#i also wanted to start considering the idea of playing dnd online but i guess i wont be able to for the foreseeable future

[blackthorndryad]

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[letstalkwhump]

Let's Talk Whump

Welcome to Let’s Talk Whump, a series of interviews that spotlight the amazing people in our whump community! I’m Malice and I’ll be your host today. 

Here today to talk all things whumpy is the fabulous @not-a-space-alien!

Thank you for joining us today! Do you mind sharing a fact or two about yourself to start us off?

I love pet rats.  I don’t know if I can have them anymore, though, because it’s really hard when they start getting sick and they get old so fast.

Rats make the most adorable pets! And how would you describe what whump means to you? 

To me whump is about lingering on the effects of trauma and pain that mainstream media usually minimizes or ignores because it’s “too messy” or apparently not interesting I guess?  Humans are messy and I want to revel in that sometimes.  It feels wrong to ignore it.  Sometimes I feel messy and in pain and overwhelmed and I want to read about people who also feel that way.  I also like the hurt/comfort aspect because…..well, my fantasy is that someone will comfort me when I’m hurting and that someone will rescue me when I’m in pain (or on the flip side that I can save someone who’s in pain)

How did you find the whump community? What made you want to join? 

I’ve written these sorts of things for a while even before engaging with anything on tumblr that was primarily made as whump.  I started posting my writing on tumblr and engaging in online circles originally in the Good Omens fandom, years before the TV show came out, and gradually my writing on that front started getting darker and darker as I realized there are other people who like reading that sort of thing and it wasn’t just me.  I think it did make people a little uncomfortable sometimes and they weren’t really sure how to handle it, so that’s why these days I try extra hard to make sure it’s clear what’s in the writing and how it should be viewed and handled.

If I remember correctly I found myself in this corner after a period of years where I didn’t write anything at all, then while watching some random movies I re-watched Night at the Museum and of course looked at tumblr posts about it, which led to me starting to browse g/t more often (thanks Jedtavius), and after being into g/t stuff for a while I stumbled across some people who wrote g/t whump, and from there I found some “regular” whump.  The first person I remember actually talking to was @oddsconvert, who told me to read Kane and Jim, and I have been mildly obsessed with Milly’s writing since then, which gave me a framework to pull together pieces of ideas I’d always had to write MMSS, which is really my only current contribution to “whump tumblr.” (I’d always had an idea about a scientist vampire getting caught while trying to make artificial blood, I combined this with Valen, a DnD character I’d previously played as a drow, because I knew the setting in Milly’s story would be the perfect thing to tie it all together.)

Do you think your view on whump changed since you discovered the whump community?

I’m not sure if I would really consider myself part of the “whump community” because so much of what’s out there doesn’t appeal to me.  At first I gave everything a try but as time went on I started getting more and more picky.  I’ve grown to really dislike “pet whump”/BBU as well as nameless snippets/prompts that use cardboard cutout characters or flatten characters into two-dimensional archetypes like “Caretaker” or “Whumper.”  This sounds really negative but it’s entirely a matter of personal taste and I wish people who write that stuff the best. I wish I could enjoy it because there’s so many talented people out there writing it but it just does nothing for me.

No, that’s entirely valid. There’s a lot of tropes out there and certain ones like BBU can feel inescapable sometimes!  It really can be hard to find ones that tick all of your boxes. Do you have any particular favourites?

I love when a character is scared for their life, not knowing that in reality they’re completely safe/being helped.  

Shocked when receiving mercy and gentleness when none is expected or deserved.

Character unused to receiving love being loved.

Monster characters hiding their monster nature, being exposed, but being loved anyway despite being treated badly for it in the past.

The power of FriendshipTM

Love being a powerful force that can pull people through the worst ordeals

Complicated relationships between vulnerable characters 

Fearplay 

Excellent trope choices! Unexpected mercy or kindness is so good! Would you like to share a favourite piece that you’ve written? 

