#codex: sol

[luciacaminoz]

CODEX ENTRY

SOLONA "SOL" CASTILLO Caitiff • Courier • Catalyst

“[…] exists in the liminal between monster and martyr.”

IDENTITY Name: Solona María Alejandra Castillo

Aliases: “Sol” (most common), "Soledad" (courier alias; Camarilla dossiers; later by Nuevo León’s and the greater Gulf's crime syndicates and Kindred circuits), "Soli" (family; childhood nickname), "Lady Selene" (Julian's LiveJournal fanfics) Clan: Caitiff (botched Embrace; presumed Banu Haqim) Generation: 11th -> 9th by 2020 (post-diablerie and 2100X vitae infusion) Sire: Julian Sim (Banu Haqim) Birthdate: November 1st, 1974 (Scorpio sun, Cancer moon, Pisces rising) Embraced: November 2nd, 2000 (age 26, Sierra Vista, AZ) Humanity: 6

PHYSICAL PROFILE Height: 5’7 | Weight: 130 lbs Appearance: Asian/Hispanic female. A study in contrasts—delicate bone structure, thick brows, rounded full lips. Almond eyes, densely lashed and restless. Scar tissue a silver slice from left oral commissure to earlobe (timing belt snap at 17). Build: Hourglass; fleshy curves with coltish limbs—feminine, lithe and capable. Walks with a lazy, hip-first sway. Skin: Medium tan olive skin: deeper/healthier undertones with Blush of Life active; slightly greyer, washed-out complexion otherwise. Hair: Espresso-dark, waist-length waves; often tied back with gold wire, beads, stolen Panda Express chopsticks, in a messy or braided ponytail, baby hairs wild or strategically framing her face. Eyes: Cajeta in crude oil—that final shade of brown before all light’s swallowed by black hole. Voice: Husky contralto. Sandoval-family Spanish-soft lilt, Sonoran cadence. Laugh is rare, disarming, warm.

Distinguishing Marks:

Tattoos: Scorpion (right hand), kingsnake (left ankle), twin hummingbirds (left hip), Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (full back mural). Various smaller tattoos and stick-and-pokes all over.

Moles: Scattered. Concentrated clusters on neck, breast, and shoulder.

Scent & Blood Profile: Burning mesquite, sage, cacao, offset with chamoy and tamarind tang.

Style: Desert punk, apocalypse saint — thrifted slip dresses, mutilated band tees, tiny camisoles and bandeaus, oversized jackets. Baggy or low-rise jeans, cutoff shorts. Last-legs denim and beaten-soft leather. Matte blacks, stark whites, warm earth tones: dried blood red, ochre, rust, sienna. Safety pin mods, bandanas, citrine studs and turquoise beads sewn throughout; rosaries repurposed as anklets. Favors sneakers, lace-up combat boots; strappy sandals and metallic accents on more formal occasions.

PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE MBTI: INFJ Enneagram: Type 4w5 Fatal Flaw: Loyalty above self-preservation Core Fear: Fundamentally worthless/useless Core Desire: To feel real (to herself, which she often mistakes for feeling needed/wanted/put to use by others) Vice: Self-Sacrifice Virtue: Empathy Concept: The Martyr Who Bites/The Scorpion Saint — bleeding heart wrapped in barbed wire, equal parts ghost and hurricane. The wound (loneliness and longing) as an entity. Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Key Traits:

Empath (derogatory): Reads rooms like a bloodhound, absorbs pain (voluntary or not). Not above using human fragility (wants, fears, darker desires) for gain; can backfire or become overwhelmed when a trigger is present.

Self-Loathing: But resilient; trying not to make a big deal of it.

Haunting Vulnerability: Projects an aura of quiet, tragic beauty behind the stoicism.

Nurturer: Instinctively gentle with children, animals, broken things. Watches out for women at truck-stops, diners, gas stations, clubs; those who are lost; those working long nights alone.

Twisted Sensuality: Sex > or = communication. Will use sex as both weapon and comfort; a way to ground or to escape; deflect or emphasize.

Protective Fury: Will eviscerate anyone and anything (including the Masquerade) threatening her very few loved ones.

Beast Resonance: Inland Taipan (lethal precision) × Solifugae (desert hunger) × Arizona Bark Scorpion (deceptively strong venom).

*Manifests when Protean is in use as slit pupils, lightened irises, extended fangs, unnerving stillness.

Predator Type: Siren (sometimes suppressed)

Preferred Vessels: Construction workers, single fathers, anyone with over-clocked minds, calloused hands, in need of release, etc. Not a strict preference, however.

Method: Seductive predation (“I’ll make it good for you”) followed on occasion by post-feed guilt-vomiting.

Blood Resonance: Melancholic (frequent), Choleric (from Julian), Sanguine (from Ryan).

Mental Health: Depression, depersonalization and chronic dissociation made worse after Aila’s diablerie and Julian’s abandonment. Developed Bulimic derangement due to intense trauma of blood bond breaking down.

SKILLSET & DISCIPLINES

Disciplines:

Blood Sorcery: (butcher-shopped and jury-rigged from Julian’s initial schooling. Cruder than Banu Haqim or Tremere techniques but brutally efficient.)

Dust to Dust: Blood/vitae siphon.

Crimson Lasso: Razor-wire whips of congealed vitae.

Veil of María: Illusions woven from heat-haze and opponent blood loss.

Protean: (self-manifested, self-taught. Lettow imparts some teaching during the events of Night Road.)

Feral Weapons: Claws distend, fangs elongate (4”, curved), able to unhinge jaw like a serpent.

Scorpion’s Touch/Kodoku: Blackened talons that secrete paralytic venom (duration: 10 mins, Sorcery Combo).

Earth Meld: Limited to sinking into sand/loose soil.

Celerity: (Julian’s tutelage in Monterrey, post-Night Road. Utterly rudimentary—nothing flashy. Yet.)

Skills:

Mechanical Prodigy: Hotwires most cars in 8.3 seconds. Anything pre-2020 <15 seconds. Engine whisperer. Favors muscle cars, JDMs, motorcycles.

Courier: Knows every backroad from Tucson to Tijuana.

Getaway Driver: Speeds and drifts like a wraith. Offensive and defensive maneuvers.

Languages: Fluent Spanish, English; rusty Tagalog.

Streetwise: Subtle and lowkey, with high wits and composure. Competently navigates cop checkpoints and hunter cells; gang, cartel and certain Anarch territories.

Weaknesses:

Guilt: Under/Overfeeds, self-flagellates, hesitates mid-fight, leaves survivors.

