NnnnnnnnANO
Nov. 1st, 2005 11:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dragonlady7OK, so, I just totally had an excellent idea for the Barbarians Novel, and that also got the most votes in the Poll, so good for it. My excellent idea, on top of all the various other ideas I've had, is this:
Scrape off the pseudo-Celtic veneer that's pasted over far too much fantasy these days, and replace it with a pseudo-Baltic one. Wouldn't that be a hoot? I'll get all the stupid Ys out of the names and replace them all with... V and Zs. Yay!
This interlude was brought to you courtesy of Z sending me links from Wikipedia. Check it out, though: the ancient Latvians were pretty cool. At one point one of the Latvian tribes out-Viked the Vikings. Mua ha ha!
Z: Bonfires and parties and shit
me: whee!
Z: We should have a mongo bonfire in the backyard and dance naked around it
me: that'd be fun
Z: It should be a big bonfire if we're going to be naked, tho'
me: maybe we could do it indoors
Z: I don't think that's a good idea.
me: Hm.
me: Well, maybe we could just turn the grill on, then.
Z: We could cook some weenies on it.
me: Mmm.
Z: How grievously could we possibly pervert the religious festivals of our forebears?
Z: er, your forebears
me: probably yours too. they got around.
Z: maybe
Z: Booorrriiinnnggg
10:10 AM
me: mm, a good old dia de los muertos ripoff
Z: except lame
me: So the Balts don't party like the Celts. Don't cry; we already knew that.
Z: If I lived in a climate where I could celebrate the beginning of the sledding season on November 10, I probably wouldn't do a whole lot for Samhain either.
me: oo, We needs us some more Martini.
Z: According to the Gospel of Wikipedia
me: I think we should have a Martini party on the tenth, what do you think?
Z: Meteni sounds pretty good too. There is also sledding.
me: I just liked the name, honestly.
me: But horse gods? How sweet is that?
Z: yes
me: You guys had horse gods.
Z: Very Tolkienesque
Z: we bad
me: I know! That's fuckin' sweet!
Z: more fun
and, later, after some reading:
10:25 AM
me: Dude, you're probably Finno-Urgic after all
Z: That would explain these finno urges I've been having lately.
I'm not kidding though: these motherfuckers had multiple horse deities. Rock rock on!
...
Who else is largely basing their novel off Wikipedia inspiration? I have it on good authority that I am not the only addict.
Scrape off the pseudo-Celtic veneer that's pasted over far too much fantasy these days, and replace it with a pseudo-Baltic one. Wouldn't that be a hoot? I'll get all the stupid Ys out of the names and replace them all with... V and Zs. Yay!
This interlude was brought to you courtesy of Z sending me links from Wikipedia. Check it out, though: the ancient Latvians were pretty cool. At one point one of the Latvian tribes out-Viked the Vikings. Mua ha ha!
Z: Bonfires and parties and shit
me: whee!
Z: We should have a mongo bonfire in the backyard and dance naked around it
me: that'd be fun
Z: It should be a big bonfire if we're going to be naked, tho'
me: maybe we could do it indoors
Z: I don't think that's a good idea.
me: Hm.
me: Well, maybe we could just turn the grill on, then.
Z: We could cook some weenies on it.
me: Mmm.
Z: How grievously could we possibly pervert the religious festivals of our forebears?
Z: er, your forebears
me: probably yours too. they got around.
Z: maybe
Z: Booorrriiinnnggg
10:10 AM
me: mm, a good old dia de los muertos ripoff
Z: except lame
me: So the Balts don't party like the Celts. Don't cry; we already knew that.
Z: If I lived in a climate where I could celebrate the beginning of the sledding season on November 10, I probably wouldn't do a whole lot for Samhain either.
me: oo, We needs us some more Martini.
Z: According to the Gospel of Wikipedia
me: I think we should have a Martini party on the tenth, what do you think?
Z: Meteni sounds pretty good too. There is also sledding.
me: I just liked the name, honestly.
me: But horse gods? How sweet is that?
Z: yes
me: You guys had horse gods.
Z: Very Tolkienesque
Z: we bad
me: I know! That's fuckin' sweet!
Z: more fun
and, later, after some reading:
10:25 AM
me: Dude, you're probably Finno-Urgic after all
Z: That would explain these finno urges I've been having lately.
I'm not kidding though: these motherfuckers had multiple horse deities. Rock rock on!
...
Who else is largely basing their novel off Wikipedia inspiration? I have it on good authority that I am not the only addict.
