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aesc ([personal profile] aesc) wrote2009-03-01 12:01 pm

made-up languages; Sunday Drabbleventures, NOW WITH HARDCORE DRABBLEOSITY!

Probably this is [livejournal.com profile] insight2's fault, but while I was brushing my teeth last night it occurred to me that it would be interesting (one word for it) to develop an angelic language, now that Skanr has been my practice run for language construction. What I've been thinking of is a language that is Romance-like in the sense that angels use different forms of the copulative (to be) for the created world and the divine, to express the distinction they'd probably make between essence versus state. Or would they just see the entire world as a collection of things in a state of being or becoming or changing? And how would the near-infinite think about the bounded and contained, anyway? *ponders these things*

In similar SPN news, I wrote one more drabble, In terra aliena (In a Strange Land) for the [livejournal.com profile] deancastiel drabble challenge.


SUNDAY DRABBLEVENTURES

By executive order, I have decided that on a semiregular basis (maybe every other Sunday, or however often I feel like it), I will contribute to weekend sloth and work avoidance by writing drabbles on request. When requests are open, I will note which fandoms I'm writing in; all you need to do is name your fandom, character/pairing, and prompt, and I will write 100 words of something. This post will be the prompt and response post, for purposes of consolidation.

.drabble prompts: Leave me a fandom/character/pairing and a prompt (SGA, SPN, Bones, and I guess I will take Merlin*) and I will see what I can do.

4.26 DRABBLEVENTURES NOW OPEN

In unrelated news, Iron & Wine's The Shepherd's Dog is completely awesome and I have been listening to it obsessively.

* = I like Morgana a lot and wish something heavy would land on Uther. And I like how Arthur is kind of a jerk, but basically a decent guy. Also, I am deeply amused and, dare I say it, somewhat gratified, by the fact that the incantation languages involve Old English. A lot of this is because the Anglo-Saxons really did not like teh magics.


*le sigh* Sunday is over, alas! Drabbles closed for now.

The guy you need for all your time-traveling needs

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2009-03-02 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
The kid ignores the devil's trap, he's puzzled by salt, doesn't mind iron. What freaks him out is polyester ("A wondrous fabric!") and learning it's 2009. He keeps insisting he's not a demon: he's Merlin, from Camelot.

"Is this Monty Python?" Dean hisses to Sam. The kid seems sincere, but… jesus, yellow eyes, and he had crazy mind-powers too.

"I need to figure out how to reverse Odin's spell," Merlin says. "He somehow sent me forward in time."

"Time traveling?" Dean sits up. Whether it's sending someone back in time or sending someone back to Hell… "I know a guy."

Re: The guy you need for all your time-traveling needs

[identity profile] not-sally.livejournal.com 2009-03-02 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
You know I love you, but for this? I feel there aren't enough words. I love you like... like a friend loves a friend, like how Dean loves Sam, like how Castiel loves Dean, like how the Slash Dragon loves talking about coins.
You're awesome.

Re: The guy you need for all your time-traveling needs

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2009-03-02 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
Eeeee, thank you!!! ♥♥♥

And I'm kind of Thinking about this now :D (Although [livejournal.com profile] stillane apparently has an SPN/Merlin thing she's working on! I have decided to pester her about it.)

Re: The guy you need for all your time-traveling needs

[identity profile] sandrainthesun.livejournal.com 2009-03-02 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
I can so imagine that. This is too precious. And then bringing Castiel into the mix. *g*

Thanks!

Re: The guy you need for all your time-traveling needs

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2009-03-02 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much!

Yes, I think the next step is to persuade Castiel to cooperate in something that is technically outside his purview :D

Re: The guy you need for all your time-traveling needs

[identity profile] debris_k.livejournal.com 2009-03-02 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Whether it's sending someone back in time or sending someone back to Hell… "I know a guy."

Dude. I'vw just learnws you're into SPN Castiel(/Dean) *and* Merlin as well, in the best way ever. Excuse me while I stalk the heck out of you. ♥

Re: The guy you need for all your time-traveling needs

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2009-03-03 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Heee, excused :D

Re: The guy you need for all your time-traveling needs

[identity profile] lavvyan.livejournal.com 2009-03-11 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
HEEEEEE! :D

Re: The guy you need for all your time-traveling needs

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2009-03-11 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Merlin hanging out with Dean and Sam Winchester would, inevitably, end in a cataclysmic disaster :D :D Especially once Castiel and Arthur enter the mix, as they must.

Re: The guy you need for all your time-traveling needs

[identity profile] lavvyan.livejournal.com 2009-03-11 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh dear god. Dean Winchester and Arthur Pendragon walk into a bar... *g*

Re: The guy you need for all your time-traveling needs

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2009-03-11 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! That cannot end well. Meanwhile, Sam and Merlin have a drink and commiserate over having to put up with jerks/prats/arses :D

I am intrigued by this idea.

Re: The guy you need for all your time-traveling needs

[identity profile] lavvyan.livejournal.com 2009-03-11 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
They can also give each other hints about the hiding of and dealing with magic. And Castiel probably wonders how seeing who'll have more phone numbers by the end of the night would be any kind of true competition. :D

Write iiiiit! *pokes*

Re: The guy you need for all your time-traveling needs

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2009-03-11 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Castiel probably wonders how seeing who'll have more phone numbers by the end of the night would be any kind of true competition. :D

*falls over!* I bet Dean faces some stiff competition... American girls are suckers for that accent, and even an American movie producer is in for a fight against a hot exchange student from Great Britain :D

Heee, I have put it in the notebook!

Re: The guy you need for all your time-traveling needs

[identity profile] lavvyan.livejournal.com 2009-03-11 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Plus Arthur has that casual arrogance that can be really attractive. On the other hand, Merlin has that open sweetness that might score him the most numbers without even competing. *g*

\o/

Re: The guy you need for all your time-traveling needs

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2009-03-11 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Merlin and Castiel would probably clean up in the phone number department, and then they get invited to go bar-hopping with a group of extremely attractive co-eds.

And then Dean's head would explode.

Re: The guy you need for all your time-traveling needs

[identity profile] lavvyan.livejournal.com 2009-03-11 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
And then Dean's head would explode.

AHAHAHAHA probably! :D