[theshitpostcalligrapher]

req'd by @sweetwinter

welp aint that just the world

text: I didn't expect that karma's a bitch

[dragonaeve]

Chinese textile terms

Putting my hanfu/textile cheat sheet here so more people can reference it. Disclaimer my Chinese is mid. I made this so I could browse Taobao better. Will probably update this as I learn more.

Fabric terms

- fabric: 面料 miàn liào, 布料 bù liào

- material: 材质 cáizhì

- fiber: 纤维 xiānwéi

- blended: 混紡 hùnfǎng

- outer materials: 外料 wai liào

- auxiliary materials: 辅料 fǔliào

- jacquard: 提花 tí huā

- brocade/damask: 锦缎 jǐn duàn

- floral satin/brocade: 花缎 huā duàn

- satin: 缎面 duàn miàn

- gauze: 纱 shā

- embroidered: 绣花 xiù huā

- embroidery: 刺绣 cìxiù

Fiber contents

- polyester: 涤纶 dí lún, 聚酯 jù zhǐ

- acetate: 醋酸 cùsuān

- viscose: 粘胶(纤维) zhān jiāo xiānwéi, 粘纤 zhān xiān

- rayon (artificial silk): 人丝 rén sī

- rayon (artificial cotton): 人棉 rén mián

- tencel: 天丝 tiān sī

- lyocell fiber: 莱赛尔 lái sài ěr

- tencel-linen: 天丝麻 tiān sī má

- linen: 亚麻 yà má

- cotton-linen: 棉麻 mián má

- cotton: 棉 mián

- ramie: 苎麻 zhù má

- wool: 羊毛 yáng máo

- real silk: 真丝 zhēn sī

- silkworm silk: 蚕丝 cán sī

- fragrant cloud gauze/gambiered Guangdong silk: 香云纱 xiāng yún shā

Clothing terms

Hanfu: 汉服 hànfú

Short: 短 duǎn

Unlined shirt: 衫 shān

Long robe: 袍 páo

Yuanlingpao: 圆领袍 yuán lǐng páo

Round collar: 圆领 yuán lǐng

Vertical collar: 竖领 shù lǐng

Stand-up collar: 立领 lì lǐng

Parallel collar: 对襟 duì jīn

Half sleeve: 半袖 bàn xiù

Pipa sleeve: 琵琶袖 pípá xiù

Cross-collar long gown: 交領長衫 Jiāo lǐng chángshān

Straight robe: 直裰 zhíduō

Pleated skirt: 百迭裙 bǎi dié qún

Beizi (outer garment): 褙子 bèi zǐ

Baofu (bellyband): 抱腹 bàofù

Raccoon sleeves: 貉袖 háo xiù

Ming dynasty/style: 明制 Míng zhì

Song dynasty/style: 宋制

Motifs

- bamboo leaf: 竹叶 zhú yè

- bird: 鸟

- butterfly: 蝴蝶 hú dié

- cat: 猫

- cloud: 云

- crane:

- dragon: 龙

- feather: 羽毛

- fish: 鱼

- fishscale: 鱼鳞

- heron:

- jellyfish: 水母

- kingfisher: 翠鸢 cuì yuān

- phoenix:

Colors

- ombre: 渐变

- white: 白色

- grey: 灰色

- black: 黑色

- brown: 棕色

- red: 红色

- orange: 橘色

- yellow: 黄色

- green: 绿色

- cyan: 青色

- navy: 藏青色

- blue: 蓝色

- violet: 紫色

[lodgerlodger]

笑 is honestly the most annoying word in the Chinese language to translate when you have to deal with large volumes of prose in a short amount of time. It's basically an umbrella term for actions like to smile, to laugh, to grin, to chuckle, to ridicule, to tease etc. It shows up every page and half the time the author never specifies what kind of 笑 it is so you just gotta wing it.

[xiaolanhua]

Love beyond the Grave ‧ 白日提灯 ‧ 2026 dir. Zoe Qin ‧ Episode 7

[recapitulation]

what's your favorite of these sword-related actions/plot devices... 🎤

gifting someone a sword (especially as significant gesture e.g. betrothal gift)

drawing someone else's sword from the scabbard suddenly and without permission

using someone else's sword as a way to remember them after they've passed

you're not worthy of me drawing my sword/it's almost always left in the scabbard

sword with some measure of sentience e.g. ability to jostle/laugh/purr

emotionally significant "may I please borrow your sword" moment

plot-significant sword name change

Remaining time: 1 day 46 minutes

there are of course one william possibilities and im sure ive left some good ones off... feel free to tell me abt some other good ones and their associated stories 👀

[recapitulation]

ohhhhh really really good ones from prev:

grabbing a blade with your bare hand to stop it

pushing yourself deeper onto a sword

mutual stabbing 🥰

[npyre]

ocean tide’s passage ( ˶˘ ³˘)♡ psd

quick psd…okay? i need to be more active on here…f2u w cred…

[wavelette]

like, the most compelling ships for me always stem out of one thing: the characters have a profound, ongoing effect on each other’s senses of selves. when they are apart, the characters’ actions are still affected by each other. the way they approach the world changes because of the other. 

which is this deeply Austenian view of ideal romantic relationships as mechanisms by which we come to know ourselves better and become better versions of ourselves. good romance, for me, is always tied in with a sense of self-actualization, and the way in which a beloved partner allows a person to know themselves better.

[decomposedmaw]

Pixel post dividers for everyone! It's not much, but feel free to use them if you'd like. I don't know the ideal size for these, so let me know if they're too tall. I can make them a bit shorter next time.

