#and if you don't please ask for clarification

[boiling-potato]

H-hello- i know your busy atm, but if I may ask... h-how do you make.. an MM oc... sorry for asking i know this is stupid please ignore this if you don't want to waste your time on my ignorance thank you very much

Now, to answer your question! Haha, I'm not really sure if you're asking how I created my original mm characters or how to create an mm OC, so I'll just cover both! ^^

How I created my mm! Originals:

I created my mm! characters with a blue star and constellation theme, while still keeping their original timeline and origins intact, I kept it to maintain consistency in their backstories. Their personalities are also reflected in their attire,

For example, Casimir's style showcases his sophisticated and proper nature as a mansion helper, while Chaoxiang's looks convey his intellectual and high-ranking status that demands respect.

How to create an mm! oc:

While there are no strict rules for designing an MM OC, following the original blue with star theme can help your character fit in. But for inspiration, you could choose a different one if blue isn't really your color and just incorporate a star or constellation design. Many creators have successfully used this approach, such as @gachaclubideas, @onionjay21, and @n0vatsu!

Alternatively, you could also explore your own unique ideas and themes, just like @dackychansworldofhoshino, @lucytsukii, @chipi-chupi-chips, and @imma-sue-you-becky have done with their distinctive designs!

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Hope this helps! and don't hesitate to ask more if you want more clarification, ok? I'd be happy to answer! 😌🫶❤️❤️

[khajiit-reads]

Weekly Pick A Card: 06/22/25

This week's theme is Basic Advice. The deck used is one of my personal oracles, Choice of Path Oracle (Lane, he/they), by myself.

As this is a collective reading, I cannot guarantee complete accuracy as per how these tend to work. Take what resonates, leave the rest. I do PAC for fun, not for seriousness, so please don't take this uber seriously. My inbox remains open for more personal stuff.

PICK A CARD: ♠️♥️♣️♦️

♠️ ^ SPADE

Be Unique & Take Risks & Communicate

You are special and unique, and you should let those colors shine right now. Even if it's a bit risky, you should do so. As well, it's a good idea to communicate and be open and clear about who you are.

♥️ ^ HEART

Take Risks & Pursue the Likely Chance & Rely on Old Tools

Rely on old tools more means things like sticking to what you have than trying to add more things to use. Use the old tarot deck instead of buying a new one type beat.

As such, you've gotta pursue what is likely for you. Pursue what is already available to you. Take a risk in some breadth, but pursue what's likely to happen in the first place. Now's not the time to try and reach the moon with a single jump, it's more time to try and reach the ceiling.

♣️ ^ CLUB

Recharge & Rely on Comforts & Pursue the Unlikely Chance

You need rest. Let yourself rest. Breathe, have peace, and rely on the things that make you feel at peace with yourself. Lay in bed for a little longer in the morning, eat that ice cream, snuggle up in a comfortable blanket... things of all that sort.

On top of that, the unlikely is possible for you right now. You can achieve something great. So try and give it a go, even if it doesn't actually turn out for you.

♦️ ^ DIAMOND

Fight & Get New Tools & Be Bold

Fight! Fight! Fight! You can do this, you gotta put up your dukes and throw a punch! Be bold, be brave, be brash! You have the strength and the power to achieve!

As well, you gotta have new tools at your disposal to get things done right now. This isn't necessarily a physical tool, it could also be getting a friend at your back, it could be getting some more rest in for more energy to fight with.

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Feel free to reblog this post, as there's no specific querent.

I hope you, and all readers, have a wonderful day!

