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This took me so long to finish and even longer to post.
The idea behind this is, what if Xiao used to use his wings to go around and never did the teleporting thing he does now? But since he lost his wings, and was newly serving Morax, he would have to learn to get around fast, right? What if he was initially bad at teleporting, and would land in random positions or fall from the sky?
Additional headcanon: What if the other yaksha, along with Morax, developed a habit of getting ready to catch him whenever any of them call for his name?
(Also yeah I kinda started drawing this before the 1.5 update so uh, bare torso.)
I think I like what I did with the colors! Been trying a lot of stuff since I really want to improve somehow… I also attempted a background but next time I should really plan it ahead along with the initial sketch, huh.
“Why don’t we simply ask him?” said Zhongli abruptly.
Guizhong took another few steps before she noticed that her walking companion had come to a halt behind her. When she shot a quizzical look over her shoulder, it was to find the Lord of Geo standing with his arms outstretched, squinting up into the sky. Gaze distant, he adjusted his hands slightly, back and forth, as if measuring something from memory with utmost precision.
A number of hilarious quips came to mind at the image, but before she could deliver a one, Zhongli gave a short nod, and uttered a single syllable: “Xiao.”
Immediately, there came a great rush of wind, and with it, a blur of green and violet speeding towards them.
Xiao twirled in midair as he neared, slowing his momentum. He came to graceful stop, suspended directly before his lord.
Then gravity caught up with him. A brief look of shock flashed across his face, as down he plummeted—falling neatly into Zhongli’s waiting grasp.
“You called?” he said weakly, curled up against Zhongli’s chest.
Zhongli gazed down at his armful in satisfaction, as if things had turned out exactly as he planned. “Indeed. We had a question for you…”
Imagine you’re writing a story that takes place in a world that has no God, or gods, or saints. What do you do with exclamations like “Oh gosh!” (derived from “Oh God”) or “Jeez!” (derived from “Jesus!”)? And - oh god - what do you do with curses and swear words? If your characters can’t say “Oh my god”, “hell no”, or “damn” because there are no gods to damn anyone to hell… what are your options?
Here is a list for inspiration
In general, non-religious curse and swear words refer to local cultural taboos.
Many languages swear by referring to cleanliness: dirty, sweaty, sticky, smelly etc. This includes things you do on the toilet.
Some languages, like Dutch, use diseases as curses and insults. For example, someone nasty/bothersome might be called a “cancer sufferer” in Dutch. These swear words are combinations of (derivates of) typhus, cholera, and cancer.
Societal hierarchy and family trees, mainly the inferior positions like a bastard (seen as inferior in the family tree) or a derogatory word that refers to lower class people (seen as inferior in that society).
On the other hand, you could insult a highly valued member of the other person’s family, like their mother, or of their society, like their Queen/Emperor.
Sexual taboos, often implying someone (or their mother) is more sexually active than society accepts of them.
Calling someone the word for someone’s genitalia refers to the same taboo.
How do you apply this to your language?
You could use explicit/taboo words as … :
… an intensifier: “It was a shit-hot day.”
… a negative adjective: “This is a shitty job.”
… an insulting noun: “This journey is shit.”
Or try to be creative and combine different taboos for a multi-hit offense. My favorite one is the Spanish “I shit in your mother’s milk”, which combines insulting the other person’s mother, the taboo of bodily functions, and the taboo of cleanliness.
During my research I came across this article, which contains a number of concrete examples from all over the world you can draw inspiration from.
And on a less offensive note, you could always make up your own equivalent of “Merlin’s beard!”, “Great Scott!”, or “For Pete’s sake!” (Pete, by the way, is a catholic reference: Pete is Saint Peter.)
I hope this was helpful. Don’t hesitate to ask me any questions, and happy writing!
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And if you come up with creative curses, feel free to add them in the comments :)
I would also suggest to take superstitions of the world/locale into account!
For instance, a sailor might swear by the tides, or like, [gasp] “sky’s breath, that’s a big cannon!” or “Well, a Storm upon ye then!”
Like, stuff referencing the common dangers inherent in their life would be the basis for negative swear replacements like damn and hell, while the things sailors cherish and revere like the stars to chart by and the winds to sail by and easy waters etc. would replace the positive religious swear like “jeezus,” “mother mary,” “my g-d,” etc.
“Die, villain!” (okay, so maybe I stole that from Shakespeare)
words devaluing someone, esp. their moral character–villain, coward, traitor, liar, cheat, thief, etc.
I’ve noticed it’s way easier to come up with words in straight-up high fantasy/sci-fi than worlds that are “like ours, but not quite.” Ron Weasley might say “Merlin’s balls!” Thor could say “Die, villain!” Luke Skywalker could call someone an “arrogant womp-rat.” But coming up with things for, say, Katniss Everdeen is much harder because they have to sound like things you could hear someone say in real life while at the same time getting away from the religious-based phrases we actually use in real life.
i’ve seen a lot of people in the notes say like “well i just enjoy it even though other people don’t like it,” but that’s not what i mean, i mean like when they flat out say that what i like is stupid.
i much prefer if they said “that’s not really my thing, but glad it makes you happy!” because what happens is this
then slowly like you start to think “maybe it is stupid” and it takes away all the fun of just enjoying something that makes you happy and it’s not a good feeling
I’m...I’m sorry, I just this minute realized that there are people out there who have no idea that Heinz Doofenshmirtz is the best fictional father out there. You guys don’t mind if I bombard your entire dashboard with proof right? Excellent.
BONUS: Doofenshmirtz around children he literally just met who wrecked his ‘inator’.
Literally I could go on and on with examples but my computer’s starting to crash from the amount of images.
The point is that Heinz Doofenshmirtz is the greatest fictional father out there and anyone who says otherwise was hit by a Lie-inator.
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