[tsumugiology]

random question:

what was your first exposure to prev and what made you decide to follow them?

[calypso-the-nerd]

chonny jash songs are like [intense drumming] [5 layered synths] [3 different autotunes] i hate myself. but not as much as i hate the music industry [something that may be a cover or reference to another song but it's changed so much you can't tell] i think we should all be kinder to each other. cunt cunt fuck cunt [5 video game references] i've never had a girlfriend. or a boyfriend. [something you're not sure is a real word] [3 minute long synth solo]

[phaea]

⠀⠀❥⠀⠀blue n white dividers

mbm⠀⠀―⠀⠀rb2use recolors okay,⠀no reposts

[landscape-suicide-deactivated20]

It is really funny how much some tumblr users build their understanding of what is taboo in a degenerate immoral fashion vs what is taboo in a subversive radical fashion exclusively on aesthetic appeal so they’re willing to drastically alter their moral stances based on what media they’re obsessing over currently

[landscape-suicide-deactivated20]

Blogger obsessed with posting about sexual cannibalism and toxic doomed yuri complaining about incest fetishization… you’re two Ginger Snaps gifsets and a Flowers in the Attic excerpt away from trying to recreate Single White Female with your mutuals

[adhdavinci]

[ravioliet]

never kill yourself. you have to fill your mutuals dash with shit they don't care about forever, okay?

[kropotkindersurprise]

May 14, 2026 - Unions in Bolivia have called a general strike to demand the resignation of right-wing president Rodrigo Paz, saying: “Resign or we will kick you out – those are your options.” The president's neoliberal reforms, anti-indigenous land reforms, plans to sell of Bolivia's industries and natural resources to foreign companies, and an economc and fuel crisis are the main sources of anger. Workers have set up road blocks, shutting down all major highways. Workers from rural indigenous communities are marching on the capital La Paz. They say the long march is "in repudiation of the government that wants to turn us into a US colony". [video]

[cipheramnesia]

If I was a wasp, I'd sting you. If I was a venomous snake, I'd bite you. If I was a lion, I'd maul you. If I was a swamp, I'd poison you. If I was a mountain, I'd fall and crush you. If I was the ocean, I'd drown you. If I was a cat, I'd never let you touch me. If I was a dog, I'd run away. If I was a horse, I'd never let you break me. If I was a farm, I wouldn't grow for you. If I was a fire, I'd burn out without warming you. If I was a home, I would fall apart around you.

If I was harmless and small, and easy to hold, you would love me. If I was a worm you could put me in the soft earth and I would be helpless in your care. Of course you could love me, but could you love me if I stung you, bit you, pulled against you, hid and didn't understand you but wasn't harmless or helpless at all?

Could you love something for what it is, when that means you can't touch it or show kindness, maybe even never be near it, and it might never, ever love you back? Is it okay to exist and not belong to anyone, to not be useful to anyone, to be dangerous or poisonous or a failure but a part of the world all the same?

[gallusrostromegalus]

I know this is a metaphor, but if you take it kind of literally, there is an answer to this.

We build wildlife preserves. Often explicitly for the protection of animals and ecosystems that can and have killed humans.

Whenever a whale gets stranded on a beach, CROWDS show up ad risk getting bludgeoned to death trying to get it back into the water.

Every Zoo has a reptile house full of venomous snakes and a team of humans dedicated to giving them the best quality of life possible.

There are volunteer beekeepers who will travel for miles and miles and hours and hours to relocate an entire hive.

There are people who rehabilitate dangerous dogs and horses

There are people who restore structurally unsound houses

There are people who study the way that fire burns so it can rejoin the ecosystem and not be smothered on sight.

Every day, millions of people get up and devote themselves to things that can and will kill them by their nature. Things they can't touch or show kindness to. Things they can't go near. Things that are wholly incapable of loving them back.

And they do it because they love them.

Everything dangerous, everything poisonous, everything 'useless'- absolutely everything has someone, often many thousands of people, who loves them exactly as they are, without expectation that their affection will be returned.

It is alright for anything, even you, to not belong to anyone, to not be useful, to be frightening and dangerous and not adhere to any standard of success. It's all alright. You are loved. You are loved. You are loved.

[i-love-my-blorbo-polls]

Which deadly sin does your blorbo embody?

Pride

Envy

Wrath

Gluttony

Lust

Sloth

Greed

Voting ended onJun 1

This blog offers polls about “blorbos”, or fictional characters which you are attached to and really love. All polls are made by the blog owner unless otherwise stated, at which point we will credit the submitter or anon if they wish not to be named. We recommend you read through all the answers before answering yourself, as we have similar answers or multiple may be true. We want to make sure you can vote the best option possible and not be disappointed when you realize a different answer fit better.

[i-love-my-blorbo-polls]

Pick a Dan Hentschel video title that fits your blorbo

Do the bad things I’ve done outweigh the good?

A restraining order means nothing

Attention YouTube. I am your new ruler

I didn’t throw Eddie off a balcony. He tripped

Apologizing for all my offensive comments

Everything about life sucks and is horrible

They’re following me.

I AM NOT GAY

If you all died, I wouldn’t care

Painted gold for my job interview because I’m the gold standard

I AM A NORMAL PERSON

Your All Idiots

Voting ended onMay 17

This blog offers polls about “blorbos”, or fictional characters which you are attached to and really love. All polls are made by the blog owner unless otherwise stated, at which point we will credit the submitter or anon if they wish not to be named. We recommend you read through all the answers before answering yourself, as we have similar answers or multiple may be true. We want to make sure you can vote the best option possible and not be disappointed when you realize a different answer fit better.