#Klingon culture

[dykespirk]

human things I think klingons would be good at:

competitive mobile games where you build kingdoms (like FarmVille)

shotput

drinking beer out of a shoe (a shoey I believe it is called)

pissing off the TSA

being hazed in a fraternity (they think it’s awesome)

pushing a big tire

watching Coyote Peterson videos (which they immediately try to replicate; a very honorable warrior to them)

being extremely opinionated on Top Chef

getting radicalized on Facebook

bringing large containers to 7/11 on the 11th of July

January 6th

Jacksonville, FL

[halfwayinlight]

why am i suddenly head-canoning that Will Riker curses in Klingon when he’s really mad??? It seems like it would be more satisfying to curse in Klingon. I’m suddenly interested in only learning curse words in Klingon. mostly bc I’m trying to clean up my language. I keep worrying something will slip out at an inopportune time.

[jonberry555]

Music & Klingon Culture - Star Trek Explain

In this video I will be taking a look at the relation between music and Klingon culture in light of the most recent episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. We already know about Klingon Opera and what appears to be ballads, but what do they say about Klingon culture in light of their actions in the latest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

[bumblingbabooshka]

Vulcan teen on Vulcan [tiktok] saying "I have just lost track of my father in the grocery store." The camera turns to show the viewers the grocery store in which almost every single older middle-aged man has a bowlcut and long robes. Camera turns back to show the teen's face which is expressionless and yet communicates all it needs to.

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[ihavenomouthandimustyap]

Ok since vulcans have mating seasons (their pon farr) it means they have estrous cycles and not menstrual cycles which means that they don't have menses.

Imagine a vulcan learning for the first time that human women bleed from their vaginas for a week every month.

Just trying their best to master their emotions and be all calm, like "what a fascinating yet odd physiological phenomenon"

While inside they're like "what the fuck? What the fuck??? what the FUCK!? WHAT! THE! ACTUAL! FUCK! IS! WRONG! WITH! HUMANS!?!?"

Meanwhile a klingon would be like "BLEEDING IS THE SIGN OF A TRUE WARRIOR! THIS IS GLORIOUS!!"

[isthereintruthnobeauty1968]

do other series at any point do anything with klingons who aren't warrior class. like it just makes sense that there have to be plenty of people doing other work to keep the fabric of the empire intact and there's tiny hints at it with the restauranteur on ds9 and worf's former nursemaid in sins of the father but their roles are tiny. lost opportunity for interesting stuff imo

[shitacademicswrite]

I want an absolutely TERRIFYING alien race whose language sounds exactly like Beaker from The Muppets.

[firstroseofspring]

looking into reading the final reflection because it's cited as a big influence on the depiction of klingons in star trek from tng onward for looking past the warrior stereotype and fleshes them out really well and look at this.

[grayrazor]

My headcanon for the Klingons is that, just like with the vikings and samurai that they're based on, the honor-obsessed warrior elite are maybe 10% of the population at most. If you visit a Klingon planet and go anywhere other than the castles of the great houses you see farmers, industrial workers, scientists, engineers, etc.

Maybe in times of relative peace they start giving the more prestigious bureaucratic and clerical jobs to the warrior class, like Edo-era Japan did, to give them something to do so they don't make mischief, that's why you see "warrior-lawyers" like Colonel Worf, Ch’Pok, and Kolos.

Another data point is Martok, who was a commoner--relegated to being cleaning staff on a starship because of Kor's prejudice--but became a warrior after proving himself in combat.

[rainbowresurrection]

Still Thinking.

In TOS there was a lot of promise on fleshing out the Vulcan culture. You get phrases in Vulcan before you ever get any phrases in Klingon. Which makes it interesting that moving forward, you learn much more about the Klingon language.

As a language lover I'd be interested to know what the body of the Vulcan language would have looked like, had it been more officially explored. You know it would be filled with dichotomy, due to the ancient and ritualistic roots of the language versus the need for utmost logic, which would influence both grammatical structure and the writing system(s).

From what I've seen, the writing leans far more on the "ancient tradition" end of things. It's beautiful, yet it is lacking in terms of practicality.

I like to imagine that they would have multiple modes of writing- the loopy cursive writing for religious and cultural / ceremonial practices, and maybe a more standardized and phonetic script for daily use (likely to also be vertical and cursive, but can be written horizontally as well). Also I'm not sure how phonetic it is to begin with so I'm just making shit up here.

Well I know one thing for sure, they have at least 2 scripts, based on the writing seen on Spock's robes vs other scenarios (perhaps Old Vulcan or Ceremonial Vulcan).

Another fun thing I like to imagine is that perhaps Vulcan follows a root based system like Hebrew or Arabic. For example in the male names, the most common denominator is S----K or S--R--K.

SpocK, SaReK, SuRaK

Women, it is the letter T.

T'Pring, T'Pau

Both genders use the consonant P.

sPock, t'Pring

So, those consonants could be based on a certain shared notion, whereas the vowels change the nuance of the translation.

Arabic (Modern Standard) example, paying attention to the consonants:

KeTeBe = writing

KiTaaB = book

MeKTaB = desk

MeKTaBe = library

(sorry for the weak transliterations, it makes more sense looking at it in Arabic, you'll see the commonality in the consonants):

كتب

كتاب

مكتب

مكتبة

[mistylacrimosa]

So I just finished the first episode ST Enterprise and it was... interesting. I'm trying (and failing) not to be too harsh. So far the only likable character is T'Pol (and Porthos obviously). I'm hoping that will change. Also I don't understand the title song... just why? What were they thinking?(Hopping it's an one time thing)

[punkbxt]

screaming crying that we never got more cultural moments from voyagers characters of color and no chakotay doesnt count <3

[youngpettyqueen]

the fact that Harry can see exactly why B'Elanna would want to change her daughter's DNA but Tom cant is. truly something.

[bumblingbabooshka]

Two people on a small bipartisan science station gently fall in love.

[celestialstateofmind]

Watching the episode where Worf is teaching Alexander about Klingon culture by taking him to the festival on the outpost and it’s like. Klingons are LARPers. They perform batleth fights in between musical numbers.

Added to the knowledge that Klingon females roar and throw things pre-mating whilst the males read love poetry is really interesting.

The duality of species.