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there is no reason these other planets wouldn't have plenty of their own to go around.

Just as an in universe explanation for why this is less the case than could reasonably be expected, Regular Interstellar travel has been common place in universe for somewhere on the order of 15-20 thousand years, however most human or near human worlds were colonised in waves over the last few thousand years, Most of the colonisation efforts were conducted either by communities on specific planets that would reasonably have all spoken the same language, or by multi-planetary corporations and thus everyone would be primarily using Basic. This is also why most planets in the GFFA have lower populations than even modern day earth, when people start feeling like there's not enough space they tend to settle on a new world instead. Ecumenopoli like Coruscant are the exception, not the rule. In fact we see often that in the mid and outer rim, most communities are only the size of small towns to mid size cities, and many planets will only have one or two cities with a collection of smaller communities around them. Hell, Alderann, a core world and founding member of the Republic, only had a population of roughly 4 billion. Its also why so many worlds seem to only have a single biome, for a lot of them, its just that biome is the only place that anyone bothered to settle.

Then there's all of the times various species got shuffled from planet to planet in pre-history by ancient Empires like the Rakatan, who would absolutely have forced their slaves to all speak a single language, and thus left populations of several different species who all had roughly the same language scattered across the galaxy. There would have been divergence in the time between the fall of the Rakatan Infinite Empire and the development of non force-powered hyperdrives by the other species, but they still have a common root language in the recent-ish past.

Naboo as an example was colonised around 4000 years before canon, by a single group of people, so any languages that have developed in that time would have a) come from a single common ancestor + basic or just basic itself and b) would have been pressured by the fact that long distance instant communication means that geographically distant groups wont necessarily have diverging language. British, American, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand English may all have diviged slightly, but they are all very much the same languages, and a lot of the structural divergences occurred before the age of global telecommunications. Then most of the rest of the worlds in the surrounding Chommell sector were also colonised by people from Naboo, meaning that they would have all spoken a Naboo dialect, and were all in close contact with Naboo, due to Naboo's position as the sector capital and the seat of the Senator for the sector.

Which brings in another factor for why there would be less circumstances for language to diverge as far as it might do, The fact that most of the galaxy is living under a single government that seems to primarily use Basic in its bureaucracy, its not just the language of interstellar trade, its also the language that any interstellar laws would be written in.

The Gungans however are native to Naboo, so them having hundreds of tribal languages would be completely reasonable and expected, although the fact that they seem to be all living under a single government now may imply that many of their historic languages could have faded as the various tribes were unified.

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I'm absolutely obsessed with DLB, and I've been wondering if you have any headcanons about languages in the DLB universe.

Have most species that are physically able to just switched to basic completely? Or is there, for example, a language native to Naboo that is still in use? If yes, did Leia learn it at some point after becoming a citizen of Naboo? Or maybe she learned some before (maybe because of Pooja being her friend) and has been listening in on conversations that people think she doesn't understand since day 1?

Also, is there an Alderaanian language? Cause that could be really interesting if someone picks up on her being able to understand it.

I would love to hear any thoughts you have on this!

Oh man.

So, I feel like asserting there are specific language headcanons in the DLB universe would be a little disingenuous, because it has not played a part in the story.

HOWEVER!!!

My feelings about language in the SW universe more broadly is absolutely that there should be dozens if not hundreds of planetary specific languages for each planet, and Basic is specifically for people who intend to do interstellar work.

Look, realistically, the GFFA is so, so so huge. Our own planet is home to hundreds of languages and dialects, there is no reason these other planets wouldn't have plenty of their own to go around. If I were to rewrite this series (lol, no) language and culture would probably get an upgrade, specifically the diversity of these things. That would be high on the list, next to dealing more with PR, and maaaaaaybe lengthening the timeline? Just to make things fit more realistically? Oof, I cannot write this story again. Just imagining this is breaking my brain.

