#yet that kind of phrasing he believes in an instant bc he's in such a state of fear you can see it in his eyes in his movements

[gregoftom]

mannnn who up tearing up over the sticker scene

[redeemed-wren]

Me, happily minding my own business

My communications student brain: hey. Hey you should write out an essay on what the communication would be like on the Starblaster.

Me: no I’m already spending far too much time thinking about this podcast I don’t need -

My brain: It’s productive it’s exploring language and stuff. This is what you’re studying at Uni.

Me: Uuuuugh fine.

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Everyone who’s ever had a group of friends knows that you gather inside jokes and random phrases that mean completely different things than original. You rub off on each other and start using the same turns of phrase and words. You reference things that happened ages ago constantly.

Now, extrapolate that over 100 years and seven people who, apart from each other, don’t know anyone for more than a year. Throw in the cultures and language of so many places they visit and you’ve got a mess of language.

The animal plane was the first place they visited, and thus the first language they really learned. Since Magnus was seen talking to the bear in flashbacks, we can assume that they all had at least a basic understanding of how to speak the language. As it was the first time they really learned a new language, I can imagine them beginning to throw words into everyday conversation, or even using it as a way to talk without being listened to once they left the animal world.

I also think that they would eventually change certain words and phrases so much that the original speaker of that language would barely be able to understand them. They’ve abused and adapted this language so much that while the seven of them can understand it no one else would be able to.

And I think this happened many, many times. They picked up words and phrases from the places they were living in. (I fully believe ‘yeet’ is one such word. Davenport hates it and they never let it die when he accidentally said it once) Slowly, these words and phrases were merged into a strange mishmash of language that no one apart from the seven who unconsciously developed this way of speaking could understand.  

They also taught each other their own native languages. Taako and Lup probably spoke more elvish than anything else, and people kinda picked it up through osmosis and hearing the twins talk. (Taako mentions he knows Dwarvish in I think Here be Gerblins, that’s 100% bc Merle taught him, tho he didn’t remember at the time).

They also have their own inside jokes and comments. “Merle’s a god” becomes a joke that they forgot the origin of because it began so early on (it was cos of the fungus plane. Merle is 100% a deity of some kind to those people fight me). After the beach, Magnus only needs to say his name in a certain tone of voice and everyone knows to be alert and watch for danger. (Some king dude: Who’re you?” Magnus: My name is Magnus. Everyone: *danger? Ambush? Be ready!*) If Davenport whistles in a certain way everyone knows they have to get back to the ship A.S.A.P. No one remembers when they started doing that or why, but they all know what it means. “Fisher must have eaten it” is a normal comment for when someone has forgotten something. “We promised each other” which became “we promised” became a reminder to not cross lines while trying to save the world. “But did you die?” became the instant response if someone was complaining about something too much (if they actually had died they were allowed to keep complaining, if not they were open to ridicule. They stopped that particular turn of phrase after the Judges cycle)

And it’s not just speaking. They pick up sign language from some of the planes they visit, and the normal conversations you see in the Starblaster are a mixture of signs, grunts, elvish, dwarvish, gnomish, common and all kinds of other words and phrases.

They also know each other so well they often don’t have to talk. Barry and Magnus can take in a situation, exchange a glance and attack in perfect synchronisation because they know what the other will do. Magnus and/or one or both of the twins will get a Look™ and Davenport will Fear™. Lucretia will sigh unconsciously in a certain way and Lup or Taako will instantly be making her a hot chocolate. (Magnus tried once. Don’t let him in the kitchen. He went to find the twins every time after that).

Lucretia was the first to notice that the language they were speaking - if it could be called language - was very different from the language from their homeworld. She tried to document it, to sit down and make a dictionary, but it was impossible. It wasn’t a language one can learn, you had to grow up with it, experience all the moments, understand the subtleties of tone of voice or facial expression.

Even after they forgot, they didn’t fully forget the language. Because Lucretia couldn’t document it, she also couldn’t make them forget completely. They knew languages, like Taako’s dwarvish, that they didn’t fully remember learning, they made jokes that no one found funny.

And then when they met each other again for the first time, they seemed to slip back into it, almost without noticing. Not fully, of course. But Taako would make a joke no one had laughed at before and the other two would crack up without knowing why. Merle once accidentally hit the exact note of Davenport’s ‘evacuate’ whistle and all three of them felt a sudden, strange, unexplainable need to run somewhere. They all felt instantly that they could trust Barry when they first met him. Magnus could understand what the other two were going to do with just a look and adjusted his plans because of it. (It was part of why Arms Outstretched worked so well. Taako and Merle knew instantly that Magnus wasn’t in his body - they knew his every expression, though they had forgotten why. Merle knew instantly what Taako was doing when he dropped. They didn’t need to discuss - they had a century of forgotten friendship to build upon.)

