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pitbull with no reference

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something they don’t tell you about being autistic is that every character you write WILL end up autistic/autistic-coded whether you like it or not

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"i'm not triggered or upset by or even ideologically opposed to it, i just associate it with something so bad that i can't enjoy it anymore" is such a frustrating relationship to have with a piece of media

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i think even when i’m attracted to cis men im not attracted to cis masculinity. you must be at least this faggy to ride this ride

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I know I've said this a hundred times but if you're worried about palestinian fundraisers being scams at least consider donating to MSF. It's a highly reputable organization which has broken its long-standing neutrality to denounce Israel in front of the UN. Here's all the aid MSF is providing to Gazans (documentation available in multiple languages).

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hi same anon here, thank you SO MUCH that was the one!!! Though if you ever find whatever other post you’re thinking of I’d absolutely be interested, you have phenomenal taste in music

oh thank you!!! 🥰 honestly my taste in music gets more varied as my blorbo playlists grow lmao ... at this point any lyric i can apply to one of my guys is a good song to me hahaha. happy to help!!!

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“Men at Arms is a direct attack on the idea of monarchy and aristocracy that so much “high fantasy” is based on; Jingo is a fantasy war story that denies the reader the “fun” of seeing a war break out and ends up attacking the concept of war; the character of Rincewind is a subversion of the whole idea of heroism. Monstrous Regiment is a meditation on feminism, Cherry Littlebottom and other female dwarfs a commentary on gender identity and trans people, Thud! a statement against ethnic hatred. But all this deconstruction and subversion didn’t come across as having to eat your vegetables, the way literary fiction often does. And it didn’t come across as a bitter, guilty pleasure either, the way people geek out about the horrifying viciousness of “low fantasy” worlds like A Song of Ice and Fire’s Westeros. Pratchett somehow made his progressive, subversive work as tasty a snack as any of the high fantasy he was subverting. Much of that candy coating was humor–the ability to laugh, as he once argued, being our brain’s way of extracting pleasure from the otherwise painful process of recognizing uncomfortable truths.”

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Arthur Chu breaks down the importance of Discworld in his farewell tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett, A Guide to Escape from Escapism (via landunderwave)

Part of why it worked was because Pratchett didn’t sneer at heroism or idealism, he showed how good intentions go bad and over the course of centuries things fossilise and need to be replaced, and most importantly, he showed the heroism of the small.  Yes, he showed the other side of the coin, the darker side of the heroic and epic, but he didn’t use that as an excuse to go Martin’s way of “this is what it’s really like: murder, rape and treachery under all the fine words”.

People like Vimes who stuck to duty even in his worst hours, when he was sunk in self-loathing and alcoholism, a dangerous man who sabotaged himself half-intentionally, because it was in his bones and because (as we got to know in “Night Watch”) he also had his own ideals and idealism that he doggedly held on to, even when half-ashamed of that.

He permits honour to exist in his world, even if it’s not kings and knights in shining armour.

It may be low fantasy, but it’s never vile.  Even when he’s showing us what real evil looks like.

(via tartapplesauce)

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How can *you* support Tiny Table?

Smallest Salutations! Tiny Table is a passion project of ours born out of the anger we felt with how a *certain* company handled an OGL ... not naming names... and Holly's passionate pitch to wrangle her friends into doing a podcast with her. On Tiny Table, we teach, play, and review TTRPG systems so you can play too! So who are we and what are our roles? Julian (she/her) is our fantastic DM who runs every game and does every rules writeup. Neo (they/he) does all the art! Every album cover and character art is designed and illustrated by them. Skyler (he/they) is our editor and composer. Yeah all the music? Original works by Skyler!! Holly (they/she) is our producer and social media person (hi lol) keeping it all on track so you guys have wonderful episodes to listen to and fun content.

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i sometimes like characters that fucking suck. when a character is a shit head in just the right way it can be so funny and/or compelling. like this is my beloved character, Asshole The Hater. they suck and i love them. someone dropped them into a ditch on the side of the road and i picked them out of the ditch and put them in my pocket

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the list of most unpleasant maladies to have somehow goes like 1. blocked nose 2. headache 3. life threatening disease that kills you 4. organs fell out 5. that thing where your calf randomly cramps

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insane string of words on my part tbh

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"Good night, son.

Good night, changeling who tried to kill and take my son's place before I stopped you and adopted you.

Good night, time-traveling assassin from the future who tried to stop my son fulfilling his destiny before I adopted you, too.

Good night, dark dimension counterpart of my son who comes out at night.

Good night, daughter."

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