#holly short

[radiumjuice]

I’m never going to finish this so just focus on Holly and ignore the creature

[arturnolan]

I was thinking whether there r different accents in the Gnommish language. At the very least, what would be the difference between the Gnommish spoken in Atlantis and that spoken in Haven, and could the inhabitants of the Lower Elements tell where a fairy came from simply by their accent, as is the case with English, for example.

And this led me to think that Artemis learnt the language from a very ancient book – not to mention the fact that he didn’t know how the language actually sounded, but he could make a guess based on linguistics. But even so, it’s a VERY ancient book, one that literally defines the rules governing the fairy world. And it’s written in some ancient dialect of Gnommish – I mean, seriously, how often do they update ancient texts? The last update of this text was that they changed a spiral writing to a horizontal one

And just imagine that in the first book, Holly, Root, Foaly and the rest hear this: "Artemis Fowl II am I, who gold doth seek" coming from a 12 yo child – I think that’s absolutely hilarious.

And part of the time they spend travelling to the surface in the shuttle in the second book, Holly and Root try to teach him to NOT speak like a dinosaur. But the best they manage is to teach him to sound like Julius’s grandad

Btw, I haven't read the books in English, so maybe there is that kind of information... If there is something about it, I'll be glad to learn about it 🐱

[janlanpan1412]

[benji-doodles]

[ven-ugh]

Ooooh I haven’t been here for a while (I didn’t even notice)

Anyway I won’t make any promises but I’d like to continue drawing tarot cards with them so probably to be continued

[slushgut]

Day 20 - Memes

It was her idea. She wanted an excuse to yell at him

[valhelos]

I've been thinking about LEP uniforms again, part 2.

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Recon Uniform - Commander's Uniform - Ceremonial Dress Uniform Traffic Field Uniform - Recon Field Uniform - Retrieval Field Uniform

I kept the faux jumpsuit design with trousers and a jacket, with a vest on top for field missions. The uniforms (with the exception of the dress uniform) also have a tool belt and vambraces that have their wrist computers. Wings are a part of or attach to the vest as needed.

The style is fairly militaristic and most uniforms are shades of green, while the general officers uniforms (basic, field and office) are blue. The uniforms have rank insignia and name tags, with the LEP badge above the name tag.

Ceremonial dress uniforms are sleeker with asymmetrical hem. Rank insignia is only on the collar, additional insignia and medals are placed on the left breast mirroring the name tag and badge.

Traffic field uniform is brighter with hi-vis patterns to help officers stand out. Their vests include screens in the front and back.

Retrieval uniforms are black and heavily reinforced. They don't have name tags and the rank of the officer is marked on the pauldrons.

Kit:

Basic and field uniforms have a tool belts that can include: Moonbelt, gun holster, buzz baton, handcuffs + additional zipties, pheromone spray (read: pepper spray), ammo, omnitool, first aid kit, camouflage foil, pitons. Optionally knife and flashlight.

For longer Recon field missions officers can include a backpack that attaches to the vest. The surveillance backpack includes: surveillance kit (spare com set, throat mics, iris camera, cameras, mics), camouflage foil, first aid box, block memory wipe kit.

Retrieval uniforms have heavier kit with a combat focus: different types of extra ammo, first aid, buzz baton, handcuffs and zipties, flashlights and com set.

Ranks:

I've already talked about how weird the ranks are in the original post so here's my rank structure for LEPRecon and LEPRetrieval.

Most are ranks mentioned in the books, wrangled in a order that makes sense if you don't think about it too much and I added the Lieutenant Colonel and Lieutenant Commander ranks to add more senior and general officers.

Junior and enlisted badges are silver and general and senior badges are gold.

Rank insignia is both on the collar and epaulettes.

[bertysbrotbox]

I finally tried drawing my two babies again

I'm never satisfied with how I make them look but I wanted to put them out there for the Fowldom to see!