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I have to say, the show did a really poor job of explaining why the Dothraki have no word for “thank you.” I believe the reason why they have no word for thank you is because they don’t buy and sell, they trade or give gifts…and gift-giving is a reciprocal thing in Dothraki society. There’s no word for thank you because it’s something that doesn’t need saying therefore it was never constructed in their language. It’s like with real languages where there aren’t any pronouns—I, she, him etc.
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Posted on January 30, 2012 via I salt n' peppa ma mango. with 36 notes
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Oh trust me, I know why they did it—and I hate the choice they made. You’re right, I apologise, I should have said...
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Oh it wasn’t trying to explain, it was just trying to paint them as SAVAGE SAVAGES who are SUPER VIOLENT. That part...
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writeoutoflove said:
Yeah, I didn’t like how they made it seem the reason why is because they’re “uncivilized.” :/
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plays-with-squirrels said:
it was just sort of thrown in as a “look at how rude and ~uncivilized these brown people are” thing. i was watching it with my friend and he had the exact same complaint as you.
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Hi, I'm Mona (formerly @awyeahlife)! I mostly post about my fictional passions, particularly those involving girls in love, and I watch a lot of TV/anime. I also do a lot of reblogging and tl;dring! Especially when it comes to social justice stuff; if you don't want to have your squee harshed by discussions of how fiction helps uphold marginalization and oppression, this probably isn't the tumblr for you.
I (half-assedly) maintain a few themed tumblrs which can be found in my links section!
Update, Feb 24 2011: I'm trying to increase this blog's accessibility while still finding ways to manage my own obsessive-compulsive issues with completionism, perfectionism, decision-making, detail fixation, etc. For now, what this means is I'm going to start transcribing the text or dialogue of any comics panels, twitter screencaps, or other images with text in them, and do a quick, rough description of any other important visual details in those images unless I start spiraling into compulsivity. But any textless images I'm going to leave without descriptions, at least for now. If you're wondering what the purpose of image descriptions is, I gave a brief explanation here; if you have any other questions, feel free to ask!
