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silvercat17

I talked about it on the discord, but here's the "official" idea:

Description:
Use tarot, oracle cards, runes, I Ching, dice, or another divination method for inspiration. See Q&A below.

Q&A
- Can I use a horoscope? We have Glue already for looking up horoscopes, but if you create your own it would count for this.
- Minimum cards/runes/etc? At least one.
- Here are some online sources for randomly drawn things.

Proposed name:
- Tempera because it's one of the oldest types of paint
- Easel because you sort of prop your interpretations on the cards/etc
- Tape to pair with Glue (the horoscope of the day)

Comments? Objections? Suggestions?

silvercat17

(I keep forgetting to do these, so feel free to poke me via DM or on the discord. You can also keep posting to the most recent one.

This is the place for any questions or suggestions you have for

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I'll be using these as a resource to find things that need to be added or improved in the q&as on Rainbowlist

Things of note:
- Proposal: Alternative lists for Emerald and Wizard? - I'm still working on these!
- Prompt list suggestion: Offspring lyrics - a proposed list that could use ideas for names

paradoxcase

I was thinking about future prompt applications and browsing the music lists, and saw some artists there that I remembered fondly from when I was a teenager, and then that made me start thinking that it would be neat if there were an Offspring lyrics list, since they were my favorite band back then and I think they have some lyrics that are pretty relatable or are otherwise just good writing prompts. This list is just from their earlier stuff (Ignition, Smash, Ixnay, and Americana, but mostly Ignition and Smash), since that's the music I mainly listened to. I didn't originally create this with the intent to use it for something in particular, it was originally just a collection of favorite Offspring lyrics, but after I assembled it I came up with some ideas about how to use it after I've finished the Fulcrum, so if this gets approved then I may actually use it at some point in the distant future. This also made me realize how often they rhyme "away" with itself, haha.

I don't really have any ideas for what the color should be. I associate them with yellow or orange, mainly because of album covers, but that's all I've got. Maybe incorporate the name "Ignition" in it somehow? Is there a color that epitomizes 90s punk? I have no idea.

I've linked the songs below.

1. All I know is I gotta get away from me - Gotta Get Away (Smash)
2. When the rain comes I sit home and pray / Make it all numb, I wish it all away / All I really need is just somewhere to hide away - Kick Him When He's Down (Ignition)
3. I got a bad habit / Of blowing away / I got a bad habit / And it ain't goin' away - Bad Habit (Smash) (Minor warning that this has a, uh, very clearly articulated string of profanity in it)
4. The more you suffer / The more it shows you really care / Right? - Self Esteem (Smash)
5. Here alone I'll put up and fight / Beat me all the way, I'll take it all night / Hey don't worry, I'll get along home alright - Kick Him When He's Down (Ignition) again
6. Hey, don't pay no mind / You're under 18, you won't be doing any time - Come Out And Play (Smash)
7. Take it to the jury, but they don't give a damn / Because the one who tells the truth is always the policeman - L.A.P.D. (Ignition) (Warning: This song contains the n-word, used as a slur, in mocking imitation of a racist cop.)
8. So if you don't rate / Just overcompensate / At least you know you can always go on Ricki Lake - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) (Americana)
9. It's all good and we ain't gonna change now / The world is unaware / So if you want, go on and stare / 'Cause we don't care - Me And My Old Lady (Ixnay on the Hombre)
10. And it feels, and it feels like / Heaven's so far away / And it feels, yeah it feels like / The world has grown cold / Now that you've gone away - Gone Away (Ixnay on the Hombre)
11. Know where I'll be, make this confession / Back in her bed for another goddamn session - Session (Ignition)
12. Chances thrown, nothing's free / Longing for what used to be / Still it's hard, hard to see / Fragile lives, shattered dreams - The Kids Aren't Alright (Americana)
13. We are one, and it won't be news / When we hang ourselves with one collective noose - We Are One (Ignition)
14. Your never-ending spree of death and violence and hate / Is gonna tie your own rope - Come Out And Play (Smash) again
15. Dog eat dog, every day / On our fellow man we prey / Dog eat dog, to get by / Hope you like my genocide - Genocide (Smash)

(Yes, Kick Him When He's Down and Come Out And Play are good enough to get two prompts each.)

Undecided if we should remove Ricki Lake from prompt 8, since that show hasn't aired for over 20 years and I'm not sure if people still know what it is.

silvercat17

What with JK Rowling going mask-off TERF (among many other failings), I'm pretty uncomfortable having lists for Harry Potter. We have two: Wizard and Emerald.

