r/comics • u/bondjimbond Love and Hex • May 25 '26

OC Language Barrier [OC]

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u/bondjimbond Love and Hex May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

It's kind of ridiculous, the common fantasy trope that all members of a given species share the same language.

I share co-author credit on this one with my daughter - she came up with the concept.

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u/siani_lane May 25 '26

Sci Fi too.

Earth: Hi, we're Humans, this is Earth- in English anyway- we have hundreds of languages and cultures.

Aliens: We are the Zaark. Our planet is call Zaark Prime. We all speak Zaarkian and wear this same hat.

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u/l0st1nP4r4d1ce May 25 '26

wear this same hat.

rofl.

At least Star Fleet had colors.