Honestly this isn’t even whump but I think my favorite thing I’ve ever written is still Falling Hazard.  I put SO much work into that story.  It had so many moving pieces and I wanted to make sure it was all polished and got the attention it deserved so it went through 3 or 4 drafts, I had the whole thing written before I even started posting it.  It was the culmination of an OC-heavy, plot-intense Good Omens second-apocalypse fic that turned into more of a thriller than anything.  

https://not-a-space-alien.tumblr.com/post/657822746613514240/your-own-side-masterpost  

Haven’t really been interested in Good Omens fandom stuff for a hot minute but I’m honestly still really proud of it.  I don’t think it’s really possible to try the “sand the barcode off and sell as an original fiction” thing because it’s so interwoven with the themes of the novel but I think even people with only a passing knowledge of good omens could enjoy it.  (the first few entries in this series are kind of whumpy but the later ones are less like that)

Good Omens?! I’m going to binge this so much, I swear! What does your writing routine look like?

I only write when inspiration strikes, I generally don’t do my best work if I’m forcing myself to write.  I do my best work when I’m seized by some mad ideas and feel like I’ll explode if I don’t write RIGHT NOW.  I think the worst case I ever had it was this one time I wrote an entire ficlet on my phone at work.  RIP my thumbs. 

Ah yes. And the urge to write always comes at the most inconvenient time, doesn’t it? Do you find that somethings are easier to write than others?

I struggle to write in any universe where I can’t keep a firm hold on the worldbuilding in my head.  My brain will take implications of things we see and run off with it and it’s like I run up against a wall if I can’t take everything to its logical conclusion.  So I tend to write easiest in settings where the worldbuilding is simple, or based on a few things that are flexible.  I tend to get really picky and a bit ridiculous about taking things too seriously when it comes to worldbuilding.

Is there anything you're working on at the moment? 

My two big current writing projects are Watch Your Step and MMSS and I can’t really see that changing anytime soon.  I do have a google doc with some ideas for shorter pieces and snippets that I might write when inspiration strikes. 

Do you have a joke or pun you would like to share to spread some smiles today?

I'm bad at this.  Please can people comment with a joke or pun.  I’m the one who needs smiles.  I'm so tired.

A joke for you then: What's a fanfic writer's weapon of choice? His headcanon! 

Do you have any writing advice you’d like to share?

Pay attention to people in real life. Listen to the way they talk and act, the lies they tell themselves, the way they juggle things, the way they behave when they care vs when they don't care. Listen to what they say with their words and without. Dissect why strangers, acquaintances, friends, lovers interact the way they do. Notice patterns. Appreciate the complexity of human existence. Pay attention to context and background and how circumstances affect behavior. Understand that there is no true "you" at the core of every human, just a million fragments of personality seen by a million different people. Once you understand all this, you can mix and match to build a person in your head. Every character feels real when they get pieces of you, or pieces of people you know.  That’s my philosophy anyway!

I’m writing that advice down, that’s really good. Are there any blogs you’d like to mention?

@whumpsday and @oddsconvert  <3  I also love @demondamage’s stuff even though I havent been following for too long :)

Anything you'd like to add? 

Stay frosty coolios 

It was a pleasure to have you here today, @not-a-space-alien! 

And to all you fab folks at home, have a whump-derful day!

[rosebloodcat]

Toonkind Storyline Idea

Not too long ago, I got an interesting idea for a DnD storyline thanks to some interesting spells I found in the Player’s Handbook. I’ve also been listening to the Toonkind DnD recordings as well. So, as one would expect, the two have been slowly melding together into (what I think) is a fun/interesting story that could be played.

The only awkward thing about it is that I’m not actually in the Toonkind Discord (I’ve got my eye out for the next invite link and I’m praying I’ll be online and aware enough to join in then), so I can’t really share the idea and see if anyone would be up for it. This awkwardness is only increased by the fact that a character I want to see/use for it is one that isn’t mine.

Because of that, this idea has just been festering in the back of my head for several days now and I just- Need to talk about it now.

Like, the fear of possible embarrassment is being replaced by the pure need to talk about this. It’ll probably just sit in my posts/notes forever and not get used, but I want to have it down and out there. (Keeping hopes/expectations low on that front.) I mean, what are the chances that, even if I At’d the players here on Tumblr, they would actually read through the idea? Or want to talk with me about it? Pretty low as far as I can tell.

So honestly, there’s nothing actually stopping me from just rambling into the aether about this. Might as well go for it.

Anyways, let’s get into the meat of this.

