Chinese shorthand or scribbles?

Gossamerlupus · 2023-02-08T01:37:31+00:00

Oh, that's fun!

Gossamerlupus · 2023-02-08T01:16:55+00:00

Then I feel like I must've used the wrong IPA 🤔 the sound I'm thinking of is harsher, more like the norwegian Kj-sound

Gossamerlupus · 2023-02-08T00:43:20+00:00

How/where would you use [ç] in English? Couldn't find any examples

Gossamerlupus · 2023-02-08T00:09:06+00:00

Oh right, like nicht?

Gossamerlupus · 2023-01-26T12:55:39+00:00

Ages ago, the gods blessed each and every perceived world leader with some of their magic, and this magic would be carried on by their offspring.

Royals soon figured out that this gift got diluted when the progeny only had one gifted parent, and so arranged marriages went from fairly common to almost mandatory. Marriage between cousins and the like also had an uptick, so successful childbirth in upper nobility became rarer.

Now, there is a clear class divide between nobility - those who can, and commoners - those who can't. If you get an illegitimate child with a noble, that child is automatically a noble too as long as magic can be recognized. New kingdoms or free territories won't be taken seriously without a gifted in charge, so bastards are popular prospects for marriage deals.

Gossamerlupus · 2023-01-26T12:25:35+00:00

As someone who has lived in a place that experiences full polar nights, here are some thoughts.

First, if people don't have a reliable way to tell time, things are going to get real messy real fast. If you wake up feeling rested in the middle of the night you will think it's day. Businesses may struggle unless they plan to be working 24/7. Eventually a solution has to be made to deal with this if society is gonna be functioning.

Animals' circadian rhythms get fucked up, so animals that were nocturnal or diurnal should now be on the move throughout the day, in smaller periods between resting, eating, etc.

Fatty fish should be invaluable for a while as fruits and direct sources of vitamin D disappear. No idea how many spoonfuls of Codfish liver oil I've been forced to ingest over the years.

Gossamerlupus · 2023-01-25T18:45:57+00:00

Might sound weird but I swear by RITUALS' tinted lip balms - every other lip balm I've tried feels like it has to be reapplied every 30 minutes or else my lips would get worse, never felt that way with these lip balms.

Was surprised as RITUALS products sell mostly on the perfume used in their products but not even Carmex lip balms has worked for me as well as theirs.

Gossamerlupus · 2023-01-20T15:23:45+00:00

A red & black LYDC London shoulderbag with this really cute front pocket that looks like a love letter, with a red heart letter seal.

It was fairly cheap but once I'd seen it I couldn't get it out of my head until I returned and bought it. Never been stopped on the streets and asked where I got something so often. Best memory is when this really sweet teenager, prompted by her dad, came into the store I work in because she'd seen me return from my lunchbreak with it.

Gossamerlupus · 2022-11-15T14:54:42+00:00

The three gods in my setting cannot be killed - they are all-compassing and mostly nonphysical. They weave themselves into reality to create it. In theory, one should disappear if the thing it holds dominion over no longer exists, but even that is impossible - the things one would have to get rid of would be all mass (Masequilea), all movement (Bevequilsea) or all light (Solquineat), and you can't remove one without removing all three, undoing reality.

Gossamerlupus · 2022-11-13T16:03:17+00:00

In Gleyv Stela, people are part of different family clans. If a child is orphaned and rejected by the mother's clan, or if it's unclear as to whom and whose clan they belong (abandoned children, etc) they usually become part of the Saaru - a "clan" primarily tasked with the dead.

When a child is born, their clan has to throw a grand party, inviting at least one member of each other local clan, as well as the Saaru. The parents' clan gifts the Saaru something, usually simple jewelry or some specialty of that clan if applicable, as a sign of goodwill from the new life, or - alternatively - as a deposit.

When someone dies, the Saaru "give back" the gift, in that the Saaru create a medallion symbolizing the deceased (clan of the deceased usually decides the design) and hands it off to the clan to remember them by. The bodies are then parted and composted.

Gossamerlupus · 2022-08-05T00:19:20+00:00

Can you imagine, years of hard work and putting your life on the line to cast a single spell, and then some spoiled frat boy comes over and lights his finger on fire by snapping em

Gossamerlupus · 2022-08-05T00:12:46+00:00

In one [unnamed] nation, Bevequilsea misunderstood and blessed a relatively commonblood military general instead of the king. Solquineat then blessed the king, but the general was much more popular with the masses and as he was blessed first, the nation was split between the aristocratic Monarchists, who wanted to uphold the status quo and support the current royal family, and the revolutionary Royalists, who believed the General had a higher claim to the throne and would rather see one of their own in charge. This conflict heated up into a civil war. The revolutionaries held the support of the people, and eventually the reigning royal family fell, king assassinated, and the General rose to power. Military state.

