#alphabet symbols

[nubsmojis]

aut/auts/autself neopronouns

Golden infinity symbol for autism used by request.

[uhohbestie]

Celebrating Hot Scarian Summer with today's prompt: watcher Scar!

Picturing this as a role swap kind of AU. Maybe meeting in a dream, or the liminal place between series and seasons...

Thanks for putting together a great event @hot-scarian-summer-2024 ! 🌞🏜💞

[nubsmojis]

And the not-outlined uruz because I forgot it the first time

I made 2 full sets of Elder-Futhark runes (one with lime green outline and one without, this being the set with the outline). The small "x" symbol is how you separate words.

There are 25 characters in total, on this set/post. Each rune is written in a mid to light tone green with a lime green outline. They are sorted in their alphabetical order based on English equivalent letters. Each character is angular, using no rounded lines/curves. More detailed descriptions will be given later (when I have the spoons).

Bellow are links to relevant sites, such as translators for runes and meanings behind them.

[danandfuckingjonlmao]

the way that i can always tell if dan is saying “phan” or “fan” rattles me to my core every time. he aspirates the FUCK out of that voiceless labiodental fricative so violently it’s practically a voiced consonant am i right, ling phannies 😝

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

Actually writing a HWINEBHABWNAJCAHOWEEATOWEUB AU fic with a solid story line because there's too much stuff going on in this goddamn AU and I need to organize it a little!!

[coriander-candlesticks]

I was pouring a promised libation out to Hermes, Apollo, Aphrodite, and Dionysus this afternoon (I'd asked them for help with a personal matter involving a sibling) and as I was looking up at the sky talking about the situation I saw three hawks start to circle something a little ways in the distance. Hawks aren't exactly uncommon here but it had been a while since I'd seen any, let alone three at once, so it caught my attention.

And while I was trying to figure out what type of bird they were (not an eagle, too short a neck to be a vulture, etc) one of them swooped down into a neighbor's backyard and back up along the tree in my backyard, close enough that, if a branch weren't in the way, I would have been able to see its feather markings. While hawks were somewhat usual, experiencing that certainly was not. So, of course, when I got inside I looked up if any Greek gods are associated with hawks.

And, of course, Apollo is.

I've been thinking a lot about the difference between "this is just a Thing That Happens" and a sign so it was nice to see a direct example of how something differs when it's coming from a god.

[grim-has-issues]

guys, i don’t know what GBA is planning to do with those Greek letters, but it can’t be good.

[yuqi-luv]

💮 𓈒 0 ׄ ࿙࿚ ☆ ⁖⁛ 🧷

@sugarino ᗢᘏᓗ

[cult-of-a-buttercup]

Hey there, whoever you are, sheep person. I am definitely not a chef from the farlands of civilization. I heard that your overall dishes are absolutely terrible. So, may I request you to try this?

*shows a ham sandwich*

[woodsplinter]

Some creatures I thought would commonly be used to advertise things like shops or events, or just a sturdy friend for traveling merchants.

[75-spectrekestis]

Was rambling about Rebels (actually more like Hera, as one does) and the second Alphabet squadron book and had this thought:

Was Jacen named so after the hero Jason? Hera’s obviously named after the goddess and it got me thinking if this was something the writers thought out or just a coincidence.

As someone’s who’s read/studied the myths, I find it’s just a neat little Easter egg to throw in.

[ruushes]

last line challenge

@s1ithers thanks for tagging, i love a good tag 😌🩷

He’d only brought it up once or twice on the way there, and only to watch Nox’s ears flatten in annoyance, their tail curve upward like an exclamation point.

tagging @wastrelwoods i’d love to see what you're working on if you feel like it! and if any other writers want to share something and haven't been tagged feel free to @ me as having tagged you, it’s fun seeing what everyone’s up to ☺️

[schar-aac]

"echo"

image: a series of light blue arcs, with a mirror image of the same arcs behind them and partially transparent.

[adhdo5]

GOT YOU

[northern-passage]

sorry if this has been asked before, tumblr search is horrendous, do you have any visuals on the runes used by hunters?

not reaaally.... i've only ever drawn the ones on Lea's hands:

and i didn't really assign meaning to any of the symbols specifically, though i have tried to keep the shapes consistent whenever i draw them.

when i designed them i kinda based them off a combination of the runic alphabet, old alchemical symbols, and the very basic elemental symbols, which is why they're so angular:

with alchemy, the four base elements are the foundation of almost every transmutation, whether they're combining with each other or turning gaseous/solidifying/liquifying, etc. and magic is drawn from these four elements as well, with most people specializing in one or two elements. these systems are very tightly intertwined in the tnp world, and share a "language" so the sigils will look similar whether we're talking magic or alchemy (though magic isn't an exact science in the way that alchemy is, so runes aren't required in the same way, but rather used as an anchor/powered core for focused magic.) metal transmutations will use earth and fire, ice uses water and air, electricity uses air and fire, on and on and they just build on each other like a chemical equation, depending on the complexity of what's being done.

Lea and the hunter, as well as other members of the order (and people like Keres), are skilled enough in alchemy to not require drawing a full sigil, though the hunter does currently do this in the wraith fight since i wrote it before i tweaked some of the magic/alchemy system. the hunter themself will always have the basic sigils on their bracers, but an alchemist hunter will have more complex engravings as well as tattoos like Lea (if chosen by the player) and runes on their weapons, allowing them to transmute them (like the gauntlet or whip in the Duncan fight and the morningstar with the wraith.)

common alchemists, who are more like scientists than fighters like Lea and the hunter, will draw full sigils both for transmutations and while concocting potions.

i got a lot of inspiration from fullmetal alchemist, which does use classic 17th century alchemical symbols and imagery; the idea of the circle is the same in tnp, which is why Lea has those bands tattooed around their wrists. it allows them to use themselves/their hands as the foundational circle, rather than drawing it out, allowing for quicker transmutations.

[o-wise-corvid]

Dathomir Daily

Tunorr su nī sho thol’onzhul. (Look me in the eye.)

(Toonorr soo neye shah thahl-onzh-ool.)

This is a statement used like “give it to me straight” or “come clean”. Eye contact isn’t usually done outside of intimate relationships of family or close loved ones. Otherwise it’s seen as threatening.

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