I’ll start off by telling people that I had been curious about spells to revive/bring back the dead because I was curious about how many there actually were. 

Unsurprisingly, I found four spells that involved reviving/bringing back the dead.

Surprisingly, though, only three of those spells were necromancy spells! (Revivify, Resurrection, and True Resurrection.)

The Fourth spell was called Reincarnate and was a transmutation spell used/learnable by Druids. (If you’re curious about it, you can check out the exact details here! https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/reincarnate )

A quick summary of it goes like this: If someone has been dead for less than 10 days, you can touch them (or a piece of them) and create a new body for that person and call their soul to it. The spell causes their race/subrace to change, and the new one can be decided by the DM or via Dice Roll. All their abilities and memories stay the same, but their racial stats/abilities are exchanged for ones matching their new race/subrace.

And I thought, “What if this spell (or a variant of it) was used on a character that died in one of the Toonkind games?”

(Also, I realize I should mention this before continuing, Spoiler Warning for anyone who’s never listened to the Taffy Train Saga and the Coup De Blues games? This involves characters from those.)

I can’t think of too many toonkind characters who are actually Dead-Dead, but I do have one that I have a little bit of a soft spot for. One who was killed in the very same game he was introduced in.

Victor Tim, the (very dead) accountant for Dodo Studios.

(Who has been played by both @modmad and @snailcomicz and I’m not sure which of them he actually belongs to, so I guess he just goes to both for now. I know he was presented as a tool/not very liked character, but I just found him weirdly charming. I can’t explain it if I tried.)

Thus, the seed of an idea was planted in my brain.

What if Victor Tim was brought back from the dead by someone using a variation of this spell? Either as someone experimenting with magic or something. Heck, it could even be done with a machine instead of a spellcaster. (I’m not opposed to the “Illegal or at least Unethical Science” route for a villain. Seeing if they can expand the limit for how soon the spell can be used.)

I mean, considering the chaos brought by Dora Z Scale after the Taffy Train, would it really be so crazy to say that someone took advantage of it?

Someone could have noticed Dora robbing graveyards, seeing that the reports on it were few and far between, and decided to piggyback off her and snatch up remains in her wake. Get some free test subjects that didn’t need to sign waivers whilst everyone was focused on the Engineer and later Dora drama in the papers. Of course, they could have also been a bit more careful and waited until after Dora was captured/arrested before starting their experiments. To give more time for people to forget about them (if they had been spotted during that time) and let their focus be taken up by the former actress instead.

And it probably took a while before they got around to Vic, likely from how little they had of him due to Dora drinking a large portion of him. The Perp probably took their time refining their materials/process since they didn’t want to lose what little they had of him.

All things considered, the extra grave robber probably wasn’t noticed for a long time thanks to the sorting that needed to be done with Dora’s undead army. After figuring out who came from where and sending them back to their proper graves, I’m sure the police were very surprised to find that there were still a number of graves that remained empty.

That lovely little problem was probably kept buried to prevent the public from panicking/getting the police in even more trouble. Especially if The Engineer or Mrs. Tim found out that Vic’s remains were among those missing.

(Not to mention the field day the press would have about it. Like that one, very intrepid young reporter. The one with the dog, you know who.)

I’d say that Vic, when brought back, is still a toonkind but probably a different subrace. (Maybe a Frankenalie? Or a Warne? Unless Mod or Snail see this and think of something that would be more fun/interesting.)

He also probably has no idea what’s going on. Just that he’s pretty sure he’s supposed to be dead but somehow he’s not and he’s stuck somewhere he doesn’t recognize and are both his eyes facing forward? And “Oh no this is bad. I’m pretty sure there is a bad thing happening and I’m alone with no help, oh no, oh no, oh no.”

Because definitely not-okay, illegal/unethical experiments tend to mean the “Subjects” are basically captives/prisoners of the person responsible and need to either be rescued or find a way to escape.

Both routes could go in fun/interesting directions.

Cause, on one hand, there’s the possibility of getting the info out and having Engie pulling/being part of a rescue mission, or at least someone from the studio/Taffy Train may want to check it out. (I mean, who fakes being a dead guy? That’s weird enough that someone would want to look into it.)

