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I think we can share the A with Agender and Aro Spec if others miss them.
Not a shouting match, kind of thing, merely, going Ah, I'm Ace Spec, but the A also means Agender and Aro Spec too.
That's it. No, I am not asking for Ally to be added. So let's celebrate the A with occasionally mentioning Aromantics and Agender exist under the letter, too?
This is AI slop and why AI can't do traditional clothing. (including European)
Let's play, what's wrong with this AI slop which I got from here:
Explore 10 timeless facts about Korean folk art, highlighting traditional crafts, paintings, and regional styles for art enthusiasts.
Though the name of the website is iffy... as well as some of the info.
Anyway, I'll give you some time to really stare at what's wrong with these images before I give it a go. Ya ready?
This is why you shouldn't use Gen AI for traditional clothing and also for any historical clothing. The thing is a human can use google images to find out which ones are the real ones and then correspond words to a mental image. Most of the time when you get it wrong it'll come off incredibly racist. (in this case) or make a historian cry.
Before anyone says, "But-but you're disincluding white people"
Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2C0xI1mPNY
Gen AI doesn't know historical if it slapped it in its face.
So let's go and see if your answers match mine (Because I know hanbok from Korean diaspora in China to North Korean all the way back to Goguryeo...)
Is this racist. Yes. Definitely.
First obvious sign is that the hangeul is off. lol
ă ˘ you cannot pronounce that. Plus it looks too much like ĺ
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Haha means nothing (accounting for the wrong hangeul)
Is that racist? Oh, most definitely.
But let's continue...
The tie (otgoreum) in red is in the wrong place to secure the hanbok in the image.
So you see the red tab? Yes. It's supposed to go there on the Jeogori.
Is the otgoeum tied wrong? yes.
One bow on one side, to fasten.
WHY you might ask. A full knot is harder to release and when you have expensive ass fabric, you don't want it bunching like in a full knot.
Why not a bow tie? It's because a bow tie comes loose much more easily than one sided tie, which is why you constantly have to tie your shoes.
The sleeves are wrong... YES, there are some Koreans who cut down their sleeves making you want to cry in your ancestors and go BUT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HANBOK! Going over this part would take some time... so... let's move on.
You can see the sleeves flare at the end, which they wouldn't.
The Jeogori is too high
for a modern hanbok. Might be OK at the end of the 19th century, but modern ones are slightly longer.
The Chima's (skirt) belt should be UNDER the armpits and OVER the breasts.
The jeogori covers the chima and the breasts.
Embroidery
Any embroidery would reasonably be on the cuffs, not on the body of the skirt and jeogori. This is because Korea had limited land, so couldn't sew directly onto the fabric, so, it often was sewed on muslin then sewed onto the fabric. This way, if it preserved, it would be able to be moved to a new fabric. Thus hanbok were designed (as many older traditional clothes) to be flexible.
Yes, on more expensive hanbok, like the ones worn on wedding days, there were embroidery on the main body, BUT that hanbok was 1. Meant to be passed down through the generations. 2. Was NOT for everyday wear.
Where you place embroidery and embellishments really did matter with clothing before the industrial revolution. You didn't want to spend a month an embroidery only to not be able to transfer it to another piece of clothing if the older clothing ripped. This is why the cuffs were removable and designed purposefully to be so.
Recently I promised a post or two on traditional Korean costume, the Hanbok, and here's the first, showcasing both some lovely clothes on
Having embroidered of foiled cuffs was a show of luxury.
You, contemporary person probably take that for granted.
I had someone yell at me across the street to use a sewing machine when I was making a Dangui patch by hand.
But the thing was it was gold thread that snaps easily, so... even if I had 500 extra dollars, I wouldn't be able to do it.
The random tie on her right side.
Why? That's all. It doesn't connect to anywhere.
Two random ties streaming from her Chima (right side bottom)
No.
Random puckering from top section of chima to bottom. Fabric conservation. No.
Pattern is random on embroidery...
South Korean hanbok, which they seemed to be aiming for, is often understated.
Compare the usage of negative space on the genuine cuff compared to the skirt. It connects on the cuff, the pattern is understated, but thoughtful. The embroidery on the chima is chaotic.
Some of the motifs also feel Chinese in design, but going over that is a whole other thing.
And the collar... For some reason the AI thinks the paper collar is cloth. But it isn't supposed to be. It's like interfacing and supposed to be smooth. Compare to the picture of the wedding/Princess picture.
The background is also strange. Idungetit. What is the tree doing?
Second image:
The other image... the Gat is wrong, the hairstyle is wrong, The chima is in the wrong place, The paji are tied like the skirt of a hanfu (Chinese) from Tang. TT Fucking racist. The tie on both clothing is wrong. There are random Chinese closures to the male hanbok. WHY?
The paper collar on both is again, wrong.
This is a hell no.
Random Chinese motifs on the hanbok. (While there is cross over, we also have very marked differences).
