You can call me Oracle (or Li).
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so, this is a very random...i guess i'd call it a costume design challenge more than a character design challenge. entirely self-inflicted, though i'd be curious to know if anyone has had a similar idea.
basically, i re-read Sleepless Domain recently and was thinking about revamping/redrawing my oc. and then i was scrolling tvtropes and saw that apparently Cube mentioned the idea of a foundationist-run private school called Founder's Blessing. i toyed with idea of making my oc from there for about 2 seconds before discarding it for multiple reasons including "i would have to develop the uniform and lore based of essentially nothing!"
but even after discarding the idea for my oc, the thought of designing a uniform for Founder's Blessing wouldn't leave, so i pulled out my sketchbook and..uh...
i now have a potential uniform design for a school that has had no actual relevance in the story thus far.
rambling about my design choices under the cut:
the only things i really had to go on were this page showing a foundationist, Cube saying "their uniforms are pretty rad" and the fact that they're a religious boarding school, which made me inclined to lean in the direction of them having a more regal/formal/buttoned-up look than Future's Promise (as opposed to a more casual one, which could be its own type of "pretty rad"). for that reason, i opted for a waistcoat to give a more "fancy" feel, and then spruced it up by making the buttons resemble a marching band jacket. that also adds a hint of a military feel to the uniform, which felt appropriate. (i also think a marching band uniform makes a great potential base for a magical girl uniform, so...again, appropriate.)
i then played around with various ways to wear it, summer vs winter sleeves, options for lower garments, that sort of thing. i decided i liked what i had - a good overall look with plenty of room to play around to showcase an individual's personality.
finally, since the Future's Promise uniform has a blazer but no waistcoat, i decided to add a bit of contrast by leaving the Founder's Blessing as having a waistcoat with no blazer. however, i was still thinking about a potential outer layer, and i wanted to work in that alchemical sun symbol (seen on the foundationist) in a way that was a bit less subtle than the ascot pin. eventually i landed on the idea of a capelet using it as the clasp, with the idea that this is something that's worn for more formal occasions (award ceremonies, representing the school, maybe religious ceremonies) as opposed to day-to-day classes.
the black and gold color scheme came from the foundationist, but i thought it really worked for both the "formal churchy" vibe i was going for and the "pretty rad" vibe specified by Cube. i did feel like i wanted something with a bit more character than a white shirt, but a black shirt limited my options for contrast too much - eventually i settled on the grey shirt because it matched the black in a monochromatic way and the gold in a "silver and gold" way for a unified, elegant color scheme. the cream was initially intended for the capelet to contrast with the rest of the outfit while still matching the monochrome + gold scheme (and giving off a regal + holy feeling), but i ended up liking it more for the skirt and not liking the look of having the skirt and capelet match. so then i ended up playing around with a few colors for the capelet, including other colors from the palette and a few wildcard options (i ended up really liking a slightly-teal blue, but ultimately i just thought black looked the coolest).
the skirt was actually the hardest part for me to design. my original concept was a black plaid skirt (very classic school uniform look), but i thought that might be too complicated for a webcomic design and switched to a single gold stripe/ribbon on a black skirt. but then while looking at references, i got reminded that rue's magical girl form does have a plaid skirt, and i thought the plaid might work after all and tried to design a silver-and-gold plaid over the black. but it still ended up getting quite complicated in a hurry, and i wasn't really loving it either. so i switched back to the stripe idea, but keeping both the gold and silver. i played with various stripe configurations (including going back to a single stripe with one color), but i wasn't loving any of them, and i didn't like leaving the skirt as just plain black because it blended into the vest too much. finally, as a hail mary option, i let go of the black skirt and tried coloring it silver...and i hated having the skirt match the shirt even more than having the skirt match the vest. but then i tried coloring it with the cream from the capelet, and i actually really liked that! (although it did make me want to change the capelet to something else.) after a bit more experimenting confirmed for me that silver shirt, black vest + capelet, and cream skirt was definitely the combination i wanted to go with, i did a bit more playing with stripe patterns on the skirt and found something i was actually happy with.
finally, i wanted to showcase the variations a bit more (and do some more full-body drawings) by quickly coming up with some characters with different personalities who would wear the uniform in their own way. (they aren't meant to be a team or anything; just some random concepts. that being said, i did consider sigil design to be an important part of designing SD magical girls even when they mostly ended up being covered by the clothing so here's a bonus version with their sigils)
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when you are making and reading posts about dire predictions for quality of life, do not forget about reservations.
we already have issues accessing clean water. we already experience devastation from climate change. we are already going missing for our race. we are already being murdered for our culture.
it will only get worse.
it’s possible to live through. every single person indigenous to north america has a chance to live through this. i’m not trying to fear monger; i’m trying to remind you.
please do not forget about us when you assure people that “everything will be okay; people are living under far worse circumstances in other countries”.
people are living under far worse circumstances here. and it can get worse. and it will get worse. and we need you to remember that we’re here when it happens.
Because of mining, Navajo people living on the reservation have high levels of uranium in their environment, which translates to high levels of uranium in their bodies, and thus very high rates of certain types of cancer, such as blood cancers like leukemia.