On the other hand, I don't want to erase lists that previous members contributed

I'd already used my moderator privilege to remove Emerald from the Palette it was in (iirc, it was Jewelry Box and I replaced it with another gemstone). But I'd like to go a step further and either replace the list or offer a second list that people can use instead (I was thinking Wizard of Oz - Baum was not a great person either, but he's dead and not currently trying to make the world worse)

I did something similar with Rich Black to reflect Pluto being recategorized as a dwarf planet, but this would go further.

Opinions? Suggestions for replacements for Wizard? (I was thinking Diane Duane's Wizard series...)

silvercat17

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paradoxcase

Hello, I recently joined up and am really excited to start! My story has some Jewish themes, so I thought it would be neat if there was a Jewish-spirituality-themed prompt list to remind me to integrate some additional themes as well. I've tried to keep this to a short 10-item list mainly dealing with concepts from ethics and interpersonal relationships, rather than including specific rites like brit or bar/bat mitzvah, or specific holidays or texts, so that it can be more relevant to a fictional religion, or even a non-religious story. I've added English translations, and I believe many of these have Wikipedia articles that could be linked, as well.

Color: Techelet (a shade of blue, I have no opinion on exactly what it should look like)

Prompts:

1. Chesed (loving kindness)
2. Tzedakah (obligation to charity)
3. Teshuvah (repentence)
4. Tashlich (casting off sins)
5. Tikkun Olam (repairing the world)
6. Olam Haba'a (the world to come)
7. Mitzvah (commandment)
8. Gemilut Chasadim (acts of loving kindness)
9. Shalom (peace)
10. Mechilah (forgiveness)

Chesed and Gemilut Chasadim seem kind of similar in the English translation, but I think usually Chesed is God's love for humanity and Gemilut Chasadim means humans doing kind and loving things for each other.

Anyway, please let me know if you think there's something glaringly obvious missing from the list or if you have a better translation or romanization for something.

silvercat17

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I haven't been on Dreamwidth very reliably lately (sorry) but I'll try to do better.

thisbluespirit

Because I couldn't see any, and I thought they might make fun little ten-prompt colour sets. If the mods and people agree, maybe they will! See what you think:

Thyme
hue: green, prompts: 10, theme: time, actions, words
https://www.colorxs.com/color/bs-12-b-25-thyme

1. Wind
2. Steal
3. Gain
4. Lose
5. Watch
6. Alarm
7. Dial
8. Strike
9. Sift
10. freeze

Fresh Thyme
hue: green, prompts: 10, theme: time, phrases
https://www.colorxs.com/color/de-fresh-thyme-de-5654

1. wake up call
2. wind up
3. like clockwork
4. countdown
5. time loop
6. flash forward
7. run out
8. turn back
9. deadline
10. final hour

Wild Thyme
hue: green, prompts: 10, theme: time, phrases
https://www.colorxs.com/color/de-wild-thyme-de-5621

1. time and tide
2. cometh the hour
3. one thing at a time
4. time flies
5. caught in amber
6. let not time deceive you
7. seize the day
8. stop all the clocks
9. chimes at midnight
10. time heals all wounds

silvercat17

This is the place for any questions or suggestions you have for

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silvercat17

This is the place for any questions or suggestions you have for

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I'll check these posts at least once a week and I'll be using these as a resource to find things that need to be added or improved in the q&as on Rainbowlist

On the to-do list:
finish rewarding novelty beads for the 400th List Party
Add Crimson Glory - https://rainbowlounge.dreamwidth.org/165301.html
Add my own bounty of list ideas
Queue some Writer's Salon posts
Fill the Tumblr Queue

Ilthit asked on the Discord about some lists that are aimed more toward art. I have a handful started/brainstormed, but I'd welcome some things you'd like to see in them. The lists I have started include: basic poses, art media (all things that can be fake digitally), bags, costumes, men's accessories, hats, and shoes.

thisbluespirit

This one is made up of Agatha Christie titles, because I thought that'd be fun. I made it up ages ago, but I had to work my way through the more 'needed' ones first!

