#yes all my ocs will be nd coded

[zmb1eslut]

Luke Castellan x hypnos!fem

tags: non-romantic relationship, fluff, Luke's pov.

summary: Luke Castellan was found by the way out his nightmares.

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Luke remembered it quite clearly, the night in which the whole... something between them came to be what is now.

He was sweaty and drained, being the only wishful thought he felt brave to feed, for the air to reach his lungs so he could run a little further. He had lost all his will, and he was now running on the only thing stronger than his determination, his fear.

Both Titan and kid could feel it, that night he was fated to succumb to the torture. His mind had already given its last pleadful breath when his foot tripped and his face met the floor. And he now cannot phantom the thought of how different his life would be if he hadn't lifted his head, she hadn't been there.

Luke saw her sitting, with a blank expression on her face, looking down at him. His hand reached for her never expecting to actually be aid, she took it and pulled him towards her. Once they were close to each other she said to him in a bizarrely sweet voice "Your screams were getting too loud". That was the last time the girl acknowledged his presence, as well as the last time he felt that sort of fear.

Somi kept rescuing him like that every night. She never explained why. Luke never asked her either. He would only sit there in what he guessed were the girl's own dreams, and wake up in the morning with just a thin grasp of the events.

Most things about the dreams (and the dreamer herself), were awfully confusing for the swordman-boy. He felt like she looked at reality with an eager infatuation, like she knew that guy better than the arbitrary rules that defined him ever could. Being inside her mind perhaps was making a number on him. Perhaps that's why she at some point stopped posing as the spacey buzzed girl everyone meditated with at times, and held herself in a homely sort of normality he developed a liking for.

She showed a part of her no one else ever saw. Altough it would probably be more precise to say she eventually stopped hiding it. Being honest with himself, Luke admitted that he toyed with the idea of him having found her.

She acted exasperated, bored, mean. She behaved like any person he would never mistake for her on the other world would behave. Their exchange right now was especially out of character.

She had entered his dream, as every night. She stepped in front of him and pushed his shoulders down, when he fell, he was met with the softness of a bed. Tonight's dream was apparently on a room. "Sorry for the mess." She said to the boy's surprise. He wasn't opposed to a change on their routine.

"Kinda used to it and all." he said. She answered with an understanding nod. "Did anything happen?" the Hermes boy asked just to keep this anomaly alive, to which she sighed.

"Evan just left." Curiosity flourished on the boy's throat.

"Like the real one?" the girl took way too long to answer and started stroking his hair while she thought.

"No... the dream one. But I'm pissed at him. And that's a naptime dream" she answered as if it was obvious. Even more questions arose, so she explained "Those are the dreams you aren't supposed to watch." Huh...

"What dreams I'm not supposed to watch?"

"You know, Castellan." she really meant it, he didn't had a clue. She got close to him to whisper teasingly, even knowing no one would really be able to hear. "The inappropriate ones" Oh.

He understood fast though, making sense of what teenager needs usually were. "I was naive on that one, wasn't I?"

"I mean..." she said chuckling while walking away from him. She sat down on a chair in front of a desktop. The place was humorously colorful.

"Ok. But like... Evan? Does that happen often?" He asked almost gossiply.

"I mean! Not anymore! He's a total prick." that made him laugh.

"Is he?" Luke asked, enjoying seeing her so annoyed, especially as he wasn't the cause.

"Yes. And you know what? I hate that, I hate this. Cause he goes around just getting the fuck he wants, and then pretends he 'didn't mean it like that'. Then I get mad, and he thinks I'm pretty when I'm mad, and I get pissed off when he says that, and then I'm horny when I'm pissed. And you know what? He doesn't deserve horny me." Sometimes she just was that unexpectedly honest. Luke just listened amused. She looked up and let out a frustrated groan. "And now I have to take care of you." That made him laugh, but he didn't want her to know that.

"C'mon I'm not that difficult" he pretended to be offended.

