I love that the guys say something like “it means war horse”. Rocinante is a word play with “Rocin antes”. Rocin being an old weak horse unfit for serious work and. ‘antes’ is the spanish word for ‘before’.
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Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Rocinante and the only reason I know is because of The Expanse.
sanzky@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
americans wrote it. it has to be ‘bad ass’.
americans can’t understand irony. too dumb.
rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
From the book:
Holden punched the comm system on the wall. “Well, crew, welcome aboard the gas freighter Rocinante.”
“What does that name even mean?” Naomi said after he let go of the comm button.
“It means we need to go find some windmills,” Holden said over his shoulder as he headed to the lift.
Try harder.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
they are talking about the TV show.
try harder.
crapwittyname@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
So it translates to “Prenag”? I love it.
tetris11@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I only know it because it’s the name of my best friends horse. He played the violin at our wedding
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
What a talented horse
echodot@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Smart horse
Ashiette@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
For me it’s because of One Piece
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Shame! (bling)
bunnyBoy@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
I only know it because of Limbus Company XD
TipRing@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I never made this connection but now I imagine this as Holden being self-aware / self-critical.
monotremata@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
For me it’s “An Animated Description of Mr. Maps” by The Books.
pno2nr@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What about John Steinbeck? Travels with Charley.
TheDarkestShark@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
One of my favorite fan theories is that the authors did not name the ship after the horse from don quixote directly. There is a Rush song called Cygnus X-1 that’s basically a space opera and the ship in that song is called the Rocinate, and one of the authors of The Expanse is a huge rush fan. So in my mind that is where the ships name comes from.
Dultas@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
One the expanse loosely based on a play by post RPG game the author was running? Maybe the name came from that? Isn’t that also why Shed was killed off, the player couldn’t play anymore.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I also learned it from Rush, hell yeah!