#I'm also very confused why they're bringing up my url??

[palsklingar]

I got these replies to a photo of Idun last night/this morning and now this has just been rattling around my anxious brain all day. The thing is, I know this is just a Tumblr user doing what Tumblr users do (being needlessly confrontational about things they have no real understanding of)... I know I shouldn’t let it get to me, because I know it isn’t true. My bunnies aren’t unhappy, and I’m not violating their rights in any way. I’m doing everything in my power to make sure they lead happy little bunny lives. But somehow I still can’t shake this insinuation that I’m mistreating them. I’m in therapy for anxiety, and so much of my anxiety is connected to my pets, because I’m just constantly scared that something’s gonna happen to them. So I guess that’s why this just hits me so hard.

I guess I just needed to rant a little, because I’m trying to shake this horrible anxiety I’ve felt about this all day... :(

[yqforums]

Thoughts and questions for making a Cisumian version of Nitor!!

DreamyPumpkins

[i]Note: Copied this from discord and just edited it so pardon if it reads a bit weird.[/i]

What if I made a [i]Cisum version of Nitor[/i]…? What do you think would be fitting element wise? I can explain some about them if requested though I think most people here already know about them? I hope I worded everything here in concise, clear manner.

[u]So my thoughts basically are…[/u] Nitor would be Moon Clan I think… but I saw something about a Dreams Clan? :O I am curious about the elements for it! I am aware a lot of info is not yet written about it so I do hope it is okay to ask about!! I was thinking of it because dreams and the moon are things you would think of for night time. Which is Nitor's whole motif and everything. And I'm trying to think of what changes I'd make to them to have them fit the world better. (I know Cisum is very open as a world for what you can do but I'd still like to have it fit well.)

ALSO ADDITIONAL QUESTION primary and secondary elements I have always been slightly confused with… can you only have that primary if you are from the clan? Like. You can only have the moon clan element if you are from the moon clan? And so you cannot have say… two elements that are primaries like Moon and Light?

But basically I am trying to figure out how to go about this! Like what kind of design elements would fit for the clans I was thinking of? And any suggestions and stuff I could do? Pardon if a bit too broad a topic!!

masamunemaniac

There is a placeholder for information about elements and their associated clans [url="https://forums.cisumchronicles.com/index.php?topic=12.0"]in this thread[/url].

A character can have any element affinity regardless of their clan: [list] [li]Yokoka is an example of having a primary element affinity (Light) that is different to her clan (Moon).[/li] [li]Yin is an example of having a sub element affinity (Ice) that is different to her clan (Moon).[/li] [li]Grace is an example of having a primary element affinity (Water) when she has no clan allegiance at all.[/li] [/list]

Blinky describes the affinity element as [url=https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-42/]an element that reflects your personality, and that you would be naturally good at if you decide to learn [magic for] it[/url]. The next page she describes the typical Light personality (which will eventually end up [url="https://forums.cisumchronicles.com/index.php?topic=12.0"]in this thread[/url] too), and this is also why they try to have Inky teach Light magic to Yokoka (however, as she demonstrates, being naturally better with that type of magic doesn't mean much if you can't figure out the language).

As the elements thread mentions, "It is said the dreams clan only exists in myths and legends and is not actually real". Though I think we (the readers) can very much assume it [i]is[/i] real, but most people in Cisum would not know that. This doesn't mean that your character can't be from the Dreams clan, but if they are, then you should maybe consider how this might affect their interactions with other people (do they hide their clan, or tell the truth and some people maybe don't believe them, or just avoid bringing it up? do dress and adopt mannerisms of another clan to avoid drawing attention to themselves as being different? etc).

My oc Rina is from the Dreams clan, but it doesn't really come up because they're just a pet fox who doesn't speak, who would even ask about it? (they have the ability to enter dreams kinda like how Copycat can, but they just do it to play with Theo) [img]https://f2.toyhou.se/file/f2-toyhou-se/characters/4679105?1708733082[/img]

The Moon Clan of course is very much covered in the YQ story so far :3

DreamyPumpkins

[quote author=masamunemaniac link=msg=89 date=1709901386] There is a placeholder for information about elements and their associated clans [url="https://forums.cisumchronicles.com/index.php?topic=12.0"]in this thread[/url].