"No. But right now you're truly inconvenient" He put his hands up in the air as his sign of surrender before laying down in the bed. She stayed silent for a minute and Luke almost thought they went back to normal. The girl usually was quiet and still, looking lost into the air, or, only the contrary, highly invested in a task and barely paying him attention. Now she was neither, the chair was slowly spinning with her wearing a childish expression. She controlled every aspect of every scenario he had observed, and even when she didn't feel like going strong at it, she would prove her domain by popping something for him to distract himself. He took note of that when he saw a ray of sunlight entering the window, leaving a path she was now following in his direction. She was standing in front of the side of the bed again. "Sit." she said, way too used to having control over here. And, listen, he wasn't about to oppose an emotional all powerful being. Once he stood straight, she st looking taller than him, barely. She supported her arms on the top of his head. And sighed again. "I hate men".

"Oh, they are terrible" he teased.

She stayed silent for a bit, he was just being used as a table. Then he heard her. "What do you think about... weird". He understood perfectly.

"I've met so many demi kids, that word just simply lost meaning at some point"

"Ok, then..." she took a step back and looked at him now, lowering her head a bit. "do you consider me pretty?" He took a second to look at her, then shrugged and nodded. "Great then... tell me when to stop." She said while sitting on his lap, with both her legs at his left side, and reaching for his left hand. The girl held it against her face and started nuzzling against him. He couldn't ignore the thought that her actions weren't sexy at all, not as much as they were needy. She was like a cat looking for attention, and he truly didn't mind. He lifted his right hand to caress her hair, and she gave in to the touch. She had closed her eyes and moved the hand of her face down to her outer thigh.

His strong hand gripped her skin, almost performatively. He flirted using a lower voice. "What do you want?" his nose under her jaw, his breath against her neck.

The answer came only with her voice, as she didn't even bother to open her eyes or explore his touch. "I'll let you know when you're doing it wrong." Moody, bossy, and assertive. This was not more than a game for them. This was just a caprice. What is wrong with wanting things that feel right?

The girl held onto his left bicep and hid her face on his neck. They just stayed like that for a couple minutes. Somi hiding on his arms when Luke faintly felt the scent of her hair.

"Why did you rescue me?" wasn't enough to disrupt the comfortability of their scene.

"I already told you why."

"I wasn't screaming tonight."

Then the silence prolonged itself for longer than he would have chosen. The girl just gently pushed his body with hers, making them lay on the bed, side by side, looking into the ceiling.

"We... don't really know each other." He agreed with the sentiment on silence. "But, we both have been here for years so I know you know me." Of course he did. "And everybody knows you." He felt like he didn't quite know what she meant by it. "Luke 'the greatest swordsman in the last 300 years' Castellan, a born leader whose smile has infatuated half our population of half-bloods, who is always there to help when someone gets hurt."

Luke analyzed those words for a couple of seconds. Apparently not enough seconds. "Do you... like me?" She laughed.

"I don't mean it like that!" She then took a pause and moved her head to look at him, he followed. "What I'm trying to say is. There are so many children looking up to you, learning from your effort, going to sleep smiling because they know you'll be there to protect them, and when they fail... you don't make them feel like they failed you. I guess for a second I realized how much our spirit was relying on you. I thought maybe you needed someone to rely on too. I'm sorry if I'm making it awkward now." He didn't know how to answer, her eyes on his were feeling heavy for a second so he escaped by closing them. He didn't know how to answer so he just breathed and hugged her, hoping she wouldn't tease him about his heart rate. She didn't. She hugged him back.

[ask-katima]

Welcome to the Master Post of Katima’s Ask Blog!

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[vampyrluver]

heres a vague concept for a vampire oc thts been brewing in my brain for a long time, im using they pronouns bc i haven't figured out wht pronouns i want them 2 use nd idk wht name either.

