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80+ FEMININE CHINESE NAMES

Under the cut, are 80 feminine names, of Chinese origin.

AI

CHANGYING

CHEN

DAIYU

FAN

GUANG

HUAN

JIA

JIAO

JIAYI

JIAYING

JIE

JINGHUA

JINJING

JU

JUAN

LAN

LANYING

LI

LIFEN

LIHUA

LIJUAN

LILING

LIN

LING

LIQIN

LIQIU

LIU

LULI

MEI

MEIFEN

MEIHUI

MEILI

MEIRONG

MEIXIANG

MINGZHU

NING

NIU

NÜYING

PEIZHI

QI

QIANG

QIAO

QING

QIU

QIUYUE

RONG

RUOLAN

SHUANG

SONG

SUYIN

TING

TUNG-MEI

WEN

WENLING

WENQIAN

XIA

XIANG

XIAODAN

XIAOHUI

XIAOLI

XINGJUAN

XIU

XUE

YA

YAN

YANMEI

YANYU

YING

YINGTAI

YU

TUAN

TUANJUN

YUE

YUN

ZHENZHEN

ZHILAN

ZHU

ZONGYING

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80+ MASCULINE GERMAN NAMES

Under the cut, are 80 masculine names, of German origin.

ABELARD

ADALBERT

AKSEL

ALBERICH

ALDO

ALMERIC

ALRIC

ANSELM

ANTON

AUREL

BALDRIC

BARTHOLD

BENEDIKT

BERTRAM

BRUNS

BURKHARD

CARLOMAN

DIEDERICK

EBERHART

ELDRIC

EMERIC

FRANZ

FRIDERIC

GEREON

GISILBERT

GÜNTER

HANS

HARALD

HARIRIC

HARMUT

HEIDEN

HEIKE

HEILGAR

HEINRICH

HERMANN

HERRICK

HILBERT

ISAAK

IVON

JAKOB

JAN

JEREMIUS

KAI

KAISER

KLAUS

LENZ

LEON

LUDWIG

LUKAS

LUTZ

MANFRED

MARKUS

PHILIPP

RAGINMUND

REGINAR

RICOHARD

RIKERT

RUDOLF

RUPERT

SASCHA

SEVERIN

SIEGMUND

STEFFEN

THEODORIC

THEUDOBALD

TIELO

UDO

ULFRIC

VALENTIN

VINZENZ

VOLKER

WALDO

WARIN

WENDELL

WENZEL

WILBERT

WILHELM

WILMAR

WOLFGANG

XAVIER

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25 icons of wanda maximoff.

All icons are 100x100.

CREDIT IS NECESSARY!

All icons were made by me.

Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff.

If saving, please DO NOT claim as yours, or ALTER/EDIT, or add to icon hunts! DO NOT EDIT THE ICONS.

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90+ MASCULINE CHINESE NAMES

Under the cut, are 96 masculine names, of Chinese origin.

AI

BAI

BO

BOHAI

BOLIN

CHANG

CHANGMING

CHAO

CHEN

CHENG

CHONGLIN

DA

DELUN

DEMING

DONGHAI

DUYI

ENLAI

FA

FAN

FENG

FU

GEMING

GEN

GUANG

GUANGLI

GUI

HAI

HAN

HE

HONG

HUAN

HUANG

HUI

HUILIANG

JIAN

JIALING

JIANYU

JIAYI

JING

JINHAI

KANG

LEI

LI

LIANG

LING

LIQIN

LIU

LIWEI

LONGWEL

MENGYAO

MINGYU

NIANZU

NIU

PENG

QI

QIANG

WING

WINGSHAN

QUAN

RENSHU

RONG

RU

SHAN

SHANYUAN

SHEN

SHI

SHIHONG

SHUN

SONG

TAO

TENGFEI

WEI

WEIMIN

WEISHENG

WEIYUAN

WEN

XIANG

XIN

XING

XIU

XUE

YAN

YANG

YANLIN

YE

YI

YING

YONG

YOU

YUAN

YUN

ZHAOUHUI

ZHEN

ZHU

ZIAN

ZIHAO

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90+ FEMININE GREEK NAMES

Under the cut, are 93 feminine names, of Greek origin.