A character can have any element affinity regardless of their clan: [list] [li]Yokoka is an example of having a primary element affinity (Light) that is different to her clan (Moon).[/li] [li]Yin is an example of having a sub element affinity (Ice) that is different to her clan (Moon).[/li] [li]Grace is an example of having a primary element affinity (Water) when she has no clan allegiance at all.[/li] [/list]

Blinky describes the affinity element as [url=https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-6-page-42/]an element that reflects your personality, and that you would be naturally good at if you decide to learn [magic for] it[/url]. The next page she describes the typical Light personality (which will eventually end up [url="https://forums.cisumchronicles.com/index.php?topic=12.0"]in this thread[/url] too), and this is also why they try to have Inky teach Light magic to Yokoka (however, as she demonstrates, being naturally better with that type of magic doesn't mean much if you can't figure out the language).

As the elements thread mentions, "It is said the dreams clan only exists in myths and legends and is not actually real". Though I think we (the readers) can very much assume it [i]is[/i] real, but most people in Cisum would not know that. This doesn't mean that your character can't be from the Dreams clan, but if they are, then you should maybe consider how this might affect their interactions with other people (do they hide their clan, or tell the truth and some people maybe don't believe them, or just avoid bringing it up? do dress and adopt mannerisms of another clan to avoid drawing attention to themselves as being different? etc).

My oc Rina is from the Dreams clan, but it doesn't really come up because they're just a pet fox who doesn't speak, who would even ask about it? (they have the ability to enter dreams kinda like how Copycat can, but they just do it to play with Theo) [img]https://f2.toyhou.se/file/f2-toyhou-se/characters/4679105?1708733082[/img]

The Moon Clan of course is very much covered in the YQ story so far :3 [/quote]

Oh this helps a lot thank you Masa, it gives me some ideas now I can better work off.

I honestly thought you had to at least have one of the clan elements, it is good to know that is not the case. (I also could have. Checked for characters in the comic.)

And ooo I see about the dreams clan!! Tbh having them be from there is a cool idea that I can see fitting with them for certain reasons. (Do not want to ramble too much but like they are. Weird. And despite trying their best to seem normal.) Though not sure. It is something to think on! And I will look deeper into the comic for moon clan stuff!

DreamyPumpkins

ALSO RINA IS SO CUTE AND PRECIOUS OASKPQLPDA

ClefdeSoll

Sorry I took so long to get back to this! I’m glad masa did first because I admit I forgot about the forums for a bit and then was very tired 💦💦

No one has seen anyone from the dreams clan, and the element was discovered by accident. The reason its possible that it doesnt exist is because the gods are those who founded the clans. Some people with it as an affinity have a closer connection to it and feel as though they may have visited it in their dreams.

…but as masa says yes we can assume it exists and will come up much later in my stories. Characters from the dreams clan have special eyes where the iris looks like a mirror (sorry in advance to everyone who will need to edit that onto their dreams clan ocs), and dont quite use their eyesight as much as others i hope to share more about them here when i can!

DreamyPumpkins

[quote author=ClefdeSoll link=msg=95 date=1711945695] Sorry I took so long to get back to this! I’m glad masa did first because I admit I forgot about the forums for a bit and then was very tired 💦💦

No one has seen anyone from the dreams clan, and the element was discovered by accident. The reason its possible that it doesnt exist is because the gods are those who founded the clans. Some people with it as an affinity have a closer connection to it and feel as though they may have visited it in their dreams.

…but as masa says yes we can assume it exists and will come up much later in my stories. Characters from the dreams clan have special eyes where the iris looks like a mirror (sorry in advance to everyone who will need to edit that onto their dreams clan ocs), and dont quite use their eyesight as much as others i hope to share more about them here when i can! [/quote]

NO WORRIES!!! I was able to design them still!!

The gods of Cisum creating the clans is really interesting lore, and it makes me really excited about the dreams clan and the element even if not something that will be explored until much later. Also ooo mirror eyes! If I understand it is only being from the clan that gives you those sorts of eyes? Since Cisumian Nitor just has the element I wanna make sure!

ClefdeSoll

[quote author=DreamyPumpkins link=msg=97 date=1711947135] [quote author=ClefdeSoll link=msg=95 date=1711945695] Sorry I took so long to get back to this! I’m glad masa did first because I admit I forgot about the forums for a bit and then was very tired 💦💦

No one has seen anyone from the dreams clan, and the element was discovered by accident. The reason its possible that it doesnt exist is because the gods are those who founded the clans. Some people with it as an affinity have a closer connection to it and feel as though they may have visited it in their dreams.