- theyre from old powerful (royal?) money, they themselves arent technically like in line 4 royalty or anything (but thts bc they done goofed up nd lost ties w their family) but they sure still act like it

- bc of their lineage nd how they grew up, theyre very spoiled, selfish nd used to getting wht they want, they also had the tendancy to b manipulative nd sneaky nd very charming as a means of getting things to go their way (they use this a lot to their advantage)

- i have this idea in my head of when u first meet them theyre trapped in a mirror of sorts nd are not so much....begging to b let out but more....trying to persuade u nd charm u into letting them out (i saw this one post abt the mirror thing being the opposite where vampires only show up in mirrors but not irl nd im obsessed w it)

- theyre not a trusting person in the sense where they arent too fond of ppl knowing things abt them they kinda of just prefer to b an enigma

- i havent worked out the details yet but they had a falling out w their family, got banished or whatever due to smth they did (i want it to b smth thts rly bad, i wanna make it very clear they arent y the best person theyre a lil evil nd devious)

- as things would progress tho i like the idea of them chillin out nd not rly becoming a GOOD person (they're also gna b devious nd manipulative nd selfish) but at least w their close friends/acquaintances (they wont ever call u a friend to ur face) they like, are a bit more caring, i wont say nicer but...less mean lol

- theyre very over the top dramatic, read: evil gay coded cartoon villain

- of course theyre a lil bit sexy (as a treat)

- they have 2 parents nd 3 siblings, even tho they did smth bad to get banished their family isnt so perfect either, lots of dysfuntion nd trauma ensued in tht very fancy rich royal vampire mansion

- theh nd their family hold tons of secrets, theyre more powerful then u think

- they might b charming nd sexy but theyre also lowkey not as good at interacting w ppl as they thought bc being trapped for like, 100s of years does tht to u lol

this is all i have rn i think, but ill add more when i think abt more. im currently reading up on vampire lore bc yes

but thoughts? is this dumb? i just....luv evil vampires

[spacedykez]

this is your official excuse to talk about your diy blorbos (OCs) 👍

hi im gonna ramble you good with that? don't care i'm doing it anyways.

so i'm sure you want to hear about my moon kingdom au ocs, which would be the four i talked about in the previous ask: selene, wisp, luna, and liam.

starting off with selene! she's older, haven't given her a definite age but full grey hair. however she's still spry and she's got a mischievous twinkle in her bright-blue eyes (which aren't a natural shade of blue- do i spoil it yes i do they're a soulfire-blue (how many times can pacific use "soulfire-blue" challenge) because anyone who does moon magic enough develops that color in their eyes, which is why pearl and wisp also have blue eyes! selene's natural eye color was blue though. she's aro/ace because I Say So and she's happy to have never fallen in love. she archives books in the library and she loves history.

wisp is an enigma. am i using that right? don't know, don't care. he doesn't really have parents, he just showed up one day. selene basically adopted him. he comes and visits her in the library and she teaches him moon magic! how do i put this- he's nd-coded. he's only about 4-5 in human years and appears that way. wisp was born of the wisps. he didn't get a name, so everyone just called him wisp. the people of dusk adore him and protect him at all costs.

liam you haven't met yet and i don't know if he'll be in magic by moonlight but he works in archiving. he keeps texts and makes sure that history isn't lost (and oh do i have a history for this au). he's very orderly and he doesn't like when things don't go as he expects. shoot i made him nd-coded too.

luna is my sona and she's a bat hybrid (appearance, see this post for info about bat hybrids). she didn't have parents (sigh. two for two with wisp and luna) and of course the bats can't take care of her even though they love her, so she learned to live alone. do not ask me the logistics of how the heck she survived. she ate food from lush caves ok? we just pretend that somehow mobs didn't attack her. haven't thought That much into it okay. anyways she really likes potions and she's very good with them (hyperfixation go brr). she's curious and very smart, and chapter three of magic by moonlight was gonna be gem running away, finding her, and her loredumping because she really likes moon magic! she doesn't do magic (she doesn't know how) so her eyes aren't blue like everyone else's (they're cream: her vision isn't great but she can see with the help of glasses). but i scrapped that plan for the story and we're going in another direction where we will meet a hermit actually (as in a Hermitcraft Hermit)!

and how does she get glasses if she's alone you ask (you didn't ask, i don't care). well, well, well my friend, you see that is due to the help of a Friend she met one day who brought her glasses when xe learned that she couldn't see very well. luna likes to spy on dusk to see how people (...elves?) live, but her Friend is the only person she's ever really Met. who is Friend? ...Take a guess.