Lucretia noticed it as well and often had to fight back her tears. The ease they had with each other, they understood each other far too well for people who had met not long before. The random comments and finished inside jokes that didn’t make sense, even to them.

Taako brought her a hot chocolate once. Glancing up at him from her papers, she asked: “What’s this for?”

“You looked like you needed it,” he said with a shrug.

She had to fight back her tears until he left the room as she suddenly realized she had sighed just the way she used to. (it was the best hot chocolate she had had in the last ten years. And yet somehow the worst. Bittersweet, because she had her family back, but the cost of what she had done weighed heavily on her.)

I just... I have a lot of thoughts about how the Starblaster crew would have communicated. Because it just doesn’t make sense that they would keep speaking the same way they had on their homeworld. Language develops and changes so much over time, and friend groups develop inside jokes like crazy. And after a hundred years of having only six people you ever know for more than a year, a new way of communicating is going to develop.

[rogueoue]

themardbard replied to your post “ffh was really like that ……. ”

pls tell me I'm interested!!!!

@themardbard i assume spoilers are ok? but i'll try to be vague in case they aren't.  spoilers below the cut

the good: peter and mj were really cute, mysterio, ned, flash, and peter behaving as peter parker. 

the bad: it heavily revolves around tony stark (who i'm not a fan of), the main conflict is derived once more from things that tony himself caused (somehow from beyond the grave this time!), it's weird bc the storyline seems to paint tony as the bad guy (for instance tony apparently stole the BARF technology then fired the man who created it) yet we’re constantly told from the other characters that tony was a good guy? and that peter basically needs to become the next tony stark, there’s several moments in the film where nick fury berates peter for things that weren’t really his fault (bigger spoiler here: tony leaves peter a pair of high tech sunglasses with an ai and peter accidentally almost kills a classmate who he refers to as a target. fury immediately throws this back into peter’s face, despite the fact that tony should never have given peter technology with the power to kill. i had a similar issue with this in homecoming and though the instant kill was like a funny moment it’s also unsettling that that’s an option for a sixteen year old kid who is supposed to have a big issue with killing people), (probably BIG spoilers from here on) which brings me to the next point in which it felt like spider-man wasn’t acting very much like spider-man (i could be wrong about this, i’ve only seen the andrew garfield and tom holland movies and havent really read the comics) but the writers seem to have complete forgotten that peter doesn’t kill! peter doesn’t want to kill, even on accident! ik he technically killed that one alien in infinity war and they didnt really give any attention to that but i figured it was because the movie had too much going on. (BIG ENDINGISH SPOILERS HERE) there’s a moment where the main villian is hurt near the end and instead of even attempting to help him like he did for liz’s dad in homecoming he just kind of ignores that fact (i might be being picky here but who knows), there’s another moment where nick fury puts peter’s entire class into danger just so peter will fight as spider-man for him and instead of telling fury to send his teammates away so that they’ll be safe while peter fights bc at this point he knows he will have to no matter what he just seems to be more concerned with having his vacation (which was fair when they first spoke! bc peter really believed he might get his vacation, but at this point it’s clear he has no choice), also men in positions of power blackmailing peter into helping them is just bad especially bc peter never outwardly recognizes that they’ve done so (he still sees stark as a hero despite the fact that he blackmailed peter when he was 14 into going and fighting in germany and never once got angry about that!)

the two aftercredits scenes are both very bad too, the first bc i can’t imagine there being a new marvel movie set in new york that can get around addressing it, which means the next marvel movie set in the present not in space will likely have to be another spider-man movie. i didn’t like it for other reasons too but it’s very short and i dont want to spoil it in case you do mind

the second explains fury’s disastrous behavior but it’s more confusing than satisfying

there was probably more too, but this was just the surface level sort of stuff

edit: (small spoiler) there’s also this weird plot where a classmate tries to frame peter as an escort with older female clients (probably a better way of phrasing this but it was just uncomfortable to watch)

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Under read more due to size!

- How do they fall asleep? Wake up? Any daily rituals? Most times they end up falling asleep with each other and waking up with Rayquelle in Eron’s hold due to the nightmares she has she seeks the comfort and warmth! DAILY RITUALS UH YEAH they try to go out at least once a day and have a ‘date’ and stargaze. It’s a way for them to relax, be in each others presence but not have to worry about others.

- How’s their team work? Do they share well? Ray is a very independent woman but since joining the resistance she has had to partake inmore team activities. Eron understands her Hesitance and works with it or around it so they can get their task done without making her uncomfortable. 

