warm palette and it's not that he has something blue on himself to complement but we have already associated him with the color blue. That can be read in many ways: Haddock's effort to be something else from who he really is or to be closer to his companion. No matter this doesn't stay long and he goes back to his blue and black attire. But since then whenever we see him in another attire it's always in warm clothes aka his classic brown suit.

Take a closer look to these two:

examples from The Seven Crystal Balls and Calculus' Affair

The first one is from an adventure soon after Haddock becomes rich and the second after some time. You can feel the awkwardness in the duo because their palette is their usual one and especially Tintin the one he had before meeting Haddock. They are trying to close the distance between them but without accepting something from the other, afraid of opening up too much.

And then the second brings more peace in our eyes. Tintin has taken the blue from Haddock and Haddock the brown from Tintin. The kind of blue and brown is important too. Tintin wouldn't wear something too dark so the sky blue is the closest he can be to Haddock without losing himself and Haddock wouldn't wear light colors like yellow so the brown and bit of green make already the difference. They have found a balance between them.

And even when they are wearing their usual attires what connects them is the color blue. I don't think it's a random choice. Blue is a cold color, symbol of serenity and calmness. And that's exactly what both tried to reach together and found to each other and in the end bonds them.

Have I read too much on these designs? Maybe but I think when you start to notice stuff like that you can understand the work better and in a whole other level than saying things to your face. When visuals are used to tell a story are vital and necessary. When you see a color or a shape there's a reason behind it, they're here to complement the story and the words.

So in this case if you didn't understand why and how those two are grown to be an inseparable duo in your brain take a look at the visuals and you'll notice all these I mentioned and more. The designs are telling a story by themselves and it's worth to listen to them.

Bonus:

Calculus being green coded is exactly because he appeared to bring balance between the main duo and show you that he can work as their bridge but also he can stand alone but of course as trinity they bring all the colors aka characters together (and of course because green is cold color he stays with the other cold color aka Haddock but with Tintin there they all found balance).

[kurt-goreshter]

Now i want a post in which you talk about their design and how complementary they are.

ALRIGHT THEN

Let's take a look at their designs:

I'm going to focus on two things:

Physical traits

Color palette

Physical traits:

I think these are obvious so I won't stand for long. Tintin is short and thin and Haddock is tall and more built. Tintin's youth can be seen from the lack of wrinkles while Haddock's age and struggles with alcohol and his profession can be seen from his eye bags. Haddock has beard and big nose and his eyes blank dots (something that I translate to light color eyes) while Tintin has no facial hair and small nose and his eyes black dots (like most characters and I translate it to dark color eyes). They already contradict each other with their appearances but they're exactly what they lack for each other so together it's like they complete the traits that a character can have and of course the main goal that is more than successfully accomplished is that they're immediately recognisable.

The lack of many characteristics of Tintin's face is filled by Haddock's rich of characteristics face and I would take it one step farther and say that as Herge's skills developed Tintin changed too and become more human in his world, no more a symbol but just Tintin, the young journalist. In a way we can say that since he has a stable companion he gains from him a stability in their world too.

Color palette:

Tintin is usually shown in warm colors and specifically close to yellow, red and orange and some white. Haddock is mostly in his classic blue and black. We already see that the colors are the complementary ones (complementary we call the colors that they're opposite to each other in the color wheel and if you combine them you get grey aka all the colors because they complete each other). That's a usual technique for character design especially when you have a duo. You want to pass the message to the audience that they are here to work together and they're not whole without each other. And if you have a character with the complementary colors on themselves then you pass the message that this character is a whole by themselves, another character is not necessary. So if you see a character coded blue or another color wait for its complementary to show up. It always does.

But I want to stay a bit in these characters because I think it's genius how the colors work here. Before Haddock's appearance Tintin is mostly in his yellow shirt and white socks:

example from Cigarettes of the Pharaoh

But that doesn't mean he didn't wear blue even in these books:

examples from The Black Island and Blue Lotus

But these were more like one time attires, to fit in the environment and circumstances. They're not exactly his choices, he happened to find them and I understand the choice because, as we said, blue is the complementary of orange (his hair) so he's more or less a stand alone character, he doesn't need another one. But actually he does because he quickly goes back to his yellow shirt and warm palette.

Since Haddock appears though the blue sweater makes more and more appearances and the yellow shirt starts to vanish with some last appearances in his first adventures with Captain.

examples from Shooting Star and The Secret of the Unicorn

The classic baby blue sweater becomes his standard attire without stopping wearing his brown-red pants and suit. That shows that not only he is affected by his companion but also that he hasn't given up his own identity. He has found a balance finally.

Meanwhile Haddock remains to his colors in most occasions but what do we see here:

example from The Seven Crystal Balls

When Haddock doesn't wear his usual attire he adopts a warm palette and it's not that he has something blue on himself to complement but we have already associated him with the color blue. That can be read in many ways: Haddock's effort to be something else from who he really is or to be closer to his companion. No matter this doesn't stay long and he goes back to his blue and black attire. But since then whenever we see him in another attire it's always in warm clothes aka his classic brown suit.

Take a closer look to these two:

examples from The Seven Crystal Balls and Calculus' Affair

The first one is from an adventure soon after Haddock becomes rich and the second after some time. You can feel the awkwardness in the duo because their palette is their usual one and especially Tintin the one he had before meeting Haddock. They are trying to close the distance between them but without accepting something from the other, afraid of opening up too much.

