Came for the Fandom nonsense, stayed for indepth lore discussion

[homunculus-argument]

you: Oh no I can't write this, my writing is too generic and derivative, it's all just a copy of a copy of a copy with nothing original or unique to it. I suck and I have no original touch. also you: Oh no I can't write this, my writing is too self-indulgent and tailored to only please my own specific preferences and interests. It's too weird and perverse and nobody else writes weird shit like this. I suck and I must be more normal.

[keldabeboy]

tiingilar... save me...

tiingilar

save me tiingilar

[24x81]

morning hot coffee and afternoon iced coffee are two separate entities. morning hot coffee is your state sanctioned substance abuse to get low level drugs in your body. afternoon iced coffee is a sweet treat that has no impact on your physical body but will boost morale. you can have 8 thousand iced coffees and it will never negatively effect you

[ardent-crow]

By popular request, my translation of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by The Charlie Daniels Band into mando'a:

It doesn't quite translate directly, but what I've got so far works out to

Hod Haran ru'slana Kalevala

Hod Haran went [to] Kalevala

*rest of translation below cut*

Kaysh ru’sur’eyi runi

Kaysh was searching/looking [for] [a] soul

Ru’liniba berir entye

[Kaysh] needed [to] pay [a] debt

Bal kaysh ru’copanni gotal’ur koor

And kaysh wanted to make [a] deal

Sha ca’nara ru’mar’eyi evaar’la verd

When [kaysh] found [a] young warrior

Woorir bes’bev bal gotal’ur bes’laar

Blowing [a] bes'bev (Mandalorian wind instrument) and playing music

Bal Hod Haran ru’lami bat veshok, ru’sirbu

And Hod Haran jumped [up] on [a] veshok (native tree), said

“Ad, ni rejorhaa’i meg, gar nakar’mi a ni geroyi bes’bev balyc

Child, I tell [you] what, you don't know [it] but I play [the] bes'bev too

“Bal meh gar kotep, mhi ven gotal’u koor

And if you [are] brave, we will/can make [a] deal

“Gar geroyir jatne bes’bev a ke’beri Hod Haran kaysh entye

You play [a] good bes'bev but pay Hod Haran kaysh debt

“Ni nariti beskar bes’bev aru gar runi

I put [this] beskar bes'bev against your soul

“Jorcu ni mirdi ni jatnese be jatnese.”

Because I think I [am the] best of the best <--- to know, kar'taylir might be better here

Te ad ru’sirbu, “Ner gai Jaig, bal ni ret jare’la,

The child said, "My name [is] Jaig, and I might [be] reckless

“A ni hiibi gar koor, gar ven nebrali jorcu ni jatnese be an.”

But I take your deal, you will lose because I [am the] best of all.

Jaig, ke’tsikad gar bes’bev bal ke’geroyi kandosii’la

Jaig, get ready your bes'bev and play stunning/amazing

Jorcu haran viniir mav o’r Kalevala bal Hod Haran taylir gar entye

Because hell runs free in Kalevala and Hod Haran holds your debt

Bal meh gar ven parji gar ven gana ibic beskar bes’bev

And if you win you will have this beskar bes'bev

A meh gar ven nebrali, Hod Haran ven gana gar runi

But if you lose, Hod Haran will have your soul

Hod Haran r’akio kaysh bes’vev bal ru’surbu, “Ni go’nari ibic geroya.”

Hod Haran summoned kaysh bes'bev and said, "I [will] start this game"

Bal tracyn ru’seni teh kaysh cere bid kaysh ru’tsikado kaysh bes’bev

And fire flew from kaysh fingers as kaysh readied kaysh bes'bev

Bal kaysh ru’woori lo kaysh bes’bev bal bic ru’jai

And kaysh blew into kaysh bes'bev and it screamed

Bal traat’aliit be echoy’la runise ru’maanari bal bic kaabla’shya sa ibic:

And [a] squad of lost souls commenced and it sounds [something] like this:

[bes’bev be’sol]

[bes'bev priotity] <-- close as I could get to instrumental/bes'bev solo

Sha ca’nara Hod Haran gotalyc kaysh laar, Jaig ru’sirbu “Gar ori’jate ruug’la verd,

When Hod Haran finished kaysh song, Jaig said "You [are] very good old warrior/soldier,

“A ke’shebe staabi ogir bal ni ven tengaana gar te yust.

