diff --git a/markup.css b/markup.css
index d3d3350..8d4b990 100644
--- a/markup.css
+++ b/markup.css
@@ -119,6 +119,42 @@ L + ratio { }
 	height: auto;
 }	
 
+.Markup .M-emote {
+	display: inline-block;
+	object-fit: contain;
+	width: calc(var(--size)*var(--emote-size, 1.125em));
+	height: calc(var(--size)*var(--emote-size, 1.125em));
+	vertical-align: middle;
+	max-height: unset;
+	border: none;
+}
+
+.M-filter-h {
+	transform: scaleX(-1);
+}
+.M-filter-v {
+	transform: scaleY(-1);
+}
+.M-filter-h.M-image-filter-v {
+	transform: scaleX(-1) scaleY(-1);
+}
+.M-filter-r {
+	transform: rotate(90deg);
+}
+.M-filter-h.M-filter-r {
+	transform: scaleX(-1) rotate(90deg);
+}
+.M-filter-v.M-filter-r {
+	transform: scaleY(-1) rotate(90deg);
+}
+.M-filter-h.M-filter-v.M-filter-r {
+	transform: rotate(270deg);
+}
+.M-filter-p {
+	image-rendering: pixelated;
+	image-rendering: crisp-edges;
+}
+
 /* ruby text doesn't work if set to white-space: pre */
 .Markup rt {
 	white-space: pre-line;
diff --git a/parse.js b/parse.js
index 53764f7..f6ad2ba 100644
--- a/parse.js
+++ b/parse.js
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ class Markup_12y2 { constructor() {
 				read_args()
 				if (token==='\\link') {
 					read_body(false)
-				} else {
+				} else if (token!=='\\e') { // Emote should not have body
 					read_body(true)
 					if (NO_ARGS===rargs && false===body) {
 						NEVERMIND()
@@ -504,6 +504,10 @@ class Markup_12y2 { constructor() {
 					let [lang=""] = rargs
 					OPEN('language', {lang})
 					word_maybe()
+				} break; case '\\e': {
+					let [id="",name="",role="emote",source=""] = rargs.reverse()
+					OPEN('emote', {source, name, id, role})
+					CLOSE()
 				}}
 			} break; case 'STYLE': {
 				let c = check_style(token, text.charAt(match.index-1)||"\n", text.charAt(REGEX.lastIndex)||"\n")
diff --git a/render.js b/render.js
index 95fa7a9..6682928 100644
--- a/render.js
+++ b/render.js
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ class Markup_Render_Dom { constructor() {
 		ERROR: (href, thing)=> "about:blank#"+href,
 	}
 	
+	let EMOTE_SOURCES = {
+		__proto__: null,
+		"": (id, options) => options.pixel ? `sbs:image/${id}` : `sbs:image/${id}?size=128`,
+		"url": (id, options) => id,
+		"discordemote": (id, options) => `https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/${id}`,
+		"discordsticker": (id, options) => `https://media.discordapp.net/stickers/${id}`,
+		UNKNOWN: (id, options) => null
+	}
+	
 	function filter_url(url, thing) {
 		try {
 			let u = new URL(url, "no-scheme:/")
@@ -112,6 +121,68 @@ class Markup_Render_Dom { constructor() {
 				})
 			return e
 		},
+
+		emote: function({source, name, id, role, filter}, filter2) {
+			if (id == "") id = name
+			if (role == "") role = "emote"
+			let options
+			[id, options=""] = id.split("#")
+			options+=(filter || "") + (filter2 || "")
+			let opt = {}
+			// Duplicate filters cancel out
+			options.split('').forEach(c=>opt[c] = !opt[c])
+			let url, unknown = false
+			if (id) 
+				url = (EMOTE_SOURCES[source] || EMOTE_SOURCES.UNKNOWN)(id, {pixel: opt["p"]})
+			let src = filter_url(url || "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAANDL5NDL5CH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==", 'image')
+			let e = document.createElement('img')
+			e.classList.add('M-emote')
+			e.dataset.emotesource = source
+			if (url == null) e.dataset.emoteunknown = true
+			if (name!=null)
+				e.alt = e.title = name
+			e.tabIndex = 0
+			const set_size = (state, width=e.naturalWidth, height=e.naturalHeight)=>{
+				if (state=="size") {
+					e.width = width
+					e.height = height
+				}
+				e.style.setProperty('--width', width)
+				e.style.setProperty('--height', height)
+				e.dataset.state = state
+			}
+			let size = 2
+			switch (role) {
+				case "icon":
+					size = 1
+					break
+				case "emote":
+					size = 2
+					break
+				case "medium":
+					size = 4
+					break
+				case "sticker":
+					size = 8
+					break
+			}
+			e.style.setProperty('--size', size)
+			set_size('size', size * 16, size * 16)
+			e.src = src
+			Object.keys(opt).forEach(x => x ? e.classList.add(`M-filter-${x}`) : undefined)
+			// check whether the image is "available" (i.e. size is known) by looking at naturalHeight
+			// https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/images.html#img-available
+			// this will happen here if the image is VERY cached, i guess
+			if (e.naturalHeight)
+				set_size('loaded-emote')
+			else // otherwise wait for load
+				e.decode().then(ok=>{
+					set_size('loaded-emote')
+				}, no=>{
+					e.dataset.state = 'error'
+				})
+			return e
+		},
 		
 		error: 𐀶`<div class='error'><code>🕯error🕯</code>🕯message🕯<pre>🕯stack🕯`,
 		
@@ -416,6 +487,7 @@ we should create our own fake bullet elements instead.*/
 		@member {Object<string,function>}
 	**/
 	this.url_scheme = URL_SCHEME
+	this.emote_sources = EMOTE_SOURCES
 	this.filter_url = filter_url
 }}