#barrafe

[rotteneldritchhorror]

The only reason Rafe knows how to use exel is because he has two spreadsheets dedicated entirely to his sex life cause he finds his own habits and patterns fascinating (hes also a lil bit autistic- but dont tell him)

One is a spreadsheet of almost entirely hookups and relationships that lastest a month at most, listing every time he's had sex, who it was with, a brief description of what they looked like, the date and time it happened, how high/drunk he was and on what, a rating, and a brief description of what they did and well as comments and critiques

The other is specifically about Barry and him, which its almost identitical other than the "who/what did they look like" being void, the high/drunk section being individual "What Rafe was on" "What Barry was on" sections, and the 'comments and critiques' mostly consisting of "he did this and it made me wanna die, this happened and it was the best thing ever, he said this thing in this tone and i caved, i called him this and im pretty sure i saw him crumble" lol

Barry thinks hes fucking INSANE for this and constantly calls him crazy and a freak for it, but he sometimes sneaks a peek at their sheet and finds it just a little hot.

[frameposting]

RP Character List so I know where everything is

Tenno & Warframes Iulis - The Operator. The Void wrecked his mind and body, causing him to develop maladaptive bigotry. Also available as Iulia, the Kween-possessed one when he ends up flunking The War Within. Galvan - The Volt. "Things were good until I ended up with this strangely familiar kid in my life." Likes to say he's just in it for the credits. Also has a long past with Iulis that he'd rather forget. Kudzu - Saryn Prime and a big enabler that loves to watch the consequences heart emoji. Nezha - They came with the orbiter. Nobody knows how they ended up there but at least they're friendly. Also enjoys twerking over fallen enemies.

Corpus Tai Barraf - Crewman and part-time Cetus studier. Frequently twerked on when Nezha raids his ships. Anto Riiva - Crewman and Domestik Drone repairman. Wants to get into proxy veterinary school. Also available in "full-body Volatile Runner" version.

The Infested Dippy - li'l Ancient, mostly harmless but very clingy sometimes. Loves headpats and belly-rubs. Dodge - Adopted as a runt by Galvan, she repaid him with loyalty and growing to almost Phorid size. Big ol' boof with a vendetta against the hive that rejected her. Arbo - Arcane Boiler that followed Galvan home after a certain treasure hunt. They speak fluent human and possess an agglomeration of knowledge that congealed into a personality. Specializes in Orokin tea for some probably tragic reason.

[rafe-cameron]

barry and rafe shipping account only from here on out. they were in love. barry was genuinely afraid of what was happening to rafe. he was pretty much the only one who cared about him

[frankdraw]

from a roleplay with @the-tenno-tripped and conversations with @of-profit trying to draw a Volatile Runner version of my hapless disgruntled retail worker. might even make a ref sheet idk

[thedwarrowscholar]

Hello there! I'm sorry for bothering you, but for some time now I wante to make myself an embroidered patch with some khuzdul on it. Now I decided that the best would be some battle cry. Of course, I already know the "Baruk Khazad. Khazad ai-menu!" and "Du bekar" but still, I wondered if you could share something different with me? I would be forever greatful. Have a great day!

Well met!

No bother at all, happy to help.

Battle cries often have the intent to invoke patriotic, tribal or religious sentiment, or better yet, to overstate one’s own battle potential to a point where the enemy prefers to avoid confrontation altogether and flees. So if we are to “find” new ones I think it might be a good idea to look at some actual real world battle cries along those lines for inspiration.

Religiously inspired battle cries:

“Mahal zurulahu!” — “Mahal wills it!” inspired by “Deus vult!” (“God wills it!” in Latin) a battle cry of the Crusaders.

“Sulladad ‘ugbal!” — “Eru is the greatest!” inspired by “Allahu Akbar” (“God is the greatest!”) a common Arabic battle cry, in modern times often used by Muslim Mujahideen.

Non-Religously inspired battle cries:

“Ifibbirî Khazâd!” — “(Continue to move) Forward Dwarves!” inspired by “Avanti Savoia!”, which is “Forward Savoy!” an Italian battle cry of World War One.

“Ikhrish-hun!” — “Cut them Down!” a copy of “Hakkaa päälle! ("Cut them down” in Finnish), an 18th century Finnish battle cry.

“’Abadmâ f’amrâd!” — “Our Mountain or Death!” inspired by “¡Patria o muerte!” (English: Fatherland or death!) uttered by Che Guevara at the United Nations in 1964.

Che Guevara at the UN in 1964 — “¡Patria o muerte!”

Inspired by Middle Earth lore:

“Khama Durin! Dufburul!” — “For Durin! Onwards!”

