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19 | aroace | they/them ao3 | spotify 𖥔 ݁ ˖ very open to asks / dms / tags, feel free to talk to me! currently interested in project hail mary & iron lung
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ksoleil's IL conlangs
NOTES conlangs by me, @ksoleil7 (tumblr), ksoleil (ao3). inspired by @ctrl-shift-alt-9 (tumblr) DISCLAIMER: This is an ongoing linguistics
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here is a (hopefully) open access doc of my conlang notes so far!

inspired by @ctrl-shift-alt-9 and @merymeou

thanks to @evienyx for the help with the tooltip boxes i hope to use when i post the fic! i thought you might like to know what im doing with them lol

if anybody needs me I'll be working on the (as of yet untitled) fic :DDD

anything on this project will be under the tag #iron lung conlang on my blog

Martian / Eden dialect is under #eden conlang

Future English / COI dialect is under #coi conlang

#conlang#iron lung conlang#linguistics#bloodymary#iron lung linguistics#bloodymary fic#coi conlang#eden conlang
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asktheoldentrolls asked:

New word: soss

Etymology: SOS squished down and shifted around. Started as a call to help a damaged or stranded ship to the help itself, and then the help grew more and more connotations of obligation, and then people started using it to describe individual acts.

Meaning: Something like obligation, something like “well what was I supposed to do, NOT step in?” An act of assistance, charity, or goodwill that is so mandatory that the person doing it didn’t even think to do anything else.

Picking up a child who fell is soss. Dragging someone out of an accident site is soss. An Edenite giving their firstborn son to the brothers is soss. Grace giving Simon food or water could be described as soss, if Grace had the vocabulary for it.

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loving the idea of acronyms and abbreviations being fed into the language evolution and coming out the other side with new connotations!

i think SOS is an excellent example of that because it's something that would've been in common use / knowledge among people learning to communicate past a language barrier. and it's giving very militaristic, morse-code, signal-transmitter-speak vibes which i can see the COI using for cross-station communication. SOS moving from a request to an obligation is a very plausible trail of thought!

i also kinda like the idea of it being a concept that transcends the language barrier between Eden and the COI, in that it's one of those rare shared words between them that's maybe just pronounced or written differently. from Eden's perspective, "soss" is something reserved for sacred or familial obligation, because you should place your loyalty nowhere else; for the COI, it's more of a moral obligation, about doing the right thing no matter who's on the receiving end of your help, because they're so big on justice and community and rehabilitating convicts who killed ¼ of the remaining population lol. they're more righteous about it whereas Eden is more sacrificial.

and for Grace, i think definitely Simon would consider it strange that he's given so much stuff so freely out of sheer goodwill, because Grace has no "soss" towards him as a stranger (nor as a fellow brother of Eden), and the COI's definition of it doesn't typically include comfort and amenities such as valuable resources given without a fair trade in return (labour, information, etc) in Simon's experience with them. it may be "soss" for Grace to save his life rather than let him die for no reason, but that's the extent of what he owes him. Simon might feel like he hasn't "earned" that "soss" yet in terms of being given food and water, because the concept of basic human decency has changed a lot in the universe he comes from. if Grace knew the definition of the word, he would definitely argue that meeting Simon's basic needs is "soss" to him, because why wouldn't he???

thank you as ever for the ask! sorry i took a while to get to it

#asks#iron lung conlang#coi conlang
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striga-art asked:

Hi! Your tags on my post were so kind, thank you :] Markiplier has a very drawable (and handsome) face haha

I realized smth–I think seeing ur name in my dash subconsciously influenced me to name one of my Eridian OCs after your username. I hope you don’t mind, it *is* a pretty cool name lol

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HI

it cannot be understated truly im aroace and i still think markiplier is handsome

also. i checked out aforementioned eridians and im so hyped because i think soleil might be my spirit animal. so im not mad at all i think in fact im winning here. they all look so cool excellent job designing them!

#asks#project hail mary#phm
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Iron Lung screencap redraw

Got carried away and made what was supposed to b a quick thing into a 2hr study. I’ve been getting worse at drawing from sight so I’ve been banished back to the basics.