[saamaton]

hiiii many many amv ideas came to me in a dream (courtesy of brat ofc) but unfortunately, i know fuck all about editing so i figured i'd ask u creator of the brat f1 amv that lives in my head rent free !! mostly just wondering where u get clips from + how unreasonable it is to make an amv in windows' native editor (climpchamp)? thank you <3

hi anon!!!

i'll be honest i might not be the best person to ask this but i'll try my best to answer!! hope it helps at all lol <3 if anyone else has better suggestions/other good tips pls feel free to give them i'd also be happy to know them!!

so! finding clips is always the most difficult and probably the most time consuming part of making an edit for me.. but usually i just try to look for ready scene packs that all the very lovely people on the internet compile 🙏 but f1's own youtube channel also has a lot of very good content! you just have to know what you're looking for over there and you'll have to skim through a lot of other content to find the good stuff,, but their channel is especially good for racing content itself (obviously) and their videos are almost always available in 1080p which is a huge perk!! they also have some of their own compilation videos which can be very useful. and ofc teams' own social medias have a lot of content and usually their youtube channels have a lot of good video content about race weekends beyond the race (which, i think i'm stating the obvious here but yeah)! so honestly it's a bit of a scavanger hunt and you just have to be patient, especially if you're picky with the cohesion of your clips like me 😭😭

and i'll be honest with you i know nothing about clipchamp 😭 i used to use premiere pro until the free access i had to it at the time stopped and then i couldn't be bothered to find a good pc alternative.. but honestly i think it totally depends on what kind of editing style you're going for! if you have a similar style to mine i'm pretty sure most editing softwares have the capacity for that! as long as you can import clips, music and fonts and can work in enough detail (!!!) you can probably make it work with enough time!! ofc then the main differences between softwares are in the interface, intuitivity and usability so it might take a bit of trial and error, as well as getting used to, to find a software that works for you! then again if you want to use more fancy effects, transitions and tools you'll most likely have to look around quite a bit and usually free softwares don't have super great options on that front unfortunately.. there's a lot of recommendations on the internet tho so if that's the case you'll just likely have to spend quite a bit of time researching and trying stuff out but you might find something very good from people's recommendations ! (if you do pls share them with me lol)

also i can't believe i'm exposing my best kept editing secret just for you anon BUT if you're not opposed to editing on mobile i'd very heavily recommend an app called inshot, which is what i use!!! i think it has a super super impressive variety of different kinds of effects and a lot of very useful tools you don't find in every editing software! they keep constantly updating it and adding new features too, it's been heavily updated in the past couple years and seems like it'll just keep getting better! plus it's completely free, you just have to watch an ad while exporting your final video lol,,

anyways i hope you find something useful in my ramblings and i hope you succeed in your amv visions 🙏 pls let me know if you ever post any, i'd love to see them <3

[tubbytarchia]

Points at my pinned message. There's a message there in bold. I'm sorry I don't clarify that I'm talking about CHARACTERS ONLY in posts that I don't maintag. I presume if you're on my blog to see these posts at all, you would already know as much. CHARACTERS please... just characters.... I've acknowledged that CC Jimmy is not bothered by the bullying many times. I'm very aware... I'm talking about characters......................

[cobra-creampuff]

my sister is telling my dad the story of last night and they are hard core both sidesing it. "well, you know, she doesn't take apologies well..." 1. that's her fucking problem not mine. 2. that doesn't have any fucking bearing on the two and a half hours straight of transphobic talk. 3. not taking an apology well is one thing, telling someone they're "lucky" you're not assaulting them when they say they're sorry for being a bit rude is actually a totally different thing LOL!

[egginfroggin]

I usually try not to get too negative on my blog, but I have to say that one thing that I'm worried about with AI art is the possible accusations that could be placed on people with certain artstyles (surrealism, hyperrealism, etc.) that are more prone to the "uncanny valley" effect, or even just artists who are in that midway point where most of a piece looks great but there's a few things that are anatomically questionable.

I think it's fine for people to have suspicions, but I'm worried that people will come to expect things such as progress videos or shots as a given, and that this will intimidate young or new artists, making them feel incredibly pressured to provide things that they shouldn't have to. And, speaking from experience, pressure does not do good things to the creative mind.

I'm worried that people will start seeing inconsistencies or awkward anatomy and immediately react with accusations of AI. It's happening on other platforms, and probably also on Tumblr, and as much as I dislike AI, I think that people need to learn to slow down and really look at something before making that accusation.

