Need advice from some CSS master to post memes upward in chat.

I'm currently using this trick: to post sticker style memes in the chat, overlaying previous messages. Like adding [objection](<a href="https://i.ibb.co/GTKfvbC/Phoenix-Wright-Objection-fast.webp" rel="nofollow">https://i.ibb.co/GTKfvbC/Phoenix-Wright-Objection-fast.webp</a>" style="position:relative; top:-300px; left:-5px; cursor: default; max-width:100%" ".png) into my counter spell for comedic effect. The problem is it creates a bunch of empty space where the adjusted image would have been with the styling. Is there a way to wrap, contain or otherwise display the image without creating the unnecessary blank space? My CSS-fu is fair to middlin' but I know there are some experts around here, and I'm hoping you can point out a cool trick I missed.

Seems like you could either change to position: absolute; or if left using position: relative;&nbsp; include a margin-bottom equal to the negative top value. example; [objection]( <a href="https://i.ibb.co/GTKfvbC/Phoenix-Wright-Objection-fast.webp" rel="nofollow">https://i.ibb.co/GTKfvbC/Phoenix-Wright-Objection-fast.webp</a> " style="position:absolute; top:-300px; left:-5px; cursor: default; max-width:100%" ".png) [objection]( <a href="https://i.ibb.co/GTKfvbC/Phoenix-Wright-Objection-fast.webp" rel="nofollow">https://i.ibb.co/GTKfvbC/Phoenix-Wright-Objection-fast.webp</a> " style="position:relative; top:-300px; margin-bottom :-300px; left:-5px; cursor: default; max-width:100%" ".png)

The position:​absolute style still works in most cases but didn't solve the problem. I think I tried that before anyway. The negative margin-bottom trick was just what I needed though. It still leaves me with a line​break worth of blank chat​box, but that's way more manageable. I'm going to be trying it out tonight. Thank you kindly! Update: The linebreak of blank space seems to be when wrapped in a template, e.g. attacks or spells. Just posting to the chat directly still gives blank space to scroll into, but new messages fill in the blank area first.