#you can’t learn Romulan!! (real ones know its called Rihan and not Romulan though)

[burinazar]

I was thinking “haha it’s so weird and silly i got soOOO into this one very specific part/arc/related minor-ish character group of a franchise, i haven’t done that before have i? this is a new weirdness for me isn’t it?”

and then suddenly vividly remembered my inconvenient and untenable and frankly quite extreme obsession with the romulan star empire all throughout middle school, with such force and clarity that i had to put a hand to my face

#i would absolutely have made a Discord For Romulan Likers #that was still a bit different though since a portion of that came from an instinct to subvert #bc i felt like what some of TNG era canon did with Romulans basically being pre programmed to Do Betrayal was silly needed deconstructing #(and at the same time was intrigued by how a society of people like that COULD function if taken at face value) #whereas my hangup on the village arc and Ganja is bc i rly rly rly like the story + characters (also feel Longing (tm) instilled by tragedy #and wanted to talk about them a lot and nearly all english language spaces for MiAbyss were just crammed with the s1/movie parts/characters #and not my Special Sillies #like obviously theres no ‘hey ONLY talk about season two of the show’ rule on the server. that would be unhinged #but i made it because the rest is always getting discussed everywhere else so i hope that focus is ok with everyone and hopefully that’s no #uncouth of me to acknowledge that i personally made it for that specific reason. wait this got off topic. THE ROMULANS…. RIGHT #anyway i remember i was kinda grumpy at how much stuff Klingon Likers had in comparison #you can learn Klingon #you can’t learn Romulan!! (real ones know its called Rihan and not Romulan though) #(the Romulans call themselves the Rihannsu. i believe thi is 100% extracanonical material though) #(ebil did you really get tipsy on a tuesday night and start rambling about Romulans???? yes. yes i did. ) #(look i had a difficult appointment today i deserve it) #anyway it’s actually insane that i never read Diane Duane’s series abt them #i didn’t really have internet purchasing power and was restricted to what was at the library and easily available online #i should read those books eventually #i still have a soft spot for them pointy eared maniacs