#maybe later then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[nattikay]

so in my previous post the other day I mentioned in the tags that I recently saw an OC name that was a string of five consonants followed by a single vowel and was baffled on how it was meant to be pronounced. I’m not going to say what the name was because I don’t want the person to feel called out—this post is not meant to be a criticism nor tutorial/lesson nor rant—just pure autistic rambling about this silly little interest of mine.

anyways, that name got me thinking: how many consonants could you put next to each other in a Na'vi word/name while still being phonetically valid? Well, I guess that depends on whether you’re counting by phonemes or letters.

First let’s go very briefly over basic Na'vi syllable structure: every syllable must contain one vowel or diphthong or pseudovowel. The syllable may optionally start and/or end with a consonant. Up to two consonants can cluster at the beginning of the syllable (there are some more specific rules for this but we’ll save that for later), but not at the end. Here’s some examples (remember that tìftang (') is considered a consonant):

taron - [ta][ron] ikran - [ik][ran] 'itan - ['i][tan] oare - [o][a][re] snafpìlfya - [sna][fpìl][fya]

Based on these rules, under the right conditions (a syllable that ends in a consonant followed by a syllable that begins with a cluster) you can string up to three consonants together and still be valid (note that you need at least two syllables to do this! The string of lfy in snafpìlfya works because the l and the fy belong to separate syllables! You would not be able to have all three together like that in a single syllable.)

BUT! What if instead of counting by phoneme, we count by letter? Let’s talk about something called digraphs. A digraph is when two letters are used to represent a single phoneme. For example, in English, th is a digraph: it’s not a t-sound and an h-sound right next to each other, but rather its own unique sound.

Na'vi uses a total of 11 digraphs: the consonants kx, px, tx, ts, and ng; the diphthongs ay, aw, ey, and ew; and the pseudovowels rr and ll. Sometimes the letters used in these digraphs can also be used separately (for example, with ts, both t and s are valid on their own), but sometimes they can’t—x is NEVER used outside of kx/px/tx, and g is never used outside of ng in the forest dialect (it can stand on its own in the reef dialect though, as long as it’s at the beginning of a syllable).

Let’s look at some more examples, but this time with words that use digraphs:

nantang - [nan][tang] tskxekeng - [tskxe][keng] flrrtsawl - [flrr][tsawl]

More specifically, let’s compare the words fnan and skxawng. Both these words have the same number of phonemes: f-n-a-n and s-kx-aw-ng, but because skxawng uses almost nothing by digraphs, it has nearly twice the letters! The only way to make it longer would be to replace that first s with a ts, thus giving you the longest possible syllable in terms of letters (tskxawng).

Why specifically ts instead of one of the other digraphs? Well, I mentioned briefly before that there are rules on how consonants are allowed to cluster, so let’s go over those real quick:

If you want to start your syllable with a single consonant, you can use any consonant you want. But if you want to start your syllable with a cluster, the first phoneme MUST be f, s, or ts (yes only those three), and the second phoneme MUST be l, k, kx, m, n, ng, p, px, t, tx, w, or y. The second phoneme cannot be f, h, s, ts, v, z, or tìftang. So for example:

fmi works, but not pmi tskxe works, but not ngkxe stawm works, but not ktawm flrr works, but not fvrr fngap works, but not ftsap syaw works, but not s'aw

Now, while any single consonant can start a syllable, only certain consonants are allowed to end one (and remember, clustering can only happen at the start, not the end).

The consonants that can end a syllable are: k, kx, l, m, n, ng, p, px, r, t, tx, and tìftang.

The consonants that cannot end a syllable are: f, s, ts, h, v, w, y, and z. So for example:

Tul works, but not tuz Kin works, but not kif Zup works, but not zuh Srung works, but not sruts Pam works, but not pas

Now, remember that this is for individual syllables. A word can have multiple syllables. Sruts is not a valid syllable, but something srutsen could still be a valid word because it is two syllables: [sru][tsen]

You might also see syllables like maw or pay that look like they end in w or y, but these still work because remember that the w and y in these words are not standalone consonants but part of the diphthong digraphs; the phoneme breakdown is not m-a-w but rather m-aw. So, maw works but not mow, pay works but not puy, etc.

