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Seeing Def Leppard and Motley Crue at the Stadium Tour in Bramall Lane, Sheffield - 22/05/2023✨

Ok I’ll try and keep this as brief as possible, but I also want to include as many fun details as possible! also how has it been eXACTLY ONE WEEK since this happened aAAAH??? (from when I'm posting this at least)

Before the Show

So we started queuing at 8:30am, and we weren’t even the first people there! There was a group who had been queuing since 4am!

We immediately clicked with this group and we ended up becoming great friends, and they made the experience much more enjoyable!

I also had a few issues with my ticket, as I needed to print it but never got the chance (story for another day) so I had to go down to the ticket office like three times😅

Just before we went in the nerves suddenly hit me: I HAD to get my spot that I’d queued 7 hours for.

As soon as I was let in I got the biggest adrenaline rush of my entire life, and although the staff were telling me not to run, I ran, and they didn’t stop me.

And I got a spot at the barrier with my friends!

it was at this point that reality started to set in...

after 7 months of waiting for this very moment I was HERE

Vivas came on after about 45 mins and they were AMAZING???

I was just looking at Tyler the entire time tbh bc he looks sO MUCH LIKE SAV ITS AAAAAA

also the lead singer was absolutely losing his mind at how big of a gig this was for them and I felt so happy! His joy was honestly infectious and I think they’re gonna do great things!

Mötley Crüe

After Vivas it was about a 30 min wait until Crüe, and every time we thought they had finished setting up the stage they added one more thing lmao

also Ryan was hanging around in the photo pit and he took our photo AWWW

I saw him the next day and he actually sent it to me, so now I have the very photo that Ryan Sebastyan himself took!

anyways the stage set up for Crue was just a little over the top imo perhaps to compensate whaaaat

they also had this extremely long opera(?) intro which just went on for way too long

and then they had that fuckin aLARM THING WHICH WAS SO LOUD

when the guys eventually did come on I will admit it was incredibly surreal... like tHAT is Nikki Sixx RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME??

Nikki was wearing the coolest jacket at first I want 23 of my own

Vince was uuuh Vince

like he wasn't terrible in person but listening back it is... not great

aNYWAY John 5 was actually so cool and fits in with them really well but he’s just not Mick Mars soz John

he also did this thing where he just drooled over the side of the podium?? like bro that was just so unnecessary JHGFGJK

also the music was just sO LOUD I found it hard to tell which some was which at first aND I WAS WEARING HEARING PROTECTION

at one point Nikki threw a bottle of Fiji Water and it landed right behind the security guard in front of me... I didn't want it😂

about midway through the set Nikki addressed the crowd and actually brought a kid up on stage and took a selfie with him which I thought was really cool!

Aaaand then Tommy addressed the crowd and asked women to show their tits🙃 and of course some did. oh Tommy

then they played Home Sweet Home and let me tell you Tommy can sHRED on a piano

tbh the strippers (yes for those that dont know they have *female dancers* dancing on stage to some of the songs) were probably putting in the most effort out of anyone up there

I think my favourite part was when they did the medley of covers, so Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room, Blitzkrieg Bop and Anarchy in the UK

they ended with Kickstart my Heart which was a lot of fun!

Def Leppard

it is TIMEEEE

there wasn't a long wait at all until leppard bc I think the show was a little behind schedule

but then when the countdown came on the screen it was the longest 6 mins of my life

and then Joe’s cover of Heroes came on and AAAAAAAH

THEN IT WAS THE INTRO TO TAKE WHAT YOU WANT

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

THERE THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY DO BEST

it wasn't so much of a shock seeing them in person as I had seen them at the signing two days ago, BUT STILLL THATS THEMMMM

And Joe was wearing this soon to be ICONIC Union Jack blazer

Sav was wearing a polka-dot gradient suit (you know the one)

Phil and Viv were wearing THEE most gorgeous suits

Tho I'm kinda disappointed that Phil wasn't shirtless😪(jk)

And Rick in his sparkly tie dye shirt which I another thing I want 245 of

honestly the rest was a bit of a blur but in a good way!

I started losing my mind whenever they would come out onto the catwalk bc tHEY WERE SO CLOSE AND LOOKED ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL

aLSO they're recording the performance for a DVD (I think) so hopefully we will be able to watch back the pro shot version at some point!

also I hope I'm in it bc at one point they were in the photo pit pointing a camera directly at me BBFJKBFJK

oh also Ross Halfin was there I forgot to mention that LMAO

I think during Armageddon It something happened in the crowd behind me bc the security guards were standing on the barrier basically leaning tf on me as if to get a closer look at what was happening

so yeah I missed the majority of that song LOL and I never did find out exactly what happened, although I did hear that someone got escorted out

also just before Love Bites my phone died so I spent the first half of that song faffing about with my portable charger which thankfully charged your phone super fast

they also played Promises which for some reason caught me right off guard? it was so good tho and I didn't realise how hard it went until I heard it live!

and then it was the acoustic section which I was looking forward to the most (tho I honestly think it got cut short bc they only played like two songs and the show was behind schedule) bUT IT WAS STILL ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL

This Guitar is my fave off of DSH and hearing it live was just incredible

I love how you can just hear all their voices so well

aLSO IT WAS DEDICATED TO STEVE😭

Joe also said that Steve’s mum was in the audience and I think everyone in the stadium started to cry

and then it was Joe and Sav’s lil duet in When Love and Hate Collide which was so awwww

I can’t believe I actually got to hear Sav sing irl sOMEONE RESUSCITATE ME

anyways moving on, hearing a stadium sing “ROCKET, YEAHH!” is a religious experience I stg and its just something that cannot be replicated in a video

OMG HEARTBREAK AND SWITCH WENT SO HARD

the power that Phil and Viv held while walking out together onto the catwalk playing mf Switch 625

and then they started playing Hysteria and everyone started crying again

also they did the new alternate ending and if you weren't crying before you were then sorry I dont make the rules

The last song was Photograph ofc and thy put a bunch of photos from the leppard archives onto the screens🥺

they also put a bunch of photos that Ryan took of the crowd and tHE ONE WITH ME AND MY FRIENDS WAS UP THERE AAAAH

and just like that, Kings of the World started to play

I felt like my entire life had been leading up to those 90 mins

it broke my heart to walk away from the spot I had queued 7+ hours for, but my head was now full of incredible memories

bring on Wembley!

#OMFG that was l o n g #but it was so much fun reliving all the lil memories #its been a week and I miss Them every day #110% the best day of my life #if you ever have the opportunity to see Leppard then DO IT #you will not regret it #I can confirm that I will be going to as many of their future shows as humanly possible from now on #anyways stay tuned bc I'm not done with my Sheffield posts yet👀#Def Leppard #Motley Crue #Concerts #The Stadium Tour #Sheffield

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vaedar · 2 years

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𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧; 𝐎𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧

I have finished, at last, for now. Below you will find a more detailed description of the history and workings of the language spoken in Valyria, Vaedar’s mother tongue; High Valyrian. Most of this is canon so the only ‘headcanon’ part is the connection with Latin that I use to explain or give examples of what I am describing with what could be a real life equivalent for High Valyrian ( in historical terms ). I cover a bit of the history of it, the spread, the division, how it’s still used after the Doom, its grammatical genders ( yes, High Valyrian canonly has grammatical genders, read on if curious ), and examples of its written form.

Be warned, it is a long post. It’s already been added to Vaedar’s Valyria world building doc found over here as well.

It is important to remember that the details and descriptions given here apply only to interactions in this blog for RP purposes and references. Only those that I otherwise reference to canon are as such, canon and/or official. Also important to remark that some of the descriptions may not fit the laws of reality because this is fantasy, and GRRM himself has stated so when people try to give logical, realistic and scientific explanations to how the ASOIAF world works. I will be using real life references here and there, mostly in comparison to the Latin language, spoken by the ancient Romans, which have very similar historical characteristics to the history of the Valyrian Freehold.

Let’s start off with a general background on the history of Latin. It was originally spoken by peoples who lived in a place called Old Latium, in what is today Italy. They were tribal people, living by the bank of the Tiber River, in a space of fertile, volcanic soil which would eventually be part of the land that housed the city of Rome. Latin was derived from Greek, Etruscan and Phoenician scripts, and it’s divided into classical and vulgar latin. Classical Latin is the one that survives in literature while Vulgar Latin was the one spoken, with Old Latin being the earliest form of the language. Following Rome’s conquests, Latin was widespread, being the language the conquerors spoke and used, subjecting the many colonies it possessed to it. With the years, and following the collapse of the Roman Empire, Vulgar Latin evolved into distinct languages of different regions of the roman expansion, into what are now the romance languages.

High Valyrian was spoken by the peoples in the valyrian peninsula ( much like Italy is a peninsula ), which were originally said to be simple sheep-herding folk in the fertile, volcanic lands of the peninsula. We know close to nothing about how they grew to become the most powerful civilization in the ASOIAF world ( yes, with dragons, but how did they tame dragons? up for debate still ), but I believe it makes sense to think they were once clans or tribespeople in archaic times as those in Latium were, united by the same language; which could eventually become the ancestors of the forty noble dragonlord families.

Throughout history, language has united people. For example, the Greeks, who were divided and spread out in their city-states with different individual styles of governance and variances in their customs. But still spoke the same language and revered the same gods. Like the Romans following their victory in the punic wars with Carthage, the valyrians defeated Ghis, enslaved their people, and imposed their language on them as a means of unity and control. Culture and language are what united the valyrians, not race, for slaves could be of any nationality or ethnic origin ( westerosi, ghiscari, rhoynar, yitish, even other slaveborn/lowborn and/or bastard valyrians captured or sold into slavery ).

