assuming the tropics

a small ask/rp blog made for fun! (responses may still be slow, this is mainlyfor fun) | |main is @sarina-elais| | this account is 16 plus as it deals with...really heavy topics. please keep that in mind when interacting!

[askmayirmc]

(A lot of this info can be found on that, but since it’s really messy I’ll also put it here. Also yes I did steal (with permission) ....most of this from @asksharkmc)

Asks are: open! So open. Omg please send asks/lh

Am I on hiatus?: kinda, more building up a year's worth of monthly posts lol

Rules

Look. No NSFW. No. This is an 11 year old orphan. No.

This ask blog is 16+ unless I, the mod, know you.

This blog will deal with heavy topics.

...please dont....make them eat any stones./j

These rules are subject to change as i will be adding to them

This is run by a single person, do not expect often updates.

.....mayir is both ELEVEN and ACE. please refrain from shipping them with anyone

Keep asks and things of the like on brand for this ask blog, ie. No crossovers that aren't minecraft related unless talked about extensively with the mod of this account (sal)

Character Info

Name: mayir

Age: 11

Gender: nonbinary (they/them Pronouns)

Species: tropical mermaid

Current Vibe: exhausted.

Blog Info under the cut

This is a hobby-type semi-casual blog. For the most part it’ll be simplistic in nature and art style unless I’m feeling particularly energized. It’s all for fun.

There are plot and character points to discover, and things that will develop over time with interaction. For the most part, these are all character-based, but I do have external lore for the world set up as well. It all depends on what happens!

This is a semi-rp blog, meaning not all my responses will be 100% drawings. Sometimes characters will continue to speak outside of the drawn responses.

I’m fairly lenient, so I take M!Anons as long as they’re not too over the top, and I personally love character interactions. Rp threads/interaction threads are encouraged, just know I might not 100% draw your character if I’m not sure if I can draw them correctly.

Also I *for the life of me* can not draw open mouths. Its one of my struggles and honestly I just got over my need for bases.

Character Ref Sheet (kinda bare bones tbh)

[askmayirmc]

Heya, mod here.

Well. I've hit either art block. Or something.

Or my brain hates me. Either way my ability to continue this is been....stifled. and for that I apologize. Sincerely.

I swear I'm not dead though and I do have plans. I just.....guess I'm on a hiatus again till I have motivation again

Sorry.

[askmayirmc]

oops accidental hiatus

ok guys look, I did not mean to just kinda die. i kinnnddaaa failed to keep up with my que, totally my fault I know. but hey I was trying to get into college and now my phone has crapped out for only Tumblr. so, my formatting maaayy be off for a bit.

but I *promise* you guys I'm working on some new posts, it may take a bit but woooo! I ain't dead yet! though I am moving to a once or twice a month schedule and hoping it's more manageable.

[askmayirmc]

Update to this a.. bit afterwards. Turns out that was a warning sign that my phone was craping out entirely so. New phone, working on things actively now cause summer. Hopefully I can manage things better this time.

[sollyraptor]

Are you a Minecraft Ask Blog?

Comment or Reblog to get a handful of new fresh asks!

Wowee, it's been nearly a year since my last post of this sort! About time to distribute some snack-sized asks once again. :0

Surely, if you leave a comment or reblog, I'll leave some trivia questions and maybe little hc/lore questions on your blogs! I can't guarantee any of them to be significant, but fun either way!

I like to lurk around as an anon and spread my questions out, so you may never be certain. Feel always free to sort asks out and delete those that have you stumped. No bad feelings in doing so, you don't need answer each and every one.

I can also do RPs and interactions! Please include that with your comment/reblog if you are interested at all and whether they shall be unprompted or planned ahead. I do have a sneaky and secluded RP blog for more low-maintenance RPs, but fun all the same. ( @the-raptors-lore )

I am a little skittish around new folks (I am mostly a lurker lol) and I do not know every character you have in store. So be wary questions may be generalised and non-character specific. P:

[askmayirmc]

You don't honestly have to post much to my blog, I'm trying to build up posts so I at least have a buffer for one post a month for a year. So some help honestly would be appreciated, and I'll try and do the same for you!

