#and i’m extremely biased

[yourdeepestfathoms]

TADC Playing D&D

(ALL PLATONIC/FAMILIAL.)

Caine is the DM obviously

Pomni plays a Firbolg Warlock (but her Firbolg’s design is the one that looks like a cow. y’all know the one. it’s the only valid design for a Firbolg)

Jax plays a Tiefling Rogue (obviously)

Ragatha plays an Aasimar Cleric (also obviously)

Zooble plays a Changeling Barbarian

Gangle plays a Gnome Druid

Kinger plays a Warforged Artificer

And then Caine reveals the plot twist: it’s gonna be irl dnd, and they ACTUALLY PLAY their characters

They’ve got costumes and their character traits and everything! Like, Ragatha gets angel wings, Jax has horns, Pomni gets a tail (because, again, cow-like Firbolgs are the only right way to design Firbolgs, and you can pry that from my cold, dead hands)

The terrain also changes into the same terrain as wherever they adventure to

Antics ensue!

Zooble is the tank

And they can instill the fear of god upon man

But you know who else can be scary as fuck?

Ragatha

Have you ever fought a Forge Cleric before? Did you know those bitches can wear Heavy Armor?

Combat is WILD when they’re actually acting it out

Though, it can barely be considered “acting” because Caine has somehow made magic possible????

Kinger asks to make the most wild shit because he thinks it’s fun

Gangle once got downed, got to two (2) failed Death Saves, was brought back up, and then was IMMEDIATELY downed again

Pomni gets anxiety over even the most mundane of rolls

She was asked to roll Perception, and she was sweating buckets, afraid to fail and screw everything up, and it was literally just to find a nice bakery in the city they were at

Jax asks to pickpocket orphans

Ragatha: Pomni, why is your Strength a seven???

Pomni: i don’t want to talk about it

Her Unarmed Strike literally does zero (0) damage

She never uses her weapon ever

Only Eldritch Blast

She also uses other spells ofc, but Eldritch Blast is her go-to

“Doll Face, i’m down” “Pomni’s having a panic attack” “okay, and? i’m downed”

Jax and Ragatha have beef the Whole Time

“why did you think you could hide in an empty arena??” “because i’m a Rogue, and they have Advantage on hiding!” “IT IS AN EMPTY ARENA WITH NOTHING BUT SAND.” “I AM A ROGUE WITH ADVANTAGE TO HIDING.” “THE ARENA IS EMPTY. THERE IS NOWHERE TO HIDE.”

Despite being a Firbolg, which is considered a race of Giant, Pomni is STILL considered as a Small creature (due to her own height)

Because of this, she can ride every single other person in the party, as the Ride rules in dnd state that a willing creature at least one size larger than you and has appropriate anatomy can serve as a mount

This has started a “technique” the group has named “War Horsing”

In which Pomni sits on someone’s shoulders and spams Eldritch Blast non-stop while the other person wrecks house

(She usually sits on Zooble’s shoulders and Cure Wounds them whenever they take too much damage)

She’s also called the “cannon” of the group because she’ll sit on Zooble’s shoulders and use Fireball

Speaking of Fireball!

The gang once found Beads of Fireball, and Jax, wanting to be a boss bitch and show how much better than everyone he is by single-handedly killing this super hard boss they were fighting, thought that because he’s a Tiefling and Tieflings have Resistance to Fire Damage, he could easily survive a blast.

Anyway, he ended up taking 80d6 Fire Damage after he threw all ten (10) beads at once.

Even when the damage was halved, he still died instantly.

Ragatha considered if it was worth it to Revivify him.

Pomni uses Speech of Beast and Leaf to speak with plants, and the plants just cuss her out.

Zooble: can i roll to pick up Pomni by the ankles and swing her around as an improvised weapon?

Pomni: ?!?!?!

