Legolas pretty quickly gets in the habit of venting about his travelling companions in Elvish, so long as Gandalf & Aragorn aren’t in earshot they’ll never know right?
Then about a week into their journey like
Legolas: *in Elvish, for approximately the 20th time* ugh fucking hobbits, so annoying
Frodo: *also in Elvish, deadpan* yeah we’re the worst
Legolas:
~*~earlier~*~
Legolas: ugh fucking hobbits
Merry: Frodo what’d he say
Frodo: I’m not sure he speaks a weird dialect but I think he’s insulting us. I should tell him I can understand Elvish
i mean, honestly it’s amazing the Elves had as many languages and dialects as they did, considering Galadriel (for example) is over seven thousand years old.
english would probably have changed less since Chaucer’s time, if a lot of our cultural leaders from the thirteenth century were still alive and running things.
they’ve had like. seven generations since the sun happened, max.
frodo’s books are old to him, but outside any very old poetry copied down exactly, the dialect represented in them isn’t likely to be older than the Second Age, wherein Aragorn’s foster-father Elrond started out as a very young adult and grew into himself, and Legolas’ father was born.
so like, three to six thousand years old, maybe, which is probably a drop in the bucket of Elvish history judging by all the ethnic differentiation that had time to develop before Ungoliant came along, even if we can’t really tell because there weren’t years to count, before the Trees were destroyed.
plus a lot of Bilbo’s materials were probably directly from Elrond, whose library dates largely from the Third Age, probably, because he didn’t establish Imladris until after the Last Alliance. and Elrond isn’t the type to intentionally help Bilbo learn the wrong dialect and sound sillier than can be helped, even if everyone was humoring him more than a little.
so Frodo might sound hilariously formal for conversational use (though considering how most Elves use Westron he’s probably safe there) and kind of old-fashioned, but he’s not in any danger of being incomprehensible, because elves live on such a ridiculous timescale.
to over-analyse this awesome and hilarious post even more, legolas’ grandfather
was from linguistically stubborn Doriath and their family is actually from a
somewhat different, higher-status ethnic background than their subjects.
so depending on how much of a role Thranduil took in his
upbringing (and Oropher in his), Legolas may have some weird stilted old-fashioned speaking tics in his
Sindarin that reflect a more purely Doriathrin dialect rather than the Doriathrin-influenced Western Sindarin that became the most widely spoken Sindarin long before he was born, or he might have a School Voice
from having been taught how to Speak Proper and then lapse into really
obscure colloquial Avari dialect when he’s being casual. or both!
considering legolas’ moderately complicated political position, i expect he can code-switch.
…it’s
also fairly likely considering the linguistic politics involved that Legolas is reasonably articulate in Sindarin, though
with some level of accent, but knows approximately zero Quenya outside of loanwords into Sindarin, and even those he mostly didn’t learn as a kid.
which would be extra hilarious when he and gimli fetch up in Valinor in his little homemade skiff, if the first elves he meets have never been to Middle Earth and they’re just standing there on the beach reduced to miming about what is the short beard person, and who are you, and why.
this is elvish dialects and tolkien, okay. there’s a lot of canon material! he actually initially developed the history of middle-earth specifically to ground the linguistic development of the various Elvish languages!
Legolas: Alas, verily would I have dispatched thine enemy posthaste, but y’all’d’ve pitched a feckin’ fit.
Gamora saving Nebula from torture is being so significantly overlooked. Nebula has been tortured by Thanos ever since she was a child, every time Gamora won in battle against her another body part was ripped and replaced. Nebula resented Gamora for that and pressed all her anger on her instead of the real issue, Thanos. Guardians vol 2 saw Nebula openly express the fact that she was basically angry because Gamora didn’t do anything to stop it from happening, to which Gamora later explains how she was a child too, who was willing to do anything to stay alive.
Infinity War saw Gamora do what Nebula had wanted her to do for years as they grew up together; stop Thanos from torturing her. That was the first time Gamora had presumably stood up for Nebula over Thanos and honestly that enhanced their sibling relationship entirely.
So if anyone wants to hate on Gamora for giving up the location of the soul stone just so she could save the life of Nebula you can fight me, because that was some of the finest relationship development I’ve ever seen. I think this will result in a very determined Nebula in the next movie and I for one, can’t wait.
In the spirit of those “Paint Water/Not Paint Water” mugs (for artists who keep accidentally dipping their brush in their Not Paint Water mugs), what if Tony had a set that read “Tony’s” and “Also Tony’s” for his coffee, because all of the coffee is his coffee, but Steve often steals one or the other anyway. That Tony lets him is a testament to how much he cares about Steve. It’s definitely not because it makes it look like Steve is his and that makes his heart go doki doki
The mugs start as a joke, because Tony keeps accusing Clint of using his favorite coffee mug and Clint keeps insisting that they can’t all be Tony’s favorite and maybe if he likes that one so much he should write his name on it. The next morning when they wander into the kitchen, there’s a new cherry-red mug on the kitchen counter that says “Tony’s” in the same stylized font as the Stark Industries logo.
Clint immediately reaches for it but Natasha just sighs and shoves him toward the cabinets. And that’s how they learn that there are thirty other coffee mugs in the kitchen and every one of them says “Also Tony’s” in various colors and fonts.
Natasha, Bruce and Thor don’t drink coffee so they just grin at Clint’s frustrated growl and go on with their day. Steve helps himself to one of the “Also” mugs and sets about making a strong pot of French Roast so Tony will be appeased when he comes in.
Clint finds a soup bowl with a handle on it at the back of one of the cabinets and determinedly pours himself half a pot of coffee.
When Tony comes down for breakfast a few minutes later (drawn by the aroma of coffee just the way he likes it, sizzling bacon and Steve’s omelettes) he pauses for a moment in the doorway and just watches Steve through hooded lids.
Steve swallows a mouthful of coffee. “Tony?” he asks. He’s holding a blue mug. It says “Also Tony’s” on it in white lettering. “I hope you don’t mind me using your mug,” he says with a grin, because Clint is still sulking and determinedly sipping coffee out of his soup bowl.
Something hot and possessive stirs in Tony’s stomach and he can see Steve’s eyes flare with something similar.
“No,” Tony says slowly. “No, I think that one suits you perfectly.”
I don’t remember writing this at all? Is this a weird Tumblr glitch? Where did this post come from and where has it been?
it is definitely not a glitch and I’m glad past-you wrote this ficlet because
This was so cute I drew a little picture!
Ahhhhh! He’s adorable! @jarvisuanddumetoo the mug looks exactly how I pictured it, this is awesome!
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Up until Feb 2018, Fandom Grandma Dee was active in the Spirk and Star Trek communities. She was over 70 years old and was still active in fandom and shipping, and was around for so long that she was able to befriend most of the cast and crew of Star Trek, having been a fan since it came out in the sixties.
She sadly passed away this year, but she shines as one of the greatest examples of just… being able to find joy in fandom for as long as you live. She was also active in LGBTQ+ rights and raised and supported a happy and proud gay son. She was a Blessing and a Gift.
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