Headworld Rambles

Place to dump rambling info of head world or dream stuff. ~ Main is Feather Dancer

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Even angels can be hunted but it's a bad idea to use weaponry, too loud. You want to wait for the moment of distraction and use it to cloak your approach, softly softly so they won't hear you. You have to commit to the final lunge, pin them down before their wings might spread and allow them to flee. Silly things the ones that take on the guise of a winged human, they invented a neck that's perfect for teeth to be sunk into.

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I promised I'd never leave her, not as long as I had a choice and I stuck to that even when circumstances tore us apart. You said you'd be better than he was, that you'd stay no matter what, that the ring on mom's finger was proof that even a changeling can change just like I'd said to you once upon a time. You promised too. -- So why, why did you leave us behind...?

Jim Lake Jr.

Brain spat this out after seeing this artwork.

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Trollish translations part 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

I do apologise for the long wait since the last one, life stuff happened to not get into it too much and I’ve been struggling a lot as a result meaning even just copying my notes over felt like too much. With Rise of the Titans coming so soon I wanted to get at least one more of these out before it does.

Thanks to Blinky giving a straight translation this one was easier than most (I’ve been trying and struggling to parse the Dictatious saying but I am having a crack at it) though the Trollish word for Hunter has eluded me a bit. This is as best as I could figure out on an audio hear and may be spelt incorrectly as a result.

Season 2 - Escape from the Darklands

Eks trold wema eks gazl - Eks gazl hi eks [Duran]

The troll is the key - The key to the Hunter

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Posted this on twitter as well but thought I’d put it here too, my plural work in Trollish is horrendous but I made an attempt. Something for those who need it:

Klomr thodra wem ank, toz wem ksem. Govo vogena andr hwen eks sklot, yag wem wemmena sprita lifti hi yurikena.

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All stories will end, as will this. Life goes on through the sadness, there will be happiness left to find.

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Since I started writing Lavender Blue last night been thinking about how very different the few ships I dabble in are:

Jim and Claire (Jilaire) is very sweet filled with youthful innocence of high school that no matter what happens in the future the memories will always be fondly remembered. You have one who is incredibly self sacrificial by personality and riddled with anxiety then the other is a perfectionist that if that bar isn’t met doubts can start setting in yet despite this they are both are come hell or high water I’ll do anything for you types and have proven this again and again. While Jim shows love through his actions be in food or the classic example of how he headed into the Darklands, Claire will never be ashamed to say I love you because Jim is Jim is Jim no matter what flavour and will happily take his hand and see what awaits them in the world beyond.

You just know they constantly text one another when apart too and have so many doofy photos you don’t understand, there’s so many in jokes caused by Romeo and Juliet alone.

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Barbara and Strickler (Stricklake) is a maturer kind that still bear the hallmarks of bruises from their past and are not naive enough to believe in a fairy tale romance. Despite having ulterior motives to begin with falling for a mere human managed to creep up and by the time he’d realised he was in far too deep and that was before the big reveal happened. While Barbara was honest from the get go he had to do a lot of soul searching before the need to protect himself above all others finally gave way and he could start unlearning habits that might have kept him alive in the world of trolls couldn’t function outside it.

Afterwards everything hinges on her choosing to allow him a foot in the door and Strickler respecting that (Which he does!) then not necessarily having to rebuild from scratch but to shore up the foundations with honesty, recreate the trust and prove he really was who she’d believed him to be. After after the Eternal Night it’d be slow with Barbara being the one to dictate the pace of how things would go but it can go onto something far stronger than was possible when he still hid the truth.

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Douxie and Zoe (Zouxie) is such a fun one because on the surface they have such very different personality types with one being prickly taking shit from nobody yet is still very caring if you read between the lines whereas the other is incredibly laid back sassy git who is also a natural charmer. They both bear the scars of Camelot and much of the history they’ve lived through, unashamed adrenaline junkies with one who just straight up chucks himself into the fray and the other thinking about it a bit first then doing it anyway plus both are largely very private individuals to help keep the truth of their magic a secret.

