#defiance

[whump-galaxy]

The team is captured and lined up in front of their captors. The most defiant among them, of course, cannot keep their mouth shut. They mock, taunt, and jeer till one captor has had enough.

They grab the whumpee by the throat, asking if they really want to die like this. The whumpee bares their teeth with a defiant smile.

And spits directly in the captor’s face.

[lavenderpossumpress]

One of my favorite artfight attacks I've done so far has been fanart of Deepdark from @barrenclan !

Raz has created a haunting story with such complex and fascinating characters. I'm patiently and eagerly awaiting to see how the story resolves 👀👀👀

[barrenclan]

i’m starting to suspect that people are purposely calling defiance “the defiance” to piss you off

[weirdlookindog]

Clive Barker (b. 1952) - Defiance

[dedalvs]

Just saw the Dune: Part 2. What do you think of the empire and fremen languages seen on screen?

I wish they would have let us do something ourselves for the Harkonnens (we could've created a badass Harkonnen language), but we certainly can't complain, given how much screen time our Fremen language got. We translated and delivered over 500 lines of dialogue for Dune: Part Two, and MOST of it ended up on screen. That is absolutely astonishing for a film. I invite you to go through the dialogue for previous films I've worked on—including Dune: Part One—and add up all the lines we've translated, and then see how much of it ended up on screen:

There's more Castithan in Defiance than language work in all the other movies I've worked on combined. For films, in general, they ask for little and use less, and err on the side of not subtitling where possible. Dune: Part Two is extraordinary in the amount of conlang dialogue that actually appears on screen. The only thing to compare it to, honestly, is Avatar (the first one, not the second, where they decided everyone should just speak English most of the time, which is lame).

So, yeah, Jessie and I were very pleased.

Oh, and by the way, those who follow my Tumblr may remember how disappointed we were that only I was credited on Pixar's Elemental, despite the fact that my wife Jessie and I worked together to create that language. Not so with Dune: Part Two! We are both credited. Furthermore, they really treated us right—especially Jessie, as she didn't work on the first film with me. I'd understand if they were a bit hesitant, given the fact she wasn't there for part one, but they welcomed her, treated her as part of the team, credited us both, and even credited her as Jessie Peterson, despite the fact that she hadn't yet changed her name (we were engaged but not married when the credit roll was locked).

And, let me tell you, Jessie was responsible for most of the brilliant semantic work that went into translation for this second film. We've done a lot of press of late, and we often get asked what are interesting words/idioms we've come up with, and every time we find one, invariably, it was Jessie who came up with it. I may have come up with the flesh and bones of Chakobsa, but Jessie gave it the heart that pumps its blood.

[liquidlightandrunningtrees]

And that’s how you go on. You lay laughter over the dark parts. The more dark parts, the more you have to laugh. With defiance, with abandon, with hysteria, any way you can.

Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer

[whumpster-dumpster]

"I'm not afraid to die."

"You should be. You might live longer."

[aflawedfashion]

Defiance (2013 - 2015) I was born into the world that came after. After the vessels that carried my people were destroyed. After the Arkfalls began. After the Terraformers changed his planet forever. The earth he once knew is gone. Dead as the star system my people left behind.

[whumpetywhump]

Favourite Trope: Held Hostage (195/?) Danger Zone: The Dark Night - Ep. 12

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[will80sbyers]

So much potential… All cancelled

[whump-galaxy]

“Go on, bite me. See where that gets you.”

[hopepunk-humanity]

Jacob Geller's most recent essay, titled "Art in the Pre-Apocalypse". Its a half hour long and talks about a lot of stuff, but talks about acting in this post-apocalyptic timeline with "both anger and hope". How we can't simply stand on the metaphorical beach watching the metaphorical clouds of radiation rolling in.

It has hope written literally on the title card, provides good recommendations, and made me feel a bit better.

I hope everyone has a good day! Keep planting those flowers

[barrenclan]

Just wanna say that second page of the recent issue is absolutely stunning. It really depletes the question on if Pine or Corm[or any of Barrenclan in that matter] can kill/injure Deepdark(which i mean we've seen it fail with Thrasher and Slug). He's HUGE. Its basically impossible. And Spike right by him i forget how big cougars can be too.

Thank you so much! I put a lot of work into that, and I'm very proud of it.

[aenslem]

Jaime Murray as Stahma Tarr DEFIANCE (2013–2015)

[dedalvs]

San Diego Comic-Con Panel (2024)

If you're heading to SDCC this year Jessie and I will be there giving a presentation on language creation in Room 11 on Thursday (7/25) at 7:00 p.m. We'd love to see you there!

[youngveinsworld]

the defiance bridge

Jon and Ryan wrote "Defiance" after visiting a real bridge in Defiance, Missouri while touring Pretty. Odd.

Sadly, the bridge has been replaced in the last year by a new one that no longer says "Defiance" on it.

^ image of the new bridge shared by z @ toocooolforfun on Twitter (x)