(Caine said yes)

(Zooble ended up doing five whole damage with Pomni’s body)

Caine once rolled 200d8 Bludgeoning damage because Kinger fell off a mountain (he was Revivified by Ragatha after)

“COUNTERSPELL THIS, B[@&$%]” -Zooble, right before decking an NPC straight through a wall

When fights get too hairy, Jax will Disengage and leave the party to fend for themselves

There was once this HORRIFIC chase scene the party had to try to survive

Zooble: *polymorphed into a mountain goat by Pomni, sprinting as fast as they can*

Gangle: *Wild Shaped into a mouse, desperately hanging onto Zooble’s fur*

Ragatha: *flying away while holding Pomni*

Pomni: *clinging to Ragatha like how a baby sloth would cling to its mother, shooting Eldritch Blast at the monster every turn in a desperate attempt to slow it down, screaming*

Jax: *already 200ft in front of the others because he ran off way before them*

Kinger: *wondering if it’s a good time to tell the others he has Longstrider prepared*

Jax got maimed by a Mimic because he couldn’t help but not loot a chest he found

He then proceeded to get maimed by ANOTHER MIMIC in the VERY NEXT ROOM because he also tried to loot that, too

Zooble: does a 22 hit? 😏

Caine: no

the entire party: 😟

Pomni got bitten by a werewolf and failed the Constitution saving throw, so she ended up becoming a werewolf. During her first transformation, she lost control after failing the saving throw and immediately started mauling Jax.

Everyone just kinda stopped and watched in awe for a moment before they realized they should probably help him.

“He needed the humbling” -Zooble

Kinger crafts Pomni a gun and gives it to her

Caine: so you all see the werewolf pull out a Tommy gun

The party had to fight this giant frog, and they all thought it would be a walk in the park, but then it swallowed Pomni, and the simple encounter turned into a fight for Pomni’s fucking life because Pomni was actively suffocating inside of it, and Jax wanted to blow up the frog with a magic grenade he had, despite Pomni being in there (he was well aware that she would also take damage), and Ragatha was trying to see if she could heal Pomni from inside the frog, and Gangle ended up Wild Shaping into another frog and begging it to let Pomni go.

Pomni was traumatized.

Caine: who’s done a good job at roleplaying recently?

Kinger: well, Pomni did have a panic attack

[cloudabserk]

pretty much my only gripe with the show is that armand has orange eyes (instead of black/dark brown like in the books). i know it’s because they want all the vampires to have creepy unnatural eyes or whatever. but its totally unfair that only lestat gets to keep his natural eye color!

it does kind of imply that having blue eyes is inherently freakish though which is very funny to me

[chocostrwberry]

You once said that your version of Emilie is a menace, but not a "villain." Does that mean she'll eventually come to her senses and let her son live his life his way? (I'm sorry, please forgive me. I'm sort of a sucker for her and have always advocated to be a protagonist who learns from her mistakes)

So she’s not a villain because she truly wants what’s best for Adrien and usually isn’t acting selfishly.

HOWEVER,

She has a very narrow view of what she considers beneficial to him, which is why I consider her an antagonist. Near the end she’ll realize she has no/lost control over him, and maybe have the revelation that her son is his own person?? I think she’s so hands-on with him is because she’s worried he’s been lost so long without her. Like she’s been comatose for what? Almost 10 years? She still sees him as a child who always came running to her and needed her comfort, someone she had to protect. So I think once he finally stands up and says he won’t just do as she says anymore (through saying he’ll not break up with Marinette) she’ll realize that he’s not that kid anymore!! But then it’ll lead to her trying to set him up with Cerise, so I’m not too sure about the “learning from mistakes” aspect of her character.

[ssruis]

I love LSH so much it’s genuinely one of the funniest events in the entire game but I think one of my favorite things is toya getting so mad at akito (because he’s largely unrepentant about failing) & then when he finds out his older brother figure failed a class he literally does not give a fuck. Zero reaction. I know this is because he knows tsukasa has already had his 46 allotted Fits about it and will be hitting the books hard but imagining akito’s face when he realizes toya is not concerned abt tsukasa’s studying and is only being a hard ass about his studying is so funny to me. Tsukasa could go “yeah I’m just gonna cram for this exam” & toya would go “I believe in you tsukasa senpai” but if akito said that exact same thing Toya would be So Pissed.

[shootingstarbit]

I want undercut lims. Give me undercut lims

[stanislaw-jerzy-let-s]

one of the better parts of my grad program have been a set of classes called "Scientist’s Toolbox", the purpose of which was basically making sure we won’t become mad antisocial scientists (or at least decrease the probability).

Some of them were about science ethics and science methodology and the philosophical underpinnings of Why Science Is Inherently Biased actually (very cool classes!), some were more about the social component of conducting classes, talking to people, making public presentations and such.