There are also some special rules for pseudovowels. If you use a vowel or diphthong, starting and/or ending your syllable with a consonant is optional: a, ma, mak, ak, ey, mey, meyk, and eyk are all valid syllables.

But if you use a pseudovowel instead, the syllable MUST start with a consonant (remember that tìftang counts as a consonant) but CANNOT end with one. So 'rr, mrr, wll, etc. are valid, but not rr, srrk, plln, etc.

SO! With all that in mind! How are we gonna create our consonant monster word? We know that it’s gonna be impossible to have more than three consonant phonemes strung together, but we can mess around to get a whole lot more individual letters.

We’re gonna want to use as many digraphs as we can, so we’ll want to use either diphthongs or peusdovowels in the vowel slots. Syllables with pseudovowels can’t end in additional consonants so let’s use a diphthong for the first syllable, but diphthongs are spelled with a vowel first so let’s use a pseudovowel for the second syllable.

We’ll want a cluster at the beginning of the second syllable, and let’s use ts as the first phoneme since that’s the only digraph allowed in that position.

The beginning of the first syllable doesn’t really matter because there’ll be a vowel breaking up the chain anyways, but let’s digraph-cluster that one too just for the heck of it to make the word even more cursed. Let’s go ahead and tack a third syllable on the end as well, a short single-vowel one, because why not.

That leaves us with something like:

Tskxayngtsngrra

string of y-n-g-t-s-n-g-r-r, nine “consonant” letters in a row!! (albeit still only three consonant phonemes: ng-ts-ng). Syllable breakdown is [tskxayng][tsngrr][a].

absolute hot mess, but still technically valid! 🙃 lol

#lì'fya leNa'vi #does anyone care? probably not but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #maybe I will record the pronunciation of the cursed word later (it’s actually not as bad as it looks lol)

[vyrroca]

sammy your ass is NOT Needy Streamer Overload 😭

#ok but he lowkey rocking this fit #sam winchester #sam winchester bangs🤯 #supernatural #spn #spn fanart #spn art #pixel art #cute pixels #pixelated #i love her sm shes so girl #hes literally perfect #dont worry abt their nosebleed and black box ^_^ #i would draw her in the actual outfits of Needy Streamer Overload but not rn #am tired :( #maybe later ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[tenthdoctxr]

@/tedlassc -> @tenthdoctxr

what’s this?? a dw-themed url in the year 2023? quite the surprise for me as well honestly.

#i think about twice a year i change up my url and blog? #it’s tailored more towards my current faves #will i change up my icon later? maybe if i can find a good holiday themed one #but pedro in a hoodie still remains iconic ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #anyways what a throwback to a dw url with an ‘x’!!

[decadentrot]

The Esper of Shalott

She lives with little joy or fear.

Over the water, running near,

The sheepbell tinkles in her ear.

Before her hangs a mirror clear,

       Reflecting tower'd Camelot.

...

And sometimes thro' the mirror blue

The knights come riding two and two:

She hath no loyal knight and true,

       The Lady of Shalott.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!! This isnt exactly "romantic" but its based on one of my favorite paintings (The Lady of Shalott) but the og story around it is somewhat based on love so there is that lmao

I more or less feel like the story fits Anya though. So the TDLR is that a Lady is confined to a tower and cursed and then by trying to escape she ends up still coming to a tragic fate. And so Anya is a girl who was trapped in a experiment facility and she wishes to experience the real life world but shes 'cursed' with her mind reading abilities and that 'curse' ultimately makes her she read Loid's mind and now shes caught up in all this spy stuff and the friend mission which is probably gonna accumulate to the tragic end of the forger family separating and possibly loosing her friends due to all these secrets and dangers.

#spy x family #sxf #spy x family fanart #anya forger #bond forger #happy valentines #maybe ill expand on this au later ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[anomalouscorvid]

having seen the recent posts from others about ocs' forms in parabola, i thought "hey i could do that for mine too!" so i'm just getting down some ideas for carrie (after bat-murdering). and by some ideas i mean a bundle of vaguely-drawn concepts. but still. ideas. yeah

...auuuuhhh i've made some changes to her as a character since last time i drew her..... so i'll have to go through and update some things. but not right now. anyway,

her reflection* is, more or less, very cold, still hungry (but who isn't in this setting tbh), and very, very physically mundane outwardly. that's important! i probably won't keep the wings and mouth opening too wide - actually, i'm definitely going to leave out the wings, sorry - so, just the dozens of extra teeth (they just keep on appearing! and persistently trying to escape from her mouth!) and the smoke instead of eyes. and something weird with her internal organs and the number thereof but actually probably don't worry about it parabola is just like that.

