#..........3. it's a translation thing that started with *tapani* and made its way into basic from there;
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hmm. my conflicting desires:
have the sith code's final line shifting into passive voice Mean Something? vs
having that shift be a product of the most common basic translation, while the original maintains a parallel active voice the whole way through?
choices, choices...
#..........3. it's a translation thing that started with *tapani* and made its way into basic from there;#& different streams of sith philosophy have massive doctrinal slappy-fights over whether the difference matters#and if so which option is Better than the other#sith shit#(most 'mainstream' consensus is probably like. ofc the OG sith version is the most accurate if push comes to shove; BUT -#if you're THAT obsessive about it you're probably a hyper-traditionalist who thinks govt media shouldn't be published in tapani either#(counterpoint: it wouldn't HAVE to matter if you didn't fucking CHANGE THE MEANING - )#(counterpoint: actually no this fate/will of the force stuff makes the tapani version better?)#(counterpoint: OH COOL OK LET'S JUST ALL BE FATE-SURRENDERING HERETICS SURE!)#(counterpoint: you're really going to call like half the jen'ari heretics? wow ok; ahistorical much...)#(counterpoint: just bc the jen'jidai were massively influential leaders/prophets doesn't make them INFALLIBLE -#- ideas they're literally directly bringing in from *being jedi* don't and shouldn't count as orthodoxy)#(counterpoint: there's plenty of documented evidence of the idea of fate in pre-contact red sith culture; it's not just a jedi import - )#(counterpoint: PRESENT doesn't mean WIDELY-ACCEPTED or CORRECT - )#(etc. etc. etc.)#........this started out with Meshurat deciding to wax all philosophical during a conversation all of the sudden. it uh. Wandered a bit...#((how did it end up like this?? it was only a - well no there wasn't actually any kissing either. so. never mind.))#swtor worldbuilding#headcanoning
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