So stop using AI to generate traditional PoC clothing. It can't do it. The best you can get is something deeply racist (I can't tell the difference between Chinese and Korean clothing), or can't even write anything in real Korean. And why do that to yourself? Why appear racist at all?
FAIL
BTW, if any Koreans was to comment with OMG, But you're making hanbok inaccessible to foreigners... yes, because they should be buying hanbok from us Koreans.
So Scrivener has a "Location" Template, but I thought it was rather weak, so I beefed it up to have more things to think on, but not necessarily fill out. I used my inner nerd, Sociology and Anthropology to make this one.
As a Scrivener Template, I set it up to look like this (with invisibles on)
Here is the list of items I put in.
I know most people will do maybe the Name, name origin, the Geography, but for me, I like to know the people who live there and how the place woks in a social setting to get the place to feel alive and breathe.
This is my city template.
For other locations, like say a mountain or lake, you probably could cut the majority of the list.
For individual buildings, etc, I'm more inclined to post a picture of the layout.
My favorite parts of the building up the locations are the grunt workers over the professionals. It makes your locations feel alive when the village/town/city is changing in some way or other. There is construction, the sewer system failed, the cogs fells out of place, the steam isn't steaming, etc. So it's worth it to put a little thought into it. Oh noes, there is a pothole, so a construction crew has to fix it. Often other world fantasy neglects this part, but in a way, a city/town, etc is a breathing changing entity, so it makes it feel much more vivid when it is doing that and maybe a small action your characters do affects that indirectly.
BTW, while you're at it, be a bit more creative with your prison system. You don't have to say lock up people with mental health problems and the poor. You could actually restructure society so that there isn't a permanent homeless and prison population, or children running around without homes or supervision. All those institutions you have in your day to day life--you could challenge them change them because you're wolrdbuilding.
Here is the text for those that don't have Scrivener or your screen reader is failing you.
Name of Setting
General Information
Graphemes:
Meaning:
Origin:
Nicknames:
Role in Story:
Type of Place:
Government Type:
Story
Characters Associated:
Geographical Features
Climate:
Soil Types:
Vegetation:
Water Resources:
Landforms:
Mineral Resources:
Geological Description:
Demographics
Ethnicities:
Race:
Age:
Socio-Economic range:
Religions:
Population Numbers:
Population Density:
Political Landscape:
Economy
Real Estate:
Finance:
Large Companies:
Production and Industry:
Buildings:
Economic History:
Community
Schools: (How many? How many students pers school? What levels?)
Major Parks:
Mixed Use Locations:
Major Public Places:
Must-See Locations:
Unique Features:
Utilities and Public Works
Lights: (Gas? Electricity Magic Fire)
Water Works: (How does water get to your residents?)
Safety: (Fire, Fire Warning, Law Enforcement, etc)
Park Services: (Who cleans up the Parks, trims the trees, etc)
Trash and Recycling Removal:
Public Transportation:
Mail:
Communication:
Street Cleaners:
Sewer System:
Health Services: (Out of Pocket, Public, Private, Types of Practitioners)
Mental Health Services:
School System: (Public, Private, Home, Mixed? Who gets it?)
Writing Advice: tips, tricks & helpful links, from your friendly neighbourhood fanfic author â¨
(part twoâthe resources)
see part oneâthe advice here
verbiage:
⢠show, don't tellâa guide by @lyralit
⢠this crazy big list of dialogue tags from @slayingfiction
diversity & inclusive writing:
⢠a collection of helpful posts about BIPOC, gender, and body neutral inclusion in writing collated by @lavenderursa
⢠this post on writing disabled characters by @cripplecharacters if you're not writing from experience
adding depth to your characters:
⢠exploring character backstory and good traits gone bad by @saraswritingtipps
⢠dark past ideas from @sas-soulwriter
⢠@lyralit's list of things to think about when crafting a character
story structure and depth:
⢠plot structures and this story planning template from @wordsnstuff
⢠this collection of links from @oflights including fantasy name generators, child development guides, and height comparison visuals
⢠finally, @writingquestionsanswered full stop, they have some fantastic guides and advice on things like this post on how to deal with writer's block and this one on how to start a story.
smut (i'm not gonna lie, there's a lot of smut resources):
⢠the classicâquinnanderson's 'ultimate guide to writing smut fic' on AO3
⢠smut synonyms from @plaidstiel-wormstache
⢠@maybeeatspaghetti's smutty dictionary
⢠another smut thesaurus from @prurientpuddlejumper
⢠this list of praise kink dialogue, also a good site for sex positions
⢠sex positions for deep penetration (with diagrams)
⢠this guide by @void-my-warranty
⢠and not quite smut, but this post on how to write a kiss scene from @youneedsomeprompts
writing software:
⢠a collection of alternatives to google docs, by @the960writers
⢠here is @yekokataa's AO3 template for scrivener
prompts, for when you want to write but need a nudge:
⢠@creativepromptsforwriting
⢠@deity-prompts (who also has an excellent masterlist of writer's advice)
I may update this list occasionally who knows, but for now I hope some of you find it helpful đ
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