When rhyming is compulsory.
Apr. 15th, 2020 09:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flamebyrdChild of Light is an RPG in which all the characters speak in rhyme. I had been assuming that this was merely a narrative convention to make it sound more like a fairytale, until I met the one character who didn't.
The unfortunately-named Rubella will set up rhymes and and fail to follow through on them, at which point the other characters will correct her.
In fact, sometimes characters feel the need to translate for her:
How does this work? Is this a world-building detail? Does everyone in this world literally rhyme all the time? Is it this world/language's equivalent of using bad grammar? Does Rubella have a speech impediment*? Is she doing it deliberately because she's a jester and she thinks it's funny?
Is this just a running gag the writers threw in for fun and didn't think about?
* In which case the way the other characters react is not at all cool, come on! Actually, regardless this is not how one should react to someone making errors of speech.
The unfortunately-named Rubella will set up rhymes and and fail to follow through on them, at which point the other characters will correct her.
Rubella: Little lady, have you seen bright balloons nearby? Any unicorns balancing on balls or tents raised to the... stars?
Igniculus, annoyed: Don't you mean "sky"?
In fact, sometimes characters feel the need to translate for her:
Rubella: Bravo, you with the beard! Are you a magician?
Finn: Well, you might say 'at.
Rubella: Come to the circus and... try out!
Aurora, interjecting: She is inviting you to "audition".
How does this work? Is this a world-building detail? Does everyone in this world literally rhyme all the time? Is it this world/language's equivalent of using bad grammar? Does Rubella have a speech impediment*? Is she doing it deliberately because she's a jester and she thinks it's funny?
Is this just a running gag the writers threw in for fun and didn't think about?
* In which case the way the other characters react is not at all cool, come on! Actually, regardless this is not how one should react to someone making errors of speech.