…but as masa says yes we can assume it exists and will come up much later in my stories. Characters from the dreams clan have special eyes where the iris looks like a mirror (sorry in advance to everyone who will need to edit that onto their dreams clan ocs), and dont quite use their eyesight as much as others i hope to share more about them here when i can! [/quote]

NO WORRIES!!! I was able to design them still!!

The gods of Cisum creating the clans is really interesting lore, and it makes me really excited about the dreams clan and the element even if not something that will be explored until much later. Also ooo mirror eyes! If I understand it is only being from the clan that gives you those sorts of eyes? Since Cisumian Nitor just has the element I wanna make sure! [/quote]

The clan! The formatting is that in the cast page, the first listed element is the clan they come from and the second is their affinity so I definitely assumed them to be from the dreams clan. Some characters have two affinities like Copycat, these are called cusps. And the formatting I have for that is like his cast page entry iirc i have it as Darkness/Dreams (Fortune) + Water for him. So Darkness is the clan, Dreams (Fortune) + Water is his affinities. (And yes, you can have clan allegiance and affinity turn out to be the same element! So like fire/fire)

Hope this helps!

DreamyPumpkins

[quote author=ClefdeSoll link=msg=98 date=1711948242] [quote author=DreamyPumpkins link=msg=97 date=1711947135] [quote author=ClefdeSoll link=msg=95 date=1711945695] Sorry I took so long to get back to this! I’m glad masa did first because I admit I forgot about the forums for a bit and then was very tired 💦💦

No one has seen anyone from the dreams clan, and the element was discovered by accident. The reason its possible that it doesnt exist is because the gods are those who founded the clans. Some people with it as an affinity have a closer connection to it and feel as though they may have visited it in their dreams.

…but as masa says yes we can assume it exists and will come up much later in my stories. Characters from the dreams clan have special eyes where the iris looks like a mirror (sorry in advance to everyone who will need to edit that onto their dreams clan ocs), and dont quite use their eyesight as much as others i hope to share more about them here when i can! [/quote]

NO WORRIES!!! I was able to design them still!!

The gods of Cisum creating the clans is really interesting lore, and it makes me really excited about the dreams clan and the element even if not something that will be explored until much later. Also ooo mirror eyes! If I understand it is only being from the clan that gives you those sorts of eyes? Since Cisumian Nitor just has the element I wanna make sure! [/quote]

The clan! The formatting is that in the cast page, the first listed element is the clan they come from and the second is their affinity so I definitely assumed them to be from the dreams clan. Some characters have two affinities like Copycat, these are called cusps. And the formatting I have for that is like his cast page entry iirc i have it as Darkness/Dreams (Fortune) + Water for him. So Darkness is the clan, Dreams (Fortune) + Water is his affinities. (And yes, you can have clan allegiance and affinity turn out to be the same element! So like fire/fire)

Hope this helps! [/quote]

Ahhh okay so I should have it be Moon, Dreams + Ice then? (PARDON ALL MY CONFUSION THANK YOU FOR INFO)

masamunemaniac

If you want Nitor to be Moon Clan, with affinities to Dreams & Ice, then yeah!

(In addition to Chris's example of Copy having Fortune & Water affinities, Hurricane has Water & Wind affinities. Is it a coincidence that they're both very powerful…?)

Also worth noting that there are the Advantage and Weakness elements. These are less directly meaningful and more specific to the character, e.g. Yokoka has an advantage to Poison because of her poison immunity, Cad has an advantage to Earth because he can climb up rock faces, Yokoka has a weakness to fire because she has a fear of fire, Kalliv has a weakness to sound because he has sensitive ears (some presumptions have been made with the examples but they still work well enough as examples even if they're wrong lol). So you can also decide on those for your characters (I haven't decided on them for my characters yet).

DreamyPumpkins

[quote author=masamunemaniac link=msg=126 date=1712319608] If you want Nitor to be Moon Clan, with affinities to Dreams & Ice, then yeah!

(In addition to Chris's example of Copy having Fortune & Water affinities, Hurricane has Water & Wind affinities. Is it a coincidence that they're both very powerful…?)

