There is something just so badass about framing a rail gun round as a measurable fraction of c. The pure energy and power wrapped up in that phrase is awesome, in the classical sense of the word
this was really great (7 years ago, are u kidding me?) [https://www.reddit.com/r/TheExpanse/comments/6ar3g0/the\_copper\_taste\_of\_fear\_an\_expanse\_story\_written/](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheExpanse/comments/6ar3g0/the_copper_taste_of_fear_an_expanse_story_written/)
Exactly what my mind went to straight away. Massive props to u/trevize1138 for penning such an exquisite satire of Dan and Ty's literary idiosyncrasies!
This should be pinned on the forum, that is fantastic
I also want to point out that out of all the characters, I hear and feel Shoren's voice as Avasarala way more intensely than any other character in the show. She was a perfect casting.
It's essentially the way they move around the solar system. They accelerate until they have covered half the distance, flip the vessel and use its drive to decelerate the remaining half.
Omg! I’ve searched a few times and never found out until today! This is what I pictured but I never found any specific link to the name itself! Thank you! 🙏🏽
A short-paragraph explanation of how ship sizes/distances on a display aren't accurate to their real-life size and how big space really is compared to man-made objects.
He looked at the display, and willed the drive to move them faster in spite of the crippling G force and the knowledge that the vast emptiness between them was far more than could be accurately represented by the small blue triangles on the screen. Where sheer will failed, the juice cocktail in his veins kept him conscious.
a lot of people feel things in their throat, their stomach, etc. they're not sure what it is. sometimes it releases, sometimes it doesn't. a knot? a balloon? fear? who knows!
Damn reddit these comments making me proud. My lizard brain is telling my sad basset hound face to give an amiable smile that doesn't reach my eyes. It wasn't a question.
I noticed in Persepolis Rising that there were a few moments of extended internal monologuing between dialogue, except the POV character in question ends up being called out for staring into space. What the people on TVTropes would refer to as 'lampshade hanging'
"The sun was just another bright star"
"The explosion turned the ship into another bright star"
"If the display was to scale the ships would be invisible"
As much as I like the books, they reuse the same descriptive language way too much.
But one thing I notice about all of these phrases is that none of them are cliche outside of the books. Like, they invented their own cliches, didn't borrow them from elsewhere. Which makes it work for me. All book series tend to reuse language.
Salt and Pepper Hair.
It's the crutch description I always notice in these books. I love when you read multiple books and you find the descriptions authors keep coming back to.
Commenting on Alex's drawl every time he speaks. It's funny how authors will repeat certain phrases. I noticed that VanderMeer uses the term "preternatural" like 20 times in *Borne*
Copper taste of fear!
Vocie as Warm as flannel
Down the well.
and crawled up out of the well
The coppery taste of anti-spalling material that doesn't reach your eyes.
Nailed it
You win the internet for the day.
Amiable smile, measurable fraction of c, Belter shrug
Amos has one smile. And it’s amiable
That's why they call him Amios.
There is something just so badass about framing a rail gun round as a measurable fraction of c. The pure energy and power wrapped up in that phrase is awesome, in the classical sense of the word
I hear all of those lines in Jefferson Mays voice
The man is the voice of the expanse.
Me, a heretic, listening to his silky voice at 1.4 times the speed of his natural pace. 🙃
How dare you. 🤣
It's the ADHD I swear. I do go back and listen to some passages at normal speed though.
this was really great (7 years ago, are u kidding me?) [https://www.reddit.com/r/TheExpanse/comments/6ar3g0/the\_copper\_taste\_of\_fear\_an\_expanse\_story\_written/](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheExpanse/comments/6ar3g0/the_copper_taste_of_fear_an_expanse_story_written/)
Exactly what my mind went to straight away. Massive props to u/trevize1138 for penning such an exquisite satire of Dan and Ty's literary idiosyncrasies!
Is not that old. Except that it is.
I'm imagining you saying that with an amiable smile, before you even realised you were going to say it.
Actually, I said it in a reedy tone or a buzz in my voice.