Because they’ve known one another literal centuries they share a very established and incredibly close friendship with the added bonus of one of them had an oh fuck moment a few hundred back and simply said nothing about it not wanting to put that at risk content enough to wait for something that might not even happen. It does eventually when they’re both residents of Arcadia of course and the transition is so slight barely anything changes which can cause the incredibly funny thing of people not even realising. Douxie already had the habit of kissing on the cheek/hair or putting an arm round when it became more socially acceptable, Zoe’s would be sitting close, taking his hand without a word or abusing the fact he’s a lot taller and can be a living ladder so why would it stand out? They know how they feel and that’s all that matters, there’s no need for a make out session with an audience to prove how much they care for one another.

Sides where better to snog your other half than post battling a bunch of mephits anyway lots of privacy

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Still having a break from audio translations, not because I haven’t got any ready (I do!) more this temporary divert on the writing side is making me feel far less guilty about lack of progress on the remaining ones foiling me.

One thing I’ve recently sidetracked myself with is the question of does the written match what we’re told and if not, what DOES it say? Quite often in shows when another language is involved it’s either gibberish or an easter egg to some of the Crew so the fact written and spoken is actually readable despite the general assumption nobody on the outside will be able to crack it is genuinely delighting me immensely.

The first point of call was this purely because doing the audio translation it was fairly easy thing to grab.

The full text is as below, as ever please forgive my handwriting and the fact I use the funky E of a different alphabet, I didn’t realise until after I’d done this one about the department of funky E.

The MAY is right front and center on the screen and can confirm it does indeed say “Only human hands may wield” repeated twice as it slowly circles round. These are Trollish runes that translate directly into English without a midway hop.

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The Trollish version of the Amulet incantation… in Trollish. Actually did this to check the Amulet but I’m not sure if I’ve got the right alphabet since there’s two floating about. Please forgive my handwriting.

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Taking a break this week from doing another translation write up so how about some written instead? I’ve been using it as a change as my brain’s been having serious audio processing issues and entertaining myself finding out what words have been written and if they match what we’re told.

While the above is the Trollish incantation into Trollish (It starts with By instead of For which is a neat twist!) the below is the English version into Trollish. It turns out I have been half using a funkier alphabet so my E’s are slightly different so I’ll give you a hint that the “bolded” word is Merlin since it’s exactly the same in both languages :)

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Trollish translations part 1 / 2 / 3

Can you believe it’s the fourth of these? We’re nearly caught up to where I’ve hit another wall on the translation front but I hope these are proving enjoyable.

This one took a long time to crack because while I knew fwema means changeling there is an unfortunate thing with the language where the present tense word wema (Am, are) pops up a lot due to the word before it is what changes the tense. Something both Blinky and Claire do (Thus once I realised one did it I figured out the other one was too) is that they merge the two words in speech so fir wema ends up sounding like, you guessed it, fwema!

Morkas is admittedly a bit of a shot in the dark because Morka means destruction and there is no word similar I am aware of so I suspect it is a variation or relation to it but I’m unable to pin it down any further. This is precisely why I say I can get things wrong and any translation attempts are simply to the best of my ability.

@xdeusxmachinax​ once again sent a clip over which was a massive help given how mumbled this one is.

If you will allow this translator a moment for the other important being in this scene who deserves more love and whose horns are on the left there, GROG RIGHTS!

Season 1 - Win, Lose or Draal

Ksom wema fwema - That is Changeling

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Fir wema ops morkas - They are a destruction

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The Trollish version of the Amulet incantation... in Trollish. Actually did this to check the Amulet but I’m not sure if I’ve got the right alphabet since there’s two floating about. Please forgive my handwriting.

