#crewmates that are not superiors he will sometimes firstname in narration because it's not a respect thing its a distance thing
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i was gonna go on a huge tangent in the post i just rbbed but it ended up being way long so i'm doing it here instead. still going in tags tho
#DEEP BREATH. i purposefully insert formal language into my writing and dialogue bcause i think some of the languages they're speaking has it#however A: solan (common tongue) doesn't have any standard formality grammar in it and B: neither does english. in which i am writing#so i use the next best thing and use lastnaming vs firstnaming people#you lastname superiors as a show of respect. it would be obvious and rude not to#you FIRSTNAME peers not just as a lack of superiority but as comradery. to not do so is to imply distance in a way that is perceived is rud#and then like. superiors firstname underlings because to lastname them implies they're equal with them. so it's not a comradery thing but..#... a hierarchy thing. though the unfriendly implication of lastnaming an underling also exists??? it's really contextual just trust me dud#and if you couldn't guess and wanted to know julian breaks this rule because he is a bitch. julian almost always lastnames his crewmates#because he doesn't like them. but he DOESNT FIRSTname superiors because THAT would get him in trouble#lastnaming his crewmates is just kinda a dick move and an expression that he doesn't view them as worth his time#but firstnaming his superiors would imply not just that he thinks he's on their level but that he thinks he's their friend#which is. not the case. BUT ALSO because he's the narrator i can have a lil more fun with in in that#he almost always lastnames everyone in DIALOGUE. but in the narration... more variation#crewmates that are not superiors he will sometimes firstname in narration because it's not a respect thing its a distance thing#he can firstname them all he wants it's not breaking some taboo. he just lastnames them verbally to express I Don't Like You#characters that ARE superiors tho. no matter how much he doesn't like them they will always be referred to in narration by their last name#because its a hierarchy thing#(The exception is liliana eventually bcause theyre FRIENDS or something. but he calls her hart at first because. well she's the captain)#like he comes to hate singh's ass but he never calls him angus. that would be weird. bakome is never tcham that would be even weirder#not only for his superiority in the ship's hierarchy but because of his age. he's old enough to be julian's Elder and so even if he...#...wasnt the quartermaster he would still be referred to by pretty much everyone aboard INCLUDING SINGH. as bakome#julian is friendly with rivers for a time but he never calls him ruben. he has authority over julian that no amount of comradery#(at least no amount that julian is capable of) would negate#theres your daily dose of It Makes Sense To Me And I'm Just Hoping A Theoretical Reader Can Pick Up On It... thumbs up emoji
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