ACHIMA

ADONIA

ADRASTEIA

AELLA

AGATHE

AIKATERINA

AKANTHA

AKELDAMA

ALALA

ALEXANDRA

ALKMENE

ALKYONE

ALTHAIA

AMETHEA

AMPHITRITE

ANASTASIA

ANDRONIKA

ANTIOPE

ATHANASIA

BERENIKE

BETHANIA

BETHESDA

CALLIDORA

CHARIKLO

DAMALIS

DAPHNE

DESPOINA

DIDO

DIONYSIA

DORIS

DORKAS

EKHO

ELEKTRA

ELENI

ELEKTRA

ELYSIA

ENYO

EUDOKIA

EUNIKE

EVA

GIA

HALKYONE

HANNA

HEKATE

HEERA

HERODIAS

HIPPOLYTE

ILITHYIA

ISIDORA

IVA

KALLIOPE

KALYPSO

KARME

KASSANDRA

KERES

KIRKE

KORINNA

KYRA

LAMIA

LÁRISA

LEDA

LYDIA

LYSANDRA

MAIA

MARTHA

MELAINE

MYRINA

NATASSA

NERINE

NIKOLETA

OLYMPIAS

OPHELIA

PALLAS

PENELOPEIA

PHILLE

PHOIBE

POLYMNIA

PRISKA

RHEA

SARRA

SELENE

SIBYL

SOFIA

TALITHA

THALASSA

THEKLA

THEMIS

THEODORA

THETIS

TITAIA

ZENA

ZOE

ZOSIME

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This post covers birthing ceremonies, naming ceremonies, burial ceremonies, rites of passage, and sacrificial ceremonies.

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Planet Building: A Heavy Gravity Planet

Under the cut, are 14 factors to take into account when developing a heavy gravity planet. 

↳ It would have a large nuclear, made of heavy metals; if said nuclear is active, there would be frequent earthquakes. What protections would your species have in place against this?

↳ The planet will contain high amounts of heavy elements, meaning high levels of toxicity. Native species will have naturally evolved an immunity against this, but what about foreigners?

↳ Rivers will flow faster, eroding with greater force, meaning fewer mountains, unless their geography is particularly active.

↳ Their landscape would be large plains and highly eroded hills.

↳ In the ocean, the pressure would be immense. Also, tides would be smaller—this would affect the length of the days.

↳ Due to the heavy gravity, things won’t grow as tall—think how this would affect crops. Noticeably, trees would be much smaller and much wider.

↳ Also, rain and hail would be deadly.

↳ There would be no flying animals. This means the natives probably wouldn’t ever produce aircraft due to the difficulties in achieving a high enough escape velocity, and the fact they would have no real-life examples of such a thing happening.

↳ This means fewer connections with the external world, meaning less trade.

↳ Their economy would go into isolation, perhaps nationalising, and they wouldn’t be competitive, with outdated factories.

↳ Their species would be shorter than humans, with strong muscles, bones, hearts, and blood vessels.

↳ Heart diseases, arteritis and bone diseases could prove common.

↳ They would not make large cities, because buildings would be difficult to make as protection from elements would be required.

↳ So, suburbs—they would probably be quite autonomous, but with low technology levels.

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70+ ITALIAN FEMININE NAMES

Under the cut, are 78 feminine names, of Italian origin.

ABELIE

ADALINA

AGNESE

ALDA

ALESSA

ALESSANDRA

ANGELICA

ANNETTA

ANTONIA

ARIANNA

BEATRICE

BENEDETTA

BERNARDETTA

BIANCA

CALANDRA

CALVINA

CARLA

CARLOTA

CESARINA

CLARA

CRISTIANA

DAFNE

DOROTEA

ELENA

ELEONORA

ELETTRA

ELISABETTA

ELOISA

EMILIANA

EULALIA

FELÌCITA

FIORELLA

FIORENZA

GABRIELLA

GEMMA

GENEVRA

GIORGINA

GISELLA

GRAZIA

ILARIA

IMELDA

INES

JOLANDA

LALIA

LAURETTA

LEONORA

LETIZIA

LISA

LORENZA

LORETO

LUCIANA

LUISA

MADDALENA

MARCFELLA

MARÍA

MARIELLA

MARZIA

MAURA

MELANIA

NATALE

NEREZA

NICOLETTE

NOEMI

NORA

NORLANDA

ORNELLA

PIERA

RAIMONDA

RICCARDA

ROBERTA

ROSABELLA

SOFIA

STEFANIA

TATIANA

VANNA

VINCENZA

VIOLETTA

VITTORIA

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Despite the bloody and violent history of the Mafia, their strong structure or organization can be used for a model for many other types of groups, clubs, packs, etc. 

