#hlai

[folkfashion]

Hlai woman's clothes, China, by 艺时光民族摄影

[crowdsourcedgender]

Fifthgender (link) referential language / terms

[PT: Fifthgender (link) referential language / terms]

fifthine [fifth] - gender quality [short ver]

QUININ - in-nature term

nal - younger term (plural nals)

hlai - neutral age term (plural hlais)

aester / aestar - older term (plural aesten)

Qn. - honorific

Etymology & pronunciation:

fifthine: "fifth" + ine - pronounced like fifteen but with a "th"

QUININ: Latin root "quintus" (fifth) -> QUIN + IN for in-nature - the General American pronunciation of quinine (link)

nal: "signal" (i.e. star signals) - pronounced like the "cal" in "calculator" instead of a schwa

hlai: from Case Colorless Green by qntm - pronounced similar to "belie" (link) but with a "huh" sound instead

aester / aestar: "A * A *" from SCP-1425 -> "ae star ae star" in Ojai by qntm - "ae" like the letter a + stir/star

Qn.: same origin as QUININ - pronounced like the name Quinn

Messy IPA: /'fɪf.θiːn/ - /ˈkwaɪ.naɪn/ - /næl/ - /hə'laɪ̯/ - /'eɪ.stɜɹ/ or /'eɪ.stɑɹ/ [you can drop the r if you like] - /kwɪn/

And flags for fifthine / nal / hlai / aester/aestar, inspired by @flagtism 's referential language & quality flags:

[ID in alt text, plain text ID under the cut.]

Tagging @radiomogai & @ref-lang for archival

A flag with six stripes and slightly desaturated colors, going dark green, lighter green, pinkish white, light pink, hot pink, and dark purple.

A flag with four stripes and similar desaturated colors, the outer two being much thicker than the inner two. The colors are dark olive green, light olive green, off white, and light dusty blue.

A similar flag with the colors light green, pinkish white, light pink, and hot pink.

A similar flag with the colors dark purplish blue, bluish white, hot pink, and dark purple.

[unearthlygamer]

psa for new hlvrai fans: the half life series is not the same thing as hlvrai. the characters are not the same. you dont even know them, even if they look the same. the tone is not the same. half life fans arent necessarily hlvrai fans. its recommended by half life fans that you dont tag hlvrai only posts as "half life vr but the ai is self aware" because it clogs up their tags but as the most popular, hlvrai or the alternatives hlai or hlvrbtaiisa if youre feeling fancy.

[cozylittleartblog]

I know you don't draw hlvrai anymore but the way you drew the science team was so lovely and pretty

i always liked drawing those characters, for being generic half life NPCs i think they stylize really nicely

have one for ol' times sake

[anti-abuse-culture-is]

antiship hlvrai fan culture is being so fucking glad that whenever a proshit posts in the tag(s) the rest of the community will immediately make it clear that proshitters aren't welcome at all and to get the f out of our tags. fucking love that community

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[hlvraif]

What his model looks like. In my head

[plushmon]

Let's rock 'till the sun goes down

Take a kiss from the moonlight blues inbound

[creamedvanillababy]

oh my god, I don’t think I ever posted this... It feels like years since I illustrated this...

IT’S BENRY BUT GARF BABBAYYYY those are little pans of lasagna!