But sit right there and I will show you the way.

“Tracyn bat cerar, ke’viini ade, ke’viini

Fire on [the] mountain, run children, run

“Hod Haran lo te Yaim be Vaar’tuur Tran

Hod Haran [is] in the House of [the] Morning Sun

“Sen’cya lo shun chakur ba’viin

Domestic bird in the bread stealing pieces

“Tion’de gar strill edeemir Ba’buir?

To what degree/does your striil bite grandparent?

“Nayc, adika, nayc.”

No, child (affectionate), no.

[bes’bev be’sol]

Hod Haran ru’ceta jorca kaysh ru’kar’tayli kaysh ru’nebrali

Hod Haran kneeled because kaysh knew [that] kaysh [had] lost

Bal kaysh ru’natiri ibac beskar bes’bev bat vheh sha b’Jaig taabe.

And kaysh placed that beskar bes'bev on [the] dirt at Jaig's feet.

Jaig ru’sirbu, “Hod Haran, gar olarom meh gar vurel ven kebbu tug’yc.

Jaig said, "Hod Haran, you [are] welcome if you ever will try again.

“Ni ru’rejorhaa’i sol’yc shabuir, ni jatnese be an.”

I told [you] once motherfucker/bastard (jerk but ruder), I [am the] best of all.

Bal Jaig ru’geroyi, “Tracyn bat cerar, ke’viini ade, ke’viini

And jaig played, "Fire on [the] mountain, run children, run

“Hod Haran lo te Yaim be Vaar’tuur Tran

Hod Haran [is] in the House of [the] Morning Sun

“Sen’cya lo shun chakur ba’viin

Domestic bird in the bread stealing pieces

“Tion’de gar strill edeemir Ba’buir?

To what degree/does your striil bite grandparent?

“Nayc, adika, nayc.”

No, child (affectionate), no.

[bes’bev be’sol]

[kyr]

[end/fin.]

[potatogirlfan1]

It's my 1 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

[agentromanoffsir]

neocities guide - why you should build your own html website

do you miss the charm of the 90s/00s web where sites had actual personality instead of the same minimalistic theme? are you feeling drained by social media and the constant corporate monopoly of your data and time? do you want to be excited about the internet again? try neocities!!

what is neocities?

neocities is a free hosting website that lets you build your own html website from scratch, with total creative control. in their own words: "we are tired of living in an online world where people are isolated from each other on boring, generic social networks that don't let us truly express ourselves. it's time we took back our personalities from these sterilized, lifeless, monetized, data mined, monitored addiction machines and let our creativity flourish again."

why should I make my own website?

web3 has been overtaken by capitalism & conformity. websites that once were meant to be fun online social spaces now exist solely to steal your data and sell you things. it sucks!! building a personal site is a great way to express yourself and take control of your online experience.

what would I even put on a website?

the best part about making your own site is that you can do literally whatever the hell you want! focus on a specific subject or make it a wild collection of all your interests. share your art! make a shrine for one of your interests! post a picture of every bird you see when you step outside! make a collection of your favorite blinkies! the world is your oyster !! here are some cool example sites to inspire you: recently updated neocities sites | it can be fun to just look through these and browse people's content! space bar | local interstellar dive bar creature feature | halloween & monsters big gulp supreme peanutbuttaz | personal site dragodiluna linwood | personal site patho grove | personal site

