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Hello all.
I'm working on a fanfic and... well, I just wonder this in general too...
What might be the best approximation to Fai's language/culture?
I realize a few certain things...
-1, In the manga, text from the game "Alchemy" was used to represent magical-type gibberish.
-2, In the Japanese language track of the anime, it was just plain gibberish with no set sound or accent that I could discern.
-3, In the English dub, they used French-sounding gibberish.
Now, I know the fangirls squee over the French... But, I'm not sure it's entirely fitting due to his snowy icy world and style of dress. I've been thinking over many comparable cultures to fit him more closely into (though of course keeping in mind there will never be a 100% match since Celes is its own world).
-Russian (the fuzzy coats, the cold north, but that's about it)
-Latin (very much associated with magic, but a little too abrupt-sounding with all the "s"es)
-Icelandic (culturally magic-oriented in beliefs, cold north, but most of the dress doesn't fit from what I see)
-Finnish (about the same)
-Gaelic (Very close clothing-wise, but not snowy-cold enough, culture = unsure of yet)
However, it seems whenever I google-image search a more general spread of nationalities, like "Scandinavian cloak" or "norse" type stuff, I get several with the right flavor in detail (closeup designs on sweaters, etc), but not in general (too many dark-vest white-sleeve type things). It's trying to get specific that trips me up (Even though, say, Sweden was in general "Scandinavian", by the time it became its own place, the dress changed a lot).
So maybe his culture predates the modern countries and only can go back to older eras, but that'd make writing the language more difficult since no modern automatic translators would go so far back.
I unfortunately don't know much about northern European history or culture, and my time for research is limited so I end up getting time for too little accomplishment and too many dead-ends. But I just know I've seen Fai's and Ashura-ou's styles somewhere dangit! It seems right between Celtic/Gaelic and Viking-type-times in my opinion...
Any input from those with more knowledge (or time on their hands)? Something fairly ancient would probably be nicest, but at the same time harder to find a translation tool for.
Hope we can have fun mulling over the possibilities. Any ideas appreciated ^_^
http://www.tsubasaanime.net/wallpapers/faye_ashura_800x600.jpg
http://www.shimmerwing.com/Images/Cosplay/fairef.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m130/cptjacksparrow_phantomphorever/fai12.jpg
I'm working on a fanfic and... well, I just wonder this in general too...
What might be the best approximation to Fai's language/culture?
I realize a few certain things...
-1, In the manga, text from the game "Alchemy" was used to represent magical-type gibberish.
-2, In the Japanese language track of the anime, it was just plain gibberish with no set sound or accent that I could discern.
-3, In the English dub, they used French-sounding gibberish.
Now, I know the fangirls squee over the French... But, I'm not sure it's entirely fitting due to his snowy icy world and style of dress. I've been thinking over many comparable cultures to fit him more closely into (though of course keeping in mind there will never be a 100% match since Celes is its own world).
-Russian (the fuzzy coats, the cold north, but that's about it)
-Latin (very much associated with magic, but a little too abrupt-sounding with all the "s"es)
-Icelandic (culturally magic-oriented in beliefs, cold north, but most of the dress doesn't fit from what I see)
-Finnish (about the same)
-Gaelic (Very close clothing-wise, but not snowy-cold enough, culture = unsure of yet)
However, it seems whenever I google-image search a more general spread of nationalities, like "Scandinavian cloak" or "norse" type stuff, I get several with the right flavor in detail (closeup designs on sweaters, etc), but not in general (too many dark-vest white-sleeve type things). It's trying to get specific that trips me up (Even though, say, Sweden was in general "Scandinavian", by the time it became its own place, the dress changed a lot).
So maybe his culture predates the modern countries and only can go back to older eras, but that'd make writing the language more difficult since no modern automatic translators would go so far back.
I unfortunately don't know much about northern European history or culture, and my time for research is limited so I end up getting time for too little accomplishment and too many dead-ends. But I just know I've seen Fai's and Ashura-ou's styles somewhere dangit! It seems right between Celtic/Gaelic and Viking-type-times in my opinion...
Any input from those with more knowledge (or time on their hands)? Something fairly ancient would probably be nicest, but at the same time harder to find a translation tool for.
Hope we can have fun mulling over the possibilities. Any ideas appreciated ^_^
http://www.tsubasaanime.net/wallpapers/faye_ashura_800x600.jpg
http://www.shimmerwing.com/Images/Cosplay/fairef.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m130/cptjacksparrow_phantomphorever/fai12.jpg