(side note i kind of kept Trying to give her a role in the story and accidentally kept making her Varian again and again lol)

[exclamaquest]

1) I don't know how you think that directly defending and continuing to follow C0nji doesn't count as support. If you truly believe that proshipper ideology is harmful like you say, you would not have defended them or continued to interact with their content. This is an issue where you need to put your money where your mouth is.

2) Thank you for the apology. I appreciate it.

3) and 4) What part of listening to transfem people includes blocking them when they politely bring up their concerns to you? I know for a fact this happened to my friend on Instagram + your response post was also incredibly dismissive of the issues at hand. There is a difference between portraying trans bodies and creating caricatures of trans women. Body positivity does not include drawing textbook transmisogynistic caricatures.

If you need to know why exactly, here's a quote from an ask I got that explains it:

"Jesus, I forgot how bad it was. Anyway, to get to the point immediately, It's the buldge on a trans woman in this art, of course transfem have. those, however it is also paired with the fact that Taeko here has both hairy arms and a flat chest which, in my opinion, is the splitting image of "This trans woman is just a hairy man." For my second point, if the first wasn't disgusting enough, It's the fact that Taeko is an abuser, Both physically, verbally and mentally, displaying a trans woman as an abusive, hairy woman with a buldge is something I find disgusting for a TME, especially a man."

Also, on the Chihiro issue, I would advise you educate yourself on what transfem people have said with regards to her.

5) The ableism.

There is nothing wrong with the softboy aesthetic.

The problem is when you apply it to characters who are CERTAINLY not softboys, and the fact that you only apply it to those who are ND coded while not being autistic yourself.

All the amount of research in the world cannot replace listening to those who have lived experiences of autism, no matter what your intent is, and your continued refusal to listen to the actual experiences of autistic people is ableist.

Exhibit A: Gundham is not a baby. Gundham is a teenager. You said that "yes I know he's a breeder, human intercourse is a similar but different thing." This makes zero sense. There is exactly no reason for him to not know what sex is considering 1) he's a teenager and 2) his talent literally revolves around it. There's no point in differentiating the two. To assume he doesn't know what sex is as a teenager who breeds animals is infantilizing to an extreme.

I never said that autistic people cannot be childlike or soft. However, when your only autistic OC is childlike and soft, and then you take two of the most heavily autism coded characters and make them childlike and soft, that is an issue. That is a perception of autism rooted in ableism, and you need to recognize that and work to change it.

I also never said autistic people didn't need support. However, when you only portray them receiving support, and extreme levels of support as well, that contributes to ableist narratives that autistic people need someone behind them for every single little thing in their life. That may be true for some autistic people, but certainly not everyone, and by making all the characters who are autistic or ND coded portrayed like that, it doesn't look good.

You also say he needs Mondo and Taka as father figures. May I remind you that he is older than both of them? I recognize that he grew up lonely and may need social support from his peers, but not knowing what sex is etc is not the way to go.

A less ableist way to show that, for example, may be showing him checking in on a social skill with a trusted friend--think asking Hajime (or another trusted friend) if a particular phrase would be appropriate to use to respond to someone over text.

There is a difference between a conflict of opinion on characterization and bastardizing a character to fit them into an ableist mold. I agree that people have different interpretations of characters. However, there's a stark difference between that and consistently infantilizing autistic characters.

You have continued to portray autism in an offensive manner despite getting talked to multiple times. You do not listen to transfem people and their allies telling you when your posts are offensive. My post was links because it was for awareness, not calling you out. I assumed that anyone who looked at the links would be able to tell why your content is pushing harmful ideas.

I made an awareness post because I knew it would go nowhere if I confronted you again.

As for DMing me--I have talked to you about this, on discord, in a public server. You responded by (as far as I can tell) making a comic (your popular fanon vs canon one) after brushing me off. You became so dismissive I felt the need to DM you and apologize just to smooth things over.