getting started: neocities/html guide

sound interesting? here are some guides to help you get started, especially if you aren't familiar with html/css sadgrl.online webmastery | a fantastic resource for getting started with html & web revival. also has a layout builder that you can use to start with in case starting from scratch is too intimidating web design in 4 minutes | good for learning coding basics w3schools | html tutorials templaterr | demo & html for basic web elements eggramen test pages | css page templates to get started with sadgrl background tiles | bg tiles rivendell background tiles | more free bg tiles

fun stuff to add to your site

want your site to be cool? here's some fun stuff that i've found blinkies-cafe | fantastic blinkie maker! (run by @transbro & @graphics-cafe) gificities | internet archive of 90s/00s web gifs internet bumper stickers | web bumper stickers momg | gif gallery 99 gif shop | 3d gifs 123 guestbook | add a guestbook for people to leave messages cbox | add a live chat box moon phases | track the phases of the moon gifypet | a little clickable page pet adopt a shroom | mushroom page pet tamaNOTchi | virtual pet crossword puzzle | daily crossword imood | track your mood neko | cute cat that chases your mouse pollcode | custom poll maker website hit counter | track how many visitors you have

web revival manifestos & communities

also, there's actually a pretty cool community of people out there who want to bring joy back to the web! melonland project | web project/community celebrating individual & joyful online experiences. Also has an online forum melonland intro to web revival | what is web revival? melonking manifesto | status cafe | share your current status nightfall city | online community onio.cafe | leave a message and enjoy the ambiance sadgrl internet manifesto | yesterweb internet manifesto | sadly defunct, still a great resource reclaiming online social spaces | great manifesto on cultivating your online experience

in conclusion

i want everyone to make a neocities site because it's fun af and i love seeing everyone's weird personal sites that they made outside of the control of capitalism :) say hi to me on neocities

[gothic-mando]

"Here, take this"

Yes, Jaster 🫡

I put this together and forgot about it lol, here

[artralichoard]

New favorite activity: throwing different star wars characters through time at kamino and the clones like pieces of salami to feral cats

In a totally unrelated note, au where when the skywalker twins were about 8/9 they were, somehow through all the space between them, throwing a typical kid meltdown at the same time.

The reason? They really really really REALLY wanted siblings. They are just always so bored and its hard making friends and and and. So they cry and scream and demand a sibling from their parents/aunt&uncle.

Only, the skywalker twins arent regular kids. They are weird force eldritch children and so the force answers them like "omg PLEASE SHUT UP yall so loud! Fine!!! You want siblings? Ohhhh ill give ya siblings" (idk the force just gives be exhausted sngle mother vibes with god lke powers)

And then POOF the twins are on kamino surrounded by clone cadets.

Of course the clones hide these clearly baby jedi (random children appearing out of thin air... thats probably something baby jedi can do) from the kaminoans. It takes a WHILE for the twins to realize they most likely arent going back to their families. They get depressed for a while. But the twins understand eachother and their circumstamces so they get close like actuall twins and they help eachother move on and accept their new home... and their new 5 million siblings.

The clones (mainly the alphas and the CC clones who are the oldest) take care of, hide and teach the twins. They teach them what they are being taught: how to shoot a blaster, strategy, survival. They also teach them mandoa, and the importance of armor amd paint.

They also try really hard to teach them about the jedi, but what the clones learn about the jedi is all horribly over exagurated stereotypes but they are trying! They are taught very well mental shielding so thats a plus.

The twins eventually find omega, and they become bffs as well. They dont like boba. They pull pranks on him and jango and are NEVER caught. Boba thinks the place is haunted.

When the war starts, the twins are like "yeah fuck you we're coming with ya (they are like 18/19) so they steal some shiney armor and vow to help protect their brothers. So they follow thier favorite vod off Kamino.

