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

[aesc]

Probably this is 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 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.

Comments

[kimberweeme.livejournal.com]

(I'm assuming this is still open? Because it says open?)

How about John and Rodney. On Earth. A conversation in a grocery aisle.

Important considerations

[aesc.livejournal.com]

John rubs at his forehead, where a headache's developing, along with a hatred of the frozen-food aisle. He remembers vacations Stateside after the abstemious desert life, going to the store and seeing an oasis.

Now… He sees calories, HFCS and preservatives. John eyes Torren in his stroller to make sure he hasn't rolled off, and reminds Rodney about how Teyla will kill them if they come back with Tombstone.

"You're right… DiGiorno," Rodney agrees.

"I meant pizza in general," John sighs, and when Rodney opens his mouth to offer up a Torren-level tantrum, grabs his arm to hustle him over to the health food.

Re: Important considerations

[not-sally.livejournal.com]

YES.
Also, Rodney not obsessing over Torren's health? I could only accept this premise when regarding earth foods.

Re: Important considerations

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Heee, I think Rodney just wants pizza in the house (what? it's, like, three of the four food groups! All four, if you get the supreme with all the vegetables!), but Teyla... Teyla has put her foot down :D

Re: Important considerations

[kimberweeme.livejournal.com]

Haha. That's awesome. I can totally see Rodney debating the merits of various frozen pizza options and John getting tired of it all. (I've been shopping with my Grandma. Endless debating gets old after the first aisle.)

And how cute is it that they have Torren with them? Aww...

Re: Important considerations

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Yay, thank you! I imagine the pizza debate would be mostly one-sided, with John making increasingly impatient noises and then finally, as you say, getting tired :D :D

(And Teyla just wanted them all out of the house :D)