The Spanish forces arrived in Kinsale, Co Cork in September 1601. However, their army was much smaller than the Irish leaders had hoped for. In spite of this, the Irish were in a good position at the onset of the battle. Red Hugh O’Donnell persuaded a more cautious Hugh O’Neill to attack the assembled English forces, led by Lords Mountjoy and Carew.
The battle was a disaster for the Irish;…
Enid knowing exactly what Wednesday’s saying whenever she speaks Spanish tho
like, Wednesday is blatantly flirting with her thinking she’s getting away with it only for Enid to give her the smuggest smirk in the universe and perfectly translate everything she just said
I’d like to bring up Alejandro’s and Soap’s relationship if I may .
“You know Spanish?”
“No.”
“You will.”
These missions must’ve been days to weeks apart. Intel and planning take time. And throughout the games we see Soap speaking Spanish to Alejandro.
“Hermano, qué pasa?”
“Revise mi bolsillo.”
“Hasta la muerte.” (Alejandros favorite)
He really only refers to Alejandro as Hermano. Brother. In the game, he needs translation less and less. He picks up words and responds. I also think Soap is a go with the flow kind of guy. He returns the energy you give. And when Alejandro was just so open and ready to share his home and culture with Soap, it just like,,, made their connection so easy. Alejandro was so trusting and soap was supposed to what,, not reciprocate? They’re brothers now. Alejandro said so. Alejandro manda. lol. Also at the end when he says
“Keep fighting the good fight, Hermano.” (Pelea la buena batalla is what Alejandro taught him.)
This is not a head canon. This is canon.
Alejandro and Rodolfo both taught Soap Spanish. I think in the whole 141 task force he was the least versed in Spanish. He was eager to learn and practiced a lot. He’s not a shy man so he wasn’t afraid to mess up. Sure, he sounded silly but it would make Rodolfo laugh the loudest- surprisingly- so he didn’t mind.
“It usually annoys him when guero’s try to imitate us or poorly learn our language. He’s been mocked before.”
“I’m not doing too badly, am I?”
Alejandro just grinned.
“He likes your accent.”
Also,,, He calls Rodoldo “Rudy”. Rodolfo isn’t as picky as Soap with ppl calling him Johnny. But, everyone knows that you can’t just call him Rudy. It’s like a promise. Rudy is what his olders brothers and cousins called him. Rudy is reserved for family and people you wouldn’t hesitate for.
“Call me Rudy.” He said suddenly after drills one day. Ordering him in a way. You’ll be loyal.
“Okay.” Was all Soap responded. He understood and Alejandro just let out a laugh.
The same courtesy was offered to Ghost. But because he’s emotionally stunted, he’s not gonna. He appreciates it though.
I do think Ghost had like beginner level understanding of spanish
The Spanish forces arrived in Kinsale, Co Cork in September 1601. However, their army was much smaller than the Irish leaders had hoped for. In spite of this, the Irish were in a good position at the onset of the battle. Red Hugh O’Donnell persuaded a more cautious Hugh O’Neill to attack the assembled English forces, led by Lords Mountjoy and Carew.
The battle was a disaster for the Irish;…
Sometimes I get frustrated because I want to ask you so many things about your AUs but my level of English gets in the way and I'm left speechless. (I'm a native Spanish speaker, I can understand written and spoken English, but when it comes to speaking/writing by myself I just, forget everything)
Speak in whatever language you’re more comfortable! Don’t feel like you have to speak English just because I do!! Talk to me in whatever language you want!
Whenever I find myself crying about how much I WISH I had the necessary language knowledge to actually write (like, fanfiction and shit) in English I vividly remember that one scene of Georgia from Modern Family and FEEL it because God y'all really will never know just how fucking smart i am in Spanish .fuckers
So I read the first issue of Red Hood: The Hill and my expectations were admittedly low because of how poorly Jason is handled most of the time so I'm not disappointed like I've seen some people be (if you are, that's totally valid though, I def get it). I feel entirely neutral about it. I think it wasn't a strong start for an already very, very short run, and with it being a flashback its pacing worries me a bit.
I think it could be interesting going forward but I'm definitely getting the vibe that this is not going to be Jason-centric like a lot of people are. I do think it's too early to tell but it's definitely possible this will focus more on Dana and her crew which like I guess?? I like Dana and I don't mind some of the focus being on her at all. She's interesting and I like when Gotham-set stories actually feel like it's a real but weird place with real people living in it. I enjoy it when they show how much of a mess the city is and how the people living in it have to adapt to get by. Dana's dynamic with Jason has potential and that being the focal point of this whole thing could lead to a more compelling narrative overall. The idea of Jason being the one to try and guide a friend entering into this world could offer up a lot of good character beats for him that we haven't seen a lot of in a while. That being said, it feels like Red Hood is more of a vehicle for this story about The Hill so I'm not holding my breath for it. Retroactively changing his backstory around to fit this place into it also doesn't give me the best feeling either.
As for the rest of the 'new' characters, I don't really care for the little neighborhood watch crew outside of Dana. There's not much to go off and seeing Jason interact with them does nothing for me and just feels forced (but then again most of his relationships are forced in general). Having this many characters with such a short run is not going to allow for any of them to be fleshed out enough for them to feel like they matter in the grand scheme of things. By virtue of this being a flashback, the stakes already feel pretty low so having a cast of characters that aren't particularly compelling and whose relationships with Jason evolved off-panel doesn't help. They have cool designs though, I'll give them that.
I don't like that it took getting through almost halfway through the issue for Jason to show up and when he does it's underwhelming.
So far, it's shaping up to be a one-off story with low stakes. Which is fine. A short, contained story can be good if it's written well and there's something to take away from it. Otherwise, they're just slapping Red Hood on the title for readership's sake and calling it a day. Which like, nothing surprises me anymore but it's lame that this is what we get for Jason after the nightmare mess that was Gotham War and TMWSL.
Apparently, Zdarsky is planning on including Jason in his upcoming Batman arc according to some posts I saw so take that with a grain of salt but the thought of that happening makes me want to grind my teeth into a fine dust.
At this point, I feel like I'm just holding out for nothing with Jason. I don't like any direction they've taken with him outside of some interesting bits here and there so I hope this run picks up.