What good will stamping out AI with vigor do if innocent artists get caught in the crossfire and stop creating out of fear? What good will it do if the next generation of artists is too scared to share and inspire each other?

Genuinely, I would personally rather deal with AI images existing while still being able to freely share my actual works than I would deal with tiptoeing around very real people who would dismiss my hours of work (and musculoskeletal pain) as worthless and not real. Let artists still be free for goodness' sake.

I can be more thoroughly worded later if anyone asks, and this will probably be sorely misinterpreted, but I just need to get this out and I'm tired.

TLDR: It's fine to be against AI-generated images, but please check yourself and be careful who you accuse of using such technology before you get someone innocent caught up in it. AI-generated art isn't great, and neither is putting down someone's hard work as fake.

[racingliners]

HELLO i'm asking two fic asks i hope that's okay!

✑ PROCESSING for The Rules of Strategy and ♡ SMALL THINGS for Slowly And Then All at Once please🥰

it is ALWAYS okay to ask me to yell about more than one of my fics!!!

✑ PROCESSING: pick a fic and I’ll tell you what it was like to write it!

Oh my beloved TRoS... (ao3 link)

So one thing to know about is that because I'm autistic I will research the shit out of anything. And while I watched the 2017 season at the time, there was a lot of Mercedes-centric things I missed out on. So a lot of my research for each race weekend chapter consists of tag surfing here on tumblr for pictures and video clips (mainly to see what Lewis was wearing on a specific day if I need it, and if there was anything notable that happened across the weekend), looking up free practice/quali/race reports, and also watching the Mercedes strategy debrief videos so that when I'm writing Strategist!Seb, I have a really good idea of what I'm talking about. In a couple of instances (Bahrain, China and Spain) I've also watched the full races back just to get a proper feel for when writing the race sections, and for any team radio clips.

Then, I'll get writing. I'd actually planned out the vast majority of the chapters many months ago based on the season results and what I could remember from 2017, as well as the various relationship development points. But I do the above stuff to get my brain into the frame of mind for whichever specific race chapter I'm writing (I like to do a balance of actual racing and mushy romance bc that's just how my brain works, and because in a way they both influence each other in the plot).

Sometimes I'll be going about my day and I'll have an idea drift into my head for a future chapter, or even a bit of dialogue, so I'll write it down in whichever relevant notes doc I have so I have it on hand for later.

Obviously when I actually get to writing things will change a bit in terms of what scenes I do end up including. I have my notes as a guide and just go with the flow in terms of what feels best for the development of the story. The only exception when I've done a complete 180 for what I originally had planned was the Monaco chapter, which I ended up setting post-race at the Mercedes factory and at Seb's house. IRL it was a rough weekend for Mercedes and I felt like I'd already written that to an extent with the Bahrain chapter, so I opted to change it and I'm really happy with how it ended up turning out.

♡ SMALL THINGS: pick a fic and I’ll tell you my favourite minor detail from it!

I am SO happy someone asked me about this fic bc I just love it so so much! (ao3 link)

I'd say I'm definitely a very detail orientated writer, so I just love sprinkling little things in here and there in the hope that someone else notices them and loves them as much as I do.

One of which was definitely in the hotel room confession scene towards the end, where I very specifically had Jenson wear a mint green shirt (what was about to become Team Brackley aka Mercedes colours) to foreshadow him and Shov getting together.

He adjusted the fabric of his shirt, a mint green button down with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, and slowly walked over towards Shov. The best case scenario of them going to be at different teams in a couple of months’ time meant that if what Jenson was about to say completely blew up in his face, it would be somewhat easy for neither of them to see or speak to each other ever again. As painful a prospect as it was.

Team colours are such a huge identifier, especially in F1 where every team has their own distinct colour scheme, so it's something I love to play around with a lot for the symbolism of it all (I did a very similar thing in Life In the Fast Lane where I had Sophie and Benedikt wearing each others helmet colours, also to foreshadow their romantic relationship). And at this point in 2009, Jenson had already signed his contract to join McLaren in 2010, so it was because of that I had Jenson wear a Mercedes colour (instead of BrawnGP white or yellow) to signify to the reader that they're about to become each other's person as he and Shov only had a very short about of time left at the same team.

fic ask game

[cultivating-wildflowers]

Alphabet Book Titles!