You keep saying that if people approach you civilly, then you are open to change. However, I don't see any change happening. All I see is you tokenizing the members of the minorities that you are affecting that agree with you by holding them up as a defense.

You cannot brush off the serious ableism and transmisogyny you are perpetuating. I am more than happy to have a civil conversation about this if you truly want feedback. Feel free to DM me at any time. My message box is more than open, and I'm happy to explain anything I have said in further detail and listen to your side of the story.

Another callout post in the air.

I've been told about this post going around when someone was asking me if I was okay; so I've given into a lot of thought and I'm here explain. again. I will not display this person's name because I know the toxic part of my community will go ballistic and I hate that so much. Please don't.

The callout post in question:

Firstly, those who have tried went from being calm to immediately hostile when I tried to explain myself in dms. And the very rare few who reached out to me apologized for jumping to conclusions. You on the other hand, never tried reaching out to me once. If it's a confrontation in the discord server, then I'm not active in it and most likely forget. If it's a personal dm, I didn't get anything recent from you at all.

1. I did not defend C0nji. yes I do look at the whole anti/proshipping issue on both sides, doesn't mean I condone malicious creepy intent and doxxing/death threats. I'm just saying this artist is not a despicable person as far as I know, nor did they go out of their way of legitimately hurting others. With that being said, their whole idea of 'fiction doesn't affect reality' is very shallow-minded and gross considering how much it has put minors in danger, and they should learn to think about it but that's their choice, and problem. I'm not here to babysit.

2. The same claim I already debunked many times but will say again: I carelessly copy pasted old info and had no idea that word was still there but I removed the term 'Asperger's' and have stopped using it since, I was made aware of this years ago already. At the time I wasn't aware that in a deep negative history, and I've been around a few autistic mutuals who used that term as a scientific term.

3. Another of the same claim: Yes I do see Chihiro as a boy (or sometimes non-binary) cause as a trans man, it brings me comfort to see guys in a skirt with confidence. I'm not the most feminine guy but i'd like to have the freedom to explore without being misgendered. And if people do not like trans Sakura that's understandable, I just want to shed some light where trans woman can look buff, especially those who are as athletic as Sakura. The trans post you showed is meant to be a body positive for pre-op and post-op trans folk but you decided to flip it around and call it something else.

4. Me being genuinely upset of people making claims towards me doesn't automatically mean I've brushed off every transfem's concerns. Those who came forward to me, the conversations just became aggressive because they wouldn't listen or even consider my explanation that my intentions weren't malicious at all. Then the only trans woman who was civil came to me with fair criticism, told me I should be more specific with my content warnings when it comes to drawing pre-op bodies cause it would cause dysphoria for certain trans people, especially to trans women. That was where I listened and assured to be more cautious with how I portray my work.

5. The rest about me woobifying Taka and Gundham which I've addressed many times; characters dressing up in oversized sweaters or acting childlike/naïve doesn't automatically make them incapable or infant. That is never what I intend. And Gundham 'not knowing what sex is'- yes I know he's a breeder, human intercourse is a similar but different thing. He's asking Mondo in his own way because he has lacked connection with people for a long time; that's how I'm portraying, this also has been implied many times in his free time events and with how he talks to people. This is something where I relate to Gundham cause all I had was my art and imagination as a kid, so learning to interact with others is overwhelming.

I also don't understand that apparently Gundham needing people like Taka and Mondo (as dad-like figures) is so terrible- I'll say this now that yes I do portray Gundham as someone who is headstrong but he can feel very lonesome, he just doesn't how to express it. It's okay to need someone who truly accepts you or is that so wrong? Also it was never portrayed that Gundham or Taka need to reply on someone 24/7. so I really don't understand that argument you're trying to make. To me, It just sounds like autistic people shouldn't rely or need anyone at all cause it's offensive. If that's not what you mean I'm sorry, but that's what I'm perceiving cause all your statements are vague.