Mortal Melancholy: Overcompensates with Blush of Life during sex/feeding. Stares at couples and families. Hoards Ryan's pictures of sunsets and his nieces' crayon masterpieces.

Dyslexic: Shies away from text communication and academics, tries to memorize everything including maps and operating systems.

Restlessness: Russian nesting doll of sadness wrapped in horny, wrapped in 'I can fix him', wrapped in 'Fuck it', and prone to paranoid and Fugue states. And wrapped in more horny.

Triggers: Julian’s “Solona”’s, Aila's stirring, children, migrants, girls with a familiar hollowness. Ryan's tenderness, specifically.

BIOGRAPHY Early Life (1974-2000): Born in Soledad, CA, to a Mexican mechanic (Javier Castillo) and Filipina seamstress (Luningning “Lu” Reyes). Older brother Tiago (Los Zetas enforcer) taught her to throw punches, change oil, hide bodies. Moved to Sierra Vista, AZ, at 8. Dropped out of high school at 16. Worked dad’s garage nights, toyed with community college, dated town bad boys, miscarried at 22. Ultimately directionless. Embraced by Julian at 26.

Fledgling Years (2000-2010): Julian’s shadow, best friend, lover, partner-in-crime. Camarilla wetwork: border ops, hits, drops, clean ups. Diablerized Aila (2010). Julian abandoned her a month later.

Wilderness Years (2010-2017): Independent courier gigs, smuggling, trafficking, gun-running. Crying in truck-stop showers; learning to control purging episodes after feeding. Restricted to bagged blood.

Alternate Universe (2018+): Tremere fetter analysis delayed, awaiting further instruction before making return trip to Texas state; granted temporary hospitality in Miami. Subsequently tangled in Chantry bullshit, Gulf drug and gun trade, and the political chess courtesy of a Lasombra rolling in. Also: Ryan Donahue.

Night Road & Beyond (2021+): Reunited with Julian. 2100X catalyst. Infiltrated Viper Club, retrieved Beckoning data, destabilized Second Inquisition’s presence in Southern AZ (for now). Main Mission Objective: Sabbat death cult in Monterrey. Side Mission Objective: Who the fuck took that shot.

Affiliations: Julian Sim & 2100X; Independent (ex-Camarilla-adjacent) courier; Ricardo 'Ric' Lorenz's Miami heist crew (by extension of Ryan Donahue).

[vigilskeep]

Rook codex prompt #25, please? 🙏

25. Notes taken by Rook when they were young/in training

THIS BOOK BELONGS TO SOL AND IF YOU STEAL IT I’LL CUT YOU.

3rd book!

Notes are stupid but Viago says their not even if my friends say they are. Viago is definiatly definitly coming back soon and he said I would never fill up one book so I will fill up THREE BOOKS.

[The rest of the page is filled up with a sketch of a particularly tall and skinny stick figure standing next to a stack of books his own height, nonetheless helpfully labelled ‘3 BOOKS’. The stick figure is waving its arms around, presumably amazed and impressed. It has a few lines on its face that might indicate a budding moustache.]

If I do more drawings it will be filleded up quicker.

Today we learned about herbs that do not kill targets at all. Sometimes they are distractening and sometimes they only hurt a bit. Sometimes they make you feel better which is good if it’s you or if it’s them and you have XTRA OBJECTIVs.

Cosimo who is my friend again sat with me but he did not like it when I anssered the questions and knew all about rashvine first. She showed us on Cosimo’s arm that it does what it says which is stupid because I already told her. I don’t think Cosimo is my friend anymore. They only use him for demonstrashuns when his da is not friends with the Talon anymore so he shoud throw his da’s food on the floor and not mine. I don’t have a da but I have Viago who is better because he told me what rashvine is.

Nothing else happened. I will draw seagles.

[Several drawings of seagulls. They’re pretty good.]

[the-antiapocalyptic-man]

More Supergirls:

-Mia "Cir-El" Cyril, a K-Type DNAngel built by the Time Trapper's Futuresmiths. Her K-Type is confirmed from Kal-El per the Time Trapper's express wishes, but her human components (of which there are at least two) are unclear. After almost being erased from the timestream in retribution for siding with Superman against the Futuresmiths, she navigated history freely, rebuilding portions of history damaged or erased by the Time Trapper.

-Zara Jor-El, Kal's sister via K-Codex Birth-Matrix stolen by Darkseid and raised by Granny as the first of the Super-Furies. Her scythe is a 4-D weapon simultaneously existing as K-Metal and Sunstone. It causes irreparable sol-cellular damage every time she wields it, forcing Zara to become ever more reliant on the fire-pits of Apokolips just to stay alive.

[alienbloodheart]

Excerpt of the Star Heart Codex

“the Three Aerial Eyes”

Record Cycle: 2778 AUC

Location: Archive of Sol

Section: the Book of the Earthborn III

Link to the Star Heart Codex

•••••••••••••

“i hold the mirrors — look at all that light”

— fragmented verse, pre-fall era

•••••••••••••

First Eye Opened [1 ≈ 1 & 1 ≈ 3]

The skies are covered. If there is One, then there are more than One. None of the Ones are identical, even if they look the same. The Earthborn interacts with another Earthborn. The Earthborn is multiple. The Earthborn makes a difference and looks in the mirror. The Earthborn sees diversity. The image is colourful. The Earthborn reflects on Beauty. When the Earthborn meets Chaos with One Eye open, the Earthborn smiles at Chaos and speaks of a joke. A Truth becomes a Message.

In every Message, I tell Truth.

Second Eye Opened [3 & 3 ≈ 7]

The skies are moving. If there are more than One, then there is One. All of the Ones are identical, even if they look different. The Earthborn interacts with a group of Earthborn. The Earthborn is in-between. The Earthborn finds the centre and becomes the mirror. The Earthborn sees relativity. The image is clear. The Earthborn reflects on Peace. When the Earthborn meets Chaos with Two Eyes open, the Earthborn clears Chaos and speaks of a destination. A Message becomes an Idea.

In every Idea, I transmit Peace.

Third Eye Opened [3 & 7 ≈ 11 ≈ 1]

The skies are open. If there is One, then there is One. One does not look like itself, even if One is itself. The Earthborn interacts with a new Earthborn. The Earthborn is himself•herself. The Earthborn become mirror looks in the mirror again. The Earthborn sees infinity. The image is folded. The Earthborn reflects on Truth. When the Earthborn meets Chaos with Three Eyes open, the Earthborn twists Chaos and speaks of a paradox. An Idea becomes a Vision.

