Glass' speech pattern is, yeah, kinda like Thibor's, but it's not specifically Slavic. She is, broadly speaking, Russian, but that's not
really what's going on here.
Mostly she tends to speak in a warped version of present tense, though, that's the point, so 'is being', 'are doing', and so on,
with specific and common misuse of 'is'. She also tends to refer to herself in third person, as 'Glass'. This is not her trying to be cute, she
tends to come up with one-word shortened versions of people's names...and she uses those extensively...it's just the same logic. Glass usually
speaks in short sentences and phrases, as would be typical of someone who doesn't speak English well...except when I deliberately have her rattle
off something very long for dramatic effect. Forced contrast, you see.
The idea is, simply, her brain and language centres aren't wired normally. She's partially crystal at all times, after all, even when she's
managing to pass for human. I envision her 'blue form' as being encased in a...possibly partially translucent layer, but she's still got
regular skin and, y'know, muscles and body parts so she'd never be entirely see-through. However, I've had enough folks assume she should
be see-through in RP, given the name...that I've considered getting a stealth IO and writing in some sort of 'evolution' of her powers. That's
hypothetical, though.
Glass is illiterate, for the aforementioned reasons. Her spoken language comes from watching WAY too much television.
As the drawing I did hopefully conveys, she's meant to come across as cheerful and perky. That's the point. She's a shiny glass girl. Which
doesn't change the fact that as someone who escaped from a supervillain weapons lab, she also gets extremely passionate about people who treat other
people like objects.
Glass and Space Mage are...incredibly fun for me to draw...and RP. Difficult to get right. But still...so fun.
-- Acyl
really what's going on here.
Mostly she tends to speak in a warped version of present tense, though, that's the point, so 'is being', 'are doing', and so on,
with specific and common misuse of 'is'. She also tends to refer to herself in third person, as 'Glass'. This is not her trying to be cute, she
tends to come up with one-word shortened versions of people's names...and she uses those extensively...it's just the same logic. Glass usually
speaks in short sentences and phrases, as would be typical of someone who doesn't speak English well...except when I deliberately have her rattle
off something very long for dramatic effect. Forced contrast, you see.
The idea is, simply, her brain and language centres aren't wired normally. She's partially crystal at all times, after all, even when she's
managing to pass for human. I envision her 'blue form' as being encased in a...possibly partially translucent layer, but she's still got
regular skin and, y'know, muscles and body parts so she'd never be entirely see-through. However, I've had enough folks assume she should
be see-through in RP, given the name...that I've considered getting a stealth IO and writing in some sort of 'evolution' of her powers. That's
hypothetical, though.
Glass is illiterate, for the aforementioned reasons. Her spoken language comes from watching WAY too much television.
As the drawing I did hopefully conveys, she's meant to come across as cheerful and perky. That's the point. She's a shiny glass girl. Which
doesn't change the fact that as someone who escaped from a supervillain weapons lab, she also gets extremely passionate about people who treat other
people like objects.
Glass and Space Mage are...incredibly fun for me to draw...and RP. Difficult to get right. But still...so fun.
-- Acyl