#not sure how I conceive of language and how the mechs approach it yet

[ladydragonkiller]

ok in your fanfic you mentioned Marius can’t read, is that canon or fanon or???

Had to ask @rainbowstargazerlilies about this, cause she started using it in her Lyf fic and I just nabbed it from her

Apparently it’s fanon! The idea is that he’s able to read his home planet’s language, but has refused to learn how to read or write any others.

I believe in the Lyf fic it’s mentioned that he also refuses to teach his native language to any of the other mechs (which may play into some plot points later on >:D)

#I genuinely couldnt remember where this idea sprouted #not sure how I conceive of language and how the mechs approach it yet #is there a common universal type language that they use? #that wouldn’t make sense cause most of the places they sing about haven’t developed travel on that scale #and even something like that would change over time #probably on the aurora they’ve developed a mishmash of languages #English style but even more piratey #I imagine with a good chunk of English since that’s what Tim #ts #and presumably Jonny all spoke #but with common phrases from cyber Ian and whatever languages ashes and Ivy and Brian grew up with sprinkled in #raph and marius joined later on #i picture the city as a human colony in the far far future that got out of hand so raph would have a leg up on the English #just to make things easier #and marius had a steep learning curve adjusting from space German to the mechs language #of course I didn’t think about any of this while writing the icarus fic #so it isn’t mentioned at all in there #but it might be discussed at length in the upcoming Ivy/Raphaella sequel #you have started my brain gears a-turning #the mechanisms #the mechs