On the other hand, there’s also the fun of Vic managing to bust out with the help of other victims in the same situation. Which could actually be a cool set of stories/games to be played. (I’d- I’d actually love to make a character to play that out if I’m being completely honest here. I may have one slowly being drafted out in my head as I type this.)

There’s also the potential hitch of Vic having to try and convince people/prove that he really is Victor Tim, the guy who was murdered by Dora Z Scale. Or that Vic’s note/message really was from him. Even more so if Vic’s talking to people who actually knew him before. (Powerful potential Angst and feels right there if they don’t believe him. Or it could be really funny, depending on how it’s played.)

There are also some fun shenanigans that could happen too. Mostly from Vic trying to figure out how his new race/abilities work. Like (if he was a warne)  accidentally using Expeditious Retreat and yeeting himself into a wall. Or (if he was a frankenalie) getting into a heated argument with an animal via Speak With Animals but not knowing it.

(“Uh, Vic?” “Wha- Oh! Sorry,  I was caught up talking with this guy-” “Vic, you’re talking to a dog.” “...Oh. Suddenly this makes a lot more sense.”)

But- yeah. That’s my idea for a potential storyline for Toonkind DnD, Victor Tim brought back from the dead but not as a Yupyaen and all the possible chaos that could entail. 

Honestly, I have more thoughts on the story, but it’s one of those things that would probably go better if I was able to talk with others about it.

This will probably sit in my posts for who knows how long and never actually get used/played, but I have said my piece now. Who knows, maybe I’ll use the initial idea in something and just remove Vic from the equation.

(... It would be cool if I actually got to use/play this in Toonkind though.)

[yuvon-writes-letters]

Yuvon (and Jake),

I'm actually glad you understand my suspicions and still, I think you convinced me to trust you for now. Maybe that goes both ways.

So, helping each other with those weird situations over letters, hm?

I never would've dreamed of my life becoming this...messed up? Weird? Crazy? But hey, at least it is not boring.

Yes, I was saying the stuff with the chinese food (which I really cooked btw) because of the motel room :)

So, four hours only...But that's something we could have expected: Different universes (as far as we know), different 'time zones' if you wanna call it like that.

Jake didn't I still was not able to reach my Jake, but I took a closer look on the picture. Sadly I didn't find anything. In the moment I'll stay where I am, I don't want to leave my home, but I hope I'll find a way to contact the Crow-Crew soon. Or maybe what (or who) ever is responsible for the stasis desides to 'help' me a bit. The thought of the MWAF (at least that's what I think) being out of the stasis with me is not really calming. I am also thinking about calling other people I know from Duskwood, or had contact with. Maybe Alan, Darkness or even Phil in prison. I have to figure out with whom I can stay in contact.

To help you, maybe you can figure out a bit more of where you are and maybe why you're there? You said something of a library and game room, also a comfy room. Is there something, anything that could give you hints?

Or is there something you haven't talked about yet that you know which could give more hints on your situation? Everything could help you now (even though going or plotting against an entity would be rather difficult) [a little figure that seems to think really hard is sketched next to the sentence]

So yeah, I think that's it for now. Maybe Rai will answer again soon, then we'd be three people :)

Stay safe Yuron, and Jake too!

[Jakes red eye is drawn here]

Liska🐾🔥

Liska,

I'm inclined to at least give SOME trust to anyone who gets these letters, since I'm 99% sure everyone who gets these is an alternate amateur investigator in the exact same position as I was in before being drawn here. You saw me talking about the parallel universe theory with Rai, right? My opinion there still stands. Maybe it's a bit naive, but the shared circumstances make me trust y'all more off the bat.

Yep, we might be trapped in cosmic horror stories, but no one could ever say this is boring XD

I was hoping not to deal with time bullshit. I was so happy when I learned that Rai and I's universes ran on the same time. Guess I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up XD Still, yeah, I really should've expected it.

Calling them would be an interesting idea. However, calling Phil might be difficult, and calling Alan may or may not cause issues; hard to tell with what we know so far. Sounds like Darkness is your best shot, at least in my opinion. (The writing here grows a little shaky.) I think that

Sorry, I started laughing and my lines started going crazy. I can’t ever NOT find Darkness hilarious, he reminds me of me when I was in my edgy phase. Anyhow, you’re probably going to need some type of pretext for talking to him, unless you want to frame it as just striking up a conversation. Maybe send him that picture of the MWAF’s mask you just got and ask him if it’s the one from the legend? You’ve come to him for info on the MWAF before, it probably won’t come off as an odd question.