Also worth noting that there are the Advantage and Weakness elements. These are less directly meaningful and more specific to the character, e.g. Yokoka has an advantage to Poison because of her poison immunity, Cad has an advantage to Earth because he can climb up rock faces, Yokoka has a weakness to fire because she has a fear of fire, Kalliv has a weakness to sound because he has sensitive ears (some presumptions have been made with the examples but they still work well enough as examples even if they're wrong lol). So you can also decide on those for your characters (I haven't decided on them for my characters yet). [/quote] Gotcha!! I should add that to their ref then.

The water element I recall being very versatile! Which I imagine allows you to do a lot. :3c

Also oh interesting! I like how it is specific to the character as that lets you add a bit of character based on what they are weak to or have an advantage toward! Nitor does have sound sensitivity so that would be a good contender for a weakness though not sure on that yet. It would be interesting to think about!

Brainstorming

[curlicuecal]

Hey, so I'm pretty sure (cannot verify right now) the links that prevent embeds & force logins to view are a result of USER-controlled privacy settings. In other words, "I think platforms increasingly gating their content behind log in prompts is extremely sketchy and a bad direction for the internet to go" is not true; it's actually Tumblr trying to guarantee and enforce that when a user says 'this is not for unrestricted public access', that's as true as they can make it.

I've had a couple people suggest this in the notes of that post, and *I'm* pretty sure that's *not* the case, haha.

Tumblr has a number of privacy settings, but I suspect the most likely culprit would be the "hide my blog from the web" setting and... that is not what creates the log-in gate behavior.

I actually first drafted that post as a sort of "what's going on with....?" and then, in the process of going "oh I should go find a picture of" and "oh I should go check if" I figured out a lot of stuff I hadn't even considered or planned to bring up.

So: I did my checks of link/url behavior on both Firefox for Android (mobile) and Firefox (pc) as well as incompletely on Chrome (for android mobile and for pc), but I did not check anything on the tumblr mobile app because I have a grudge against it or Safari.

I also pulled up links from multiple blogs while logged in and logged out, and while I don't know the privacy settings for most of those, I DO know the privacy settings for MY blog. They're not enabled, and it absolutely still triggered the gate. Like so:

Annnnnd if I *do* turn on privacy settings

I get an entirely different gate:

(I also note that several people in the comments speculated that blogs that have a privacy setting enabled ONLY generated the blog/view style links, no matter where on the post you clicked, but I tested that just now and that's not the case.)

((I also also note that I have now seen a truly wildly variable range of descriptions of what clicking on various places on a post will do on various platforms, which is a very 'tumblr is a functional website' kind of web design, and explains why everyone is so confused.))

But leaving all of that aside:

"it's actually Tumblr trying to guarantee and enforce that when a user says 'this is not for unrestricted public access', that's as true as they can make it."

Nice thought, but you know what the whooaa there horsey log-in gate has absolutely never once prevented me from doing? Seeing someone's tumblr content.

That particular gate pops up AFTER the user's blog and posts have loaded onto your screen and AFTER you've scrolled a ways.

It is not a privacy feature, it is a "tumblr wants people to have to sign up" feature.

[act-addict-actors-matchups]

@otomeramblings said,

I'm a girl, 23 years old, around 162 cm, with medium length dark brown hair (almost black) and brown eyes. I'm one of those people who are often asked "are you okay? Are you mad?" and no, more often than not that's just how my resting face looks lol

I'm a Scorpio and an INFP. According to my friends, I'm usually very sweet but no one likes to be around me when I get seriously angry ^^; I guess it's because i'm generally very soft spoken and I try to avoid conflict as much as I can, and when I'm upset is one of the times when I actually raise my voice. I have people tell me that I'm smart, but I just consider myself to be an overall average person. It usually takes me a while to fully trust someone but once they've earned my trust, I cherish their friendship for life.

I can fluently speak English and Spanish, and I recently got my English Translation degree. I love to read (both novels and manga) and to discover new music, I also really like dancing (I did ten years of ballet) and I recently rediscovered my love for drawing and writing.

Qualities I would like in a s/o:

-passionate, about anything, really. I'm usually very reserved unless I have something I really want to talk about and I appreciate when others listen, and for that reason I love to listen to people talk about things they're passionate about

-mature, not in relation to his hobbies bit more so in the sense that he can have a serious conversation when needed and take responsibility for his actions.