- Are they open about their relationship? How do they feel about public displays of affection? Ok so this is a big thing. In the beginning stages of their relationship no one knows hell not even they really do. Eron needs alot of trust because of the walls around him and the second layer around his heart and Ray respects that. He tore hers down before she go into his so thats something she has to accept. They don’t really come out about their relationship I think ever it just kind of becomes natural and people start to see the looks in their eyes when they look at each other. Public display of affection follows the same rules and I actually think Eron is the first to break that (I answered an ask like this) Where he would have to make the conscious decision to partake in PDA.

- First impression of each other? Was it love at first sight? NO IT WAS NOT! So when they first met they payed no mind to each other however, they don’t really count it because it wasn’t anything big it was her introduction to the resistance when she was found. The real start for them was when he found her stargazing in a spot he thought no one knew about. Eron was probably unfazed at her but Ray was curious. He looked scary, not gonna lie maybe mean? But biggest of all. he looked almost... like he’d seen so much and it hurt him and she wanted to alleviate that because she too had that for herself.

- Nicknames? Pet names? Any in-jokes? Ray for Eron: Love,Babe, Baby, Eldin, Honey, Dear, and her favorite My Stars Eron for Ray: Love, Babe, Baby,  (I’m sure more but YOU WONT GIVE ME MORE ALKDJ:LK)

- Any tasks that are always left to one person? Cooking is Ray’s thing she will fight for that!

- What annoys them the most about their partner? Would they change it if they could? N O T H I N G! Both Ray and Eron treasure the other faults and all the only changes they want are to themselves. ( Ray also hates sometimes how he’s so tall she has to ask him to bend down for kisses sometimes)

- What do the like best about their partner? WOW uhm Ray loves everything but his heart is the best. He has been through so much seen so much yet still trusts her like he does and loves her like he does and that warms her to the core of her being. She wouldn’t trade it for the world.Now for Eron I don’t know if it’s what he likes best but i feel like it’s along the lines of a similar thing. She’s been a child of abuse and was flat out kidnapped yet still gives him so much even on her worst days. She always shows him hes loved and cared for and makes it known she treasures him above all else.

- Do they discuss big issues? Religion? Marriage? Children? Death? Yes they do. They’ve discussed marriage and children especially. They both would like them and also don’t want them.

- Who drives? Cooks? Does the handiwork? Cleans? Pays the bills? Handles the public? Drives; either Cooks; Ray Handiwork; either but usually Eron Clean; Both Pays the bills; Both handles the public; either

- Do they celebrate holidays? Anniversaries? RAY IS A FIRM BELIEVER IN HOLIDAYS YOU BET YOUR ASS ERON GETS SPOILED ON BIRTHDAYS WITH BOTH SEX AND FOOD AND PRESENS AND ON THEIR ANNIVERSARY OMG SHE GOES MAD WITH IT. She believes everyday you should celebrate your partner on days like those shes got the right to be everywhere with it

- Is there a wedding? What was the proposal like? Any kind of honeymoon? S o weddings. Ray wants to marry Eron thats a fact. Will the get married? Thats a hard question because i feel like in the canon verse they never feel really a NEED too. They dont need a ring to tell them that they love each other. But in any AU with them as a ship or in a verse where they do get married. They don’’t want anything big only those important to them  their marriage is for them not their friends and family. Its about them giving themselves to each other. The proposal would be cute and heartfelt and could be as simple as Eron kissing her neck and just “I want to marry you...” or her after a night of him grounding her form a nightmare she just “I want you and me forever... let’s get married Eron”  The honeymoon? They dont need fancy yet again just each other. Take it as an excuse to give it all into each other with no interruptions

- What do they do for fun? Do they have a favorite activity or do they like to switch things up? THey both stargaze, Love shooting blaster, she loves just domestic cuddling , and they always when able eat together

- Anything they both dread? Becoming those they hate and losing those they love honestly those are the biggest. Ray’s TRUEST fear is Embrent will return and kill eron and force her back under his thumb

- How adventurous are they? Eron more so than Rayquelle haha I could see him guiding her around her hand in his as they explore things though

- Do they keep secrets? Lie? Cheat? Rayquelles poker face is absolute shit. 

- What would make them break up? Would it be permanent? UHM HONESTLY THE FEARS BECOMING TOO MUCH AND EVEN THEN THEY’RE BOTH LOYAL AF SO IDK IFIT WOULD RESULT IN A BREAK UP

- What are their dates like? How long do/did they date? Do they ever feel the need to take a break from each other? The dates they have are usually very mellow and no stress consisting of mainly stargazing or holovids and cuddling.

- What do they fight about? What are their arguments like? How do they make up? Arguments are almost none existent minor little battles of wit do happen but for the most part full arguments don’t! BUT on the occasion they do they get alittle emotional. Make up consists of lots of just quality time. maybe some sex who knows.