I mean, odd for reasons other than you being sent a photo of the MWAF’s mask. Whatever, you get what I mean.

As for the rooms: there’s been something I’ve been obsessing over for a while, now, but I haven’t been able to get anywhere with it. I don’t know how much you know about video games, but for purposes of what I’m talking about, there’s basically three types: Singleplayer games are self-explanatory, and I have more than a few in the game room. Multiplayer games, on the other hand, come in two variants. There are ONLINE multiplayer games, where you play with random people on the internet. I have none of those, which is probably not surprising given all my other restrictions.

What I DO have are what are called LOCAL multiplayer games. These games are basically meant to be played by someone in the same room as you, on the same console (I’m usually a PC gamer but local multiplayer is generally a console thing.) There are also board games (multiplayer!) and even some DnD handbooks!

What’s most interesting to me, though, is that almost everything so far has been tailored to my interests. Books are all genres I enjoy, games are all genres I enjoy, etc etc. But buried under some other stuff is a chessboard. I’m AWFUL at chess and generally avoid playing it to avoid humiliating myself.

So something’s definitely up with that, though I’m not entirely sure what.

(Blacked out) (Blacked out harshly) (Blacked out) fe No, nothing of particular note I haven’t said yet. There’s those three rooms to the “south”, “east”, and “west”. There’s infinite paper. Whenever I get out of here I’m gonna get hit with a fine for littering XD   I have a pen that doesn’t run out of ink, a pencil that doesn’t seem to get dull, a paper clip with all the letters I’ve gotten or sent so far, and my malfunctioning phone which doesn’t run out of charge.

For a rehash of the rules I’ve learned of this place: I don’t need to eat or drink. I don’t get injuries. Nothing can pass through the invisible barrier. The trees are pass-through-able if there’s a room on the other side. I am not allowed to contact anybody not somehow related to the Duskwood case. Unless I take action to spur them on first, the Crow Crew remains in stasis except for on landmark days like Father’s Day. (Jake is no longer in stasis, exactly, but he can’t get anything new on the case either. He considers it a variation on the stasis.)

:) Yeah, hope Rai’s doing okay. They probably just had something come up in their life, and that’s why they haven’t written for a little bit. Or maybe they moved and the entity keeping me here didn’t update the address XD

Jake wants to try to figure out if there’s a “conversion rate” for time between our universes. I suspect there isn’t a conversion rate, but it’d be good to figure out one way or the other. We’re taking notes on the approximate times we get your letters and send ours back to you. Your letter was received about 12 hours after I sent the last letter, and I’m sending this one somewhere about about 2 hours after I got yours.

Jake highly recommends you don’t call Alan. And while he personally doesn’t mind if you call Phil, he says that based on his own previous behavior, your Jake might not be too happy about it XD

He also suggests that maybe the reason my letters sent so oddly in the first place (introductory, then all the others at once,) had something to do with the time bullshit. Seems possible, I guess, but that might imply your stasis doesn’t have anything to do with my stasis; I figure if my entity was the one doing your stasis it could bypass the stasis to deliver the letters.

Speaking of stasis: I know it’s dangerous, and I know you’d be breaking your promise... but what would happen if you physically went to Duskwood? Probably too bad of an idea to actually try unless you get really desperate, but it’s something to think about.

You be safe too, Lis :)

—Yuvon and Jake

(The letter tucks itself into the paper clip with the others.)

[mrs-mikko-rantanen]

Uhm, my day was decent? I mean aside from the fact that mornings exist and I did not want to wake up in time for my shift at work. But. And the end of the day when I have literal hours to do stuff after.. it works out cuz. Usually I get off and its oh shit I have enough time to halfway emotionally recharge and then its time for bed.

But. I got in and E^2 had put like. My name down on the schedule, and. That was great really. And we had this sheet for sign up of, basically what areas you want to be personally responsible for. And I signed light and it was great. And I dont think anyone really noticed cuz the manager wasn't there and no one else really looked at the schedule or anything else. But. It made me happy.