Like Latin after the collapse of the Roman Empire, even after the Doom of Valyria, the Valyrian tongues survived in its dialects and in those who keep with them the purer High Valyrian language ( Like Valyrian houses in Westeros, Targaryens, Velaryons, Celtigars, Baratheons, Qoherys ). Each of the Free Cities and those in Slaver’s Bay speak a form of what’s known as Bastard Valyrian, some so indistinctly from one another that they are on the verge of becoming separate languages with the years. This is just as it happened with Latin, being the common ancestor of the romance languages. The valyrian of the slave cities that once belonged to the Old Empire of Ghis is particularly different in its ‘growl-like’ ghiscari influence, which makes them close enough to be mutually intelligible ( Astapori Valyrian and Yunkai Valyrian ). An example of this can be used between Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. Spoken Spanish is often easier for Portuguese natives to understand while native Spanish speakers may find it more challenging to understand spoken Portuguese, and easier to understand spoken Italian with its spoken accent being more similar to Spanish. Yet, they might find written Portuguese easier to read than Italian.

Also like Latin, High Valyrian is still used as a clerical language by priests, septons, maesters, etc., who also may teach others. Children of westerosi nobility are taught High Valyrian as part of their studies, as a sign of that noble education their position grants them. We have Tyrion, Quentyn and Arya as examples of this, though most of the westerosi nobility can’t fluently understand or speak it, even if a great number of poems, scrolls and songs are written and sung in the language. This can be similar to how privileged Roman children were taught Greek as part of their studies, which can also be applied into Valyrian nobility being taught Common Tongue, since we know Valyria and Westeros engaged in business trade ( like valyrian steel swords ).

Unlike Latin with its originally three grammatical genders ( Femenine, Masculine and Neuter ), High Valyrian’s grammatical genders are not based on male or female figures, like the English examples of Masculine = man, boy, actor; Feminine = woman, girl, actress; Common ( no gender specified ) = friend, parents, child; Neuter ( having no gender ) = table, rock, pencil. They are instead composed of four genders called Lunar, Solar, Aquatic and Terrestrial.

The Lunar gender are those words used for humans ( man, woman, mother, father ), nocturnal animals ( wolf, owl, cat ) and military equipment ( helmet, sword ).

The Solar gender are those words also used for humans ( human, guest ), diurnal animals ( dragon, goat ) names of occupations ( king, soldier, priest ) and body parts ( leg, mouth, foot ).

The Terrestrial gender are those words used mostly for food aspects ( meat, bread ), plants and metals ( silver, gold, steel ).

The Aquatic gender are those words used mostly for liquids and bodies of water ( water, sea, blood, river ).

This is why the famous word ‘darilaros’ in the prophecy can mean both prince or princess, because it belongs to the Solar gender of High Valyrian, where prince, princess, heir terms mean the same. Therefore, High Valyrian is not a genderless language ( it has four grammatical genders, not to be confused with gender neutral ), but one that does not use male of female figures as grammatical equivalents, much like dragons biologically are not defined as either male or female, since they can be both as needed.

High Valyrian is an inflected, head-final language. This means it’s a language in which a word is modified to express different grammatical categories, particularly declensions of nouns and adjectives for numbers, case and gender and verbs for person, number, tense, voice and moods. An example is:

dārys = king ( in the nominative case ). Dārys ēdrusi = The king is asleep. dāri = king ( in objective case ). Dāri urnen = I see a king.

I won’t go into details because I am no expert and I have not extensively studied all of what has been created of High Valyrian as a language ( Only done Duolingo stuff LOL ), but I think it’s simple enough to explain the base. There are also cultural aspects of the Valyrian people that influence the language, such as the High Valyrian word ‘gō’ is used for ‘before, underneath, below’. This is because in Valyrian culture, the aspect of ‘time’ passes as a ladder climb... ( with the future being synonym with what’s ‘above’ and the past with what’s ‘under’.

Written High Valyrian is a mixed script system of alphabetical, iconic and paradigmatic components. It also employs the use of double dots and single dots as punctuation. Double dots separate sentences, whether they are questions, statements or exclamations. Single dots separate words, since spaces are not used. Below is a screenshot from conlang creator David Peterson’s instagram with the phrase we all know ‘Valar Morghūlis’ ( all men must die ).

Going by this, Vaedar’s last name ‘Valarys’ could be written like this ( first two glyphs = valar and third = ys ). Another interpretation can be from the Valyrian zālarys, which is composed in itself from the word zālagon = to burn. But I do believe the more accurate written word would be from ‘valar = men’ and ‘ys’ from ‘perzys’ = fire.

It’s also important to note there are Ghiscari words borrowed into the Valyrian language ( according to the conlang creator ). One of these words, for example, is ‘jazdan’ which means ‘harpy’. This of course, makes sense, given the fact that Old Ghis predated Valyria.

This all being said for now, I will be updating the section the more I research/learn and/or are given more info in the show from the conlang creator. Remember this is always a work in progress.

#i am happy with this it came out good enough and simple enough in explanation i think #i didnt go full on into the grammar part cuz... yeah it's not even completed that we know of so xD but it's a general thing #it's enough to serve as reference for RP purposes which is why I do these headcanons #if you read it all THANK YOU OK cuz i know it long and it could've been longer xD i had to edit myself to keep it focused #[ L E N T O N ] Valyria #[ D R A G O N L O R D ] Vaedar #vae headcanons #headcanons

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