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Boss [also known as capofamiglia, capo crimini, representante, Don or godfather], The undisputed leader of the crime family. He makes all the important decisions, much like a CEO of a company would. They are greatly respected and widely feared by their subordinates. All of the men in his outfit pay him a tribute, so he is also usually an extremely wealthy man. 

Underboss or capo bastone, is second-in-command in the hierarchy of the Mafia crime family. His level of authority varies from family to family, but he is ready to stand in for the boss at any given moment. Could be a family member, such as a son being groomed to one day take over the business.

Consigliere known as an advisor or “right-hand man,” a consigliere is a counselor to the boss of a crime family. The boss, underboss, and consigliere constitute the “Administration.” The consigliere is meant to offer unbiased information based on what he sees as best for the family. He’s not supposed to factor emotional concerns, such as retaliation and blood feuds, into his decisions. Unlike the underboss (see below), the consigliere is not required to be a direct relative of the boss.

Capo was originally known as a “capodecina” (captain of ten) because he oversaw only 10 soldiers. In more recent times, the caporegime may oversee as many soldiers as he can efficiently control. A caporegime is appointed by the family boss to run his own borgata (regime, or crew) of soldato (soldiers). Each caporegime reports directly to the underboss, who gives him the permission to perform criminal activities. If the family needs to murder someone, the underboss normally asks a caporegime to carry out the order.

Soldier Also known as a sgarrista, soldier, “button man,” “made man”, “wiseguy” or “goodfella”. This is the lowest level of mobster or gangster. A “soldier” must have taken the omertà (oath of silence), and in some organizations must have killed a person in order to be considered “made.” A picciotto is a low-level soldier, usually someone who does the day-to-day work of threatening, beating, and intimidating others.  

Associates not actual members of the Mafia but rather anyone who teams up with them on a criminal enterprise of some kind. They could be someone who does business with the mob, including money-laundering bankers, crooked cops, lawyers, politicians, drug dealers, etc. 

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Rules & Customs

In order to be invited into the American Mafia and become a member one must perform a series of tasks, such as committing murder for the family and not for one’s own personal benefit. When the boss decides to let a member into the family one will be part of a ceremony, involving the drawing of blood, swearing an oath over a gun or holy picture, and obeying the rules of the organization. In New York City, the Mafia created customs and traditions which the members have to follow. If one breaks any of the rules they can be killed by another member of the family and usually the murder is committed by the people closest to that person.

“Omertà” – is the oath or “code of silence”, never talk to the authorities.

“Ethnicity” – only men of Italian descent are allowed to become full members (made men). Associates, partners, allies etc. have no ethnic limits.

“Family secrets” – members are not allowed to talk about family business to non-members.

“Blood for blood” – if a family member is killed (by another member) no one can commit murder (in revenge) until the boss gives permission.

“No fighting among members” – from fist fights to knife fights.

“Tribute” – every month; members must pay the boss; also giving the boss a cut on any side deals.

“Adultery” – members are not allowed to commit adultery with another family member’s wife.

“No facial hair” – members were not allowed to grow mustaches; part of the Mustache Pete way.

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Anonymous said:

Do you have any advice for creating your own mythology/legends for a story?

leventricule said:

I’m really, really sorry if you’ve answered this before. but I was wondering if you had anything on writing your own myths? Thanks you soooo much, xo!

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+ 100 Exquisite Adjectives.

(SOURCE) Adjectives — descriptive words that modify nouns — often come under fire for their cluttering quality, but often it’s quality, not quantity, that is the issue. Plenty of tired adjectives are available to spoil a good sentence, but when you find just the right word for the job, enrichment ensues. Practice precision when you select words. Here’s a list of adjectives:

Adamant: unyielding; a very hard substance

Adroit: clever, resourceful

Amatory: sexual

Animistic: quality of recurrence or reversion to earlier form

Antic: clownish, frolicsome

Arcadian: serene

Baleful: deadly, foreboding

Bellicose: quarrelsome (its synonym belligerent can also be a noun)

