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Amiu - Pirates :: HP art rec
Aug. 17th, 2004 04:23 pmYet more conlang/fandom madness.
Réé ongow Réylún: Lál úmúúng ngiá
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"
( linguistic explications )
The Luen don't have our concept of the romantic pirate archetype, so that element of the PotC story would seem very odd to them.
However, the cursed pirates would put a Lue in mind of angaúL people -- those who are "dry", soulless. The easiest way to become angaúL is by murder, not greed, but the symptoms aren't dissimilar. angaúL people thirst constantly, can't die (per se, but that's complicated), can't experience sexual release, and are rotten on the inside -- their blood and tears are stagnant water. There's an interesting episode in an Amiu novel where a murderer urinates at the base of a tree, and the tree is later observed to have shriveled and died in the space of a few hours.
The "moonlight revelation" might make sense to the Luen. In their tradition, it's the new moon rather than the full moon that's associated with supernatural events -- the moon is a powerful protector, so bad things tend to happen when it's not looking. But since the moon does have that protector status, they might see it as the moon attempting to aid the protagonists by showing the murderous pirates for what they really are.
ART REC:
"Parade" (G, gen) by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
monkey_puppet.
I love, love, love this piece. The fandom needs much more Tim Burton-esque creepyhumor.
Go now!
Also, I almost posted this myself, butchresimos beat me. Check out the second half of her post for elite AIM Peter discussion. Hem.
Réé ongow Réylún: Lál úmúúng ngiá
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"
( linguistic explications )
The Luen don't have our concept of the romantic pirate archetype, so that element of the PotC story would seem very odd to them.
However, the cursed pirates would put a Lue in mind of angaúL people -- those who are "dry", soulless. The easiest way to become angaúL is by murder, not greed, but the symptoms aren't dissimilar. angaúL people thirst constantly, can't die (per se, but that's complicated), can't experience sexual release, and are rotten on the inside -- their blood and tears are stagnant water. There's an interesting episode in an Amiu novel where a murderer urinates at the base of a tree, and the tree is later observed to have shriveled and died in the space of a few hours.
The "moonlight revelation" might make sense to the Luen. In their tradition, it's the new moon rather than the full moon that's associated with supernatural events -- the moon is a powerful protector, so bad things tend to happen when it's not looking. But since the moon does have that protector status, they might see it as the moon attempting to aid the protagonists by showing the murderous pirates for what they really are.
ART REC:
"Parade" (G, gen) by
monkey_puppet.I love, love, love this piece. The fandom needs much more Tim Burton-esque creepyhumor.
Go now!
Also, I almost posted this myself, but
chresimos beat me. Check out the second half of her post for elite AIM Peter discussion. Hem.