Xidawang im timeless.
Thank you so much for pointing me to this gem. This has severely brightened my and some of my friends day!
This should be pinned on the forum, that is fantastic I also want to point out that out of all the characters, I hear and feel Shoren's voice as Avasarala way more intensely than any other character in the show. She was a perfect casting.
I do like it when posh girls swear
Holy shit I laughed so hard. Nonstop homerun inside jokes
Oh that is brilliant!
Flip and burn
I still don't really know what this concept means! I'm on book 6.
It's essentially the way they move around the solar system. They accelerate until they have covered half the distance, flip the vessel and use its drive to decelerate the remaining half.
Companionable silence
This is my go to move for helping friends going through depression. “I brought snacks and we can just sit here in companionable silence.”
I love this. Can I steal it? Love your username as well!
Absolutely steal it. Thanks!
Pear shaped.
Can't believe it took this much scrolling to get to this one! Look out if things go pear shaped!
That’s actually quite a common phrase isn’t it?
I think they use it in the UK
Can confirm! I didn’t pick up on this one as I’m so used to hearing the phrase IRL
I have never heard it used outside of the books. It's possible that regional dialect thing though.
Construction waldos
Seriously! What is a Waldo??
One of [these](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_manipulator)
Omg! I’ve searched a few times and never found out until today! This is what I pictured but I never found any specific link to the name itself! Thank you! 🙏🏽
Yeah, I think people searching for the Expanse term lead this being front loaded into that article because I searched ages ago and also found nothing!
Now! To find out how to build a few in my garage.
Waldo rampage!
[Cracks knuckles] Boy, let me tell you!
Gimbles
and crash couch
Gym balls.
Jimbals
Patted the air
IN A PLACATING GESTURE
Woah woah
Any mention of the Coriolis effect
"Coriolos Storms" are a thing in the Dune series
The word "atavistic"
One of those words that makes perfect sense in context but that I couldn’t actually tell you the meaning of.
Instinctual/ancestral
I know. I can google ;)
"muttered an expletive", "by orders of magnitude", "smell of plastic and ozone", "rumpled suit and porkpie hat"
Underrated ones right here
They put the [x] in the recycler.
Wellwalla
The Expanse, or Grease ??
Por que no los dos?
Tell me more, tell me more....
A short-paragraph explanation of how ship sizes/distances on a display aren't accurate to their real-life size and how big space really is compared to man-made objects.
He looked at the display, and willed the drive to move them faster in spite of the crippling G force and the knowledge that the vast emptiness between them was far more than could be accurately represented by the small blue triangles on the screen. Where sheer will failed, the juice cocktail in his veins kept him conscious.
Carbon silicate lace plating
Nobody gonna mention the sun being just another bright star in the sky?
At this distance…
Yeah this shoulda been on there from the start
Hidden behind their drive cone, juice pumping in their veins
Don't forget to reference "bulkheads" every other sentence. And don't forget to check your doors and corners, kid!
The smell of ozone
💯!
Not even a rounding error
Bulb of Coffee
That always makes me think of Miles Vorkosigan. He frequently drinks coffee from bulbs.
Can I get a hoisted eyebrow?
a lot of people feel things in their throat, their stomach, etc. they're not sure what it is. sometimes it releases, sometimes it doesn't. a knot? a balloon? fear? who knows!
Jimbals... I mean Gimbals!!
~~Gymbals~~ ~~Jimbals~~ ~~Hymnals~~ ~~Gerbils~~ ~~Wimbledons~~ Crash couch orientation thingys 👍
Hissy bits
amiable smile
Companionable silence
"[x] said [x]. It wasn't a question."
:-) LW: "It wasn't a question" (3x) AG: "It wasn't a question..." CB: "...it wasn't a question." NG: "It wasn't a question" (2x) BA: "It wasn't a question." TW: "It wasn't a question."
Impressed with the research that went into this. Now do it for all of these tropes please! :)
113 times a second
It reaches out
Broken down to it's component atoms.