Still haven't gotten my name tag changed and honestly I dont think I'm going to. Cuz. I feel like I'm just being a bother asking again. But. It is what it is I guess.

I got off at five and its now nine and ive just been vibing in the car listening and singing to Spotify since I got off just trying to keep the sad at bay. And I should probably go home but. I dont want to. Cuz I know I'm just gonna wallow in the sad and self destructive tendencies if i go home.. If I ask nicely will the fae take me in as one of their own and I can become a cryptid in the woods?????

I have a three day weekend coming up and im considering doing a touch up on my hair since its really washed out. But I cant decide if I wanna keep it fully red or try and do like an ombre double tone thingy.. but I'm not sure what other color I'd try to do to the tips? Idk

I kinda wish my hair was longer so I could do like. The galaxy hair thing? Where its various shades of purple and blue and some pink and it looks different depending on how you style it. But I also know attempting to grow my hair out longer than I already plan to is a bad idea, cuz the sides and back are already getting too long and I hate it. But I wish I could do fun stuff with it too

Oh well. The duality of man i guess..

Uhm. I bought a giant plastic egg the other day, that reminds me of a dragons egg kinda. And I'm trying to decide if I should keep a hoard of dice in there or a hoard of crystals. Cuz. Dice and the clacky math rocks. But. Also shiny crystally gems

Speaking of dice I also really kinda want to try and get into a dnd group, but social anxiety and I have zero idea where to start with that so. That's fun.

Im currently resisting the urge to go and get more holes and metal in my head too. I just. The red hair makes me feel cool and powerful and I wanna look punk and

Sorry I've been rambling for like half a novel. I'll stop now before I get annoying. I mean I definitely already am. But you asked for asks and distractions and 👉👈 I love you

Id ask about your day but you seem to want a distraction from that sooo. How about, got any fun headcanons to share??

Thats awesome on the name front!!! I saw that and I got really excited for you when you posted the picture this morning, honestly I think you should bring up the nametag again, esspecially if its showing up on the schedule too. (Oddly enough I kicked around the idea of using a new name with friends and sruff today which is weird mostly bc like i like my name irl, its fairly androgynous and it makes me happy and i love my online name bc it means me :))

My vote is two tone!! I almost did a pink/purple ombre with my hair this round so I say do ittttt (that's also what I say about the extra holes and metal. Do itttttrrr)

That would be a hard choice but u do really like the idea of a giant dragons egg full of dice ngl. I need to find some people to play with too. I'm trying to get b and c in on something but idk if its ever really gonna pan out the way I want it too. My town actually has a pretty active dnd community but I am way too new and way too socially anxious to ever join something like that so I feel you there.

100% not annoying, each paragraph made me smile more. :)

My day was actually mostly ok, i just sorta ruined it with Danny at home. I just pointed out that the idealized dream band life that I wanted and thought I had was what she got and that it made me kinda jealous and she pointed out (correctly) that I'm jealous of so many aspects of her life that she now has a list of things she can't talk to me about for fear of setting me into a spiral and just. Yeah. That wasnt fun.

But work was ok. The kids all were really tierd so there was a fair bit of crying going on, but the weather was really nice so we got to go outside with them for a long time and that was very nice. I also got some really sweet cuddles from a few of them that made me very happy.

Oh! I also have a funny story about them!! So I was squatting (my main position is almost like Spiderman bc I'm down on the kids' level but i can also get up and move if I need to pretty quick) and one of the girls goes and gets a book, then stands right in front of me and points at the floor and says "sit" in the most authoritative voice I have ever hear from a 1 1/2 year old 😂 as soon as I sat down she was in my lap and opening the book so I could read to her.

As far as headcanons.... Sadly my brain is bouncimg mostly art ideas for the Tamgled au and not anything of substance so I may take a crack at that later. Otherwise I keep thinking about whumped up Will crying on the floor and Maurie finding him. Really I'm just thinking about Maurie and Will being bros. A lot. So much. God I love them.

