SUDDENLY, LANGUAGE LAWS!

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

IT IS HERE, FINALLY. That which many of you have been waiting for and asking for, and that which we mods have been racking our brains over and which we finally figured out! That which comprises yet another BEHEMOTH of Landel's Damned guidelines!

LANGUAGE LAWS AT LANDEL'S

We tried our best to explain everything as thoroughly as we could, and though there's a simple little version of the rules up top, we'd like it if everyone read through the giant thing at least once so that we're all on the same page and there aren't any misunderstandings.

But haven't all these rules been contradicted by just about everybody in the past? Yes, they have! But it's okay, since we're just going to do a cleansweep and make it so that, suddenly, at the very beginning of this Nightshift, Landel's magic will make everyone's language perception snap to fit those rules, and from then on, we'll be working off of those guidelines.

I know it's a lot to read, but at least it'll help us all be consistent, yeah? D:

In other news, as you can see here, Court has totally kicked my ass again we're slowly but surely getting to the finish line! (I sacrificed app-reading time today to work on the Language Laws, as I figured we should clarify all that before Nightshift.) Hang in there, those of you who haven't gotten e-mails yet! D:

Also, Leora, where are yoouuuu? MR. PUDDLES NEEDS YOU

Comments

[subversive.livejournal.com]

I could go on about how it shouldn't even be called English since there is no England, but I'll just shut up already. And it's a mystery how their language could have developed into something like English when they don't have Latin and Greek to steal word roots from and whatnot. BUT I DIGRESS. Let's just pretend the Ancients had a language like that and ignore the rest of it because it's too fucking confusing.

.. WORKS FOR ME. 8D

... Well, that makes sense, actually. I mean, not that they'd fuck up languages, but that the same language would be standard worldwide. HMMM. Oh god, why am I still thinking about this? DX SHOOT ME PLZ, MAIA BB.

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...HAHAH. Now you have me thinking about it, too, and I'm sitting here staring at my fic wondering if I should insert something in there about Shin-Ra implementing a standard language. XD;;

[subversive.livejournal.com]

BUT IT MAKES SENSE. Like what China did with their writing system! Only, you know, worldwide. And stuff. And the fact that EVERYWHERE accepts gil instead of some other kinda currency also makes it seem pretty damn feasible. SEE, IT'S LOGICAL.

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IT IS LOGICAL. OMG, we have made sense of FFVII. \o/ Even though I still have no idea what you would call their language. Where is Tolkien's genius when you need him?