In every Vision, I conceive Truth.

•••

If the Earthborn feels cold, he•she shall choose to look at a new flower, and they shall feel warm again. Once opened, the Earthborn shall never close his•her Eyes. If the Earthborn is stubborn and chooses to close all Eyes, the Earthborn denies Truth and Chaos will swallow him•her. When all the Eyes are open at once, Beauty will flow into Peace, and Peace will flow into Truth.

•••••••••••••

End of excerpt

[nevermatchandscpsradadventures]

🚨!!CROSSOVER LINK ALERT!!🚨

And thus, we have another crossover Link, this one being the Hero of the Codex - aka, my Pokémon crossover Link!

Codex was born into a very big family, more specifically the Joy family. As a result, most of his family members, from his mother to his sisters to his aunts and cousins, are Nurse Joys that work in various Pokémon centers all over. It's a bit tough to tell at first glance, but his skills in taking care of Pokémon of all kinds and his strawberry blond hair that gets incredibly curly if he doesn't straighten it on a regular basis are the easiest indicators.

On his fourth birthday, he was gifted a Happiny egg. When it hatched, it was revealed the Happiny was a shiny. Because of these factors, Codex decided to name her Lucky, and they formed a quick and strong bond, and she became his only friend for years, considering other kids thought him to be weird and such, not to mention how busy most of his family is. Soon before his adventure, though, he was given a second Pokémon, an Audino. He wasn't thrilled, to say the least, because he was perfectly content with just having a Happiny, thank you very much. Still, he named the Audino Dolores and took her along with him on his journey, eventually taking a liking to her (although it took some time).

Throughout his adventure, Codex caught and befriended more Pokémon. The first one he actually caught was an Eevee, and although he couldn't come up with a good name for him at first, he named him Sol once he evolved into an Espeon. After getting blasted off of Death Mountain (an actual mountain this time) by Team Swine, Codex met a Drampa who caught him and, with Lucky and Dolores's help, tended to his injuries; Codex wound up naming him Wormy, and he joined the party. At another point, Codex found a Lapras that was being forced to carry supplies for Team Swine, so he freed her, and when she wouldn't stop following him around, he caved and took her in, naming her Nessie. Finally, there's the Trevenant that had attacked Codex when he was traveling through the Kokor Forest, and when Codex realized that the Trevenant was injured with a withering branch, he sent Lucky to tend to him, and the Trevenant soon joined the party and was named Deku. Of course, by now, Lucky is a Blissey, having become a Chansey during Codex's adventure and later becoming a Blissey. She's rarely ever in her Pokeball, which tells you how close the two of them are.

At the beginning of his adventure, Codex met Zelda, and they quickly became rivals after a battle, his Happiny and Audino vs. her Ralts and Shinx. They kept encountering each other, and although they insist they're still rivals, they're less hostile with each other, if nothing else. Another thing to note is that they both have crushes on the other, but they're both completely oblivious about it. Funny how it works like that.

Codex is a bit shy when you first meet him, but he's friendly once one gets to know him. He rarely speaks out loud, except when talking to his Pokémon, so it's notable when he does speak out loud to a person. He's kind almost to a fault, and he's very caring and nurturing, although his medical expertise only extends to Pokémon (and similar creatures), so if you've got some kind of injury and ask him to help take care of it, expect him to go about it like a veterinarian might with a pesky cat. He won't hesitate to put a cone on you if necessary. None of this is to say he's always docile and well-behaved, of course; he's competitive in battle, his trash talk is surprisingly effective, he occasionally acts out for attention if desperate enough (understandable given how busy most of his family is), and he may or may not have eaten literal garbage on live television (don't tell his mom).

[ask-mortarion-the-death-lord]

part 1

on a side note, i have an alt heresy idea kicking around in my head thats basically just all the canon primarchs remain loyal and have to do battle with an equal number of fanon traitor primarchs, with the important caveat that all their backstories remain largely the same because to often do alt heresies hinge all the changes in loyalties on backstory changes. to writ the general ideas i have in mind for all of them though

fulgrim: never gets invited to the traitor party and is part of the loyalist forces betrayed on istvaan v. dies an istvaan but ferrus goes on a webway journey that culminates in ferrus giving his life up in exchange for fulgrims, with the 'reborn phoenix' popping out of the imperial webway on terra carrying ferruses corpse and crying sad tears. goes on to the lead the imperial frontlines against the traitor advance in conjunction with rogals overall strategic goals. disappears after the heresy allegedly because of some grief stricken self imposed exile over the emperor's internment the 40k emperor's children retain the preening perfectionist attitudes of their past with an emphasis on routine and ceremony to avoid the excesses that almost caused the legions fall. officially follow the codex but insist they are actually following the 'phoenicia tacticia' which is just the codex with a collection of fulgrims tactical and 'dress and ceremony' writings tacked on. this dectuples the length of the codex and your expected to memorize the 'phoenicia tacticia' in full before promotion to captain in the chapter.

perturabo: no one thought to invite him to either party and now perty is pissed off, in part because after istvaan both sides sent missives to invite him into either the loyalist or traitor parties assuming he'd automatically say yes. well his hatred for rogal initially pushed him in the direction of joining the traitors as a means of finally getting one over rogal, the representative of the traitor cause that was sent to 'officiate perturabos dedication to the cause of rebellion' so greatly irritated perturbo to the point of enragement and disparagement of the entire traitor force as 'preening peacocks' resulting in the engagement of hostilities at that very ceremony well an imperial assassination taskforce was getting prepared to strike. this proved to be more costly for the traitors then was thought, as the many iron warrior outposts and fleets across the galaxy began turning their guns on the traitors forces at perturabos word, where previously they had remained neutral, and many of which would hold out for years with some holding out the entire length of the heresy and the scouring. most notably was perturabos fortification of the olympia system into the 'iron cage' disrupting the forward lines and momentum of the traitor forces for a number of years as they fought to unstick the iron warriors form their home, only for perturabo to blow up any usable infrastructure on olympia anyways as he evacuated his force. perturabo would then find his way to terra where, at malcadors instruction he was to assist in further reinforcing the sol system in preparation of war, and well rogal and perturabos rivalry initially caused them to come to blows in their many disagreements it was this time reinforcing the sol system for war where perturabo and rogal grew a grudging respect for each others genius, allowing them and their legions to work expertly in concert during the solar war and the siege of terra. perturabo would later be greviously injured during the first black crusade, his ultimate fate unknown after the iron warriors records on the matter were lost. the 40k iron warriors are codex compliant and still retain a rivarly with the imperial fists, but it is a healthy one of competition rather then the bitter distaste both held for the other during the great crusade. on centennial basis they even participate together on a grand tournament of strategic wargame simulations based on one such game perturabo originally invented and which was refined through many a game with rogal before and during the solar war. in the wider imperial conscious both are marvelled for their engineering skills, the rebuilt marvel that is olympia a testament to the iron warriors architectural genius, but the imperial fists are regarded as stronger on the defence of a siege well the iron warriors are regarded as stronger on the offence of one.