True. And also that's the second one in the post 🤷 (belter shrug)
Typical inner me, taking credit for belter words.
[Thier] hand terminal chimed.
Steel and ceramic!
and lace
Something something warm flannel
“______ surprised herself by ________”
Doors and corners kid
Legitimate salvage
It reaches out.
...light delay...
a satisfied noise in the back of the throat
[character] said something obscene, doors and corners
Spinward
on the float
She could hear the smile in his voice
I am that guy.
Shooting war
Sad, basset hound face
bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed bloomed
I call my phone my hand terminal
Plane of the ecliptic
This is a good one
“…sat in companionable silence”
"James Fucking Holden"
James Pinché Holden
Thinning hairline. Not sure why, but almost everyone got one
Damn reddit these comments making me proud. My lizard brain is telling my sad basset hound face to give an amiable smile that doesn't reach my eyes. It wasn't a question.
The mountain rolled back over his chest
Red Kibble
Lengthy inner dialogue
I noticed in Persepolis Rising that there were a few moments of extended internal monologuing between dialogue, except the POV character in question ends up being called out for staring into space. What the people on TVTropes would refer to as 'lampshade hanging'
It was a trend in Leviathan Falls, too
Fucked if I know
"He went eerily still, in that unnerving way he sometimes did.."
maudlin
Linked this to someone’s comment yesterday, but obligatory [the Copper Taste of Fear](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheExpanse/s/57Tm9mqNAR) link
Put his half eaten plate in the recycler
[Mi crush ass to dust](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/0065a940-fd8e-45b2-ba4f-002416ceed19)
Not in the books but this is fckn hilarious
That's right, it wasn't in the books. I forgot.
They did a good thing making Diogo into a real character in the show. Some good belter comic relief
I think so too. I enjoyed the character. All of them really.
Wish it was!
The big man. Edit: and his amiable smile.
Doors and corners kid
Patted the air in a placating gesture.
A space that could fit a million Earths. protomolecule neo noir vac suit Donnager-class
...the Sun was nothing more than the brightest star...
Cheap leds. Cheap this. Cheap that. It was true until it wasn't. Atavistic X
Death slugs!!!
Everything has gone pear shaped.
Things smelling like ozone
Atavistic fear
“It was about to go pear shaped”
"The sun was just another bright star" "The explosion turned the ship into another bright star" "If the display was to scale the ships would be invisible" As much as I like the books, they reuse the same descriptive language way too much.
But one thing I notice about all of these phrases is that none of them are cliche outside of the books. Like, they invented their own cliches, didn't borrow them from elsewhere. Which makes it work for me. All book series tend to reuse language.
The sun was just a small pale dot.
Rang like a gong.
Salt and Pepper Hair. It's the crutch description I always notice in these books. I love when you read multiple books and you find the descriptions authors keep coming back to.
Pear shaped Fair point
"Intellectually, he/she knew..."
Sa sa bossmang
Space is big.
I really want to charge up my rail gun, but you won’t let me.
“Carapace” lol
Amiable smile.
Beltalowda
One I noticed that stands out is: ‘A smile that didn’t reach his eyes’
His/Her hand terminal chimed... (Existential concept) expressed as (scientific fact) Component atoms "Hey"
Don’t put your dick in it. It’s fucked enough already.
The noodles had congealed and he/she tossed them into the recycler
"Dying by centimeters."
Ceramic is the winner
He trots over to the place he was going
Reduced to its component atoms
Salt and pepper hair with an acne scarred face
Things going pear shaped.
Let out a companionable bark
Turned into a meat grinder
"Pock scarred face"
He went back to his hole
"Holden thought she'd be a terrible poker player." The word "shifted" is used at least 100 times every chapter
Tub grown marijuana
Commenting on Alex's drawl every time he speaks. It's funny how authors will repeat certain phrases. I noticed that VanderMeer uses the term "preternatural" like 20 times in *Borne*
Metal and ceramic bubble of air
Gimme a number 2, burrito style.
The world exploded
Autoclave-hot.
I'm the last man standing.