[bicinno]

Reblog if it's OK for other artists to draw your OCs

Sometimes I get too timid to send asks to ask. I want to see how many people are ok with artists drawing their OCs!

[askmayirmc]

[Always appreciate people drawing my characters! So doodle away if you so please!]

[askmayirmc]

Hey! Mod here. I'm gonna be on hiatus until I poison all my art! You know! Cause of course I have to do that! I hope yall can hear my overly cheerful rage at the fact tumbler probably may start allowing scraping from their artists and shit! But until then see ya! I'll be working on my buffer and shit.

(Tldr)

Hiatus until everyone is in order here, sorry guys.

[jv]

What is this about the tumblr staff wanting to sell art data to midjourney?

An ex-colleague of mine mentioned yesterday that there may be contacts between Automattic and midjourney in that direction, but nothing is public yet and I don't have any more info. They probably won't have anything specific to share either, since they left the company weeks ago too. That being said:

I have no reason to doubt my ex-coworker word, they are a trustworthy person.

Tumblr's CEO has been absurdly enthusiastic (comically, even) about AI, and is a big fan of LLMs and 'AI' companies.

A deal with midjourney could solve tumblr financial issues (not the same company, but openAi is paying up to 5 million/year to news companies to use their content as training data... tumblr generates several orders of magnitude more content than any newspaper or any media company and it only would need a 20 to 30 million per year deal to be profitable)

So I don't have any extra info yet, but I'm keeping my ears open.

[jv]

And I just got confirmation from a second ex-colleague that a deal with midjourney has been brewing since months ago. Not any extra details, just that's a real thing.

Shit, I don't see any way for this to happen that doesn't make it an apocalyptic event the size of the porn ban. Fuck.

[jv]

Shit. This may be pure chance and coincidence, and it's not he is in a position to be able to talk about anything, but seeing prominent staff members announcing they are moving their original photography out of tumblr just two weeks ago seems a pretty significant cue of shit to be about to hit the fan.

[salora-rainriver]

Just tested. It’s possible to swap out pictures on already-published posts. So in that case, a solution:

Nightshade your photo posts now.

Even if you don’t post your own art anymore, go back to your old stuff and watermark it.

Do it ASAP, before the deal goes through and the scraping begins.

This will not only protect your art, but has the opportunity to fuck over this deal on a pretty large scale. The more of these posts that are glazed or poisoned, the less valuable this deal becomes for tumblr and midjourney.

Share this with everyone. And i do mean everyone.

[askmayirmc]

oops accidental hiatus

ok guys look, I did not mean to just kinda die. i kinnnddaaa failed to keep up with my que, totally my fault I know. but hey I was trying to get into college and now my phone has crapped out for only Tumblr. so, my formatting maaayy be off for a bit.

but I *promise* you guys I'm working on some new posts, it may take a bit but woooo! I ain't dead yet! though I am moving to a once or twice a month schedule and hoping it's more manageable.

[askmayirmc]

Have you met any underwater creatures? Like pufferfish, salmon, dolphins?

"Well as I've already said, dolphins don't go this deep down"

"Salmons however sometimes do and are honestly...the easiest fish to catch. They've become a good food source"

"Pwupher phish arwe a bit difwent, harder to cautch but good fwor mediswine. Thay numwba"

[askmayirmc]

Lilac (@asktheminecraftians) managed to keep pace with this stupid little silver fish; now if she could just catch it! She didn't even notice that she was in a completely different ocean than the one she lived in! Lilac finally caught the pesky fish, stowing it into her inventory, and then... realizing she wasn't in the same ocean. The royal gramma mermaid looked around for a second, then noticed another form.