And then the second brings more peace in our eyes. Tintin has taken the blue from Haddock and Haddock the brown from Tintin. The kind of blue and brown is important too. Tintin wouldn't wear something too dark so the sky blue is the closest he can be to Haddock without losing himself and Haddock wouldn't wear light colors like yellow so the brown and bit of green make already the difference. They have found a balance between them.

And even when they are wearing their usual attires what connects them is the color blue. I don't think it's a random choice. Blue is a cold color, symbol of serenity and calmness. And that's exactly what both tried to reach together and found to each other and in the end bonds them.

Have I read too much on these designs? Maybe but I think when you start to notice stuff like that you can understand the work better and in a whole other level than saying things to your face. When visuals are used to tell a story are vital and necessary. When you see a color or a shape there's a reason behind it, they're here to complement the story and the words.

So in this case if you didn't understand why and how those two are grown to be an inseparable duo in your brain take a look at the visuals and you'll notice all these I mentioned and more. The designs are telling a story by themselves and it's worth to listen to them.

Bonus:

Calculus being green coded is exactly because he appeared to bring balance between the main duo and show you that he can work as their bridge but also he can stand alone but of course as trinity they bring all the colors aka characters together (and of course because green is cold color he stays with the other cold color aka Haddock but with Tintin there they all found balance).

[kurt-goreshter]

Kinda love how Tintin is a completely asexual narrative. Like there's this group of ace people who found each other and go on adventures together, no relationship drama, just fighting bad guys and exploring. Good for them.

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Happy 85th Anniversary to The Adventures of Tintin!

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Fanarts of some characters from "Tintin".

My instagram account

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Soon after I left Mr. Edison's employment a company was formed to develop my electric arc-light system. This system was adopted for street and factory lighting in 1886, but as yet I got no money — only a beautifully engraved stock certificate. Until April of the following year I had a hard financial struggle. Then a new company was formed, and provided me with a laboratory on Liberty Street, in New York City. Here I set to work to commercialize the inventions I had conceived in Europe.

After returning from Pittsburgh, where I spent a year assisting the Westinghouse Company in the design and manufacture of my motors, I resumed work in New York in a little laboratory on Grand Street, where I experienced one of the greatest moments of my life — the first demonstration of the wireless light.

I had been constructing with my assistants the first high-frequency alternators (dynamos), of the kind now used for generating power for wireless telegraphy. At three o'clock in the morning I came to the conclusion that I had overcome all the difficulties and that the machine would operate, and I sent my men to get something to eat. While they were gone I finished getting the machine ready, and arranged things so that there was nothing to be done, except to throw in a switch.

When my assistants returned I took a position in the middle of the laboratory, without any connection whatever between me and the machine to be tested. In each hand I held a long glass tube from which the air had been· exhausted. “If my theory is correct,” I said, “when the switch is thrown in these tubes will become swords of fire.” I ordered the room darkened and the switch thrown in — and instantly the glass tubes became brilliant swords of fire.

Under the influence of great exultation I waved them in circles round and round my head. My men were actually scared, so new and wonderful was the spectacle. They had not known of my wireless light theory, and for a moment they thought I was some kind of a magician or hypnotizer. But the wireless light was a reality, and with that experiment I achieved fame overnight.

Following this success, people of influence began to take an interest in me. I went into “society.” And I gave entertainments in return; some at home, some in my laboratory — expensive ones, too. For the one and only time in my life, I tried to roar a little bit like a lion.

But after two years of this, I said to myself, “What have I done in the past twentx-four months?” And the answer was, “Little or nothing.” I recognized that accomplishment requires isolation. I learned that the man who wants to achieve must give up many things — society, diversion, even rest — and must find his sole recreation and happiness in work. He will live largely with his conceptions and enterprises; they will be as real to him as worldly possessions and friends.

In recent years I have devoted myself to the problem of the wireless transmission of power. Power can be, and at no distant date will be, transmitted without wires, for all commercial uses, such as the lighting of homes and the driving of aeroplanes. I have discovered the essential principles, and it only remains to develop them commercially. When this is done, you will be able to go anywhere in the world — to the mountain top overlooking your farm, to the arctic, or to the desert — and set up a little equipment that will give you heat to cook with, and light to read by. This equipment will be carried in a satchel not as big as the ordinary suit case. In years to come wireless lights will be as common on the farms as ordinary electric lights are nowadays in our cities.

The matter of transmitting power by wireless is so well in hand that I can say I am ready now to transmit 100,000 horsepower by wireless without a loss of more than five percent in transmission. The plant required to transmit this amount will be much smaller than some of the wireless telegraph plants now existing, and will cost only $10,000,000, including water development and electrical apparatus. The effect will be the same whether the distance is one mile or ten thousand miles, and the power can be collected high in the air, underground, or on the ground.

-Nikola Tesla

“Making Your Imagination Work for You.” By M. K. Wisehart. The American Magazine, April 1921.

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sometimes i’m like ‘fanfiction can’t shock me anymore i’m numb to it’ then i find this shit

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http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=46383719

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i wish someone can tell me or can translate what’s happening here between jesus and judas. i really wanna know

although, it looks like its about judas having a crush on jesus for the longest until it all crashes down, but that’s my opinion

[kurt-goreshter]

the inherent eroticism of having blood all over yr face

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character in a fight scene: *restrains their opponent by pinning them against the wall by their wrists*

me:

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Gay ship: *exists*

Normal fangirls: oh yeah! I like them together a lot! I think I’ve read a fanfic about them once?

Me:

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The Thinker attempting to manipulate Abner in a TSS deleted scene.

(Many thanks to @sad-polka-dot for sharing the video!)

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He was talking about the tentacles, Norman…