[callyrose1986]

my reality is a fantacy

MY REALITY IS A FANTACY  

Its beginning of April and I've been hearing voices since my birthday last September, I can't say I had the best time of my life... I decided to type it all down of what I went through, let me break it down for you, one day around my birthday I decided to read a few tarot cards online and the more I did they showed the same outcome, that I was to meet my twin flame, twin soul or/and soul mate, not sure if it's all in one or if it's just one of these, that I'm not sure of, now for those of you who don’t know what that is a twin fames or the others twin flame is when one soul splits into two, not sure exactly what twin soul is other what it sounds like, seems to me it is the same thing like the twin flame, soul mate is just that, a mate for your soul, look it all up for yourself.  

For some odd reason I begin to hear voices of a women and she helped me get better at hearing them I can't say exactly what she did I can't remember, I have the worst memory anyway though this times of readings I figured out who my other flame was and I don’t know if it was fate or dumb luck but it was my celebrity crush.... Imagine that, I have no idea who or why it turned out to be him but I was constantly told that I could manifest my desires and welp.... take that as you may I have no idea myself what is truly going on in my life right now..... only the gods and answer that messed up bit of information, not that I'm a religious person I prefer to spiritual instead.  

I tried to contact him online his name was Tom Hiddlston, I had a crush on him since I first saw I'm in the superhero movies when he played Loki in the Thor, tall dark and handsome was my type, I then fell for him even more once I got to know the actor, well as much as I could get to know him behind the silver screen. Anyway, I was reading pictures from his hashtags on Instagram like you read tarot cards and then I would post a reply and put it in Tom’s @page and I would get something like a reply... I could hear him in my head too and then for some reason he told others it turned into something like a little game them who turned out to be the cast of avengers.

it went over pretty good on his side, but unfortunately on my side when I broke it to my mother.... I made one of  the biggest mistake I ever made...deciding to walk from my small town of Coulhurst all the way to the city of Lethbridge to go to chapters. Where I thought the tort card where hinting I would meat Tom, not that I actually though I would I just wanted to go, and they were egging me on to go, something else that I could inform you all about is that there is many different realities not just the one you live in and unfortunately that mean that there are many, many different versions of ourselves and unfortunately, I did not contact just my version of Tom Hiddlston but I contact all of the others two, I have no idea how I managed that... the one that came was not my Tom from my world but from another and that means I could not see him.  

I still don’t know if I have talked to the Tom from my world, I guess I won't know till I get the chance to meet him in person, if that ever happens of course, let's see... I died in other reality's more times than I could count, mainly because I can't remember, being stabbed in the back by a trickster god called Loki a few dozen times and I don’t mean from the Norse mythology I mean by the Loki from the marvel movies, ya because that’s a thing....  

Everything you watch is a window to another reality and dreams are something of the same, now there is more like I can put myself into movies and shows I watch and I can hear what the characters are thinking and saying, not to mention in the begging I thought whatever I do in my mind what actually happen in the other reality's I was thinking I was in, now I changed that it just everyone imagining it but not really having it happen, I did a lot of not so nice stuff and still do but at least it's not real, I was sent to hell a few times wish I know what heaven was like, think I got jipped on that one, worst thing I ever did really was sole chock from when I was at school and church, I did watch some porn that was not meant to be watch by anyone's eyes and played some pornographic games but I don’t think I'm meant to go to hell for it...  

Apparently the ‘devil’ just wanted someone on one time, I brought myself back to life as soon as I knew I was dead, well eventually sometimes, it was just tiering having to do that all the time, oh by the way I can do that bring myself back it along with anything else you can think of, I can do anything I want too in other realities, does not work in my reality but then again I can't be killed by other people from other realities in my reality, also I got murdered on my way to chapters stabbed and molested by some random guy still not sure about the whole story behind that one my mother found me walking still to the book store in my reality, that was a trip I tell you, before I was picked up I somehow jumped into other bodies of the actors who had flown down with Tom and had found me at my house.

I did end up at the store but of cause no one showed up, that was one journey I won't soon forget, I  found out that my other selves where from other realities and that characters I created comes to life, like since tv and movies characters where once created, I was not sleeping and was not eating but I was not tiered or hungry but for a girl who did not have the  waite I didn’t need to louse more of it.