They looked like another merfolk, but they seemed to be young and... all alone? Lilac felt a twinge in her chest, seeming to feel something. She swam a little closer to the other mer, trying not to startle them. She carefully called out, "Um... hey there. I didn't mean to end up here, I was chasin' a fish in my waters and got lost. Do you... are you alone? Are you alright? Do you have a school or... I've heard some people say a pod?"

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[Hi Sal! It's Helios from the ask blog server! Lilac needs friends and I noticed she and Mayir are similar in having been on their own for a long time. :0

No rush, and no pressure, I figured this could move into her into asking them about their pod, if you want to drop some lore! :)]

"Mmm?!"

"Ah hah...yeahhhh nooo I don't got a pod anymore....... nor am I even near a shole"

"Sooo, yeah. Just me. ....sorry"

[heliosandtheminecraftians]

Lilac seems like seeing this merfolk all by themself struck a chord in her. Having been by herself so young, she seemed to feel deep concern for the other. But she didn’t want to invade their privacy, she so awaited an answer.

- - -

[Sorry for taking so long to reply! I was having a hard time, working, and my laptop just died today!

I’m excited to see where this goes!]

[askmayirmc]

[Gonna quietly add a read more so it doesn't look that long, response is under the cut, I hope]

"My name? Oh I do have one i don't mind the question"

"Its Mayir, nice to meet you, though I do have to ask"

"Why are you so far down here? Its gotta be chilly for a costal mer like yourself"

[askmayirmc]

What's in that chest next to the portal??

"Oh! This chest? its just useful materials and stuff."

"Here! Let me show you"

"Food, cloth, got some sticks in there and um......"

"Just the....uh... necessary things!"

[askmayirmc]

[askmayirmc]

Hey, this is a message from the mod of this account. Sorry for this not being expected content.

Unfortunately im back in a place that somewhat stifles my artistic motivation so while the ask box is still open to all my responses may start to slow as well, empty ask box and no motivation.

Hopefully this isn't the case as I've still got some buffer and motivation but, be warned.

[askmayirmc]

Sleepy mer need a nap

[askmayirmc]

A letter from Penny drifts in a bottle near Mayir. It reads: "Hello, Mermaid girl! I hope this letter finds you well... Actually, I hope this letter actually finds you since all I know is that you live in the ocean... I think? Anyway, I'm writing in the hopes that you found your home and that you're safe! I may not be the most memorable person to you, but I can't help but wonder whatever happened to you. I hope you're well, whenever this letter finds you! From, Penny"

"Huh?"

"Uhhh....maybe one of the ladies i met wants me to ......visit?"

"Maybe?? Ink and water don't really mix soo...uhm...I can't read this that well"

[askmayirmc]

So does this mean your eyes have adjusted to the light?

"Have....I adjusted to...the light? Fuck no."

"Im gonna be honest to you. I've kinda been flash banged by whatever the fuck was up there......ow"

[askmayirmc]

Lilac (@asktheminecraftians) managed to keep pace with this stupid little silver fish; now if she could just catch it! She didn't even notice that she was in a completely different ocean than the one she lived in! Lilac finally caught the pesky fish, stowing it into her inventory, and then... realizing she wasn't in the same ocean. The royal gramma mermaid looked around for a second, then noticed another form.

They looked like another merfolk, but they seemed to be young and... all alone? Lilac felt a twinge in her chest, seeming to feel something. She swam a little closer to the other mer, trying not to startle them. She carefully called out, "Um... hey there. I didn't mean to end up here, I was chasin' a fish in my waters and got lost. Do you... are you alone? Are you alright? Do you have a school or... I've heard some people say a pod?"

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[Hi Sal! It's Helios from the ask blog server! Lilac needs friends and I noticed she and Mayir are similar in having been on their own for a long time. :0

No rush, and no pressure, I figured this could move into her into asking them about their pod, if you want to drop some lore! :)]

"Mmm?!"

"Ah hah...yeahhhh nooo I don't got a pod anymore....... nor am I even near a shole"

"Sooo, yeah. Just me. ....sorry"