And then one, called "Conversation and Concepts", was a class that was built all around making us think independently about the world and the meaning of life. Which I can see the value of for technical students, who generally tend to be all "pragmatist atheist fully rational no emotions", which is not a healthy perspective to take.

And there was one guy, one grad student. Who said. That sometimes he wished he could live in the Ancient Rome tending to his farm all Cicero style. And he thinks living in Ancient Rome was better.

*brain short circuiting*

Aside from the antibiotics of it all. Ancient Rome had slaves. And this guy just assumed that he would be a patrician, I guess, or at least a Roman citizen of some means, with no second thought. And he could tend to his farm and his extremely straight marriage. I used to be obsessed with ancient Rome as a kid and, granted, the stories I’ve read were pretty sensationalized and there WAS the Cicero trend of patricians dreaming of a simple life, but I remember it’s history being full of political turmoil for at least a half of its length, and generally way more complex and sometimes brutal. Our visions of this period couldn’t be more different.

And some time ago I started watching the anime about hot springs on netflix and I couldn’t continue after a single episode because it was exactly that. It was this guy’s version of Rome. No political scheming or littered streets, just extremely straight and whitewashed (I know it’s an anime but those guys live in the Mediterranean region, you can’t convince me they look like this) fantasy about building Thermae or farming and being a stoic gigachad.

[go-see-a-starwar]

I wish everyone a very Merry Christensenmas

[the-saddest-clown]

Hello peepos I come bearing au thoughts if anyone wants to pick it up from me, but I’ll probably draw smth for it later on anyways so

Mumscarian WALL-E au :3c

Obviously Scar is WALL-E like come on. I think both Mumbo and Grian could work as EVE but personally I’m leaning towards Mumbo as EVE BECAUSE I think it would be rly funny to have Grian as MO instead. He just fits so well, tiny little menace who’s constantly on the edge of losing his marbles.

[obstinaterixatrix]

in general my philosophy is that if there’s a story about gals and especially gals in love. male characters should be used as props at most. extremely minor characters. characters used to enhance and further the narrative of the gals. limited backstory, character arc, and distinctive character traits. I have to care about so many male characters in everything else I read but NOT IN YURI ❌ NEVER IN YURI ❌❌ THIS IS A GIRLS 💃🏻 LOVE 👩‍❤️‍👩 ZONE 💃🏻 OKAY????

[unnerving-presence]

unpopular opinion i think but i’m sad they didn’t stick with the cold, calculating, but calm wesker. it honestly just doesn’t fit him seeing him get impulsively angry at shit he wouldn’t have gotten angry at in re4 or uc

like he’s this character who has really deep lore and trauma, who has seen the worst of the worst, does bad shit, but is also calm and quick to think of solutions when things go wrong

in his newer iterations it just feels like that part of him is gone? like he just kinda gets angry (ahem re5) and we never really see his quick thinking. it almost feels like he’s so dedicating to his plan he doesn’t want to think of other options and it feels like he doesn’t. sure, you could argue that he’s a lil more crazy in re5, but 3 years ago that fucker didn’t beat around spencer despite him using him his entire life. but all of a sudden when it comes to uroboros he wants to get all cocky and just let his guards do all the work which clearly doesn’t work.

if this were like.. any other wesker iteration he would’ve thought to maybe.. i don’t know, do something smarter instead of letting all his soldiers die? wesker took down an entire umbrella base in russia by himself to get all of umbrella’s files but all of a sudden he’s too lazy to kill 2 people who he could impale in a second when they clearly threaten his plans? is he stupid? yeah probably lol

bring back smart wesker i’m tired of him being stupid aka typical comic villain in re5 :[

[porcelainvino]

blaine and rachel is more twins, blaine and santana is more siblings yk?

[finndoesntwantthis]

Okay but I do think Kris should win like she should be allowed to advance her heel character and then it can be her verses Mariah in the finals and then it almost doesn’t matter who wins or loses in that

Also Willow just lost a championship so even tho she’s winning in the tournament it’s kinda like get to the back of the line

[potatocrisp]

I’m soliciting Raphael fans. What’s a fic you couldn't stop reading once you started? If you don’t have one, that’s ok. I’m nosy.

We stay plugging here’s a list for you:

[kikokus]

Didn’t think about how the physical manga volumes would also have the old popularity polls in them but the fact that Kaku was top 10 at one point is still wild to me

[pipskippy]

reading dungeon meshi for the first time wheeeeeeee!!!!