I not only do research but have talked to autistic mutuals/followers when developing my character Timmy; a lot of the valid criticism comes from how I should write his symptoms, showing both his mature and child-like sides etc, they even share their own experiences so I can illustrate them in a realistic and positive light. The way he's portrayed and capable of many things has made him relatable to a lot of people, which is something I'm trying to strive for; especially when some autistic people (who shared their experiences in my dms) behave like Timmy get ridiculed for ''''acting like 9 year olds'''' in my comment section which is something I never condone in my community I even made a comic post regarding that ableism.

No one is ever obligated to agree with the way I portray my stories and opinions; if someone doesn't like what I'm doing they are free to unfollow, block me and look for any other artist that does a better job in their art. My biggest issue with callout posts like this, is that people have different opinions of what makes a character a good or bad rep. It's very subjective and it depends on every person. Half of them including you do not like my representation, meanwhile the other half does enjoy my work, even find comfort in it. I'm not here to please every single person who didn't get everything they need from my work, I'm one man.

But the most painful part is not debunking these claims over and over; it's when my followers believe them right away without even asking me if they were true. It always leaves me unsurprised but disappointed. And yeah I'm not a good person, yes people tend to get scared of me that's fair, but I'm not as despicable as so many of these callout posts claim. I have talked to certain followers who have the decency to ask me what's going on; followers who actually listened to my explanation, and I listened to them back when they have questions. You don't even have to agree or like me after my explanation, just have the courtesy to ask before jumping to conclusions.

So yeah, the callout post is vague, and blown a lot of things I drew out of proportion and turned them into malicious intent which was never my approach. I was going to personally dm you about this but you have lost it the moment you made an 'awareness' post instead that does more damage than good. Feel free to keep your post up, feel free to think what you will. I just want to say all this to people who are genuinely confused. Whatever you plan to do, go ahead. I'm exhausted and have more in life to worry about. Unless followers genuinely want to ask questions to know more, this will be last time I confront the same. claims.

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a combination of language and script code (e.g. “sr-Cyrl” or “sr-Latn“), or

a combination of language, script and region codes (e.g. “sr-hu-Latn“)

A special value of “x-default”, used for country/language selectors and redirector pages. These pages are not specific to any language/locale. Users either choose their language/country (e.g. from a map or dropdown box), or the website uses the IP address of the visitor to this page and automatically redirects them to the page that is appropriate for them.

Examples of invalid Hreflang

Here are some examples of invalid language codes found recently by the online testing tool. See if you can figure out why these codes are incorrect:

en_US: Underscore used instead of hyphen

en-en: The second “en” is incorrect because “en” is not a valid region code.

en-UK: “uk” is not a valid region code. Use “en-GB”.

us-en: The order is inverted. It should be “en-US”.

ua: ua is not a language code. It is a region code. So it is incorrect to use it by itself, i.e. without a language code.

cmn-CN: The country code for China is correct (this page was in Chinese and the URL was a .cn URL. The language code is incorrect.

Valid Codes for Reference

Valid Language Codes (2-character ISO-639-1 Codes)

A list of valid 2-character language codes is as follows (the format is ISO 639-1): aa, ab, ae, af, ak, am, an, ar, as, av, ay, az, ba, be, bg, bh, bi, bm, bn, bo, br, bs, ca, ce, ch, co, cr, cs, cu, cv, cy, da, de, dv, dz, ee, el, en, eo, es, et, eu, fa, ff, fi, fj, fo, fr, fy, ga, gd, gl, gn, gu, gv, ha, he, hi, ho, hr, ht, hu, hy, hz, ia, id, ie, ig, ii, ik, io, is, it, iu, ja, jv, ka, kg, ki, kj, kk, kl, km, kn, ko, kr, ks, ku, kv, kw, ky, la, lb, lg, li, ln, lo, lt, lu, lv, mg, mh, mi, mk, ml, mn, mr, ms, mt, my, na, nb, nd, ne, ng, nl, nn, no, nr, nv, ny, oc, oj, om, or, os, pa, pi, pl, ps, pt, qu, rm, rn, ro, ru, rw, sa, sc, sd, se, sg, si, sk, sl, sm, sn, so, sq, sr, ss, st, su, sv, sw, ta, te, tg, th, ti, tk, tl, tn, to, tr, ts, tt, tw, ty, ug, uk, ur, uz, ve, vi, vo, wa, wo, xh, yi, yo, za, zh, zu