konrad curze: gets backstabbed by the murders he let into the legion and dragged to nostramo in chains by vengful nostramo noble families eager for some mob justice, resulting in an extended session of awful torture made worse by his superhuman nature letting them get pretty extreme on him. with nothing else but pain to occupy his time konrad reflects on his life and how his visions were wrong [didn't see this shit coming and his visions still showed horus as the arch traitor], how he let that fear consume him, and how the night haunters a bit of a dick. gets saved by the sacrifice of a nameless mute civilian who ends up suffering horrible tortures in his place as he recovers, culminating in the rise of a third personality called the judge that coldly executes the entirety of nostramoses noble family houses and anyone in the night lords who directly betrayed him or are unwilling to 'repent'. decides to go for broke, gathers what loyalist night lord elements he can, and wages a guerrilla campaign against the traitors behind enemy lines disappearing during the scouring. the 40k night lords become more nobledark batmans instead of grimdark batmans and also eventually nostramos serves as the heart of a major imperial cult of worship to the 'silent martyr'. codex compliant but the individual captains enjoy more autonomy of movement and command then comparative chapters.

angron: never got invited to the traitor party because the arch traitor this time around disliked angron enough to uninvite him to rebellion. instead hes one of the loyalist forces to get betrayed on istvaan v, willingly throwing himself and his legion right into the thick of things with angron fully intending to die in battle right then and there. unfortunately for him his more level headed sons panic when angron does almost die, spiriting angrons mostly dead body from the fighting and going on the run from traitor pursuit, eventually ending up in ultramar around when the ruinstorm kicks off. agree to fight for roboute and the loyalists in exchange for protection and help for angrons still nearly dead corpse. this ultimately culminates in some wacky shenaniganary involving lorgar using the actual divine miracle powers of the emperor, the world eater librarius all sacrificing themselves, and some sketch ass daot stuff to successfully remove the butchers nails from angron finally letting his body properly recover. when he wakes up, the red angel makes a beeline for nuceria, 'officially' brings it under his legions control and institutes a conscription of the planets population to replenish his legions numbers as fast as possible before making a bloody rush for terra later called 'the crimson path' and reinforcing it in time for the siege. after the heresy angron would be at the forefront of the scouring disappearing shortly after is conclusion for reasons unknown. the 40k world eaters are a contradiction very much still the bloody gladiator berserkers they were fashioned into during the great crusade but also heavily tempered by ideals of justice, honour and liberation, frequently coming into conflict with other imperial institutions or chapters on conduct during war and their duties such as condemning the black templars 'dishonourable purges of innocent mutant populations'. the ultramarines let them have free reign over nuceria [which now serves as the world eaters homeworld and a world of gladiator warrior temples since their take over] and let their successors operate in ultramar in exchange for following the codex and sending representatives to the ultramarines lil meetings and ceremonies much to the world eaters annoyance on the second half of those responsibilities.

[dragonflight203]

ME1 replay, Luna and post conversations:

-That it triggered conversations with Kaidan, Ashley, and Liara was a surprise. I did not realize Luna would count as a trigger. Their dialogue usually only updates after main missions.

-Also, I'm slow. I always thought Liara's triggers were odd, because the other alien conversation triggers would occur after UNC worlds. Liara's triggers after main missions because love interest triggers occur after main missions.

-The path of relays are interesting. Argos Rho and Gemini are right next door, but you have to go through four relays to reach the other.

Luna:

-Hackett says Shepard is still part of the Alliance military. I wish we knew more about how spectres are supposed to operate. A spectre being a part of their species military appears to be a conflict of interest.

Or maybe it's not? The Hierarchy military is the Hierarchy government. So maybe the Council sees no issue.

Still, as a consultant you ultimately answer to your company. So if a member of a military is on loan to the Council as a spectre, they ultimately answer to their military.

However, Udina and Anderson repeatedly emphasize that Shepard only answers to the Council now. They should remember they're human, but humanity can't tell them what to do.

Doylist answer: I don't think Bioware thought this through all the way.

Watsonian answer: I suspect Shepard was supposed to get a great deal of additional training on what being a spectre means, did not because Nihlus died, and the Council is waiting to see what they'll do as a test.

-Hackett is very emphatic that the VI is not an AI. How can they know that for sure? Are the fail safes not responding not a clue?

-Pluto's orbit was circularized as part of recovering the Charon Mass relay. How the hell did that work? Aren't planet orbits determined by gravity?

-Making the Sol Mass Relay be Charon was a clever way to incorporate Pluto into the game even after it was no longer delcared a planet

-The Codex entry for the Prothean ruins on Mars show the same aliens as the ones for Illos. Javik's design was definitely a retcon.

-All the wealth of the colonies are flowing back to Earth... Are the Turians just eating popcorn as they wait for Humanity's Unification Wars to start?

-As you go through each bunker, you're slowly killing the AI. What's it like to have your body destroyed limb by limb?

-I wish Tali had dialogue for this mission. You'd think she'd recognize a an AI gaining sentience, or have opions about putting down rogue machines

-Insanity is hard. Tactics: Stay in the hallway to better control enemy approach.

-This mission is so sad. The AI throws everything it can to stop you, but you just keep systematically dismantling it. Poison gas, kinetic barriers... Those don't do anything. It's just a last ditch effort to survive.

Garrus:

-Most black market trade can be ignored. Well, at least C-Sec knows how to prioritize.

-There's an Elcor diplomat that was a serial killer. More of Bioware making each race three dimensional. Most Elcors in the game are very kind.

-Ah, Garrus. My beloved corrupt cop. "Interviewing". The game doesn't even hide what this means; if you select a dialogue entry about "interviewing" Dr. Saleon, you ask if he got what he deserved.

-Garrus, just why did the Turian you were "interviewing" start bleeding out of nowhere?

-Garrus has such moral outrage against criminals, but so little actual concerns about the innocent. He hates what Dr. Saleon does, but is willing to sacrifice numerous innocent lives to stop him. Garrus, do you actually care about innocent people? Or do you just hate evil ones?