*i feel like a distinction can sometimes be made between 'parabolan form' and 'reflection'. in this case if it's one or the other it's definitely her reflection. but it's still her parabolan form. its dreams and mirrors whatever goodnight

#will i explain the meaning/reasoning behind everything here? maybe if i remember to later ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #carrie (oc) #fallen london #failbetter games #fallen london oc #art #digital art #drawing #digital drawing #gore #body horror #(kind of. just in case)

[lynsburner]

love me a good spreadsheet! would you be willing to share with the class?

Hello Hello! I will absolutely link you to the spreadsheet in a private message/chat but since it's on my google drive it’s connected to my personal email and privacy and all the jazz.

BUT I will happily explain my findings in a typical too-long answer from Lyn.

So, there is this website called BMI/Songview where artists go to register their songs specifically for copyright purposes, whether or not they get an official release. Ofc, Andrew's got a page. Someone showed me this a few years ago and I've been frequently checking it every few months or so out of boredom, adding to my spreadsheet because you can see, in Taylor Swift terms, songs from the vault ™

Songs are in alphabetical order and do not have a date associated with them for when they were uploaded. BUT there are work ID numbers, and the higher they go, the more recent they are. Also, if you compare the numbers with songs that have been actually released, it goes like this: starting with 17-18 is self-titled, 28-31 is W,b! and 61-63 is UU.

The bonus songs for self-titled have fun names. I would really love to hear "Pagliacci's in town" like that really drew my eye.

This site is also used for like... different versions of songs. There's a "talk" and "talk refined", "The love of" and "the love of v2" and there's a version of Uiscefhuarithe called "UISCE". I recommend just going through the site, it's really fascinating (also it shows the writers for each one. The "performer" tab is iffy)

So the last time I checked before this month was December. There was nothing new. BUT THEN I was curious and a new entry immediately caught my eye: Wildflower and barely

(I'm sorry if the quality is bad. Tumblr sucks lmao)

And that caught my eye specifically because 1. These lyrics were revealed YEARS ago in some magazine so I had been wondering when it would be added and 2. Allison russel was attached, and that's his tour opener for this new leg.

So I kept scrolling and found a few more recent ones, including "July", "Hymn to Virgil" (which he mentioned when the album came out), and "Don't Want the World".

There are also two others that remind me of the lryics of who we are, called "Edge of knife" and "Falling like water" and I'm more inclined to believe they might be who we are alternatives, but who knows.

Anyway, like I said, I have a whole spreadsheet tracking everything over all his albums if you're interested.

But when he said recently there was four song EP next month... and one of them was Wildflower and barely with Allison, I really think those other 3 will be the rest.

#hozier #unreal unearth #unreal unearth EP #also he said there's a SECOND ONE for later this year so maybe we'll get rob the goddess then #i wonder what the name will be #if i'm wrong then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #lyn needs to stop talking

[dan-crimes]

My sibling is trying to out Link me, you DARE QUESTION THE OG!! THE MASTER !! THE HOLDER OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF LINK !!!!!

#okay tbf I'm not super into all the lore and stuff but I do know some stuff lol #trivia and fun facts and I forget there was some sort of timeline somewhere #I haven't got the hype for the new game yet honestly it'll probably come about later #my brain is going more towards Toon Link games which tbf I enjoy Toon Link a lot #thinking about Four Swords and Minish Cap as well as Wind Waker of OG obviously #sadness tho cuz I went thru a lotta trouble to get Spirit Tracks but I didn't get the chance to play it cuz !! #it has blow mechanics :( it's meant for the DS but I had a 3DS and the 3DS microphone doesn't work as well :( #tbf I do think my old DS is around somewhere but I gave it to my sibling after I got my 3DS so no idea where they put it #ANYWAY idk if I even still HAVE the game I lost a good chunk of them from moving like 3 times to different places :( #plus I use to go on trips a lot and would take games with me so probably lost some along the way there as well #one day I will play all the Zelda games as I deserve to do even tho I fuckin suck so hard at those games but NO MATTER !! #I must do it... for the experience 😌 #plus maybe read some of the manga #not in Zelda mode atm tho maybe if I played A Link Between Worlds I'd get back into it I dunno ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #my sibling better not lose my games

[fallenangelkitten]

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#I had to #I HAD TO!! #I look very cute today #maybe you guys will see later #maybe you won’t ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #grunge #mine

[waivyjellyfish]

Intro?

