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happy drawtectives season 3 to all who celebrate!!! ♥

bonus: pov you just found out that your beautiful son lost his memory. AGAIN.

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new case let's goooooo

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when you saved me from a bad dream, i was drifting through time and space, but i landed on a moonbeam! take me outta this place!

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the way ttrpg shows are the only reliable source of aro representation bc A) they are indie and able to tell more niche stories without oversight and a need for mass palatability, and bc B) the heart and soul of a ttrpg party is adult friends cohabiting, prioritizing each other, and building a nonconventional family together

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@egodb jacob referred to york as arospec and asexual on the drawfee discord, and that he likely wouldn’t know those terms or think of himself that way but that it’s still true. i don’t think a direct screenshot of this is available sadly but it is canon

aroace punk. any pronouns all presentations chill guy named grandma. disaster sapphic girlemployee. platonic polycule with a shared fictional eldritch king boyfriend. butch lesbian boss mother. tits out makeup on grown adult baby son. drawtectives understands queer rep like nobody else.

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aroace punk. any pronouns all presentations chill guy named grandma. disaster sapphic girlemployee. platonic polycule with a shared fictional eldritch king boyfriend. butch lesbian boss mother. tits out makeup on grown adult baby son. drawtectives understands queer rep like nobody else.

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the drawtectives canonically live together and are "a bonded pair of three" hello qpr polytectives truthers

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I guess Grandma's standing on a gillian anderson style apple box or maybe they've got platform boots on they could make it work

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god this joke socked me right in the gut only to be followed up with the most heartbreaking shit in the world in jammer telling evan:

this show is trying to kill me i swear

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What do you think you’re trying to understand about your story?

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Oh, this red string you see wrapped around my finger? You're asking if it connects me to my one true love? An understandable mistake, but I'm aromantic. This is for my conspiracy board.

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drawfee's going to be at NYCC this friday! come get autographs from us at 3 and then see our live show at 6:30 in room 409!!!

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Short post: Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson was so good. HIGHLY RECOMMEND

Much much longer post: It's - look, I watched Bo Burnham's Make Happy, and was uncomfortable and compelled - it was funny, raw, made me think thoughts about comedy. A short time later I watched Hanna Gadsby's Nanette, which in a very different way trode some of the same ground - it's about the relationship between the comic and the comedy, it's personal, it's a knife pointed at the audience and a magnifying glass on the artist. Also, watching it, it was so much more clear that Hannah Gadsby had, you know, worked on their trauma a bit more. Nonbinary, butch, queer - there are some intersections in play that also give them a more nuanced view of the world. Those two specials have always lived next to each other in my brain, standouts of the field, one informing and expanding the other.

And now Chris Grace is gonna live right next to them, because it's also meta, it's also making me think thoughts about the nature of comedy itself, and watching his show really illuminates how very white the other two are, even as it takes aim at some of the same topics. What does it mean to have a career as an entertainer? What do we do with the parts of ourselves the world doesn't like? That maybe we don't like? He tackles them, showing how they are explicitly tied to questions of race. How they can't be ignored, how nobody is a neutral party in societal injustice.

It's also hilarious, and so knowledgeable about Dropout and the audience that's likely to find the show there. It was a delight, moving, uncomfortable in good ways, cathartic in others. I can't recommend it strongly enough, go watch, and then feel free to scream with me about it.

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Ideas for non-combat encounters/events

For when you want some variety for your tabletop RPG.  These events will also give your players a chance to use character skills they don’t often have opportunities for.

Natural Disaster - Have the town the PCs are in catch on fire and see what they do!  Do they cut their losses and run?  Do they heroically try to save trapped townspeople?  What do they do about the aftermath?  Natural disasters are an interesting challenge because there can be lots of danger and drama without necessarily having a villain.  It may also get your PCs to use skills they don’t commonly have a chance to.  You could also try floods, earthquakes, raging storms while at sea, etc.

Powerful Fortress - Put one of your party’s goals in a location where they won’t be able to prevail through combat alone (Example: a fortress where they are vastly outnumbered).  Your players will have to rely on either stealth or guile (or both) to accomplish their goal.  The pacing of such events can be frustrating to some players, but few sessions are as rewarding as a creatively executed heist or infiltration.

Dangerous Crossing - Give them a dangerous physical obstacle to overcome.  A canyon, or a raging river, or quicksand or an old battleground littered with traps and mines.

Festival - Have the PCs encounter a festival or tournament!  With lots of contests! This could be a good opportunity for them to build their fame and fortune (especially if you allow gambling).  Some of my favorite sessions have involved festivals.

Entertainment - Put the PCs in a situation where they have to entertain someone.  What do they come up with?

Letter - Have one of the PCs receive a letter, either from an NPC they’ve dealt with before or from someone involved with their backstory.  This is a good way to make the consequences of their actions seem more real.  You can also use it to introduce new plotlines/sidequests.

Crafting Challenge - Put the PCs in a situation where they need to craft something in order to accomplish their goal.  Maybe they need to make something in order to fix a mechanism?  Or in order to satisfy some local gift-giving custom?  Or they need a forgery?  Maybe as part of an exchange for something else they need?

Lost and Found - Have your PCs discover someone or something that is clearly lost.  Maybe they find an infant in the wilderness.  Or a key with a strange inscription, or some kind of talisman.  Throw in a clue or two to present your players with a tantalizing mystery.  

Inhospitable Wilderness - Have the PCs go somewhere it’s an effort just to survive.  A barren desert, a treacherous swamp with poison gasses, a forest so dense the ground never sees the sun, or even the bottom of the ocean.  Test their endurance and survival skills!

Dinner Party - Have the PCs be summoned to a formal event!  Test them on the battlegrounds of social grace and etiquette!  Even better if it’s in a dangerous environment or an alien culture.

Thief - Have something important stolen from the PCs.  See how they handle it.

Needle in a Haystack - Give the PCs something very difficult to find.  Like a single specific housecat in a sprawling metropolis, or a legendary weapon of which there are many fakes/copies.  

Really, if you need any more inspiration, look at your player’s character sheets and see if they’ve invested any points in a skill they haven’t gotten to use much.  Then invent a challenge they could feasibly use that skill for.  If you can’t think of a situation that could be helped by an Appraise, Craft: Calligraphy or Handle Animal check, you need to practice your own creative problem solving skills!

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árömæntiq pride flag colour picked from these freaks for when you’re haunted by the literal personification of your fear of being left behind due to being aspec

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full drawing under the cut (cw for arm gore?? basically?? nick has his arm gone. so.)