Random Ravings

This is something I had wanted to do for a time as Tahl doesn’t have an official surname (and the time came when I had to find one to use in a thread). So on this blog, Tahl’s last name is going to be Darir.

As I didn’t really know which name to choose, I started out searching for Tahl’s meaning so I had something to begin with. Well, Tahl is a Hebrew name meaning “dew” (and here are other forms of the name).

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They work with native artists in all of Brazil, so the site is in portuguese

All of the above: Reason 6438 why "cultural appropriation" is a shitty concept...

When I come across a problem that both interests me and doesn’t make sense (like how the GAR is organized), I will obsess over it until I’ve come up with something that’s at least somewhat logical.

Enter the ‘CT/CC/ARC/etc.+numbers’ designations for the clones.

I know the clones’ designations have no true logic to them, and that the various people involved in naming them obviously had no system to follow. And my idea isn’t bulletproof, as you’ll see, but I needed something for my own fics.

At first I tried to come up with a way for the numbers to indicate dates in ATC (After Treaty of Coruscant) plus birth order, but that doesn’t work at all. Then, because I’ve adopted three ex-racing greyhounds over the years, I started thinking about the system used for their right ear tattoos, but discarded it. I even considered that Kaminoans only have 6 fingers so maybe they’d have a base-6 number system, but that didn’t help me either.

Then I realized that clones are just products to the Kaminoans. So, SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) numbers, which are used in real world businesses to track inventory, would make sense.

Most clones’ designations start with letters like CT/CC/ARC/etc, then a hyphen, then four numbers. But there are plenty that don’t follow that formula, like CT-782 (Hevy), CT-0000/1010 (the 501st’s Fox), or CT-27-5555 (Fives before he got his ARC designation, ARC-5555), so it’s frustratingly inconsistent. Here’s a rundown of the possible explanations I’ve come up with for the myriad inconsistencies: 

On my old server, there was a character named ßillyßadass.

This never failed to make me laugh, because that letter is not pronounced like B. It is a sharp S. 

Д as an aesthetic A? Дon’t be a дumbass.

И as an aesthetic N? don’t be sillи.

П as another aesthetic N? stoп it.

У as an aesthetic Y? ty bad.

Ш or Щ as an aesthetic W? nope. it’s “sh” and “shch”!

Я as an aesthetic R? surprise! it’s “ya”.

@booklindworm that would be Ephesian Artemis

So I have reason to believe the xkcd guy may be one of us.

Highlights: 

Student: It says they “saw” a cave? How is that relevant? 

Me: What does “manent” mean?

Student: …stay or remain… so they didn’t see the cave they.. stayed…in the cave…. Miss I do not like that at all. 

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Student: Dido…burnt love? Got burned by love. Wait. She is burning. With love. WAS burning. She was burning with love. MISS IS THAT THE SPICY PART.

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Student: they…see…they are seen. They are seen together. What does saepe mean? 

Me: often. 

Student: !!!!!!!!!!! Thats not ok. 

Me: …okay. 

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Student: Miss the book is wrong. 

Me: Hmm? 

Student: it says they “were often together” but that is not what una means. It means one. And I dont think thats appropriate bc they did NOT get married in that cave. 

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And my favorite: 

Student (completely sincere): Miss Morris, this isn’t “spicy.” They got stuck in a cave in a storm and talked about their feelings. They seem to have dealt with it responsibly and it’s going well for them. Nothing spicy happened. 

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