#dwemeri

jubal lun sul v. NO

As I mentioned in my previous NCGttFT, hecta is an interesting word. The official translation we have for hecta in relation to the Falmer language is simply “do not [verb]”, as seen in Calcelmo’s stone:

Nu hecta sou arcten, rias nu nemalauta ge. Nu hecta sou epegandra, rias ne nemalauta ge.

Translated: “We do not desire thanks, for we do not believe in it. We do not ask for gratitude, for we do not believe in it.”

Side note: I do like how Falmeri takes the German route of forming words. Just look at how seamlessly they smash epe (”to speak”) and gandra (grace) together! It’s gorgeous!

I say this is interesting as the Ayleidoon word for hecta, which much of Falmeris shares a language with, is closer to “exile” than “do no want for”.

So naturally, I’m going to analyze this far more than Betheda ever intended.

Let’s begin with the common thread that ties all Mer-tongue together: Tolkien, the OG Elvish conlang man. Hecta appears to be lifted directly from Tolkien’s Telerin language, which means “to abandon, reject, or forsake”. The Ayleids appear to hold the Tolkien translation closer to heart with their use of the word; to be hecta in ancient Cyrodill surely meant you’ve done something to even make the flesh-crafters side eye you, and that is no small feat.

Unless, of course, hecta carried a very similar tone in Falmeri, and the stone translation is simply the best Tamrielic has to offer. The English tongue still doesn’t have a suitable translation for toska, after all, and so with that in mind the Dwemer slab takes on a more interesting glean.

It’s one thing to say “we do not desire your thanks”. It’s a whole other to say “we will not accept your thanks”, or even “we abandon entirely your gratitude”.

Simply put, words of gratitude or grace were outright refused. Not politely declined, but something that wasn’t even an option because gratitude was so incompatible and wrong to the Dwemer. They not only denied whatever thanks the Falmer had, but did so with disgust. Hecta is on par with “leave, and never come back”, and so the Falmer were told to never say thanks, and to perish any thought that it would ever be enough.

Simply because the Deep Elves did not believe in such sentiment.

just a quick coloring 

wtf im in love with your warden

The church of england wants to outlaw gay marriage, australia just switched prime ministers, and there was a lot of drama over an anti-abortion us bill but it was stopped for the time being.

didnt england just legalise gay marriage a few months ago??? i also heard about a woman who talked 13 hours about stopping abortion bills in america? (i dont really know how american politics work sORRY)

I feel you it fucken took me 3 days to download the lord of the rings trilogy w/ verizon

I KNOW??? RIGHT oh my god. I'm literally sitting next to the fucking modem and it's still slow as shit. and their customer service is shit too >:(

 electricprincess said: 

from what i’ve found every phone company ever sucks so what is even the point

oh no my friend, i dont really have much problem with their phone service. I have them for both home and cell phone, and tbh they're not that bad. i've never had any problems with that.

it's their goddamn internet service. 

it's so shitty, and so weak, i cannot put into words my utter frustration (but im going to try to anyway). Like I said to dwemeri, i'm literally sitting next to the modem right now, and it's extremely slow and spotty. And I know it's not my laptop itself, because I've also had the problem on my ipad, my mom's ipad, and my 3DS. The internet is so weak, it can't reach to the living room or basement of my house, neither of which are far away. When I CAN connect, it's usually not for long because it will frequently disconnect, stall, or drop completely. On the blessed days when I can actually use the internet (and I use the term "use" very loosely) it's slower than a goddamn dead snail, and basically unusable. What's worse is I know I'm not the only one with this problem, because I've heard similar or damn near identical complaints from other customers. 

most other companies might suck, but verizon is a literal pile of horse feces.