Anyway, a more robust Naboo culture would have several languages (at least two gungan specific ones, but probably three), and as for Leia...she might choose to learn one or two if she knew a specific handmaiden spoke it. Or that Padmé did. What Leia is probably best at though is dialects of Basic and adapting to various local pidgin communications, from all the traveling she would have had to do in the Rebellion. And she understands languages better than she speaks them, because she can understand intent in the Force. Which is not the same as learning vocabulary or grammar.

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They're bracing themselves because not only will Bridge 4 be completely insufferable, but a bunch of them now owe The Lopen so many spheres.

The entirety of Roshar after Kaladin comes back yet again for the 5th time after being presumed dead despite actually leaving a corpse behind this time.

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The entirety of Roshar after Kaladin comes back yet again for the 5th time after being presumed dead despite actually leaving a corpse behind this time.

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Also General Melvar, like almost literally.

“I scare people lots because I walk very softly and they don’t hear me enter rooms so when they turn around I’m just kind of there and their fear fuels me.”

— Rukh

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Han took basically one look at Luke, came to the conclusion that he was clueless little brother shaped (TM) and then never felt the slightest need to update that evaluation.

at the beginning of ROTJ Han is call 'Luke can't even look after himself' when Chewie tells him the plan which on the one hand fair, he missed the whole jedi training thing so he doesn't know Luke has legit mind powers now. but on the other hand, last time he saw Luke he was an ace rebel pilot and the commander of a squadron of fighter pilots?? so I'm forced to conclude that Han has just never updated the mental image he formed of Luke on first meeting him. & i think that's beautiful.

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I Always love thinking of the AUs where Anakin/Vader raises the twins, partially because of his immaculate dad T-shirts, and also I just love thinking of how he’d react to either of the twins dating a literal criminal (yk ignoring Anakin’s own numerous war crimes) cause I’m sorry Han but you don’t stand a chance

maybe someone should stop ignoring his crimes actually

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I’m curious, what’s wrong with The Narrows?

Okay so...

It didn't exist.

At all. Until about 2010.

MORE BELOW THE CUT BECAUSE THIS GOT LONG AND I ENDED UP DOING A GOOD CHUNK OF MY GOTHAM CITY MAP RANT

Gotham had ludicrously detailed maps for YEARS. Here's a fun article about it.

This is the map from the No Man's Land novelization, created by Eliot R. Brown. It's the most legible, even if it doesn't have all of the details that some of the other ones have from the NML comics.

It's a good, established map, and it's relatively sensible. We've got Arkham on its own island, which seems like a relatively smart idea, we've got a decent spread of where people and things are; there are inconsistencies for sure and people changed this up; for example this map moves City Hall randomly

The thing is that Nolan changed where Bruce's parents were shot in his movies. He decided that Crime Alley (Park Row) wasn't appropriate and so he came up with The Narrows, his version of Park Row, to be the part of Gotham where the Waynes get shot in Batman Begins.

And then *hand wiggle* it's kind of unclear tbh but SOMEONE decided to use that, since it was so well known. So they just kinda... shove it into the space between the middle and lower island and move Arkham there and just say that Gotham has Yet Another worst neighborhood ever.

So THIS map came out in 2010, probably as part of the Batman: Arkham Asylum video game thing. Arkham was relocated to the Narrows, Arkham Island became "South Channel Island", Wayne Manor completely randomly swapped places with the airport, Bristol disappeared entirely with it instead being replaced with "The Palisades", Tricorner was renamed Sandy Hook, which did not age great, and then a bunch of things randomly got shuffled around, and the names changed. They lost a lot of fun details; bring back Finger River you cowards, and generally this map took out a lot of the fun

Frankly? despite being extremely fun to be able to zoom in on and providing a kind of more realistic look at how Gotham might work, I hate this map. It's bad. It's boring. It got rid of Amusement Mile; the decrepit boardwalk that's now full of great abandoned buildings for supervillains to take over, it got rid of all sorts of important landmarks like the Knights football stadium and Robinson Park, and just took all of the character out of it.