-I don't think it was an accident that Garrus told Shepard about Dr. Saleon as an interesting story. He was gunning to have Shepard go after Dr. Saleon from the start. This was just a convenient opportunity to do so.

Ashley

-Ashley, I am so sorry for you. Your writer tried, but you are the victim of so many poor choices.

-She tells Shepard so much about her family, but still conveniently leaves out everything about Shanxi.

-If Mike hadn't asked Sarah about sex, Ashley would have worried he thought Sarah was ugly. Just, agh. Let's put this down to it being the 2000s.

-The part where Sarah doesn't want to go to the authorities about the near rape is sadly quite believable and still very common. She's not wrong that reporting it would likely hurt her more than help

-And Sarah hugs him at the end after he tried to rape her, then tried to beat her up after he confronted her later. This is supposed to be heartwarming and show the strong backbone of Williams women. Why, Bioware, why

-And on top of lines that easily come off as racism and a story with numerous sexism issues, the game makes her the only religious human that I can recall in ME1. It's like the writer was trying to put every possible target on her back.

Wrex

-Wrex is so old. Not surprising that he has burnout.

-Krogan burial grounds are sacred. Maybe they're the reason why archeological digs can't be performed at grave sites?

-For all Krogans are comfortable with violence, Wrex is clearly traumatized by his father's betrayal and killing him. He shows a lot of vulnerability in this conversation.

-Even after getting his armor back, there's nothing left for him on Tuchanka.

-We meet Wrex at his lowest point, wondering the galaxy as a mercenary after failing to help his people. It's good to know it's only for him from here (barring certain choices in ME3)

Tali

-The writer sure mined a lot from this conversation in future games, didn't they?

Tali will probably never server on the admiralty board herself

People like her father have enemies, and would use Tali to hurt him

-Quarians place a high family on family and ancestry. They even engaged in ancestor worship. Maybe it's the Quarians that are the reason burial sites are sacrosanct

-Quarians are insular. Even if Tali stopped Saren, her people won't care much

Yet you can use Tali's actions in ME1 to rally the crowd for her in ME2. Retcon, or Tali underestimating how much her actions would improve public relations for her people

-Quarians abandon their criminals on planets, but are annoyed that others have such a lower opinion of them. Folks, I understand why you do this, but surely you can recognize the cause and effect?

Kaidan

-I forgot that Brain school killed kids. Damn. Kaidan's been through a lot

-Wow, this is my first time romancing Kaidan and the dialogue is very different. Usually the second converstation is another infodump. Here's there's very little of that and much more personal talk.

-People frequently say that Kaidan doesn't open up to unless you romance him, but I feel I learned more about him in his non romanced dialogue than his romanced dialogue

Liara

-Just how sheltered is Liara? Does she have much experience with living aliens? She speaks to Shepard like this is her first time actually interacting with non Asari and it's causing her eyes to open up - like a kid from a small town going to college for the first time. But she has a doctorate!

-She thinks humans have an advantage because they're short lived, so they have to fit more life into their short time span. I think this is the human writer showing through. No one says this kind of thing about Salarians, and they live a fraction of a human lifespan.

-The rest of the galaxy sees humans as bullies than run over other people to get their way. Frankly, from what we've seen so far I don't think this is wrong.

-Is the only time that Asari are monogender come up in the Codex and as an option when Liara hits on femshep? I wish Bioware had done more of this. It'd be interesting to run into an Asari sick of dealing with humans treating them as a woman.

-I don't know if this is a Bioware problem or an Asari problem. I'm leaning towards Bioware.

Me: Kaidan is special

Liara: But we are too right?

If I'm generous, it's because Asari are supposed to be comfortable with polygamous relationships. But there's conveniently no dialogue option to discuss that, so it comes off as Liara ignoring the fact that I'm gently letting her down.

Codex

-The entry about Human Military Doctrine strongly comes off as blatant propaganda.

The other species are totally impressed by us, guys! We're very special and despite being newcomers to space totally showing them the best tactics and how to protect colonies!

Meanwhile: We don't need to heavily protect each colony. We'll leave small garrisons to scout. If a colony is in trouble, we'll send reinforcements.

*Eden Prime is massacred* Humanity to the Council: WE MUST BE AVENGED

The Council, in their heads: Have you considered actually protecting the colonies that you are developing in territory that is so dangerous no one besides the Batarians is willing to develop?

In the background:

Ferrus: We call for Aid!

The Alliance: We'll send the new human spectre. We're sure they'll get around to you eventually.

Edit: Fix spellings

[teluriabr]

O Devorador de Homens

O excerto a seguir foi transcrito do diário de Alessandro di Melanzio, naturalista do século XII, considerado por muitos o precursor do naturalismo moderno. O manuscrito original, hoje sob custódia da Biblioteca Imperial de Erulia, compõe parte do acervo conhecido como Codex Alexandrinus, um conjunto de relatos de campo, descrições de espécies e crônicas pessoais redigidas durante suas viagens. Este trecho, em particular, refere-se à sua primeira grande expedição às Terras Meridionais e Orientais, iniciada quando este contava apenas 23 anos.

Terceiro dia do sexto mês do ano de 1163 da Era Comum.

Já se passaram alguns dias desde minha última entrada neste diário. Os recentes acontecimentos deixaram-me sem alento, e registrar pensamentos em papel tornou-se um luxo ao qual hesitei conceder tempo. Hoje, contudo, faz quatro dias desde que pus os pés em Razhmet, a Cidade Solar. Não tive tempo suficiente para conhecê-la como gostaria. Meus passos foram apressados, com as horas consumidas pela organização da jornada que me levará a Telbasta, capital do reino Quéxita.

Combinei os detalhes com um grupo de elfos nômades, os yumboes, que me garantiram passagem segura pelas areias. Agora, escrevo estas linhas antes que o cansaço e a melancolia me vençam, buscando registrar os ocorridos da noite passada.

Antes de partirmos fui advertido quanto aos perigos do caminho: desde escorpiões e serpentes da areia, que se enterram para atacar os pés dos desavisados, até as leocrotas, criaturas que imitam as vozes dos homens para atraí-los. Confesso que estas últimas despertaram meu interesse particular, mas acabei por concordar com os guias que não me afastaria do grupo para investigar o que quer que fosse. Outro aviso que recebi foi para não tocar em objetos aparentemente abandonados nas areias, nem seguir vozes que chamem por meu nome. O povo do deserto carrega consigo uma série de superstições envolvendo gênios e espíritos errantes e, embora eu tenda a não as aceitar de imediato, não posso dizer que tudo seja completamente infundado.

A caravana ao qual me afiliei sempre avançava noite adentro pelas dunas do grande deserto de Maroque. Os yumboes também haviam me advertido sobre o frio que se abate após o pôr do sol, mas ainda assim, a queda repentina da temperatura nunca deixa de me surpreender. Onde nasci, o clima raramente se mostra tão volátil. Aqui, porém, tenho a sensação de que as estações de um ano inteiro se desenrolam em cada dia.

Há também a inconveniência do sono invertido. Os yumboes só dormem à luz do dia, e acompanhar seu ritmo nesses primeiros dias tem sido uma tarefa um tanto árdua. Manter-me desperto durante as madrugadas e repousar sob o sol escaldante não é algo a que meu corpo se adapte facilmente. Ainda assim, segui com eles noite após noite, tentando não me perder nesse compasso.

Foi durante a última madrugada, em que nos avançávamos sob a luz de uma lua crescente e gibosa. Os yumboes, é claro, enxergavam perfeitamente o caminho, como se o próprio sol estivesse em nosso encalço, e não faziam uso de tochas ou fogo de qualquer espécie, para não comprometer sua visão noturna.

Meus companheiros raramente falavam, temerosos de atrair a atenção de chacais ou de outras feras. E, mesmo quando trocavam palavras entre si, eu pouco compreendia. Afinal, os povos do sul descendem de um tronco linguístico completamente alheio à língua comum. Embora eu arranhe alguns termos em quéxita, o dialeto dos yumboes ainda me soa profundamente estranho.

Repentinamente um de meus companheiros parou a caravana. Fez o sinal universal de silêncio, e todos os demais membros da companhia o obedeceram de imediato. Tentei, em vão, identificar no horizonte o que poderia ter interrompido nossa marcha. Mas, como já mencionei, minha visão noturna é bastante limitada.

O líder disse algo ininteligível para mim, num tom baixo e grave. Ilhzan, meu intérprete, se aproximou e, quase sussurrando, murmurou: “Senhor, se cultua algum deus, é melhor começar a rezar. Nosso líder avistou um devorador de homens à dist��ncia.”

Um arrepio gelado percorreu-me. Ainda assim, minha curiosidade se sobrepôs. "Devorador de homens?" perguntei a mim mesmo. Que eu soubesse, não havia mantícoras tão a Leste em Urrôra. Não, devia ser outra coisa. Um leão errante, talvez. Ou um hipopótamo... não, este último não estaria tão longe do Rio. As hipóteses se atropelavam em minha mente.

Foi então que ouvimos um bramido, um som grave, profundo, e reptiliano que aos meus ouvidos lembrava o berro de um dragão. Era isso. Dragões são cosmopolitas, podem ocorrer em qualquer lugar. Talvez estivéssemos diante de um deles. Mirei o horizonte, tentando identificar a origem do barulho, mas não conseguia distinguir nada além de uma forma escura movendo-se a uma grande distância.

Tentei me recordar de tudo o que sabia sobre dragões, mas isso só tornava tudo pior. Ilhzan me aconselhou a permanecermos juntos, pois talvez o animal se intimidasse. Mas eu sabia que isso não funcionaria. Dragões não se intimidam com nada menor do que outro dragão. Tampouco são tolos. Sabem perceber truques baratos com facilidade.

Comecei a pensar mais uma vez: se era mesmo um dragão, como parecia ser, então aquilo não terminaria bem. Os animais, finalmente perceberam a presença da fera e começaram a berrar e escoicear. Com certeza fomos notados. Dragões são atraídos por carne quente e objetos brilhantes, coisas que carregávamos em abundância na caravana. Era óbvio. Bastava largar tudo e fugir antes que se aproximasse, e talvez ele não nos perseguisse enquanto se distraía com os camelos e cavalos que levávamos. Afinal estariam condenados de qualquer maneira.

Falei com Ilhzan. Disse o que pensava. Ele me olhou, surpreso, e balançou a cabeça. Tentou me dizer algo, rápido, aflito, mas naquele momento eu não quis ouvir. Já havia tomado minha decisão. Comecei a soltar os arreios, abandonei meu fardo, desviei da trilha e corri como um tolo.

Foi só quando me vi longe dos demais, com a lua ainda alta, que percebi: a criatura que surgia das dunas não era um dragão. A distância se assemelhava a um grande paquiderme, com um corpo monstruoso que facilmente alcançava os treze pés de comprimento, recoberto por escamas grossas e com um tipo de juba no pescoço. Certamente um tipo de crocodiliano, pela cabeça monstruosa. As mandíbulas se abriram como um portão de bronze, e os pequenos olhos brilhantes me atravessavam como se pudessem ver minha alma. Um amute. E eu estava separado do grupo, era um alvo fácil. Toda a minha vida começou a passar diante dos olhos. Como fui tolo. Correr era inútil, eu jamais seria mais rápido que tal monstro em campo aberto. O pavor me paralisou. Tentei recuar, mas o animal vinha em minha direção.

Foi então que Ilhzan apareceu. Não o vi chegar, apenas ouvi seu grito. Corria até mim enquanto fazia gestos súbitos e desesperados, tentando chamar a atenção da criatura para si. Estava claro que queria desviá-la de mim, talvez intimidando-a e ganhando alguns segundos preciosos.

Por um instante, pareceu funcionar. O amute hesitou, mas logo avançou em investida cega e brutal. Quando Ilhzan percebeu que não tinha controle da situação, já era tarde demais. A criatura o alcançou com a violência de uma biga. Sua bocarra de crocodilo se fechou sobre ele num único movimento, e o ergueu como um brinquedo. Sacudia-o de um lado para o outro, quebrando seus ossos como se fossem gravetos.

Sinceramente, não me lembro com detalhes os eventos que se seguiram nessa noite depois do que presenciei. Sinto como se estivesse anestesiado. Não sei o que fiz depois. Talvez tenha gritado, pois lembro-me com clareza de gritos, talvez dos elfos. A criatura foi alvejada por dardos e começou a se afastar, carregando nosso companheiro na boca, não sei se saciada ou intimidada de alguma forma. Alguém certamente me puxou dali depois de algum tempo. O restante da caravana recuou lentamente, sem jamais virar as costas para o animal que, ora dilacerava o pobre Ilhzan, ora se impunha sobre nós.

Quando o perigo finalmente passou, os yumboes nada me disseram. E ninguém precisou dizer. Eu sabia o que tinha feito. Tive medo de ser abandonado à própria sorte, mas isso não aconteceu. Tudo indica que pretendem seguir com nosso acordo. Talvez tivesse sido até melhor se me deixassem, assim, talvez, eu sentisse menos o peso da culpa. Não sei como suportarei até chegarmos a Telbasta.

[christophe76460]

Psaumes 135

1. Alléluia! Louez le nom de l’Éternel

Louez-le, serviteurs de l’Éternel,

2. Qui vous tenez dans la maison du Seigneur,

Dans les parvis de la maison de notre Dieu.

3. Louez le Seigneur, car l’Éternel est bon,

Célébrez son nom, car il est doux,

4. Car le Seigneur a fait choix de Jacob;

d’Israël il a fait son peuple d’élection.

5. Oui, je sais que grand est l’Éternel,

Grand notre maître plus que toutes les divinités.

6. Tout ce que veut l’Éternel, il le fait,

Dans les cieux et sur la terre,

Sur les mers et dans toutes les profondeurs de l’abîme.

7. Il amène les nuages des extrémités de la terre;

Il accompagne d’éclairs la pluie,

Fait s’échapper le vent de ses réservoirs.

8. C’est lui qui a frappé les premiers-nés d’Égypte,

Parmi les hommes et parmi les animaux;

9. Il a envoyé signes et prodiges sur ton sol, ô Égypte,

Contre Pharaon et tous ses serviteurs.

10. Il a abattu des peuples puissants,

Fait périr des rois formidables,

11. Sihon, roi des Amorrhéens,

Og, roi de Basan, et tous les souverains de Canaan,

12. Pour donner leur pays en héritage,

En héritage à Israël, son peuple.

13. Éternel, ton nom dure à jamais,

Éternel, ta gloire d’âge en âge.

14. Car l’Éternel fait justice à son peuple

Et il est plein de commisération pour ses serviteurs.

15. Les idoles des nations, faites d’argent et d’or,

Sont l’œuvre de mains humaines.

16. Elles ont une bouche et ne parlent point,

Des yeux et ne voient pas;

17. Elles ont des oreilles et n’entendent point,

Il n’y a même pas un souffle dans leur bouche.

18. Puissent devenir comme elles ceux qui les fabriquent,

Quiconque met en elles sa confiance!

19. Maison d'Israël, bénissez le Seigneur!

Maison d’Aaron, bénissez le Seigneur!

20. Maison de Lévi, bénissez le Seigneur!

Adorateurs de l’Éternel, bénissez le Seigneur!

21. Que l’Éternel soit béni de Sion,

Lui qui demeure à Jérusalem.

Alléluia!

- Psaume du Codex d'Alep, la Bible hébraïque Juive du Xème siècle.

[gamerspine]

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[luciacaminoz]

VTM OC WARDROBE:

S O L E D A D

Clan: Caitiff

Humanity: 6

Generation: 10th (through diablerie and synthetic vitae)

Favorite Discipline: Protean (it’s so close; Sol finds Blood Sorcery extremely interesting and is very good at it, but I think if she was honest with herself she has more fun with Protean — just doesn’t like the implications of admitting that. She uses both in conjunction often though. Blorcean…)

bonus shit:

was tagged by @informaltorching & @batsu4eva thank you guys <333

idk who has been tagged already im kinda late to this but whoever reading rn with vtm ocs @silkenred @witchknightblack @gauntlings

@ustalav @lazareneblessing @baelavelaryon come to mind ^^

[mythalsknickers]

I wanted to reblog this with some little more depth and a reply to @bibooozeta I genuinely believe there is no wrong way to read the etymology behind Lucanis' name or truly any name in this game. Reading to far into things is how we got some great Solas fan lore that later became canon. That being said this was a 2am gremlin post where I was not doing a full parsing of Lucanis' name but waiting for my phone to charge I noticed something interesting. That being said, it is rainy, I have coffee and gluten free cookies, and a very long nerd post under the cut

What do we know about Antivan naming conventions, well they seem to follow a Fore Name and Last Name scheme. Looking from a list of last names we do have, there is a bit of linguistic variety with what we could notably say is an Orlesian influence. These are a list of last names and first name that were sourced from any form of dragon age media I can get my hands on.

*A note on di Bastion, the codex is unclear if they were born in antiva or not but did receive training from Orlesian Bards so she is marked as possibly orlesian, the other confirmed orlesian was left off the list. *A note on Fletcher, fletcher may very well be a title and not so much of a name as we see with Heir.

Linguistically speaking there is plenty of inspiration to choose from with Antiva and it is clear the developers took a lot inspiration from Italy, The Roman Empire, Spain, Portugal and many others. It is important to note without Latin, there would not be a lot of what we know as the romance languages, that being said let us begin with the first name.

Lucanis

Going off pronunciation we have [Lu][can][is] seems to be the in game dialogue. Looking at similar words we have Lucania[1][2] which is also pronounced similarly [Lu][ca][ni][a] and additionally in proper nouns that are not place locations we have Luca [Lu][ka] and Luciano [Lu][cia][no] as our closet sounding to Lucanis. So let us begin by breaking this down element by element.

Luc/Lu

Luc, from the Osco-Sabellic word for light Lux, from latin for light often seen as luc/lux/lu

Ani/Anis

A plural possessive suffix implying belonging [of]

on the surface this seems to say Light Of which honestly on its own paired with his last name is perfection I do not mind this reading, however I am known for wearing my tinfoil hat, and please walk with me while I cook with my above post in a similar depth. There is an overlap between Greek and Latin, and I will likely be playing with that.

Lu

Lux, from Latin for light often seen as luc/lux/lu Leukos, not really possibility since it is only seen as Leu/Le, however it means bright or White

Cani/Canis

Canis, from latin meaning dog/hound

So now what I am working with is Light Hound and with this we can move into his last name.

Dellamorte

Going off pronunciation for both in the media source, and in real life we are looking at [del][la][mor][te] this is pretty strictly Italian, as I said above it is Of Death specifically it looks like this when broken down into elements.

Dell'

Dell being a contraction meaning of or from the paired with as mentioned in the reply a feminine noun

Morte

From the noun mors meaning death

With all this in mind, if we were not digging a touch deeper into the elements his name would roughly translate into Light of from the death [partly because of of looks stupid] however I do want to go more in-depth so let's take what I did in the first post see what we are working with.

Dell'

Dell being a contraction meaning of or From the using the Italian contraction.

