I keep seaing landdwellers attempting to “translate” glubposting like it is some kind of decorative typing quirk instead of w)(at it actually is. W)(ic)( is adorable, by t)(e way. Please continue. You must understand, glub is not simply replacing words wit)( ocean puns and calling it a day. If it were t)(at easy, every rustblood wit)( a dictionary and too muc)( confidence would be capable of reproducing it properly. T)(ey are not. Glub is cadence. Implication. Pressure. -Emotional undertow. A conversational current carried beneat)( t)(e literal meaning of t)(e words t)(emselves. Two seadwellers can )(old an entire second conversation beneat)( t)(e visible one wit)(out a single outsider noticing. Tone s)(ifts. Repetition. Intentional misuse of aquatic terminology. Placement of symbols. Timing. A single “glub” can mean reassurance, mockery, t)(reat, flirtation, mourning, or a declaration of dominance depending entirely on context and psyc)(ic projection. And Y-ES, before anyone asks, projection matters. People forget t)(at our kind did not claw our way to t)(e top of t)(e )(emospectrum t)(roug)( pretty fins and dramatic capes alone. Seadwellers once possessed a psionic repertoire vast enoug)( to drown civilizations in silence. Or so t)(e oldest stories claim. T)(en )(istory c)(anged. T)(e useful gifts were cultivated elsew)(ere. Culling became specialization. T)(e lowblood castes in)(erited and refined abilities t)(at once belonged to t)(e dept)(s t)(emselves w)(ile our own powers narrowed into somet)(ing subtler. Stranger. W)(at remained was glub. A language s)(aped as muc)( by instinctive psyc)(ic bleed as spoken communication. )(alf verbal exc)(ange. )(alf emotional tide. T)(e last relic of somet)(ing enormous. Or maybe t)(at is just imperial romanticism. 38) Maybe we just really like fis)( jokes and making everyone else uncomfortable. Difficult to say. Regardless, if you ever sea two seadwellers speaking and suddenly realize you cannot quite tell w)(et)(er t)(ey are t)(reatening eac)( ot)(er, flirting, discussing politics, or planning a massacre? Congratulations. You are finally beginning to understand glub. 38D
Thank You Four Making It Easy To Understand, I Was Confused. I Will Continue To Remain Confuse As Seadwellers Glub Whether It's At Me Or Not.