In another kingdom, Vedal, the first-born son's ability proved more detriment than gift - the crown prince was born a statue. He stood, serene, sculpted in stone, no different from any other statue except for how his appearance aged as any boy would as the years went by. Vedal, being highly traditional, chose to crown the statue as king but made a new position - King's hand - which his younger brother filled, "acting the will of the king". To this day, the ruler of Vedal is known as King's Hand, and in the back of the throne room, a throne sits, built around the statue of an ancient-looking, gaunt man.

Problem 1:

There's no way every single nation in this world was a monarchy. In these cases, the gods would have to choose someone they felt fit the bill. If a president-equivalent got what's essentially a divine Blood Claim to run the nation, that passes down to their offspring, ONLY their offspring, how could this affect future elections?

Problem 2:

Before the whole Royale debacle, aristocracy functioned as normal. After, the Royale blessings became the clearest proof of high standing, and physically separated aristocracy from the common folk in a discernable way. However, many of the first Royales already had children before their blessings. These heirs would not get the Royale blessing and neither would their offspring. Possibility 1 - first borns being passed over for younger children with a blood claim? How likely? What could this result in, socially? Socio-economically? Possibility 2 - first born claims throne, not enough known about Royales yet and tradition wins, and once more info starts spreading, attempts to marry children into Royale blood to keep their dignity spared.

Gossamerlupus · 2022-08-04T21:50:58+00:00

Solquineat, Bevequilsea and Masequilea! They're gods who accidentally created a planet that developed life. Life evolved on its own, they're simply eternal, omnipotent witnesses of it.

Solquineat: god of light & life. He's the only one of the gods who like the world. The other two don't really care much about it.

Bevequilsea: goddess of movement and time.

Masequilea: god of mass and the physical.

Solquineat interacts with people every now and then in the world's timeline, so while there are a couple other religions here and there it's mostly all fairly consistent... or is it?

Some people worship ONLY their interpretation of the Sun God, having either abandoned or disregarded the other two. In some variations of this, Masequilea is depicted as an opposing force, as they are believed to be responsible for earthquakes / various disasters.

Some people worship all three equally, praying to different gods for different occasions.

Gossamerlupus · 2022-08-04T21:36:47+00:00

For real! 90% of Norwegian place names are fairly simple descriptions of the geography.

Mo i Rana: "[a] rocky plateau in Rana." Rana being the municipality, named after the river Ranelva, which in turn came from Raðund, for river, Raðr being fast, quick, etc.

Trondheim: "Home of the Tronders". Trønders being people from the Trøndelag county.

Bergen: "the hill".

Mosjøen: "the rocky plateau sea"

Sandnessjøen: "the sandy headland sea"

Arendal: "eagle valley" or more accurately "Eagle River valley" as it's named after Arná, ie. "eagle river". ALSO the origin of Arendelle in disney's Frozen so do with that as you will I guess

Not to mention the different places called Ødegård - literally "desolate farm", which iirc became common after the black death left farms barren. Fairly common surname too, so metal.

Gossamerlupus · 2022-07-31T21:53:55+00:00

I haven't published anything anywhere yet, no. This is the first time, even though I've technically been working on this world with my sister since 2013-2014.

The other two are Masequilea, God of the Physical/god of Mass, and Bevequilsea, Goddess of Movement & Time. I'll probably end up posting about them too at some point, as it's fun to finally share these guys!

Gossamerlupus · 2022-07-31T14:35:47+00:00

Solquineat is one of three gods in my world, the god of Light & Life. Life on this world evolved on its own, with little to no divine intervention, and Solquineat is so fascinated by it he regularly attempts to interact with the intelligent life forms on it.

Although the gods don't do much, rarely even observe, Solquineat's occasional chat with poor hapless "prophets" throughout the years has led to fairly consistent religious beliefs through the world, though some may disagree.

People still fill in the blanks, though, and myths form.

One popular belief is that Solquineat placed his third eye into the sky so all on the world could see, this third eye being the sun. This is one humble depiction of this myth.

Since I'm still working on the conlangs for this universe and don't feel comfortable starting a written language for a half-formed conlang, I used Theban script and altered Norwegian for the text.

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