Crimson Glory
https://www.colorxs.com/color/crimson-glory
hue: red, theme: literary, crime, no. 25 prompts

1. A Murder is Announced
2. The Secret Adversary
3. Cards on the Table
4. The Moving Finger
5. The Mysterious Affair at [x]
6. The Body in the Library
7. Murder Is Easy
8. Sparkling Cyanide
9. Appointment With Death
10. By the Pricking of My Thumbs
11. Three Act Tragedy
12. They Do It With Mirrors
13. Curtain
14. Ordeal by Innocence
15. Cat Among the Pigeons
16. Taken At the Flood
17. Destination Unknown
18. Towards Zero
19. The Pale Horse
20. Why Didn’t They Ask [x]?
21. Hallowe’en Party
22. Death Comes As the End
23. After the Funeral
24. Nemesis
25. And Then There Were None

If anyone would like to swap the order or is pining for a specific title I didn't include, I'm sure we can come to arrangements ~~without anyone ending up knifed in the back~~.

silvercat17

This is the place for any questions or suggestions you have for

rainbowfic ,

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rainbowlists pages say because they might have the answer, but don't be afraid to ask something that seems obvious: it may be that I need to clarify a description or q&a. Checking the tags on

rainbowfic to see how something has been used is also a good way to get answers, or at least precedent.

I'll check these posts at least once a week and I'll be using these as a resource to find things that need to be added or improved in the q&as on Rainbowlist

I apologize that I haven't been quite as available, but I'm doing my best. I really need to prep these ahead of time...

silvercat17

This is the place for any questions or suggestions you have for

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silvercat17

name: Birthday Cake
theme: birthday

1 candles
2 party
3 presents
4 another year older
5 cake
6 gift card
7 surprise
8 balloons
9 make a wish
10 over the hill

I'm open to ideas for this one

name: Exuberance (it's an orange)
theme: holiday origins

celebration
memorial
harvest
anniversary
we lived
trees are good
vacation
thanks
new year
civil rights
achievements
solstice / equinox
beginning of season
remembering the dead
important birthday
forgiveness / atonement
journey
founding
independence
love
victory
coming of age
celebrate nature
our language is good
feast of fools / pranks

name: Celebration (it's a light orange)
theme: holidays

colors
candles
parades
streamers / bunting
fireworks
sweets
costumes
bonfires
gifts
greenery
music
feasts
get-togethers
travel
dancing

thisbluespirit

These lists contain linked words in threes and fours, which I thought could also be handy for triptych (if people want to use them that way). They also work as normal prompts etc.

Specific queries - if anyone has any substitutions for better fandom trio-sets for the tumblr blue prompt set I'm happy to hear them - thanks to Cindybug and Ilthit for dreaming up most of them for me!

The last two 'three' sets, I used colours I could find with the word three in the title, but I'm not sure I'm happy with those entirely or that they might be better used for other sets - if anyone has any more appropriate ideas, I'd be happy to rename them. (The ones that were more contrasts/linked words, I stuck to the mineral themes, so those are okay, although I apologise if the colours are more awkward to do!)

With thanks to everybody in the Discord who helped me come up with things (and wiki's Irreversible Binomial page!)

Zebradorite
https://www.peacefulmind.com/crystals/metaphysical-properties/zebradorite-properties/
hue: brown/yellow; cat: minerals, themes: words, contrasts, prompts: 10

1. morning / afternoon / evening / night
2. winter / spring / summer / autumn
3. north / east / south / west
4. old / new / borrowed / blue
5. parsley / sage / rosemary / thyme
6. hearts / spades / diamonds / clubs
7. king / queen / knave / joker
8. affection / friendship / eros / charity
9. death / famine / war / pestilence
10. water / earth / fire / air

tumblr blue
https://unwrapping.tumblr.com/post/91504567257/tumblr-blue-hex-code-color-35465c
hue: blue, themes: words, contrasts, fandom, prompts: 10

1. like, comment, subscribe
2. shag, marry, cliff
3. girlboss, gatekeep, gaslight
4. mansplain, malewife, manslaughter
5. friends, enemies, lovers
6. lime, lemon, grapefruit
7. top, bottom, switch [or vers; or dom, sub, switch (but I thought top, bottom etc was more open to interpretation)]
8. sane, safe, consensual
9. barren field, high ground, sand
10. bae, blorbo, other third secret thing

Triploidite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triploidite
hue: brown (with reddish and gold tints), cat: minerals, prompts: 15, themes: words, phrases, contrasts

1. lights, camera, action
2. wholeness, harmony, radiance
3. friends, Romans, countrymen
4. reading, writing, arithmetic
5. yes, no, maybe
6. straw, wood, brick
7. mother, maiden, crone
8. vanilla, strawberry, chocolate
9. gold, silver, bronze
10. veni, vidi, vici
11. lather, rinse, repeat
12. live, love, laugh
13. see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
14. could’ve, would’ve, should’ve
15. heaven, hell, purgatory

Trinity Islands [?]
https://www.colorxs.com/color/de-trinity-islands-de-6249
hue: grey, prompts: 10, theme: phrases,