You can call me Waivy since I make it my nickname here. Nice to meet ya.

Artist and otaku by life, 3D-printer by specialty

Fandoms: Know a lot, not much catches.

The most basic is my OC'es(#Dokuro family). The rest depends of my involvement.

Active fandoms: MILGRAM, Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail

Unactive fandoms: Im - Great priest Imhotep, Katekyo Hitman Reborn, One Piece, My Hero Akademia, Akudama Drive... e.t.c (and I always read something new)

Hobbies:

I draw, draw a lot. Especially OC'es. But now I also drew fan-art.

Sometimes write something. (but it's rare)

3D modeling and printing. (Not yet custom, but planned, maybe later I will write about it more)

My other media:

Telegram channel (all rus language, and a bit more specific art than here) Side-blog: @waivyjellyfish-side

and

Open the ask and reqests for a while(about fandoms or my OC'es):

Firstly I warn you, I’m not sure that I can answer quickly, so you can wait for a long time before you receive an answer or reqest. (So just don’t expect instant answers.)

Don't be mean. I don't want to read mean things about anyone. Whether it’s a person or just pixels.

About shipping. I prefer to draw platonik. I'm actually okay with a lot of things, and I have ships too.(I think people free to have fun about anything they like. Not if it affects real people) But I don't want to draw things that I feel uncomfortable or just don't like, (I don’t mind listening but not drawing) so if you ask something about pairings it better to be platonic.

I’m not going to draw things with ratings here. (I actually can draw it and I draw but don't want to post it here 'cause I don’t want to piss off tumblr, I'll post it on my tg.channel, and maybe later I’ll start a page on poipiku or other similar site)

#tried to point out the important about ask #idk if I should have but let it be #maybe delete it later #uh #¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[leg-made-a-thing]

Kamen Rider Chaleon Mirage

Eyy, it me! Again! Yeah, as promised, I'm here to share the newest, raddest Chaleon form with you, my millions trillions gorrillions of adoring fans! 😎 Jokes aside, I hope you enjoy!

Starting off strong, this is Chaleon Mirage Active State. This is Chaleon Mirage's primary, most-used form, and becomes usable once Chaleon has at least 10DP. Like Chaleon Vortex, Chaleon Mirage is best suited to aerial combat. though unlike Chaleon Vortex, this form is much more focused on defense. This doesn't mean Chaleon Mirage lacks any offensive capabilities, however, as demonstrated by its main attack, the Visor Beam, a powerful, triangular beam of solar energy released from the suit's three "eyes" capable of inflicting painful burns and even causing weaker enemies to outright combust on contact.

Upon collecting 25DP, Chaleon Mirage transforms into Combat State and gains access to the Third Eye ability, allowing him to detect camouflaged opponents and scan his surroundings for hidden blocks, passageways, and other typically undetectable items of interest. Like Chaleon Splax's Ghoul Form, Combat State uses any Diamonds collected during battle to power the suit. Unlike Splax Ghoul Form, however, the suit's energy is monitored and adjusted by the Chaleon Driver to be as efficient as possible and consistently remain at or above 25DP, unless absolutely necessary.

Upon reaching 50DP, Chaleon Mirage is able to use the Omega Blast finisher, a devastating energy beam similar to the Visor Beam but much more powerful. When activated, Chaleon Mirage temporarily enters Final State (pictured above) as all of the suit's remaining DP is drawn into the various Energy Storage Modules and redirected to the visor to be released as a single blast of energy.

Upon using the Omega Blast or running out of DP, Chaleon Mirage enters Depleted State. This form, unlike Chaleon Mirage's other forms, is not suitable for combat, as it lacks any offensive capabilities, excluding those already available to its operator. As this form is only usable with <10DP, it lacks any special abilities, as well as the ability to fly through propulsion. It is, however able to glide using the wings on its back. Upon gaining at least 10DP, Chaleon Mirage will automatically return to Active State.

