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Pragmatics of the Jedi by aroacejoot, ghostwriterofthemachine, loosingletters
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends: Knights of the Old Republic (Video Games), Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order (Video Game), Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
24 Apr 2023
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"The Dai Bendu language was spoken by the members of the ancient Order of Dai Bendu on the frozen planet of Ando Prime. The name of the Je'daii Order was forged in that language."
"Every language is like a one-of-a-kind species. It captures unique conceptualizations of the world and has its own ways of constructing words, phrases and sentences for communicating ideas. As we compare the words and structures of various languages, we come to a greater understanding of our world. (...) Language captures how we perceive the world around us and how we relate to one another, it defines who we are. The Mother tongue language we grow up with is the one used to express what is in our hearts; our heart language."
"Studying language is invaluable for learning about other cultures and mapping their respective developments, histories, myths, customs, etc. Linguistics also helps us understand and document geographical /environmental influences, periods of migration/diaspora, origin of certain spiritual beliefs, etc. through the study of things like cognates, shared myths between cultures, language families, and tracking differences in word usage and dialects over a long period of time."
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Straw Dogs by Cymbidia
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Original Trilogy
03 Aug 2022
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He remembered this afternoon often in years to come, turning over those words in his mind during sleepless nights and grief-stricken days. He thought of them in the temple, on war torn worlds, while holding dying friends and dying enemies in his arms. He thought of them standing on the shores of a river of burning ruin, and he thought of them as he waited, quietly and patiently, in the merciless desert.
An old Jedi Master imparts some wisdom concerning Mercy, Balance, and the Will of the Force to young Padawan Obi-wan Kenobi and a gaggle of other younglings. It is a lesson that haunts Obi-wan for the rest of his life.
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07 Jun 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
Holy mcfuck philosophy? Note to self, look into Taoism
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Dustin Henderson, the Scientific Method, and Homosexuality by crow_of_crimes (Theyna_Shipper)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Jun 2022
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Dustin Henderson is, if nothing else, a firm believer in the scientific method. As a bug collector since age 4, an aspiring computer scientist since 5th grade, a member of Hawkins A/V since 6th grade, a science camp attendee since 7th grade, and a boy with a lifelong passion for science, he recognizes its principles: careful observation, study, and peer review.
So when strange things begin to happen in Hawkins, that fall outside the usual nature of strange things that happen in Hawkins, he returns to his roots to find the answers. After all, the scientific method applies to social science, too. And if any observation ever needed careful dissection, it was this one.
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Or: Dustin Henderson applies the scientific method to figure out why two of his best friends have been acting so strangely.
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- Part 6 of Stranger Things One-Shots
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11 May 2025
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Celery, Long Scarves, Fezes, and Other Questionable Fashion Choices by Lunammoon
Fandoms: Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms
30 Jul 2025
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This is a story about a human woman from the Mid-Atlantic Coast of the United States of America who suddenly found herself from nowhere.
This is a story about strength: both metaphorical and physical.
This is a story about meeting people in achronological order.
This is a story about an "Associate" and their "Doctor"
This is a story about weird outfits and the light-hearted mockery gotten from friends when you wear them.
This is a story about the motivational powers of friendship, determination, and spite.
This is a story about being offered two bad options and saying "screw you, I made a third".
This is a story about knowing you can't save everyone, but still making sure you can say you tried.
This is a story about nicknames.
This is a story about time.
This is a story about space.
This is a story about a universe.
Alternatively: This is the story of a woman called Marion and that time her existing in the right space and time sent her on an adventure into a world where finally her love of history and encyclopedic knowledge of a certain British Television show actually was good for something.
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- Part 1 of Tales From (and around) The TARDIS
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07 Feb 2025
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“We welcome you,” the cultist is saying, breathlessly. “To the mortal realm, oh father of Chaos-”
Bernard slowly raises his head, meets the cultist’s gaze, and he stutters to a stop. Tim’s breath catches, because Bernard smiles, manic and benevolent and totally devoid of humanity.
The cultist, shaking with excitement or awe, bows his head. Bernard floats down, and reaches to delicately touch the side of the mask, cupping his face.
“Stupid animal,” he says, kindly, “Why would I thank you for this?”
The cultist starts to raise his head, confused.
It’s not Bernard, says Tim’s brain, even though he already knew that, even though he was putting the pieces together the minute the knife flashed down, even though he shoved the knowledge away because it was unbearable to consider, it’s not Bernard, and it’s only that thought that keeps him from fumbling when vines explode from the cultist’s eyeball.
At the ritual altar, Bernard gets possessed by Dionysus. Nobody liked that.
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02 Dec 2024