OG pic under the cut vv

#this is sick#your colour values are so good#the depth of his brow and upper lip blocked in with red / green light glare is intensely capturing the iron lung vibes#the photo ref may provide the base of that but you've recreated a really good study of it!#mark has such a nice face shape#iron lung#simon iron lung#iron lung fanart#just blood
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Simon being tactile / self-soothing

most noticably, his repetitive circling motion with his thumb over his empty knife holster (which he often touches for reassurance in a kind of muscle-memory reaching for a weapon that isn't there)

then his light tracing of the map, brushing his fingers over it to situate himself, and just the delicate way he handles everything in general, like he's trying hard not to damage anything

he's also very physical, a visual learner, using his hands when gesturing directions

when he finds the Eden pendant he ties it around his wrist to keep it secure, but he also holds it enclosed in his palm. he keeps it tight in his fist under his thumb. part reverence part anchor to home

and when he's stressed he makes fists and fidgets with his hands / the pendant. he sort of punches his own hand, makes pressure, like a tiny contained form of lashing out and hitting things (which we see him do at other high-stress points of the movie); this is how he regulates his emotions to divert that urge. he also bows his head to the pendant in his hand like he's praying to it. maybe hoping it'll bring him luck, like a kind of talisman

#updated version of this post!#i have gif now of simon fidgeting with his hands#thanks tumblr user emziess#the stills from before showed the gist but a moving image really captures it#mannerisms and gestures and characterdetails <333#simon iron lung#iron lung#iron lung gifs#just blood
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Mark 'Markiplier' Fischbach as Simon 'The Convict' Iron Lung (2026) dir. Mark 'Markiplier' Fischbach

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I wonder if this is how he sat in the back of that COI shuttle after Filament, wondering what was gonna happen to him while they were taking him up to the tow ship. Damn.

This is another one of my favorite shots because Simon is backed into a corner here, which is a great way to see how a character operates at their core, and he is displaying that shut-down behavior I keep talking about.

EDIT: @spunfromthesheep pointed out that he's fidgeting by punching into his own hand.

#iron lung#simon iron lung#just blood#iron lung gifs
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Would Simon like trees?

If The Last Tree is truly the one point of reference for him - interconnected with Eden's religion and maybe the iconography of their God - Simon's general feelings towards trees would be a mixed bag. Twofold if he had a part in The Last Tree's decline and eventual death. If Eden was an agrarian society, where the success and livelihood of all people depended on crop, I suspect The Last Tree would be held above this - cultivating the tree is ultimately different than general farming. It does not provide any nutritional value. Even as a maple tree, its chance of creating enough sap to produce syrup is questionable.

For Simon, there would be reverence maybe, when faced with trees again. Something instinctual and taught that doesn't fully go away with time. Lingering ideals of a faith he might not have fully prescribed to, but lived through, and at the very least, does not like to discuss anymore. Lightly, trees are a part of a past he no longer associates with.

#iron lung#simon iron lung#hard agree with all of this#some very interesting points to think about#eden iron lung#the last tree iron lung
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ksoleil7 asked:

i love your use of colour and how you draw simon, you capture his features really well! saw you asked for some art ideas, maybe some eden / little simon could be cool? i think about his childhood and mars and his mama all the time ;(

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xviisceral answered:

hi, thank you!!... and now i think about them, too :(

i found very little about simon's childhood before Eden, so i guessed that before the Quiet Rapture, he had a pretty normal life as a kid with his mother and other kids on Mars... which makes his whole story even sadder, knowing that he joined the cult at the very young age :(

(idk how bad light pollution would be on Mars after the colonization, but we can always imagine them going to the planetarium)

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HAHA welcome aboard the mars cultural exploration lol i LOVE what you did here Simon stargazing with mama is too precious. with how little we know about his childhood anything is possible, it's what led me into making up a conlang for Eden / Martian and other Mars culture world-building, it's so much fun.

also, Simon looking just like his mom.... excuse me while i go cry in a corner... he has her hair and her sweater and her nose... oh my god...

big fan of how he's just stick bug stancing with his lil dagger, and curling up over his knees (holding his ARM by the way, foreshadowing??). this is everything ive ever wanted

#iron lung#simon iron lung#just blood#iron lung fanart
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Struck by inspiration today, another art for "stray mongrel" by @clamberclogs .

This time brought on by a super cool dreamy transition between pov's.

Fic link for the brave (the thing is beautiful but graphic, so be warned): https://archiveofourown.org/works/87709456/chapters/232424981

(Also heya Clamber clogs! I read your reblog and I'm so super happy you liked it!! Ur fic is great and I hope you will continue to write, like really, it's pretty epic, and I hope more ppl will find it now)

#beautiful#simon iron lung#iron lung#iron lung fanart
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"We are the only stars left my son, our light trapped beneath the flesh. It is your duty now to let it shine."

-Father of Eden

Art inspired by @ctrl-shift-alt-9 's post about Simon seeing purpose in his work as the butcher, and the lighting on the blood resembling stars.

#oh my god this is incredible#you captured that metaphor so well#the starlight in the blood glistening on his hands#his eyes are so expressive that brow scrunch is everything#and this colour palette of reds and muted night sky is divine#iron lung#iron lung fanart#simon iron lung#just blood