Me at the moment. Gosh the series finale was amazing and I'm still emotional over it
ARC echo would have been too powerful for the bad batch so they had to nerf him đĽ˛
I just. Love Mandoâa so fucking much. Itâs so great.
They have three different words to describe ways to be stabbed. Bikadinir (to stab with a broad blade; ârun throughâ), chekar (to stab with a small blade, âshivâ), and kalikir (to stab with a narrow blade, âskewerâ).
They have one pronoun. Kaysh. Thatâs it. Buir is just parent, thereâs no mom/dad. No son/daughter, just ad, adâika, ikaad. Child. Vod can mean sibling, friend, comrade. All at once. Amazing.
They have dozens of ways to insult someone. Diâkut, someone who forgets to put their pants on. Utreekov, emptyhead. Najaat, no honor. Dini, lunatic. Kaysh mirsh solus, âtheir brain cell is lonely.â Skanah, âmuch hated person/thing.â Hutâuun, coward. Geâhutâuun, not even notable enough to be called a coward (how insulting is that?). Demagolka, originating from Demagol, the name of a scientist who was so fucking shitty that his name became the worst insult a Mandalorian could call you. And that insult is child abuser, monster, war criminal, someone with no honor.
And then thereâs âshabâ, which we donât have an official definition for, but the fandom collectively agrees it means âfuck.â Because we have shabiir (to screw up), shabâla (screwed up), shabârudur (to screw with), and shabuir (jerk but much stronger, AKA asshole/motherfucker).
And Mandoâade donât say âI love you.â They say âNi karâtayli gar darasuum.â I hold you in my heart for eternity. Like. Are you serious. Thatâs so much better than âI love you.â If someone said that to me I would die on the spot.
Mirshmureâcya means âbrain kiss.â Slang for headbutt, which is a thing Mandoâade do a lot, apparently. And itâs a sign of affection, too. They show affection by gently bonking their helmets together. How adorable is that???
Oh, and shereshoy. A lust for life âand much more.â Represented by orange on their armor. âThe enjoyment of each day and the determination to seek and grab every possible experience, as well as surviving to see the next day - hanging onto life and relishing it.â And that âoyâ at the end of it, derived from âOya!â
âOyaâ, which can mean so many things. A war cry before a fight or hunt. A celebration. An encouragement. âLetâs hunt!â âHoorah!â âCheers!â âThatâs the spirit!â
This post got much longer than I meant it to lol. Iâll stop here. But you get the gist. Mandoâa is a wonderful language and I am in love with it.
no people come together quite as fast as ao3 readers when the site is down
[crazytom] - reposted w/ permission
Domino twins painting shenanigans
+ comic
If you see this youâre legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book youâre currently reading
Always fighting
Oh my gosh...how did I not notice this??
Y'all remember the lighting Joel Aron (one of the guys that makes the Bad Batch) mentioned regarding Hunter and Crosshair? How symbolic it was gonna be?
I can't even with this!! I'll never recover đđ I love this so much!!