“Khama barraf haded!” —  “For the Seven Clans!”

“Amrâd du ragân dûr!” --- “Death to the naked chins!”

Dwalin looks to me like a “Death to the naked chins” - kinda dwarf... right? 

Ever at your service,

The Dwarrow Scholar

[bouxmounir]

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worldbuilding | | : dwarven parenting terms

As mentioned before, dwarven culture as I hc it historically has not had any real conception of gender. This is still largely pervasive throughout their settlements, with the assorted dwarf here and there drawing from humans and other cultures in order to explore their own physical presentation. Khuzdul does, however, contain gendered terms and conjugations, largely for referring to members of other cultures; over the course of many centuries of interaction, these have been added to Khuzdul, though terms like ‘wife’ and ‘husband’, to give one example, are very rarely used in Khuzdul about other dwarves. 

When tracing genealogies, three terms are important:

lashar ( pl. lashshur ) - lit. ‘parent’. one involved in conception. yandûn ( pl. yandân ) - lit. ‘birth-person’. one who gave the egg. damyûn ( pl. damyân ) - lit. ‘accompaniment-person’. one who gave the sperm. barafazrâf ( pl. barafazarâf ) - lit. ‘clan’. the extended blood-relatives of a dwarf.

These categories do not come with any expectations of societal roles / behaviors / dress, nor are they generalized. That is to say: a dwarf who can give birth is not called a yandûn unless they have given birth, and even then, they are only described that way when speaking of the child ( ex. one does not say ‘they are a yandûn’ as though it dictated other aspects of their life; one says ‘they are Asfid’s yandûn’ ). Genealogies are traditionally traced through the damyân, through whom a dwarf is connected to their clan.

Yet being the lashar of a dwarf does not inherently imply caretaker status or parenthood, even though Westron translates lashar to ‘parent’. That simply denotes involvement in the child’s conception / birth. The important terms for those who raise children are below: 

lushr ( pl. lashâr ) - lit. ‘caretaker’. one who raises a child. lushrlashar ( pl. lushrlashshur ) - lit. ‘caretaker-parent’. a lushr who is one of the       child’s lashshur. lushryandûn ( pl. lushryandân ) - lit. ‘caretaker-birth person’. a yandûn who is also        the child’s lushr. familiarly: luyan. lushrdamyûn ( pl. lushrdamyân ) - lit. ‘caretaker-accompaniment person.’ a damyûn       who is also the child’s lushr. familiarly: ludam. lushromnûn ( pl. lushromnân ) - lit. ‘loyalty caretaker’. a lushr who is not one of the      child’s lashar. familiarly: lushon. barafu ( pl. barraf ) - lit. ‘families’. the immediate family unit of a dwarf.

It is important to note that there is no strangeness nor judgment applied to dwarves having one or more lushromnân as lashâr. It is relatively common, in fact, due to remarriage, polyamorous relationships, adoption, or other reasons. Members of an extended family raising a child are lushromnân. It is expected that a dwarf’s first loyalties are to their immediate family through their lashâr, and then to their clan through their lashshur. Dwarf children refer to their lashâr by their given names.

[rotteneldritchhorror]

Again. I'm right. And I know its true.

[rotteneldritchhorror]

Barry knows Italian and Spanish and finds learning languages fascinating, especially learning true slang

Rafe I think would rather die than listen to someone try to teach him more than a couple words cause he finds it so boring and pointless.

[rotteneldritchhorror]

I've created too many overly detailed headcanons about Barry's life outside of Rafe

Like full family history-- he has a huge family but it's mostly dudes, his dad and brothers and uncles are all cunts and super bigoted, when he came out as bi they called him a sissy and shipped him to the military to "man the fuck up", the enviroment was so fucking toxically masculine- his mom was just trying her best, teaching him and his older sister (who he loves) to take care of themselves, teaching them spanish so she could speak to them in private, etc. Literally the only people in his family he still actively chooses to speak to out of care rather than obligation is his mom, his older sister, and a pair of aunts.

He doesnt have many close friends, but his best friend is a queer sex worker who he met on the job, likes to take care of her, gives her a place to stay when she needs it, gives her money when she asks for it, gives her her drugs for free when she needs to wind down. They talk shit, she's the only person he gets to sufficiantly ramble to about Rafe, she gives him advice- its very sweet. (Rafe is so violently jealous of this woman, he needs to be kept at a 15 foot distance and Barry has to explain 20 times over that theyve never slept together and that they're just friends and that shes ABSOLUTELY not a threat cause hes not even close to her type lol. Also the three of them trip together once and Rafe takes his first hallucinagen with this random lady and his boyfriend lol, but after it he finally accepts that shes not a threat)

He has like... a deep need to take care of people? Which mostly funnels into taking care of Rafe, but he'll take any oppurtunity to take care of people he thinks deserves it (mostly... women- this man has such a soft spot for women, especially older women, he'll do anything to help em out, take care of em, whatever they need- can you tell he was a mamas boy?)