Batgirl of Burnsides Map: it's less pretty than some of the others; notice that Robinson is no longer shaped like a penis, which I think is a tragedy, personally. However, it's definitely brought back a lot of the uniqueness of the NML map; it's definitely bridging the gap between the two. It also adds a location for where the Kane Family lives, which is kind of fun. (It also puts Arkham back on its own island which, huge sigh of relief for everyone who lives in the Narrows)

But really, my grudge with the Narrows is how it serves kind of an in-between purpose and how it throws off Gotham's world building. The Narrows is clearly born out of Christopher Nolan hating the fact that he was directing a movie about a superhero whose parents died in Crime Alley (JUST USE PARK ROW, MY DUDE). And they've tried to continuously figure out an identity for it, and it's never really worked, because it feels like no one really has a feel for Gotham City as a character in this era, unlike in the era of Brubaker and Rucka, the two writers who I feel like used Gotham City's geography and character the best. [If you're wondering why I don't hold the same grudge against Burnsides: I mostly pretend that it's a replacement for a silver age area known as "The Village", and put its absence on earlier maps up there with Manchester's absence.]

Roughly, Uptown Gotham is the "rough" part of Gotham. It's where we have Park Row, Burnley, the Bowery, and the Hill (the Hill is the traditionally Black part of Gotham, where Orpheus is from). There's other parts of that area, but roughly, that's our geography. It's also the most likely former home to Ace Chemical Plants, which shut down at some dubious point in Gotham's recent history, leading to a massive surge in Gotham's unemployment and causing the bust cycle which has been taking Uptown into such rapid urban decay; Park Row was originally a "nice part of town" before the Waynes' death symbolized the death of that era.

Midtown has Gotham U, but it also has East End, which is another really shady area of Gotham; Selina and Helena's hometown. Mobsters and Mafiosos on every corner. Probably Gotham's equivalent of Little Italy. It's also got Robinson Park, Gotham's answer to Central Park, and Ivy's home turf, as well as the resivoire, every Gotham villain's favorite pitstop.

Downtown is the glitz and glamor, white collar crime area. Here we get the Diamond District, Old Gotham, and City Hall... the Financial District, Gotham Police HQ, the Clocktower, and Wayne Tower are all here as well. But we've also got China Town here, which textually is also a lower-class area with an organized crime problem and, connected to a shipping area called "Dixon Docks" (Yes, named after that Dixon), so it's not always clear-cut. Tricorner Yards, the lowest island, is also clearly a shipping area, and the two areas seem to be pretty connected.

Anyways, I digress. The point is that... the Narrows to me, doesn't really fit into any of that? It feels like they've said "we need to use this thing from the popular movies, uh... let's drop it in the middle of this river" and they've just... never managed to do anything with it that satisfies me with its existence. We have areas that I'd rather see fleshed out. We have this incredibly detailed world building right at our finger tips. But DC just kind of... isn't interested in that? And so I'm off in my corner, muttering to myself about maps and world building and Gotham City lore. Don't mind me. XD

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This^ this shit right here is why I get pissed when people try to treat other members of the various superhero ‘families’ especially those who differ in gender, orientation or race from the primary character, as being just like that character but <insert surface level variation here>. Because it does such an incredible disservice to those characters. Despite how she is sometimes portrayed, Supergirl is NOT just Girl!Clark, and you’re doing both of those characters a disservice when you forget that. Hell its a large part of why there can be this assumption that the various spinoff characters are less interesting than the originals, simply because they are viewed as being merely a gimmick.

Kara is not just Clark in a skirt.

Neither Kate, not Babs, Cass or Steph are Bruce but with Boobs.

Miles isn’t just Peter with an abundance of melanin, nor are Gwen, Jess or Cindy just Peter, but also girl.

AU where Clark lands on Earth as an adult and having to mask as a regular person. Sure, it sounds almost identical to canon, but.

For Clark, its fairly easy to blend in because he was raised by really good human parents with regular customs.

This Clark? When he went to an interview at the Daily Planet he tried to eat a pen. Shit, a whole computer! Lois asks him out for coffee and he's pissing sweat, " Coffee! My Favorite...Food?"

