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weaverofwordsThis was actually the second ever Quodo fic idea I had had after 'All out of love'. It is interesting how some things have changed and some not at all after watching my way almost once through the entire show and for a second time through half of all the Quodo scenes.
The title is actually inspired what either Odo or Quark had meant to say at some point while letting the dialogue play out in my head. By the time I started writing, the line and the build up to it never came back, but the title stayed.
Pacao, the L'Pacans' homeworld, and the society leans heavily on Peru on Earth and *drum roll* Alpacas. That's why I chose for the names of the noble houses and the last names of the merchant families to reflect this connection. The nobles' names are derived from Quechua, which Wikipedia told me has been spoken by people in Peru since a long time. The merchants' names are Spanish in origin. This is not to say that something like the conquests and genocides of Earth happened there exactly the same. Just me having a little fun mixing Earth and alien elements into something new.
I used glosbe.com as my Quechua dictionary and can only hope this isn't too bad a source.
P'aqu - brown
Yuraq - white
Sinca - nose
Nawi - eye
Rinri - ear
Inti - sun
Chaska - star
To anyone from Peru / speaking Quechua / with experience with Alpacas, feel free to drop pointers what to change/add for possible future dealings with L'Pacans!
(The 'possible' part is more of a hint for this specific series, seeing that I keep using L'Pacans in my other Quodo fics as well.)
The names of the Ferengi-L'Pacan couple, Kasara and Kuik, are derived from the Quechua term for 'marriage' Kasarakuy by splitting it up and ferengifying one half.
Noof is also interesting in that regard. His first name is entirely made up and my attempt at a 'traditional' and 'old' L'Pacan name, something their ancestors had been able to produce once eventually, developing speech more and more.
He's also the only acting character I've admittedly bothered giving a full name.
The scene at the end with them snuggling on the chair in the shuttle is a nod to fanart I really like by ambassadorquark (still don't know if that chair they are on is in Odo's office or in a shuttle to pass the time, though !)
https://at.tumblr.com/ambassadorquark/637819413209448449/fhk7mm283mg6
Plot twist, what if Plek posed as his grandfather, tricking Odo and everyone into first buying the supposedly fake Plegg remains (which are actually the real ones) only to THEN declare his grandfather dead and make money AGAIN with selling fake remains.
The title is actually inspired what either Odo or Quark had meant to say at some point while letting the dialogue play out in my head. By the time I started writing, the line and the build up to it never came back, but the title stayed.
Pacao, the L'Pacans' homeworld, and the society leans heavily on Peru on Earth and *drum roll* Alpacas. That's why I chose for the names of the noble houses and the last names of the merchant families to reflect this connection. The nobles' names are derived from Quechua, which Wikipedia told me has been spoken by people in Peru since a long time. The merchants' names are Spanish in origin. This is not to say that something like the conquests and genocides of Earth happened there exactly the same. Just me having a little fun mixing Earth and alien elements into something new.
I used glosbe.com as my Quechua dictionary and can only hope this isn't too bad a source.
P'aqu - brown
Yuraq - white
Sinca - nose
Nawi - eye
Rinri - ear
Inti - sun
Chaska - star
To anyone from Peru / speaking Quechua / with experience with Alpacas, feel free to drop pointers what to change/add for possible future dealings with L'Pacans!
(The 'possible' part is more of a hint for this specific series, seeing that I keep using L'Pacans in my other Quodo fics as well.)
The names of the Ferengi-L'Pacan couple, Kasara and Kuik, are derived from the Quechua term for 'marriage' Kasarakuy by splitting it up and ferengifying one half.
Noof is also interesting in that regard. His first name is entirely made up and my attempt at a 'traditional' and 'old' L'Pacan name, something their ancestors had been able to produce once eventually, developing speech more and more.
He's also the only acting character I've admittedly bothered giving a full name.
The scene at the end with them snuggling on the chair in the shuttle is a nod to fanart I really like by ambassadorquark (still don't know if that chair they are on is in Odo's office or in a shuttle to pass the time, though !)
https://at.tumblr.com/ambassadorquark/637819413209448449/fhk7mm283mg6
Plot twist, what if Plek posed as his grandfather, tricking Odo and everyone into first buying the supposedly fake Plegg remains (which are actually the real ones) only to THEN declare his grandfather dead and make money AGAIN with selling fake remains.