Valid Region Codes (2-character ISO-3166-1 Codes)

And here are all the valid region codes (ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2 format; note that the code for the United Kingdom is “GB”, not “UK”): AD, AE, AF, AG, AI, AL, AM, AO, AQ, AR, AS, AT, AU, AW, AX, AZ, BA, BB, BD, BE, BF, BG, BH, BI, BJ, BL, BM, BN, BO, BQ, BR, BS, BT, BV, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CC, CD, CF, CG, CH, CI, CK, CL, CM, CN, CO, CR, CU, CV, CW, CX, CY, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, EH, ER, ES, ET, FI, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, GA, GB, GD, GE, GF, GG, GH, GI, GL, GM, GN, GP, GQ, GR, GS, GT, GU, GW, GY, HK, HM, HN, HR, HT, HU, ID, IE, IL, IM, IN, IO, IQ, IR, IS, IT, JE, JM, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KI, KM, KN, KP, KR, KW, KY, KZ, LA, LB, LC, LI, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LV, LY, MA, MC, MD, ME, MF, MG, MH, MK, ML, MM, MN, MO, MP, MQ, MR, MS, MT, MU, MV, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NC, NE, NF, NG, NI, NL, NO, NP, NR, NU, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PF, PG, PH, PK, PL, PM, PN, PR, PS, PT, PW, PY, QA, RE, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SB, SC, SD, SE, SG, SH, SI, SJ, SK, SL, SM, SN, SO, SR, SS, ST, SV, SX, SY, SZ, TC, TD, TF, TG, TH, TJ, TK, TL, TM, TN, TO, TR, TT, TV, TW, TZ, UA, UG, UM, US, UY, UZ, VA, VC, VE, VG, VI, VN, VU, WF, WS, YE, YT, ZA, ZM, ZW

Valid Script Codes (4-character ISO 15924 Codes)

All valid script codes are as follows (the format is ISO 15924): Adlm, Afak, Aghb, Ahom, Arab, Aran, Armi, Armn, Avst, Bali, Bamu, Bass, Batk, Beng, Bhks, Blis, Bopo, Brah, Brai, Bugi, Buhd, Cakm, Cans, Cari, Cham, Cher, Cirt, Copt, Cprt, Cyrl, Cyrs, Deva, Dsrt, Dupl, Egyd, Egyh, Egyp, Elba, Ethi, Geok, Geor, Glag, Goth, Gran, Grek, Gujr, Guru, Hang, Hani, Hano, Hans, Hant, Hatr, Hebr, Hira, Hluw, Hmng, Hrkt, Hung, Inds, Ital, Java, Jpan, Jurc, Kali, Kana, Khar, Khmr, Khoj, Kitl, Kits, Knda, Kore, Kpel, Kthi, Lana, Laoo, Latf, Latg, Latn, Leke, Lepc, Limb, Lina, Linb, Lisu, Loma, Lyci, Lydi, Mahj, Mand, Mani, Marc, Maya, Mend, Merc, Mero, Mlym, Modi, Mong, Moon, Mroo, Mtei, Mult, Mymr, Narb, Nbat, Nkgb, Nkoo, Nshu, Ogam, Olck, Orkh, Orya, Osge, Osma, Palm, Pauc, Perm, Phag, Phli, Phlp, Phlv, Phnx, Plrd, Prti, Rjng, Roro, Runr, Samr, Sara, Sarb, Saur, Sgnw, Shaw, Shrd, Sidd, Sind, Sinh, Sora, Sund, Sylo, Syrc, Syre, Syrj, Syrn, Tagb, Takr, Tale, Talu, Taml, Tang, Tavt, Telu, Teng, Tfng, Tglg, Thaa, Thai, Tibt, Tirh, Ugar, Vaii, Visp, Wara, Wole, Xpeo, Xsux, Yiii