"...You country boys are weird."

When he interviews Bruce? Just spends 5 minutes gawking. " You're...Beautiful. May I court you? What's your favorite planet? I can bring you rocks."

Bruce just thinks he's autistic (just like him)

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yeah thats why he hates to tell you, means he’s blood related to one of them.

Damian: I hate to tell you this, but one of you was adopted. Tim & Jason: Tim: Only one...?

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the only way the Joker would ever stay dead is if his manner of death was a dumb joke that could not be topped. Ergo, the only possible choice would be for Alfred to do it, i.e. the Butler did it.

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Love them, wish we could have gotten them all together like this at least once.

CapFamily + Comic Accurate Costumes

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It has to happen and I cannot wait.

Got a tablet, but now i have to get used to drawing in it

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It would also be nice if production companies would stop hiring creators (writers, Producers and show runners) who actively dislike a property when they are trying to make an adaptation of an existing IP. Like my single biggest red flag when looking at a new show or movie is if a director or show runner gives an interview where they proudly announce that they’ve hired writers who have never engaged with what ever piece of media that they are adapting. Seriously, every time that happens the show comes out 6-12months later and it is terrible. 

I feel like in recent years there been an increase in producers and directors who create shows and movies with the intent to say “fuck you” to the audience/parts of the audience.

And it really bothers me because at best it’s bad storytelling. And at worst is upsets and alienates fans.

There are ways to address racism and sexism on screen without straight up harassing all white characters and male characters. (Hi new Velma show).

Fans should be encouraged to speculate and guess the ending and if they guess right, that means the story makes logical sense. (Looking at you Rian Johnson and GOT directors).

Even if you have a point you want to make with your audience, you need to acknowledge that movies and shows are storytelling mediums. If people wanted to learn about the history of racism within the justice system and how it relates to drugs, they’d watch a documentary. It is possible to create shows and movies that cover hard hitting topics and explore societal problems that are still good stories. There are ways to shock the audience without tossing out all the clues previously dropped. And these giant entertainment companies have the money and resources to find and hire good storytellers but they actively choose not to and instead support films and shows that are intended to be reactionary to the audience it’s geared for.

And as an aspiring author, I’m tired of it.

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YES! thankyou, I’ve been seeing these takes comparing the two all over this site over the last week and I thought I was losing my mind. I can understand if Wednesday wasn't your cup of tea, or if the setup rubbed you the wrong way. But to act as though Wednesday shows the same kind of disrespect and derision towards the source material that the Velma show does is increadibly off base.

ppl are comparing Wednesday to Velma

no thanks one is an adequate interpretation of Wednesday “Mommy’s Little Toadstool” Addams growing up and existing as a teenager. With natural teenage hormones and emotions making her not act like the baby we know and love from the 60s and 90s. Whose family still shows the same unconditional love for each other as always, just with some teenage angst in there bc if you try to tell me you never resented your parents for stupid reasons in highschool you are a Liar.

Velma is a disgrace to God, Scoobert Doo, and All Things Holy.

Calm your tits. They are not the same.

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You Fucking tell her Velma!

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Preach it louder for the people in the back!

god literally any other hero in the MCU would have made a better mentor for Peter and I'm forever bitter that we need got to see any of them.

okay but when will tonkies just deal with the fact that just because you kidnap a child and take them to a different town on a different continent and make them fight your peers you have beef with, then constantly manipulate said child, it doesn’t make you their parent?

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Peter, gesturing over at Natasha: how does that work though? She's literally right over there already? How can she come around later?

Clint: *snorts*

Natasha: *fumbles her phone in the single least co-ordinate moment of her life.*

Clint: awww that's so sweet, you broke Nat!

Peter: Hey, Joe said he's coming over this afternoon.

Clint: Cool.

Peter: Do you know who Joe is?

Clint: JOE MAMA!

Natasha, not even looking up from their phone: Damn, that backfired.