Because of how hamstrung reservation law enforcement is and how the laws governing non-tribal people on reservations are constructed, in many reservations (such as the Cherokee land in western North Carolina) white men can (and do) go into the reservation and assault and rape the women with immunity. Reservation cops can't pursue them off the territory or extradict them back into the reservation, and because they're not enrolled they're not subject to Eastern Band laws. And since it happened on reservation land, colonizer law enforcement won't touch them.
And that's just two examples of the continuing genocide of Indigenous people of the United States.
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i feel so defensive and protective of people with ARFID like if i had a disorder that made my brain register 90% of food as poison for no reason and i had a bazillion people on the internet constantly calling me a manchild who needs to just grow up and stop being a picky eater i would start killing people
people with ARFID and people with very few autism safe foods and people with contamination OCD and people in ED recovery and everyone else with a complicated relationship with food that no one takes seriously GET BEHIND ME!!!!!!!
genuinely I do love katara and sokka as a representation of how Indigenous people can be written in a fantasy setting and it was nice to have something like that in a childhood that was spent consuming a lot of media set in fantastical worlds. however I think if those are the only fictional Indigenous characters you can name, especially like as an adult, you should really make an effort to also engage with stories that portray real Indigenous people and cultures in the real world
actually I’m going to add to this and say something that I know will be very controversial on tumblr but. if the only fictional Indigenous characters you as an adult can name in general are from solely children’s media, you should really make an effort to engage with a broader range of stories that portray real Indigenous people and cultures in the real world. sorry. I know this is a touchy subject. This isn’t meant as an indictment of adults who engage with children’s media overall. I just think those shouldn’t be, like, the only Indigenous characters you’re exposed to. respectfully. you’re going to be missing out on a lot of aspects of our stories, frankly. no matter how deep you think that story tailored to a child audience is. it very well may be. it was still written with children in mind first and foremost. please attempt to broaden your horizons.
and if I’m being really honest? once you’ve finished listing fictional Indigenous characters you’ve heard of? my challenge to you, white tumblr user, is to name at least one work of non-fiction (book, essay, documentary, etc) created by an actual Indigenous person. you’re allowed to use search engines you just have to name one. and then you have to engage with that work, if you haven’t already.
no woman should ever have to explain why she doesnt do something to her body.... 'why don't you wear makeup?' 'why don't you shave?' like. thats what i look like. idk what to tell you
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Trans people of color!!! Do not let the culture around you stop you from choosing a name that speaks to your heritage. When I was settling on my name, I had white trans people around me tell me that my name would be too hard to pronounce or too long for most people. [Four syllable Latin name, go figure]
I'm glad I didn't listen and decided to stay true to myself and I chose a traditionally Afro-Brazilian that still makes me happy to this day. Don't feel pressured to assimilate or make yourself more palpable for white people, little reminder!
this scene is so underrated. he claimed a prophecy foretelling his death so that nico wouldn't die. a prophecy that thalia knowingly passed onto him mere pages before (for a good reason, yes).
this scene is the absolute pinnacle of his character. he just watched so many failures of their world. nico losing his sister and being left alone. luke hurting everyone he loved because of the gods' terrible treatment. zoë's death at her father's hand. everything that happened to bianca. he watched all of this knowing how wrong it was and said to the girl who was left by everyone who was supposed to care about her, "no. i will not let this happen again unless i am the last one this happens to," and then spent the next year and a half expecting to die on his 16th birthday. wtf.
Btw when they ask if you have questions some actual good options are stuff like “what’s a typical day like in this role” or “is this job open because someone is leaving or is this a new position”
Another good question I stole from a reddit post that has really impressed all interviewers (two job offers!) is: "let's say you hire me and in a year you're thinking you made a really great choice. What will I have done to make you think that?"
It gets them talking about what they're looking for in the role, thinking about how you could fit it, and lets you end the interview getting to reiterate how good you would be for the role and how enthusiastic you are for it.
Frankly, I feel like this is such a tell on how much of an ally someone is. If you keep saying "poc person" or "poc [artist]" because you THINK it sounds right and that's what everyone else is saying, what does that say about your understanding of us? Because I imagine if you frequently interact with people of color, this wouldn't be a mistake you make
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Come to think of it, it really is insane that my entire country is burning alive and literally no one in the rest of the world cares. Thousands of Indians are dying every day from the heat, it's 45+ degrees in multiple areas, the government couldn't give two fucks, we're getting severe warnings and red alerts, and not a soul outside of South Asia is speaking about it because why would you ever care about brown people
the highest recorded wet bulb temperatures in the world occur in india, jsyk. in odisha, they’ve hit 34.6 degrees celsius. the human survivability limit is 35 degrees celsius but the body faces significant risks, potentially fatal risks, even at 30 degrees as it starts failing to cool itself, like i’m talking organ failure levels of risk. climate change isn’t coming to peak, it’s been in the global south where you can’t see it or feel it.
imagine temperatures that high and humidity as high as 75%—you make more heat than you can ever cool. your sweat cannot evaporate fast enough. you literally boil alive. heat deaths in india are underreported and they already hit the thousands. there is no plan, for a nation of almost 2 billion people. no plan. nothing.
man, i’m sorry—this breaks my heart. i went to odisha during one of the trips home to india to visit my mom’s family and it is one of the most remarkable and deeply wondrous places that i have ever seen. i wish that was how i could speak about it all the time. it’s a place that eternalizes human creativity and devotion towards the sublime. i wish anybody cared about india as much as it deserves to be cared for, starting with care from our own government.
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