As a casual challenge for myself this year, I decided in, like, August to read books with titles for every letter of the alphabet -- only books that were new to me -- and somehow managed it! (The Z was an accident.)

NOTE: This list contains the first title I finished for each letter. As such, this is not strictly a list of recommendations....

Ahab by E.B. Dawson

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin

The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

The Hollow Boy by Jonathan Stroud

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park

Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah

Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers

The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers

Old Man's War by John Scalzi

Pax by Sara Pennypacker

Queens' Play by Dorothy Dunnett

The Riverman by Aaron Starmer (don't recommend)

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

The Traveler by E.B. Dawson

Urchin of the Riding Stars (don't recommend)

A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers (STRONGLY DO NOT RECOMMEND UNDER PRACTICALLY ANY CIRCUMSTANCES)

The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud

Xingu by Edith Wharton

The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi

[battle-subway-ghost]

(OOC ask; Hey I'm not entirely sure if they're the same person, but "rwat anon" has the same typing style as "ask-uwu-gurl" who was ERPing with minors. I'd keep an eye out for any red flag behavior, if possible.

https://www.tumblr.com/skygodtraumabond/728679072397459456/cw-predatory-behavior?source=share )

// Yeah, I've admittedly been kinda REALLY fuckin nervous about that. Originally they weren't??? doing that typing style, it developed after a few asks. I don't want to accuse anyone of anything, PLEASE don't accuse anyone of anything unless you have reasonable suspicion! (Past a typing style, uwu talk isss pretty common after all...)

[novemquadragintillion]

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[nsfwghiralinkweek]

Suggestions rather than rules: what's not going to be reblogged

this year I'm making the decision that while I won't stop you from making anything, I won't be reblogging certain topics. They can still be added to the ao3 collection, as I'm leaving it unmoderated and ao3 is better at filtering, but here on Tumblr it's a little harder to avoid even with filters. I'm basing it off of the major archive warnings on archive of our own.

Graphic Depictions of Violence: extreme gore. light is okay, blood is fine, violence is nearly unavoidable. It's based on the level of detail; if you think it's detailed enough to warrant the warning, use it

Major Character Death: There's nothing wrong with this one to be honest.

Rape/Noncon: just like with graphic violence, if you think it needs the warning, then it won't be shared

Underage: Hyrule Historia is a suggestion. Just don't mention age and you're good.

Examples of specific tags that won't be shared:

Gore

Dismemberment

Disembowelment

Eroguro

Necrophilia

Wound fucking

[girlwithrituals]

HOW TO STAY UNBOTHERED!

1. Never say more than necessary.

2. Don't allow your emotions to overpower your intelligence.

3. Lower your expectations from others.

4. Let your success do the talking.

5. 10 people 10 different opinions. Stop pleasing.

6. Remember your haters are your fans.

7. Don't be afraid to say "NO".

8. Know your truth and be okay with someone else not believing you.

9. Stop taking things personally.

• Let go of control: You can't control others' actions or words, just your reactions.

• Humor: Learn to laugh things off when appropriate.

• Set boundaries: Limit contact with negativity and prioritize supportive people.

• Communicate clearly: Ask for clarification Instead of assuming negativity

• Shift your perspective: Consider the source and if their comment reflects on them more than you.

• Focus on what you can control: Improve your own communication and self-care.

• Thicken your skin: Build strong self-worth and know your value.

10. Healthy detachment.

• Let people be who they want to be, then decide if you want them in your life.

• Trust that rejection is always redirection to something bigger and better.

• Some people are only meant to help you grow, not be in your life forever.

• What if everything is falling apart to come together in a way you can't guess?

• Focus only on what you can control.

