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anarnianfox:

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knifegremlin:

do you think that capricorn’s men had like inside jokes or memes?? like i feel like they would have memes or something funny. i can’t picture basta being in on the jokes but can you like imagine idk flatnose or cockerell or some random black jacket having some sort of bizarre inside joke that gets spread around until the whole village knows about it and it just becomes A Thing??? and if basta is not in on the joke would he try to stop the fun??? or would he be the biggest memer of all?? there are so many possibilities to think about for this i just love the idea of them having memes and inside jokes

This is such a great idea!

Some possible Blackjackets’ memes:

-pointing at random objects: “That’s bad luck” (bonus point if you point at Dustfinger. Extra bonus if you do it in front of Basta)
-”He craves that book” (Who’s “he”? Maybe Dustfinger. Maybe Capricorn, who sent you to a lousy bookstore in the middle of nowhere to search for Inkheart)
-”that feel when you just want to have some fun and Basta tells you that’s bad luck” (Basta’s definitely not in on this one)
-”Someone told me Cockerell is ripped. That Cockerell has an eight-pack. I told them that Cockerell is a punk bitch.” (Basta started this one after he found out about the joke about him and thought that Cockerell started it)
–it was actually Flatnose who started the joke about Basta but nevermind
-”Capricorn slapped me in the face once. It was awesome!”
-”Everyone’s hot if you set them on fire”
-If someone fucks something up but no one actually knows who it was, you just blame it on Firefox.
-You don’t explain to the Blackjackets from this world who Firefox is. You just don’t.

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some more black jacket memes:

– sticking random objects in front of your face to indicate you’re being flatnose

– bowing to random snakes you find and calling it “his highness.”

– there’s a regular betting pool regarding how many times basta will say something superstitious in a week.

– sometimes they also play Bad Luck Bingo instead, aka seeing who can get basta to freak out the most without giving away what they’re trying to do. muttering to himself or rubbing his good luck charm is 1 point. spitting or throwing salt is worth 3. getting him to explain how something is a superstition and why you shouldn’t do it is or actually saying the words “bad luck” or “curse” is 5. the big one for 10 points is actually getting him to stomp off in a fury over what you’re saying/doing. if basta gets pissy and calls you on trying to get him riled up then you lose all the points you’ve won, though, so it’s a fine line

– dustfinger usually wins this game

– sometime ago one of the blackjackets started a thing where someone suddenly stands stiffly and starts singing some inkworld ballad very seriously in a high-pitched and offkey voice. others will usually join in, usually making baffling gestures and expressions that only make sense to them, until they all devolve into laughter. much like firefox, you just Don’t Explain It. they all know who they’re mocking.

– not a meme but a rather a lack of one: nobody makes fun of capricorn or mortola. sometimes they make capricorn adjacent jokes (“hey lucio do you want to come tonight to–” “wait lemme ask capricorn if i can go” “wha–” “he said no.”) but nobody is stupid enough to mock either of them, no matter what is going on, especially when everyone knows the magpie has ears everywhere in the village.

– they think capricorn doesn’t know about their meming. they’re wrong. one time he offhandedly mentioned one of their jokes in the church and it was the highlight of the month. seeing capricorn deadpan quote their stupid jokes was very very funny, but also a somber reminder of the above ^

– don’t know if this counts as a meme so much as a game, but taking random kicks and potshots at gwin. dustfinger obviously does not find this funny.

– anything basta is holding? is actually a knife. it doesn’t matter what it is. you call it a knife.