The Indigo Tribe??

[TheHorseman Green Lantern Initiate Find all posts View Profile Close TheHorseman]

I posted this before...

Formorrow could be something like "followers"...although I like "children" better.

Children of Sur (not literally but inideological terms)

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I just want to know why Abin Sur is a part of their oath.

[Rayner2814 Kilowog's Recruit Find all posts View Profile Close Rayner2814]

the horseman if u did post about the oath already my bad. i must not have seen that part.
i am curious as to what ur friend that is a linguistics prof. could come up with.

[TheHorseman Green Lantern Initiate Find all posts View Profile Close TheHorseman]

I'll give you the nutshell version.

He said that laguanges like that have existed over history, although they aren't common. Without a formal grammatical structure, the words uttered could represent full sentences or convey emotions or even represent metaphors.

Usually the best way to start is to look for the words that are used more often and see the contexts, and go from there.

He said that the way the writers present the indigo tribe. from thrie demeanor, its likely that the speech is equally simple, but deep in meaning.

He said that if only the writers would show one or two words translated ih the books, the rest could possibly be derived!

After giving him enough comic books to read he's slowly turning into a GL fan himself.

[Rayner2814 Kilowog's Recruit Find all posts View Profile Close Rayner2814]

johns needs to get up off his high horse, stop being stupid, if he doesn't want to give us the translation. then give us the absolute meaning of to words. what he gave for Nok is to general. anyway give us the words and let the fans figure it out. since we are the ones that want to know and your not telling.

the horseman what the professor said is very intriguing. even with the general definition johns gave for Nok. I'm wondering if it should be possible to figure out. being as it is a primitive language.

[Dr. Naysay Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Dr. Naysay]

Are you guys fucking kidding?

[TheHorseman Green Lantern Initiate Find all posts View Profile Close TheHorseman]

Are you guys fucking kidding?

[Dr. Naysay Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Dr. Naysay]

Nok.

[TheHorseman Green Lantern Initiate Find all posts View Profile Close TheHorseman]

Nok.

Klek Klen Nak Doctor

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Ya know..having their own language is also something I've liked about the Indigo Tribe...
hopefully they will reveal more into what they are saying.


Nok!

[Mechinoid Hal's Understudy Find all posts View Profile Close Mechinoid]

Just tell me when the Indigo Tribe is fired. I don't care if they explore anymore with the Tribe or Indigo-1, I just wish they would be fired.

[TheHorseman Green Lantern Initiate Find all posts View Profile Close TheHorseman]

OKay here are a coupld of more images:



Notice how she PWNS the BL and then says NOK KLEK.

NOK really does seem like it has some kind of "catchphrase" value if its gonna be used in combat like that.


Now for the next image:




- Now it this point its interesting to note that Munk seems to have a more diverse vocabulary than Indigo-1, as he says KLEK OCTA ROQ?

What is he asking here?

- Indigo replies LEKORA LEK LEK as she fights on. Now Lekora has the LEK radical, which means that it could be a derived word possible carrying a similar meaning.

- Indigo says Nok again as she fries another BL.

What have learned here....not much but I'm starting to wonder if one way of looking at this whole thing is perhaps seeing it as a "seamless" conversation in that the indigo speech isn't isolated communication from the rest the world but simple a translation of sorts.

Wait that was conmfusing. Let me explain that better.

What I'm saying is that because the Indigos obviously speak engligh/basic/human tongue, perhaps things they say amidst the others are in the same context as the rest of the convo.

For example:

Hal says: The Black Lanterns have surrounded us!

Indigo says: Nok!

Hal says: That was impresive.

So perhaps here NOK or whatever other thing she could have said, was adressing Hal's concern...perhaps saying: Let There be Light...or the LIght Guide us as a response within the context.

Again, this is all wild speculation...I'll post more images over the rest of the week.

[tommyofshaolin Green Lantern Initiate Find all posts View Profile Close tommyofshaolin]

Hey guys on the Indigo-1 figure box from the Blackest Night toy line, it says in the bio that all the Indigos wield a staff in place of a power ring. I too thought that originally the were not supposed to have rings, but in there appearances they do. Anyone know why?

[TheHorseman Green Lantern Initiate Find all posts View Profile Close TheHorseman]

Good Question....very good question...I was under the impression that the staves were in fact their equivalent of power batteries...sorta like the ones the GLs have!

[chivalrous Corps Honor Guard Find all posts View Profile Close chivalrous]

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- Now it this point its interesting to note that Munk seems to have a more diverse vocabulary than Indigo-1, as he says KLEK OCTA ROQ?

My first instinct was that he was referring to the eighth ring or the eighth light (or possibly the eighth corps), the black ring does seem to be a focal point of the art.

It seems too simple though.

Good Question....very good question...I was under the impression that the staves were in fact their equivalent of power batteries...sorta like the ones the GLs have!

It does appear the the Indigo light flows from the staff when she charges her ring in BN #5. There are also plenty of images of people carrying lanterns on the end of a crook (hooked staff) not that I can find any art showing that; I tpe lantern into google and get a million pictures of pumpkins and comics.
still, it did throw up a couple of images of The Hermit tarot card which has similarities in its description to what we know of the Indigo ethos.