[nozoya]

Myssy’s best angle

[roseperfume]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSDGe9UBzBU/

[futureblackpolitician]

Why can’t every post on here be stuff like this all the time

[sweartrek]

hey I have this great idea

[trekcore]

Major Kira Nerys, Bajoran Militia.

hnnnnngh

[tinsnip]

I read Control today because the foreword to Enigma Tales said Control happened first so I read it first but now I really wish I had time to read Enigma Tales too???

it is unfair that i have to work tomorrow

[gplusbfics]

Earlier this year I read The Crimson Shadow and The Lotus Flower (novella in “Worlds of DS9″ series), both by Una McCormack and set in post-Canon Cardassia. But then I got sidetracked and forgot to start reading The Never-Ending Sacrifice. Oops! And now with this prompted from @tinsnip, just ordered both Control and Enigmas Tales. July will be filled with tales of Cardassia. Sounds good! 

Wendy

[noxfoxarts]

It’s the thing that bothers me with Star Trek novels. You go like “Awyeah, I wanna read that book!” and then you realize “Shit, I have to read those fifty-eleven other books before?? That are by twenty-twelve different authors??” It’s really quite mind-fucking, if I should be honest, not to mention the whole “but I don’t actually care about the shit going on in that book, I just want to read the one about the shit I care about :u”

It all feels a bit like a Ferengi trick relying on some Cardassian “trap in a trap” strategy, backed by the Prophets of Bajor. My interest is non-linear, the missing book is non-corporeal, the order of the novels is a difficult one and my wallet isn’t bottomless.

[thebuttkingpost]

People are replicating the feeling of a Bethesda game IRL so well that I’m scared someone’s going to get caught clipped through the floor

[mostlyvoidpartiallystartrek]

did you mean: the majority of deep space nine as a series

thornfield13713 asked:

Hi! Um, me again - I was wondering if you could help supply mild Cardassian exclamations to be use in place of things like 'god' - would Hebitian beliefs have lingered in these sayings, or would they have been suppressed-altered with the rise of the Union?

cardassianlanguage answered:

This is a really good question, and one I’d actually like to put up for discussion. I suspect that given there was such a crackdown on Hebitian beliefs, it wouldn’t be precisely safe to keep using oaths invoking Hebitian deities, no matter how much you argued that it was just an expression. Even if that genuinely was the case (I use “oh my god” as an exclamation, even though I’m not a Christian), I don’t think the Obsidian Order would much care, since you’re still bringing up suppressed/censored material.

That said! According to the Cardassian Sourcebook, there’s a tradition of naming ships after Hebitian deities, so it’s possible if you prove yourself a loyal Cardassian, you might be safer with your oaths than someone who’s already being watched for potential treason against the state.

That brings us to who the Hebitian deities were, besides the better-known Oralius. The Sourcebook was kind enough to provide a list of deities and local variants in their names, and while I was planning on releasing it as part of a larger update–happy birthday.

Arik'aca (Ah-reek’ah-sah); variants Arik'vassa (Ah-reek’vah-ssah), Varikassa (vah-ree-kah-ssah): The goddess who ruled Vaca, the most unpleasant of afterlifes in ancient Cardassian mythology. Cardassians believed she was the best deity to pray to for forgiveness.

Bok (bohk): Winged messenger of the gods. Small and grotesque.

Endaras (ayn-dah-rahs): The goddess of the hardworking in ancient Cardassian mythology. She was said to only rarely reveal herself to her followers, but those who were fortunate enough to glimpse her as they worked late at night supposedly were blessed with her favour.

Glacett (guh-lah-shayt-tuh); variants Lametta (lah-mayt-tah), Marett (mah-rayt-tuh): Mother goddess in ancient Cardassian mythology. Believed to be the protector of pregnant women. 

Keldok (kayl-dohk); variants Geldag (gayl-dahg), Keldak (kayl-dahk): God of the sky in ancient Cardassian mythology. 

Rhub (ruh-hub): The god of crops and fields in ancient Cardassian mythology.

Stik'rakan (steek’rahkahn); variant Six’krak (seech’krahk (x = ch as in Bach)): The god responsible for ferrying the souls of the dead to the underworld in ancient Cardassian mythology.

Tiamar (tee-ah-mahr): God of fire in ancient Cardassian mythology. 

Vackara (vahsh-kah-rah), variant Vakar (vah-kahr): Goddess/god (depending on the region) of storms and lightning in ancient Cardassian mythology.

The Hebitians also divided their deities into four categories:

- jonak aThela (zhoh-nahk ah-thay-lah): gods of fate and destiny
- jonak mabd (zhoh-nahk mahb-duh): gods of the body and soul
- jonak stik'aken (zhoh-nahk steek’ahkayn): gods of wrath, vengeance, and the afterlife
- jonak warec (zhoh-nahk wah-raysh): gods of the world

So! That’s a lot of swearing potential right there. A particularly ticked Cardassian might mutter the name of Arik’aca when someone had done them a particularly nasty turn. Or if you’re looking for an equivalent to a longer phrase like “Jesus, Mary, and Joseph” or “Oh my soul,” they could go for “jonak mabd.”

Then of course, there’s always the fun formula of [deity name]’s [body part], which you would use the possessive suffix “-ik.” “Tiamar xarot-ik*!” (Tiamar’s dick!)

*“Xarot” coming soon to an update near you! (Thank you, tinsnip. <3)
(Technically it’s closer in formality to “penis” than “dick,” but I just couldn’t resist.)

Hope this helps, and feel free to ask for specific translations!