Leia of course follows Fox to coruscant amd the senate. Shes as cunning and ruthless as fox. If the "trooper's" height is ever questioned, the clone with her is trained to say "ah growth hormone defect. But hes too good at paperwork to decommission" and most senators are all "oh haha i have a few aide i feel exactly like that about. Carry on!" Leia even convinces Palpatine to let her do all his paperwork (she has a voice changer in her helmet) not cause she trying to be nice or helpful, because she has a bad feeling about him and what better way than to know all his buisness than by doing all his paperwork?

Luke follows both Rex and Cody around like a little duckling. Well actually it more like Cody and his two little ducklings. Obi-Wan definitely knows something is up, but he is too scared of overstepping the already very limited personal autonomy with clnes so he just lets it be. Luke would def act as a crazy battle ready medic. Hes still very bendy and flippy, takes after a lot of tbe CCs and punches, kicks and bites droids, only he has the force on his side so he isnt at risk of breaking any bones ot teeth.

(Now i really wanna design clone armor paint designs for leia and luke)

Dont imagine leia seeing bail in the senate and remembering a distant father. Desperately wanting to hug him and be held by him and cry and scream. Instead falling into the embrace of the vode.

Dont imagine luke hearing about "general skywalker" and being so excited to meet someone with his last name. Only to have to fight and stuggle to keep the mans overwhelming force signature out of his mind with beskar shields. He can feel the light, he can. but its overshadowed by growing dark and he feels cornered anytime they are in the same vicinity.

[phoenixyfriend]

One of my big breaks with star wars canon is that I fully think that, even with hyperlanes, they should need several weeks to get from the outer rim to Coruscant. I will write that trip as taking Forever unless people are using restricted tech (military) or breaking the law (Han Solo).

[phoenixyfriend]

I can accept a midpoint btw. The military can take a few days but the freight travel should be weeks.

But like... it should take as long to get a superfreighter from Tatooine to Coruscant as it does to get a container ship from Japan to Ireland (48 days).

I want to imagine that they (the cargo ships) are also more dangerous at FTL speeds so they have dedicated slow lanes. Extra wide for safety, with really long "exit ramps" so they can accel/decel out without hitting anyone. We want to avoid an accidental Holdo Maneuver.

There are also emergency lanes that are kept clear for, well, emergencies. It's not like you can DODGE in a hyperlane. You can't pull over to let the emergency ships speed past you.

So. Service lanes.

So you have the extra slow lanes for freight/cargo/other huge liners.

"Normal" lanes for personal or small group transports.

And emergency lanes for the military, relief aid, political officials, etc.

So the military gets there in two days (ftl equivalent of Mach speeds), solo travelers get there in anywhere from one to three weeks (you can pay for the faster lanes, but it's restricted for safety; bounty hunters usually pay for the faster lane).

And the giant cargo ship is going to take two months. Because fuck you, transportation is such a crucial element of SO MANY TRADE ISSUES, you can't just whittle it down. It needs to be a pain in the ass. You gotta make it suck.

[phoenixyfriend]

#I totally agree #the interesting thing about galactic level trade is its sheer scale too #hyperlanes don’t connect every single planet- it’s totally feasible that to get from planet A to planet B #you’ll have to drop out of hyperspace like 4 times to pick up another lane #like how you have to change highways to get from city A to city B #I like to think that each time the freighters drop out of hyperspace they have to go through planetary customs too #like how trucks on the road have to periodically pull over for weigh in stations #so a trip you could make in a week gets an extra day and a half worth of time #spent waiting in lines for customs and whatnot (via @katrina-loves-birds)

You get it!

In this vein... who here has spent hours upon hours watching logistics videos by Wendover Productions?

[padawansuggest]

Just a subtle reminder that whenever I say that Jedi should leave the republic and live on Mandalore it’s not so they can leave their culture behind. They should take their culture with them. Go live on Mandalore with another warrior culture and mesh and also everyone does dumbass stunts and they are both protected from the Republic who historically does nothing but hurt both their cultures. Also they all go on relief missions and the AgriCorps helps their planets thrive again and also both Mandos and Jedi fight over who gets this foundling because all of them want it. Everyone is a parent or parented or a dumbass ba’vodu.