Bilious: unpleasant, peevish

Boorish: crude, insensitive

Calamitous: disastrous

Caustic: corrosive, sarcastic; a corrosive substance

Cerulean: sky blue

Comely: attractive

Concomitant: accompanying

Contumacious: rebellious

Corpulent: obese

Crapulous: immoderate in appetite

Defamatory: maliciously misrepresenting

Didactic: conveying information or moral instruction

Dilatory: causing delay, tardy

Dowdy: shabby, old-fashioned; an unkempt woman

Efficacious: producing a desired effect

Effulgent: brilliantly radiant

Egregious: conspicuous, flagrant

Endemic: prevalent, native, peculiar to an area

Equanimous: even, balanced

Execrable: wretched, detestable

Fastidious: meticulous, overly delicate

Feckless: weak, irresponsible

Fecund: prolific, inventive

Friable: brittle

Fulsome: abundant, overdone, effusive

Garrulous: wordy, talkative

Guileless: naive

Gustatory: having to do with taste or eating

Heuristic: learning through trial-and-error or problem solving

Histrionic: affected, theatrical

Hubristic: proud, excessively self-confident

Incendiary: inflammatory, spontaneously combustible, hot

Insidious: subtle, seductive, treacherous

Insolent: impudent, contemptuous

Intransigent: uncompromising

Inveterate: habitual, persistent

Invidious: resentful, envious, obnoxious

Irksome: annoying

Jejune: dull, puerile

Jocular: jesting, playful

Judicious: discreet

Lachrymose: tearful

Limpid: simple, transparent, serene

Loquacious: talkative

Luminous: clear, shining

Mannered: artificial, stilted

Mendacious: deceptive

Meretricious: whorish, superficially appealing, pretentious

Minatory: menacing

Mordant: biting, incisive, pungent

Munificent: lavish, generous

Nefarious: wicked

Noxious: harmful, corrupting

Obtuse: blunt, stupid

Parsimonious: frugal, restrained

Pendulous: suspended, indecisive

Pernicious: injurious, deadly

Pervasive: widespread

Petulant: rude, ill humored

Platitudinous: resembling or full of dull or banal comments

Precipitate: steep, speedy

Propitious: auspicious, advantageous, benevolent

Puckish: impish

Querulous: cranky, whining

Quiescent: inactive, untroublesome

Rebarbative: irritating, repellent

Recalcitant: resistant, obstinate

Redolent: aromatic, evocative

Rhadamanthine: harshly strict

Risible: laughable

Ruminative: contemplative

Sagacious: wise, discerning

Salubrious: healthful

Sartorial: relating to attire, especially tailored fashions

Sclerotic: hardening

Serpentine: snake-like, winding, tempting or wily

Spasmodic: having to do with or resembling a spasm, excitable, intermittent

Strident: harsh, discordant; obtrusively loud

Taciturn: closemouthed, reticent

Tenacious: persistent, cohesive,

Tremulous: nervous, trembling, timid, sensitive

Trenchant: sharp, penetrating, distinct

Turbulent: restless, tempestuous

Turgid: swollen, pompous

Ubiquitous: pervasive, widespread

Uxorious: inordinately affectionate or compliant with a wife

Verdant: green, unripe

Voluble: glib, given to speaking

Voracious: ravenous, insatiable

Wheedling: flattering

Withering: devastating

Zealous: eager, devoted

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CHARACTER SHEET: #1

Under the cut, is a character sheet, with roughly 90 questions, to help you develop your characters even further.

Forename: Pronunciation: Meaning: Origin:

Surname: Pronunciation: Meaning: Origin:

Birthdate: Birthplace: Astrological Sign: Mother: Father: Guardians: Family:

Nationality: Ethnicity: Citizenship: Language(s) Spoken:

Employment: Work Mentality: Income: Socioeconomic Grouping: Residence:

Height: Weight: Build:

Hair Colour: Hair Length: Hairstyle:

Eyebrows Colour: Eyebrows Style: Eye Colour: Eye Shape: Eye Makeup:

Face Shape: Complexion: Wardrobe:

Diet: Exercise: Allergies:

Physical Illnesses: Mental Illnesses: Learning Disorders: Physical Disabilities:

IQ: Education: Learning Style:

Religion: Devotion: Superstitions:

Primary Lifegoal: Secondary Lifegoal: Motivation:

Likes: Dislikes: Phobias:

Hobbies: Habits:

Strengths: Weaknesses:

Best Friend: Friends: Allies: Acquaintances: Rivals: Enemies:

Archetype: 

Virtues: Vices:

MBTI: