#anti smen

[the-avaricious-meddler]

I think I've reached a point of disliking SMEN where it being suggested for a character kinda makes me roll my eyes

Like, yeah sure it's depressing and tragic, but not in... A fun way. It's just an overexaggerated, drawn-out misery-fest with an unsatisfying "gotcha, bet you didn't see that coming" ending. And that's coming from someone who likes tragedies.

[thegreatyin]

okay so. winking isle is funny. because it demands you start treating your inventory like a garage sale.

and by that, i mean Everything Must Go!

everything.

[thedeafprophet]

LOOK i was never saying Plenty isn't iconic! She's a beautiful women and we Stan a career running girl boss

But regardless of anything else, she's associated with SMEN and by the matter it means I can never, ever, ever vote for her. She can't recover from that

A Moment’s Peace? We’ll See About That

[violant-apologia]

i think renown is like base stats. for a given character, you have to have to conceptualise it differently across the different factions. so uh. here's what high renown with each faction means for briar!

bohemians: this one's the most straightforward – briar is, in fact, renowned in many bohemian circles. many don't agree with him; many don't like his art, but none can deny that he is a prolific and talented artist.

constables: while briar has some qualms with london's constabulary (and they, thus, have some qualms with him) ultimately briar is a lawful guy and has assisted the constables more than his share of times. plus his connections with the masters gives him a level of unofficial authority over a lot of the constables.

criminals: briar used to be part of the underworld of london – nobody particularly important, but he had his own little gang and connections with bigger criminal names. even though he's cut out that part of his life, he's kept the connections.

hell: similar to criminals! he used to be in good with them, before realising they might not have his best interests in mind. he never really had connections with hell, though, so his renown mostly comes from their begrudging respect for his position in the GHR and aptitude with the terpsichore.

revolutionaries: it's not something briar publicises, but he is sympathetic to some revolutionary causes. the emancipationists and the prehistoricists, specifically. while most revolutionaries are anti-briar due to his wealth, respect for law and closeness with the masters, those who reside in the hinterlands view him a little more favourably – and he has substantial influence in pilgrim's dawn, too.

society: briar makes all the appearances he needs to to stay in the good graces of high society. he's viewed by them on the whole as "a bit of an odd one but generally alright". even the ones that look down on his lack of generational wealth have to respect the amount of personal power he's obtained.

the church: briar's efforts with the church at burrow are the primary angle that he relates to the church in london. while its beliefs certainly aren't christian, it still promotes many values that the london clergy find admirable. plus he's technically a bishop

the docks: while he doesn't often spend time with the dockers, briar is far-travelled, has an excellent boat and pays his employees handsomely. even though many dockers will slag him off behind his back, they'll still be clamouring to join up when he wants to hire on more crew.

the great game: this one's obvious. briar has a lot of power and influence in the world of spies – and he takes an active interest in using it. he might not personally be exchanging whispered passphrases or making covert pickups, but that's only because he's got his own pieces to do that for him.

the tomb-colonies: briar's spent decent stretches in the tomb-colonies a few times – after being kicked out of the court, after SMEN, etc.. his fighting style was also developed, in part, from duelling with the colonists – so he's known as an accomplished fencer there, too.

urchins: briar only really engages with urchins when he needs something, but work from him is known among them to be respectful, lucrative and often fun. he respects them in a way few adults do, having been in a similar position himself.

[the-avaricious-meddler]

Admittedly, I also heavily dislike smen, I only like the vague ideas of what it could have been... If it was. Yknow. Completely different in almost every way and not written by a shitty racist predator.

[thedeafprophet]

Quickly turns off reblogs on the post to avoid any risk of smen related conversations on my posts

[thedeafprophet]

That's cool but I'd die before I'd play anything related to seeking ajdjfkgkh

if i knew any programs to use to make interactive stories i think it'd be fun to make one where u could go on a short heist with Alex lmao

[thedeafprophet]

wow i cant believe Candles was actually another masters kid this whole time, totally adds to the whole situation (joking) ( mocking candles) (i could make way worse jokes dont tempt me)

[thedeafprophet]

Ajsjdkfkgkghkh I swear, I have like 10 different words used to filter smen (including just. The word seeker. Yes i hate hearing about it that much) in the filtered tags and words sections, and the post still end up unfiltered

Note for general filtering: put things in both filtered tags and filtered words because people often won't tag things