Darmok

[animate_mush]

Really, I think this xkcd puts it best.

*ahem*

So...I kinda thought that episode was the coolest thing ever. I know, I know, I'm a total dork.

Sometimes I feel that this is what Arthur King of Time and Space does.

But, guys, guys. Did Troi even go to school? I mean, come on. "How many entries for Darmok are there?" "47" "Oh noes! We will

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[mayamaia]

Jaime and Zoe in the land of Fiction!

(Which is effectively also Amy in Wales 2021)

(BTW, awwwwwww, River Song in the Library.)

[animate_mush]

Um...Arthur Dent with Aggrajag before Stavro Mullah Beta...

[ext_237340]

That's one of the episodes I've seen.

I thought it was neat, but I always wondered how the people of the original culture are supposed to have learnt the myths the language is based on in the first place. (Hmm... innate biologically-inherited myths?)

[animate_mush]

Yeah...I was wondering that as well...

Maybe there's a specialized class or dynasty or something - people who are specially trained as storytellers in charge of necessary cultural transmission. They're allowed to use verbs. :P

...or maybe they just watch an awful lot of TV.