- What does their home look like? Their room? Their home thanks to Ray is clean and tidy with a set spot for everything! The same applies for their room.Their things are in no set sides of room for the most part its where ever it works

- Do they share any interests or hobbies? GUNS, KNIVES, STARGAZING, BEING PARENTS TO JAEDEN AND EVELLYN HAHA

- Does their work ever interfere with the relationship? Not in a serious method. It does spark some fear in both parties and there are nights where they get genuinely upset the other isn't there and have a horrible time sleeping. Unable to get a lick.

- How do they hug? Kiss? Tease? Flirt? Comfort? listen they just soft bbs

- Any doubts about the relationship? Both have doubts because of their history but never about each other. The doubts stem of “They will leave me like everyone else” in Eron’s head and Ray is scared she will lose him like she lost her parents. The minute comfort finds her Embrent returns and kills Eron in front of her. But in Eron himself? She knows he loves her undoubtedly and that he will always. Now she can only hope he knows she feels the same. 

- How much time do they spend together? Do they share their feelings, or hold things in?

- How do their friends feel about their relationship? Their families? Leia and Luke I imagine love that they’re so good for each other. Family on Ray’s front wel uhm.... like i said leia approves haha. Everyone in the base loves it because it softened Eron and brought Ray out more and shes more sociable.

- Do they have kids? Grow old together? Split up? Well N love we both are kill happy for them in TROS SOOOOOO but i do want to write them being parents be it au or whatever UPDATE THEY HAVE A SON AND A DAUGHTER JAEDEN AND EVELLYN

- What are their vacations like? Together literally thats the thing. A vacation for them could be their bedroom. As long as they’re together

- How do the handle disasters or emergencies? Minor injuries? Sickness? RAY INSTANT PANIC ON EMERGENCIES! They are both nurses when the other is sick haha

- Could they manage a long distance relationship? IT WOULD WRECK THEM they probs could but like alot of them is physical interaction and with her nightmares it would wreck eron watching that with nothing he could do to help. Ray loves to hug and cuddle him to tell him she LOVES him and not doing that and watching him have a rough patch? nope wrecked

- Do they finish each other’s sentences? Pick up any phrases or habits from each other? Know when the other is hiding something? They know when the other is hiding something eron especially but ray has gotten good at noticing for him. Another thing is with finishing sentences. Eron could probably but he doesnt engage in it much but shell do it whenever she can!

- Do they ever get into trouble? Is it serious, or are they just mischievous? They dont get into trouble really

- What kind of presents do they get each other? Do they only do it on special occasions? Ray gives presents when she feel like it tbh. They range from hobby based to food and anything in between. If she thinks of eron when she sees it its gift material.

- Do they have any pets? Eron best get his woman her own BB unit

- Do they bring out the best in each other, or the worst? Do they have a fatal flaw? he brings out in ray allowing her to open up and she the best in him because they are actually

- What’s their greatest strength as a couple? Their weakness? The weakness is how much they self doubt themselves. they rely so heavily on each other that it may be SEVERELY detrimental if one dies

- How much would they be willing to sacrifice for the other? Any lines they refuse to cross? they would kill and die for another

- What are they like in the bedroom? Any kinks/fetishes/turn-ons? Anything they won’t do? They both have a think for oral so there’s a fair bit of it haha. Ray has an immense thing for praise in the bedroom so often when they have sex its very personal and intimate full of declarations of love and eron calling her a good girl ;) they can get kinky but like thats a whole other think im sure

- Who initiated the relationship? Who kissed who first?  When did they realize they were in love? Uhm ray accidently confessed so she started it, Eron probably kissed her first one of the they just stared at lips until someone took that plunge

- Any special memories? Do they have a special place they like to go to? Ray wants to take him to what she was told was her home so she can find out more about her childhood. Other than that none that i can think of in terms of places. OH! Their stargazing spot!!! Special memories though their first time kissing, with each other intimately, ALSO A memory eron will never forget is walking in on his lady cooing to their daughter promissing her so much in life.

- Are they party-goers? What are they like when they’re drunk? Does it happen often? They aren’t big party goers but they still enjoy a good drink with friends. Ray is HYPERSEXUAL when drunk and kind of a hyperactive person

- Do they let each other get away with things that would normally bother them? HAHAHAHnope they will not hesitate to call shit out

- Do they talk often? yes!

- Are the comfortable with each other? Anything they have to have their privacy for? They trust each other with their life and most things are open but there may be nights where they need the privacy on emotions and just need to be in their mind for a bit. the other always respects it.

- Any special dreams or goals they have as a couple? Any heartbreaks? Regrets? heartbreaks and regrets are still up in the air with them they still have time to grow but dreams? well ray wants to have a family. which they later get.