When he was younger (like early 20s) he dated a woman in her 40s and tbh- mightve been one of his best relationships before Rafe. A little boring for him, but he keeps in contact with her to check in at times (don't tell Rafe.)

He keeps in contact with a couple of the guys he was stationed with in the military, but he's only really close with one, unsurprisingly a gay guy who *ahem* was a regular for him when they were stationed together, and he gives him free weed and shrooms for the shit being in the army left him with.

This man's tiny friend group is just radicalised queers and his sister lol

[rotteneldritchhorror]

Recovering from light bullying trauma around the petname ‘baby’ by writing a shit tonne of fanfic about Barry OBX who will forever refer to Rafe as his baby

[rotteneldritchhorror]

Barry watches John Waters films and considers them high art

that bitch LOVES camp, he loves camp, he loves horror, he loves gay film history, he loves slashers, and he forces Rafe to watch it all and laughs at him for being afraid/uncomfortable/grossed out

He sat him down and made him watch Pink Flamingos and Rafe had his eyes covered for most of it.

[rotteneldritchhorror]

Soft dom Sofia who babies Rafe and spoils him a lil too much vs hard dom Barry who makes him actually work for it all

.... *quiet mumble-singing* got the beeesssttt of both worldss...

[rotteneldritchhorror]

What's fun about shipping Sofia & Barry in a FwB situation and Barry/Rafe is that I can essentially double-cuck Rafe and tbh- thats so fucking funny

[rotteneldritchhorror]

OBX ships need more fun ship names so I'm gonna do it myself

John B x Sarah : Birdprincess / Jarah

John B x JJ : Seabird / JJohn B

John B x Kiara : Freebird / Jiara B???

John B x Pope : Birdbrain / Jope B?

John B x Cleo : Birdblade / Cleohn B??? Jleo B?

JJ x Sarah : Seaprincess / JJarah

JJ x Kiara : Gunfree / Seafree / Jiara

JJ x Pope : Seabrain / JJPope

JJ x Cleo : Seablade / JJleo

Kiara x Sarah : Freeprincess / Kiarah

Kiara x Pope : Freebrain / Kiepope

Kiara x Cleo : Freeblade / Cliara

Sarah x Pope : Brainprincess / Sarope

Sarah x Cleo : Princessblade / Clerah

Pope x Cleo : Brainblade / Cleope

Rafe x Barry : Trailerclub / Barrafe / Rarry

Rafe x Sofia : Missclub / Rafia

Barry x Sofia x Rafe : Misstrailerclub / Barrafia

[frameposting]

Coffee and Parasites (moar fanlore)

One of the worst insults to a Corpus is the term 'parasite.' While most others would think of something related to the Infestation, 'parasite' to a Corpus (particularly those of the more Granist persuasion) is treated worse than idleness.

Idleness is in itself the zero point. Giving back exactly what you put in without any Desire(tm) for more. But even a lowly Solaris works to get back into the black, a manifest Desire(tm) in itself.

In Corpus philosophical terms, Parasitism refers to both extreme idleness and the extremity of Desire(tm) reaching the point where one can only accumulate wealth to the extreme detriment of others, especially also those that possess Desire themselves.

The nature of Corpus society in the current Warframe era and its hierarchy means that the higher up in Corpus society one looks, the more the term gains social weight. Accusing someone of parasitism openly practically requires having the evidence to back it up and the willpower (Desire, perhaps?) to see it through.

Not that those near the proverbial ground floor usually have the resources to do so without a bit of outside help (eg Tenno) protecting them from retaliation. On the other hand, the complex nature of Corpus bureaucracy and the sharp concentrations of wealth near the top means that a Board Member cannot accuse another of Parasitism without essentially causing a system-wide economic meltdown.

And so the term 'parasite' is really only wielded in hushed whispers or the most encrypted of private messages...

also I watched a taste test of instant coffee brands and I can imagine Crewmen get issued about a 500mL of some kind of instant caffeination to wash down their nutribar rations. Every now and then a middle-to-higher class one will bring coffee or a similar beverage to a meeting try to feign humble beginnings for inspirational purposes. The highest rungs and especially those that try to claim Orokin heritage are definitely tea-drinkers though