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Okay, cool. That's the story portion of the post done, now for the IRL bits.

First, the basis for Mirage was, of course, a powerup from the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game, Kid Chameleon, or Chameleon Kid if you're in Japan. Specifically, this form was based off of the Eyeclops powerup, pictured here:

One thing you'll probably notice is that Eyeclops has a gun of some sort, whereas Mirage doesn't. That was intentional, though I can't remember why exactly I did it.

I also took inspiration from this old British spacesuit design, though I slimmed it down and modernized it so much that it's probably not even recognizable as having influenced the design at all:

And lastly, I noticed Eyeclops had a bit of a Riderman thing going on with the exposed mouth and all, so I took inspiration from the SIC Riderman and gave Mirage a similar mouthplate.

And that's about it! Thanks for reading all the way through this mess of a post. I got tired about halfway through and just kinda wanted to be done with this post so I'm sorry if it got hard to understand. Questions, comments, etc. welcome as always, you know the drill. Next form might take a bit to design, especially because I only just realized the next form was supposed to be the second flying form and not this one. Whoops. Whatever, I'll think of something, hopefully. Later!

#kamen rider #kamen rider chaleon #kamen rider oc #heromachine #not even gonna lie i actually forgot this guy wasn't the flying one until i started on the design portion of this post #maybe it's because both of the original forms are green? #idk. am dumb. :P #maybe i'll just make the next 'form' into an item or something #if i give every KC helmet a form that comes out to nine #plus chaleon base form and the as-of-yet-unnamed final form would make 11 #and idk about you but i feel like 10 forms in total just seems way nicer #so yeah i'll probably just make the form this was supposed to be based on into a weapon or item or something #also unrelated but did you know that this green is a different green than the one i used for chaleon's base form? #yeah i noticed as i was designing this form that heromachine lists this shade as green #and the green i used for base form is 'yellow green' or something like that #weird huh? #imo base form is more green than mirage #mirage is more of a 'green with a hint of blue' or 'dark seafoam green' #maybe it depends on how you interpret the color as it appears on whatever thing it's on ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #idk. thoughts for later.

[cult-of-dollbabies]

hey if you're not into the werewolf au this thing can be interpreted as Andy having a panic attack

#¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #I mean it is.. but it triggers a partial shift #usually kyle is there to help but this time she wasnt home #maybe delete later

[jellyfiishbones]

hmmm hm hm hmm

#maybe i’ll open some commissions? like later prob in the summer but #i have a lot of empty canvases and ik i could make money off my paintings #idk plans to sell my car fell through and while i’m not in need of money i do still. need to get rid of canvases SKDKSJSKD #i’ll prob open them to my family first and see how that goes before i open them here tho #and maybe do pet portraits? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ idk!!! i’ll think ab it :) #maybe open an interest check in a few months idk

[kyuzuberri]

very much feeling the need to rant out to someone

#i can feel my insides exploding 😋 #kyuzu 👺 #delete later (maybe) ¯\ (ツ) /¯ #jade 💚

[herbalsingularitea]

not me getting frustrated with writing a scene and wondering if I can let it sit a week or so and come back later as if I don’t write 3-4 chapters in advance for just this sort of occasion lmao

#me @ me: you set up this system for literally this reason #also me @ me: ye but what if later I REALLY need the buffer #like do I plan on an extended hospital stay in which I’d continue uploading christmas elf fanfiction???? #maybe #¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #moss talks

[bluemoonbabes]

VI. THE QUEEN

She is turned toward the Court of Olympus who watch on expectantly, such a small yet unfamiliar company that her nerves fray once more, leaving her to fight with the desperate urge to squirm.

Behind her, Zeus nods to Bryan, who shifts to take his place, reaching to remove the veil that lays around her hair. And as it is unclipped from its resting place, Zeus calls out;

"Today we welcome Persephone, Queen of the Underworld, Goddess of Spring and Grain among our ranks."

Original AU

[ Finola’s Trilogy: The Girl, The Warrior, The Queen ]

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#not entirely happy with it but I got tired of having it in my drafts #maybe I’ll come back later and redo it #but anyway #I love drawing this kind of clothing #i feel like she’s slightly off #but that might be because I tried to do her head slightly raised #the background is shit but I didn’t know what to do for it so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #debris nbc #finola jones #fanart #blue’s smexy art #greek mythology au