[0104-vikita]

DISCLAIMER: SEMI-EXPLICIT VIOLENCE

This is probably one of the most infuriating comics I have ever done. I had to go for a more "sketchy" style since doing all the slides in my usual super-clean-line art style would have taken a lot of time. I also did the colors very opaque to give a more serious tone.

If you pay attention to the scale of the room and everything on it, you'll see that it is HUGE. Made on purpose to try to be consistent with the atmosphere of the show. I also did the plushies and figures kind of inaccurate to show how she may not remember quite well how the actual characters looked like.

I'm honestly still not sure of whether he would rip a drawing apart, so don't take it too seriously. Someone please ask @gooseworx if this was out of character for Jax or if he legit would do that lmao.

As a little clarification, the comic is called Vent art because of what Gangle is doing, not because of the comic being MY Vent Art. I usually don't use art to vent.

[crabussy]

(for clarification, aotearoa is the original māori name for new zealand and is used widely across the country. nz is also often referred to as "aotearoa new zealand" instead of one or the other!!!)

please reblog because I'm kiwi and I need this to get to people who don't follow me directly for less biased results!!!

here's a pronunciation guide for all of you asking [:

EDIT: someone has brought it to my attention that the FULL māori name for new zealand is aotearoa me te waipounamu, which encompasses both north and south island. Some iwi (māori communities/tribes) would rather that aotearoa me te waipounamu become the official name for the country. thank you everyone who is providing opportunities for learning in this post!!

[v4mpyyr-exe]

DONT LIKE, REBLOG

so people who do this may see it.

The growing problem of "they" for trans people

Something I've noticed growing more common in my life recently has been people using exclusively "they" when referring to binary trans people who don't use "they"

Why is this a problem?

Using "they" when referring to someone when you don't know is seen as "better" in a lot of spaces now, which I can agree with as you don't know what their actual pronouns are. The problem I've noticed is that when meeting a trans person, a lot of people seem to default to "they" even after being told what pronouns they actually prefer. This can be for a lot of reasons, but the most common ones I hear are "I didn't want to assume" and "its not misgendering, they is neutral!"

Example situation

Person A meets person B, a trans woman. A doesn't know B's pronouns and so refers to B as "they." B corrects A, saying she prefers "she," but A continues to say "they" because its gender neutral. However, A does not do the same to cis women.

Do you see the problem now?

The use of exclusively "they" on trans people but not cis people, no matter your excuse, shows that you don't really see them as what they identify as and is quite transphobic since you're literally ignoring their identity and not seeing them as how they want to be seen.

"Okay, what should I do?"

Simple, just ask them their pronouns and then ACTUALLY USE THEM!! If he says he, DONT USE EXCLUSIVELY THEY! If she says she, DONT USE EXCLUSIVELY THEY! If they say they, well. yeah, use they, obviously. If xe say neopronouns and you don't know how to use those, just ask! If any part of someone's identity confuses you, just fucking ask them instead of assuming, for the love of god, and once they tell you, don't ignore what they said.

That's all. Just please stop calling people who don't use "they" by that.

Edit:

I got this comment and thought I should clarify and add on some MORE things you should avoid doing now that this post has aged a bit, and I've had more time to think!

Please do not attack this person, i dont think they meant it in any bad way

Clarification on the term 'misgendering'

While yes, 'gender' does not directly tell you someones pronouns or what terms they're comfortable with, but misgendering doesn't only mean calling a man a woman or a woman a man. Misgendering is usually thought to only mean using a trans person's assigned sexs' pronouns or deadnaming, but it's actually more than just that, it includes what terms you use for them, how you group them, and what societal expectations you put onto them based on their assigned sex, not just their gender.

Other things you should avoid

* These DO NOT apply to every situation! These are just general rules UNTIL YOU KNOW THE PERSON, then do what they ask

Calling all gender non-conforming people 'it' (again..not. universal.)

Deadnaming, obviously

Using gendered pronouns for a non-conforming person

Arguing with someone over the validity of their identity

Automatically introducing someone as trans

Assuming someone is out to other family or friends

Using incorrectly gendered terms, including when referring to a group

Exclusively using gender neutral terms/compliments