I don’t mean that either culture should leave their way of life behind. Let them mesh. Let them bring cultural dishes to each other’s homes and everyone is happy. Idk man.

[potatogirlfan1]

Cyare Come Home- Mando'ad Life Day Song

I have returned. With a Life Day song! In Mando'a!

This is what happens when I have far too much free time on my hands and an urge to dive buy'ce first back into the Mandalorian fandom. A recording of me doing a poor job at singing the song is at the bottom.

Inspiration: Uhhhh...Mariah Carey's Christmas songs, Tasogare no Bay City, and Mayonaka no Door/Stay with Me.

In world background for this song: I'm thinking it's kind of an older song, probably an age/notoriety equivalent of any Christmas song released in the 1990s on our planet. It was moderately popular on Manda'yaim and among Mando'a speakers, but surprisingly popular among Basic speakers (kind of similar to what happened with Feliz Navidad or even Stay with Me). It's rarer to hear these days, but you can still find a few people who will call it their favorite.

Lyrics:

Cyare come home

Come home cyare

Cyare come home

Come home cyare

“Su’cuy gar”

A, ni nakar’mir

Meh ibac haat

ibI’tuur

Gar payt ni

Su’cuy gar

A, shi taab’echaaj’la

O’r ni karta

Cyare come home

Come home cyare

Cyare come home

Come home cyare

Gar sirbur ‘Darasuum’

Bal payt par nakar’tuur

Cin’ciri bat ner ‘gam

A, ni n’echoylir

Oya’tuur olar

Ni n’echoylir

Oya’tuur olar

Ni n’echoylir

Cyare come home

Come home cyare

Cyare come home

Come home cyare

Translation:

“Hello/You’re still alive”

But, I don’t know

If that's true

Today

You left me

You’re still alive

But, you are marching far away 

In my heart

Cyare come home

Come home cyare

Cyare come home

Come home cyare

You said ‘Eternity’

And left for the unknown day

Snow on my armor

But, I won’t search for you sadly

Life day is here

I won’t search for you sadly

Life day is here

I won’t search for you sadly

Cyare come home

Come home cyare

Cyare come home

Come home cyare

I also did a poor job a singing this, but if you want to hear how to sing it, then you can listen to it here- https://soundcloud.com/werlaara/cyare-come-home?si=5d54f76209a74b9d808053ff0af23320&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

[homunculus-argument]

I am no nutrition expert but I do have a pretty damn good track record of keeping myself alive, so I want to remind you all that "fed is best" also applies to adults. There's nothing you could eat (that has been deemed fit for human consumption, I don't mean asbestos you smartass) that would be worse for you than just straight-up not eating. No food is as bad as no food.

A protein bar isn't the best possible source of protein in your diet, but it's better than not getting that protein. Fresh fruits would be better than orange juice, but if your choices are between having the orange juice and not getting the vitamins at all, you drink the fucking orange juice.

If you were out at winter while barefoot, and your options were between wrapping random newspaper around your feet, or not having anything to protect your feet, you wouldn't think "newspapers are a worse option than proper shoes, therefore I shouldn't take this worse option" and go barefoot.

[cyberpunkhopendreams]

Mandalorian Kitchens: late night thoughts

So for a nomadic people accustomed to being able to make do with the ABSOLUTE minimum, I would assume Mandalorian kitchen implements are going to be basic. The words we have in Mando'a that refer to them also refer back to armor- helmet and pot, plate and frying surface, etc.

I have some experience with camp cooking. The same pot you use for boiling will probably go towards baking. You really just need a Deep Vessel and a Flat Surface to make just about anything you want. You're just limited by what fuel source you've got for the kind of heat you'll have- hot and fast fires are things you can flash-fry on, but not bake, for example. Boiling, at least, will never fail you, so soup is always on the menu. More on that later.