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Trollish translations part 1 / 2

Another week means a bit more Trollish translating though the subtitles here are shown in English which is very unusual so I suppose this is more of interest if you want to know what exactly the Trollish words used are? That said when you compare the below to what incantation Strickler used you might notice that one is very “what you will give me” while the other is more “for her release” which is fitting given who said them!

If you’re curious about audio on this occasion I actually have a video clip @xdeusxmachinax​ passed along to help my quest.

Season 3 - A House Divided

Zottena eks hum kloka, eks ram klokarp, ele voks Opradush

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Make the day night, the sun darkness, and me King

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I genuinely did not expect so many people to be so interested in this one, I expected maybe about the same amount as Otto’s at most? You guys are making the frustration of figuring these out worth it thank you!

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Trollish translations part 1 

Another week means more translations! This was the second one cracked though @dreamcrow​ by having the subtitles was already making headway on what the words were while I was still getting an audio hear because they are a jammy git. In all seriousness it really sped up translating and was hugely appreciated.

This is one of the incredibly rare occasions where Trollish is shown on screen and in stark contrast to Gunmar’s incantation which is shown in English. That said it does get a bit weird because eks is spelt ex for... some reason along with a couple other words? Anyway that is why mine will appear slightly different to what is shown on screen <3

As a bonus thought for your week, that incantation sure looks familiar doesn’t it?

Season 3 - A House Divided

Plo eks effr dan Morgana, kloka wema voni hi bruzen

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For the beginning of Morgana, night is mine to command

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A few days ago I got a compliment for the time and effort I’m putting into these Trollish translations and their use in my own fics, I’ve been genuinely on that high for days given it’s such a niche (And very me) subject to be doing? I’m no linguistic, very bad at languages and work on these in little bursts because I’ll hit a wall 9 times out of 10 while picking away at them but fact people appreciate the end result is aaaah.

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I've been slowly working on a self created project over the past few months and that is translating spoken Trollish! I figured it was about time to start sharing them publicly now it is mostly smaller ones I’m picking away at now. Please bear in mind I might get things wrong, these are based on audio hears unless the subtitles decide to help me out.

Going to start off with the one that set me off on this journey and also the first one I cracked, I hope you enjoy!

Season 1 - Bittersweet 16

Gunmar wava hidhen - Gunmar glory come

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(Gunmar’s wava hidhena - Gunmar’s glory comes)

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Nomura headcanons masterpost

[[The one stop shop of links to all my headcanon rambling thus far:]]

Life Beyond the Chaotic Gremlin

The Troll and the Changeling

Order Vs. Chaos

Thoughts of the Darklands

Little Gynt

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So while watching an AMV earlier I got reminded that after AARRRGGHH’s revival, his eyes were temporary black and purple much like Claire’s would go when opening the portal. Likely to be similar to his berserker state they glow differently and have additional purple unlike her.

Now the thing is, purple eyes are always suggestive of shadow magic. Given the cure came from the changelings of the Janus Order this makes perfect sense given a lot of their own know how comes from that particular school because of Morgana and their own creation. It is literally in their blood.

However

We've seen three cases of what the Shadow Realm is like when your soul becomes trapped there confirming that Claire was not in fact a one off and they are subjected to a never ending cycle. Jim was by his duty, Claire was by her obligations to family and being the perfect daughter, Arthur was by conceding to his nihilism he started to escape before his life was brutally cut short and while not shown from what Morgana said it sounded like hers was inevitability. If being turned to stone by Creeper's Sun upskittled the usual natural order, it's very possible AARRRGGHH's soul ended up there and became trapped in a similar loop which would explain why he lashed and didn’t stop until snapped out of it. He might well have still been seeing himself in that endless loop of combat which brings the important question, what if his was an endless repeat of the original battle at Killahead?

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Being able to see the future, even glimpses... that is not a curse I’d wish for anyone. How could you ever live with so much blood on your hands that you were completely unable to stop?