Amor

A play could be argued to use the Italian amore however we only see the Italian usage drop the e cases like ti amo or innamorarsi so for this we will go back and use the Latin.

amor meaning love for somebody

-Te

A masculine and singular variation of -tus that is possessive meaning You

Putting this together we are given something like Of/From the Love [for] You and pairing with his name we are given a very amusing parallel to Solavellan's dread wolf with Light Hound From the Love [for] You as a rough translation for his name. I still maintain there is no right or wrong way to read his name regardless of how you read it the Developers and Writers did a wonderful job with this.

Lucanis enjoyers, Rookanis Hell Dwellers. I come to you with angst.

Lucanis Dellamorte

Luc leukos (Greek: λευκός), meaning "white" Lux (gen. lucis), meaning "light"  Canis lykos (Greek: λύκος), meaning "wolf" Dellamorte of death

Or we could dig deeper Dell/della Italian for Of Amor italian/latin for love te latin for you His name MEANS WHITE WOLF OF LOVE [for] YOU

[vigilskeep]

i should probably add that the crucial context for the sol codex entry earlier is that they’re not together yet here, so “have i mentioned you’re a wonder, and i’d die if i had to go without you” is exclusively something sol feels comfortable saying because they���re Just Friends, which makes it just a joke. sol makes jokes by exaggerating all the time, nobody suspects anything, this is their universally applied One Cool Trick for expressing all their undying loyalty and affection without anyone they love noticing. do they 100% mean it? yes obviously but that’s none of lucanis’ business. they’re not saying all that after he’s knows it’s true it’d be too embarrassing

[mercuriicultores]

Leonidas Tarentinus – Anthologia Palatina, IX, 24 (Codex Palatinus, XXIII, p. 362)

Ἄστρα μὲν ἠμαύρωσε καὶ ἱερὰ κύκλα σελήνης ἄξονα δινήσας ἔμπυρος ἠέλιος· ὑμνοπόλους δ’ ἀγεληδὸν ἀπημάλδυνεν Ὅμηρος, λαμπρότατος· Μουσῶν φέγγος ἀνασχόμενος.

[HIS] El sol ardiente, moviéndose en su carro de fuego, eclipsó las estrellas y los ciclos sagrados de la luna; así Homero oscureció la gloria del rebaño de poetas alzándose como la luz más brillante de las Musas.

[alienbloodheart]

Excerpt from the Star Heart Codex

“the Three Beats of a Heart”

Record Cycle: 2778 AUC

Location: Archive of Sol

Section: the Book of Contemporary Hearts I

Link to the Star Heart Codex

•••••••••••••

The Earthborn looks down, watches his•her Heart. The Earthborn knows Trust, for without Trust a Heart cannot be held. The Earthborn holds his•her Heart, knows his•her Three Beats.

Flower Beat

The Flower beats fast, for this Beat is for Beauty. The Earthborn listens to the Beat. VROOM VROOM VROOM. It vibrates in his•her ear. The Earthborn moves to this Beat, laughs, knows joy.

When two Earthborn share a Flower Beat, they are friends. They see the Beauty in the Other. Without Trust, the Flower is ugly, the joy passing. The faster the Flower Beats, the more butterfly fly.

River Beat

The River beats deeply, for this Beat is for Life. The Earthborn listens to the Beat. MMM MMM MMM. It hums in his•her ear. The Earthborn moves to this Beat, loves, knows time.

When two Earthborn share a River Beat, they are family. They see the Life in the Other. Without Trust, the River is manipulative, the time passing. Without the Flower, the River is toxic, the time scattering. The deeper the River Beats, the more it rains.

Beast Beat

The Beast beats raw, for this Beat is for Passion. The Earthborn listens to the Beat. RRR RRR RRR. It growls in his•her ear. The Earthborn moves to this Beat, hunts, knows desire.

When two Earthborn share a Beast Beat, they are sexual. They see the Passion in the Other. Without Trust, the Beast is hurtful, the desire passing. Without the Flower, the Beast is abusive, the desire scattering. Without the River, the Beast is lost, the desire destructs. The rawer the Beast Beats, the more noble the prizes are.

•••

The Human Earthborn looks down, watches his•her Heart. The Earthborn now knows Better, listens to his•her Heart Beats. VROOM MMM RRR.

The Flower can always beat when held. The River needs a Flower, but can do without the Beast. The Beast needs all the Beats; without them, the Beast folds in its own Passion, stops beating.

•••••••••••••

End of excerpt

[avantajix]

Uçağın İcadından Önce Paraşütü İcat Eden Adam

Sevgili Dostlar,

Leonardo da Vinci neden tersten yazıyordu?

Bill Gates’in Christie’s müzayedesinden 30 milyon dolar vererek satın aldığı Codex Leicester adı verilen “Da Vinci’nin El Yazmaları” neredeyse baştan sonra tersten yazılmıştı. (Bill Gates’in bu konudaki videosu ŞURADA.)

Başkaları onun fikirlerini çalmasın diye mi böyle yapıyordu? Muhtemelen hayır, çünkü Leonardo bir dahiydi ve eğer yazdıklarını şifrelemek isteseydi mutlaka ayna tutarak okunabilecek şekilde tersten yazmaktan çok daha zekice bir şifreleme yolu bulurdu. Daha uçak icat edilmemişken paraşütü icat eden adamdan bahsediyoruz.

İşin gerçeği şu ki; sol elle yazdığı için soldan sağa yazsa eline mürekkep bulaşacaktı, dolayısıyla çoğu zaman sağdan sola yazmayı tercih ediyordu. Okuma anında bir ayna tutarak bu ters yazı kolayca okunabiliyordu.

Günümüze geldiğimizde tersten yapılan başka ne var diye bakınca trafikteki ambulansları görüyoruz: Dikiz aynasından bakınca düzden hızlıca okuyup yol verelim diye “Ambulans” kelimesi ambulansların önüne tersten yazılıyor.

Ters olunca iyi olan şeyler listesinde ikinci sırada Avantajix var: Alışverişte sizin harcadığınız paranın yönünü ters çevirip tekrar cebinize yönlendiriyor.

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(Not: Yukarıdaki yazı Avantajix kullanıcılarına 14.09.2023 tarihinde gönderilmiş olan e-bültenin bir kopyasıdır. Siz bu yazıyı okuduğunuzda kampanyalar güncelliğini yitirmiş olabilir. En güncel detaylara şuan www.avantajix.com adresinden ulaşılabilir. Keyifli okumalar dileriz.)