1. shake, rattle and roll
2. hop, skip and a jump
3. planes, trains and automobiles
4. red, white and blue
5. name, rank and serial number
6. hook, line and sinker
7. lock, stock and barrel
8. right, left and centre
9. cool, calm and collected
10. win, lose or draw

Three Wishes [?]
https://www.colorxs.com/color/valspar-three-wishes-8004-32b
hue: grey, prompts: 20, theme: phrases

1. sun, moon and stars
2. past, present and future
3. here, there and everywhere
4. up, down and sideways
5. no way, shape or form
6. the good, the bad and the ugly
7. tall, dark and handsome,
8. short, sweet and to the point
9. ready, willing and able,
10. healthy, wealthy, and wise
11. mad, bad and dangerous
12. beg, steal or borrow
13. eat, drink and be merry
14. mind, soul and body
15. tried, tested and true
16. fear, uncertainty and doubt
17. signed, sealed and delivered
18. bell, book, and candle
19. treachery, treason and armageddon
20. judge, jury and executioner

I'd like to do a couple more shorter ones of the actual word contrasts sometime, but that's the last of these and the last of my "more basic 30 prompt sets" campaign. I hope people find them useful. <3

thisbluespirit

As promised (or threatened), more 30 prompt lists, this time for contrasting or paired word sets. Because I like these and we don't seem to have many that I've found so far, I've also made a few more, especially since they could be useful for the diptych style.

In two posts - this one with the main 30 prompt sets with this theme. (I did them all together to try and help avoid duplicating too many prompts with very similar pairs of words.)

Category = minerals (striped), because I noticed that the two contrasts lists we already had used this.

Let me know if you spot any very similar prompts across the lists, and I'll try to replace them.

Agate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agate
https://www.colorxs.com/search/agate
hue: purple, category: mineral, 30 prompts, theme: contrasts, verbs, words

1. first/last
2. walk/run
3. work/play
4. act/wait
5. back/front
6. ascend/descend
7. breathe/choke
8. smile/frown
9. steady/shake
10. hurt/comfort
11. use/discard
12. bury/uncover
13. carry/drop
14. break/build
15. laugh/cry
16. sorry/not sorry
17. tame/wild
18. clear/crowd
19. bless/curse
20. catch/escape
21. obey/defy
22. befriend/betray
23. in/out
24. safety/danger
25. feel/numb
26. win/lose
27. live/die
28. ill/well
29. save/destroy
30. begin/end

Calcite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcite
(various colours, but chiefly white - also a blue and grey one here: https://www.colorxs.com/search/calcite
hue: white, cat: minerals, theme: contrasts, words

1. old/new
2. earth/sky
3. light/dark
4. soft/hard
5. true/false
6. pain/pleasure
7. silence/scream
8. storm/calm
9. fire/ice
10. blood/water
11. lion/lamb
12. innocent/guilty
13. perfect/flaw
14. secret/fame
15. age/youth
16. sunrise/sunset
17. sea/shore
18. house/home
19. bridge/gulf
20. fragment/whole
21. grief/joy
22. proud/humble
23. beauty/horror
24. poetry/prose
25. simple/complicated
26. wisdom/folly
27. fear/courage
28. just/unjust
29. hope/despair
30. love/hate

( Ametine, Jasper, Yellow Jasper, Red Jasper, Opal Jasper )

(Mod, if these are agreed, could you possibly copy and paste them in directly to the html editor when you post even if you switch to rtf to edit - the last few lists all have wound up with auto-numbering, which vanishes when you copy it into a document to use - I had to go back and find my original posts to get a version that didn't make me retype the numbers. Thank you! <3)

wallwalker

Color name: Arclight

Unfortunately, I can't find that many images of arc lights or arc lamps. There are a few pictures on this site: https://edisontechcenter.org/ArcLamps.html

Theme: Music (VNV Nation Lyrics)

1. Though I know where this could take me/ No tears no sympathy
2. You were the warmth of their hearts, you were the sum of their dreams
3. Never to be ruled nor held to heel/ No heaven or hell, just the land between
4. All too obsessed by weakness/ We have brought ourselves to meaninglessness
5. Only embers now smoulder/ Where bridges once burned
6. Forget your fears, you will have everything/ And want no more
7. Shall I think of honour as lies/ Or lament its aged and slow demise?
8. Circumstances afford me/ No second chance to tell you/ How much I've missed you
9. Are these not words of heresy/ A venom on my lips, a poison?
10. And if I have strength then I've belief/ If I have love my heart still beats

(Yes, I made this just so I can do a bichromatic with Chrome)

silvercat17

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