-patient. Being introverted and kinda awkward, I usually need time to recharge after being social and even while spending time together there will probably be silences when I think of what to say or even times when I'd just rather we spent it doing our own thing while being together.

Qualities I don't like:

-shouting. I hate it when people shout at me when they're mad because it makes me tear up immediately, I would much rather you tell why you're mad in a calm tone so we can work things out.

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I’d match you with: . . .

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➜ PERSONALITY COMPATIBILITY ; Tsumugi is the walking epitome of every single thing you’re looking in a S/O. You want someone passionate about something? This man literally couldn’t give up on his dream and love for the performance art. He’d be more than willing to talk about how acting involved a broad range of skills, including a well-developed imagination, emotional facility, physical expressivity, vocal projection, clarity of speech, the ability to interpret drama etc. He’d try bunch of different gestures in front of you and ask you which one you liked the best. He also absolutely loves it when you are the one who does the talking. His strength is CANONLY listening to others after all. He just gives off this aura that compels you to think that you can talk about anything and everything with him. Just like you, Tsumugi has a great need for harmony and dislikes any conflict so if there were to be any fights, they would be resolved in a day or two with the two of you talking it out. He majored in Psychology in university, and is very good at reading people so if you’re both in a social gathering and he senses you need to take a break, he will hold your hand and walk you somewhere with less crowd and noise. When you want to be alone, he’d give you the space you need and if you want to spend time he would be there. He is a pretty clueless baby at the start and would try to ask people for help on dating advice. He will however remember every single memory you two will and have made. You’ll never see him forgetting any milestones in your guys’ relationship. His way of saying “I love you” is through the flowers he picks and grows. As someone who can be shy to vocally express his love for you, he handpicks each flower based on their meanings with the hope that they could accurately convey the emotions he holds for you. The very sight of your smile as you watch each tiny plant grow kindles a budding warmth inside him, as if he’s a bee intoxicated by the nectar of your happiness. And to him, the vision of you happy is prettier than any flower in his garden, pushing him to always keep you bright and blooming.

➜ SHARED ACTIVITIES ; Tsumugi canonly moon/stargazes with Misumi so why wouldn’t he do the same with his S/O? It’s a cool, romantic and surprisingly unique activity to do together. There aren’t many activities one can plan for a date that are sweeter or more intimate than a night spent together under a beautiful, sparkling sky. You would ask each other questions about one another, without being afraid of letting the conversation slow down. This is a date to relax and linger over. If not that, I can totally see him taking you to a botanical garden. These places are beautiful and not too busy in general. Bonus points if you bring a camera and get some nice photos together as a couple. i’m so soft rn 🥺 But I feel like your most common date would be either tending the garden in the mankai dorm or just doing your own little things while being together. You might be writing on the table while he’s going over his script for the winter troupe’s newest play one more time or he might be grading his student’s test, since he’s a tutor and all, while you’re drawing. I see Tsumugi as someone who reads a lot so maybe both of you can read the same book together and discuss it afterwards. These types of dates are great for discovering how the other person views the world. One might learn that their significant other is passionate about a social justice cause, their favorite author, or their philosophy of beauty. These dates are great for sparking good conversations and they are introvert friendly. Or something even better: reading aloud. Reading out loud to each other can be incredibly sweet. And, as spiritual counselor Davida Rappaport says, "just the fact that you are both close and sharing space is ... a nice way to spend an evening."

➜ ZODIAC COMPATIBILITY ; Tsumugi is a Capricorn, his birthday being December 28th. When Scorpio and Capricorn make a love match, they get an opportunity to not only enjoy a loving relationship and learn the value of being a pair, but also to grow and mature as individuals. These two may be wary about sharing themselves with one another at first, and this emotional caution may dampen the initial impact of this relationship. These two tend to be a bit cautious (Capricorn) and pensive (Scorpio), and it takes a while for them to feel comfortable with a significant other. Though they may be shy of getting involved and not the quickest to trust and share, these two Signs will discover that they can have quite a profound connection — one of friendship and deep loyalty. What’s the best thing about the Scorpio-Capricorn love match? Their determination toward shared ideas and their strong devotion to one another. They can open doors to one another’s souls and show one another new ways of perceiving and feeling.