I have a thought that at home, slow-cookers and griddle surfaces are king. What would be lacking, that we Earth natives might find strange, would probably be the bakeware. Not baking- surely Mandalorian homes have ovens, which can conveniently double as dehydrators. No, I mean all the fancy things for pastry work. We're accustomed to cake tins, pie tins, casseroles, cookie cutters, muffin tins, etc. Mandalorians would likely just use the same implements for different purposes. One or two good sized baking dishes or sheets will make a multitude of things. Nothing is stopping you from baking a rectangular pie in your 9×13. Nothing is stopping you from baking "muffins" in that same tim all in a big rectangle and cutting it into servings, or baking it in pucks like extra fluffy cookies.

But things that would really dominate in Mandalorian cooking? Boiling. Dumplings, noodles, soups, stews. There is a REASON for this, and it is that water regulates temperature really really well. It boils at one temperature under our atmosphere's pressure and has wicked high specific heat, so an unreliable fuel source is less of a problem. So the stock pot in a Mandalorian household and camp alike would see a lot of use.

Mandalorian kitchens would also have ample pantry space- there would be cold storage at home, yes, but also shelf-stable staples, like flours and beans, dried milk, cooking fat, gihaal and other meat meals and extracts used like bouillon. A highly anachronistic space, indicative of the Mandalorian resistance to relying on goods and services that could be taken away.

To summarize:

To cook like a Mandalorian, you really only need a big skillet or griddle, some kind of large boiling vessel with a lid, and heat. That's all you need to get started. You can even make bread that way- flatbreads are almost always baked on a griddle or pan, not an oven. But for the most part, I hope you like soup.

[podcastwizard]

affirmations for writers: i know how to write. i have seen sentences before, and i know how to make one. i can identify up to several words and their meanings. i am not afraid of semicolons.

[keldabeboy]

tiingilar... save me...

tiingilar

save me tiingilar

[cyberpunkhopendreams]

Mandalorian spice blend from Clan Kelmar'e:

Sumac: 1 tablespoon

Smoked paprika: 2 tablespoons

Ancho chile powder: 1 tablespoon

Sichuan peppercorns: 1 tablespoon finely ground

White pepper: 1 teaspoon

Ground ginger: 2 teaspoons

I have a particular philosophy that I'm going with for my Mandalorian culinary inventions, and that is that spicy things need dimension. Capsaicin is just one of many spicy chemicals you can achieve heturam (mouth-burn) with. There's also gingerol, piperine, and isocyanthins. And whatever mouth-numbing nonsense is happening with sichuan pepper.

I also famously have a capsaicin intolerance, so going easy on the hot peppers is going to be a signature of my particular clan's recipes.

But to make a spice blend Mando-style, you're going to want to blend peppercorns, hot peppers, and some kind of spicy root to make your powders and pastes, plus something for extra flavor, whether it's smoky or citrusy or herbal. My adaptation of the above spice blend as a paste is as follows:

Clan Kelmar'e Spice Paste

4 tablespoons of fresh ginger root, peeled

6 cloves of garlic (minimum)

2 tsp whole coriander

1tsp whole cumin

Lemon zest

Ancho chile powder, 1-2 tablespoons, or equal amount of dried ancho chile

Smoked paprika, equal amount

Sichuan peppercorns, equal amount

Sumac, 1 tablespoon

Coarse salt

Black or white pepper

MSG, a few pinches

Grind together in a mortar and pestle or process in a food processor until it forms a thick paste. Moisten with lemon juice if it is too dry. Store in the refrigerator.

We have peppercorns (sichuan and regular), a spicy root (ginger, but if you want to use horseradish or wasabi, go for it), hot pepper (ancho in my case, but babe, if you can handle the hotter ones, then You Do You), and extra aromatics. Mix and match to your heart's content and Do Not forget to add some kind of acid to help release the flavors. When you cook with this, add it directly to the hot oil to bloom the spices.

[sometiktoksarevalid]