I was seeing signs of that my house was evil and that the color red was bad and everything that was ‘dark’ needed to go so I got rid of mostly everything I had in my room that was considered ‘dark’ on top of that lost a caption America sweeter and Tom Hiddlston doll and Spiderman figure and almost lost my phone, it was found  thankfully but not the others.  

Among all the other versions of me there is a few evil characters evil clowns evil demon things a robot some zombies some vampires and a dnd character and an original character called Cally, among others I'm not sure about, one of them is called the moon goddess who has the power to have everyone fall in love with her looks, and it leaks out into me so others from the other universes feel overly attracted to me because of her, there is an off switch but it keeps turning on and she says it's not always her doing it, I'm not sure if I should believe that, Tom has the same thing but I won't know that till later, names the sun god, I'm not too fond of that one, my fault for calling him the sun to my moon, nether one of them where exactly what I though them to be.

it wasn’t just that everyone was attracted it was harassment and no one would take no for an answer I was raped in a lot of realities, it's gotten better but still not perfect yet, they are lucking they didn’t die from doing that to me.  right after I when walking to the book story my mother had me admitted to a mental health facility, where they drugged me up to take away the voiced, it worked but on the down side I could not eat I could not sleep, I was shaking uncontrollably and it was worse than when I was home,  I just didn’t feel the need to sleep or eat at home.

I was drooling from the shot they game me and I was losing wait because I could not swallow the food, it was not a fun time, I was there for about a month after that I want in to shasha house and I was therefore a day or two and they took me to the hospital to see if they could figure out what was wrong with me, they gave me something for the shot I took to get rid of the voices since that’s what was making me have side effects, it didn’t take long for me to feel better, I was in the hospital for about a week or something close, after that I was at my sisters for a few days, meanwhile my mother had got something called global amnesia from the stress.

Then I was back to shasha house I was there for about a week or two and was thinking of the voices again, I haven't heard from anyone since I had that shot but even with everything that happen I still wanted them back I was lonely I liked talking to them I liked talking to Tom, you may think I'm stupid to start this all over again but I don’t give a damn! This time I would tell no one, have it be my little dirty little secret, don’t really remember how I got them back but I did, I didn’t get the right ones though I didn’t know that, I have been going through so many to find the one from my reality, there is no real way to find out who is Tom from my reality I've told Tom who loves  me by now that maybe we should meet at a comic expo somewhere where I can get to, so in Canada hopefully in Alberta.

let's see this second half I got stepped a few times again and mind f*cked a couple of time no more evil things like seeing red and thinking devil is after me, no more going to hell or dyeing, we tried merging all the realities but didn’t work tried to merge all the Toms still don’t know if that works to our advantage or not. I still have my highs and lose, I've run across the first group a few times and they are merged with a Tom who is now called God... btw I HATE HIM!!! Fuck the sun god GOD, ‘GOD Tom’ IS THE WORST!!! I will MURDER THIS BASTERED WHEN I SEE HIM because he lied about being the ‘REAL’. I also decided to stop giving ‘second’ chances to the villains, they just don’t learn.  

I'm sure there is more I could say but that’s it for now, I still haven't seen anything of Tom going to a Con near me yet, I still have a few weeks to go till I go.  

[icewindandboringhorror]

Another set of responding to asks lol.. As usual I have them numbered and will also write out the ask in the text, especially since the screencaps are all blurry and taken at various times/compiled together badly and probably hard to read ghghhggh..... answers under the read more ~ 

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1. "Hi I don't mean to bother you at all, but I was wondering where you get your rocking horse shoes? (I think thats what they're called) I've been looking everywhere and I can't seem to find any :(( "

I don’t entirely remember, since I got them like 6 or 7 years ago.. I think maybe at some point that place ‘bodyline’ or something had some cheap ones? But I don’t see them on the site anymore, they were like $50 or $60. Now when I google it I can only find these insane like $600 ones from vivian westwood or whoever, or ones that are platform shoes but not necessarily the same type. Maybe you could find some on aliexpress or ebay or something? Usually you have to use weirdly specific search terms and look for a while, but you can often find stuff like that on those sites. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help!!! 

2. "I've been sick for over a month and my doctor tested me - everything came back fine. After some discussion it appears that my ptsd symptoms came back and the stress on my body is making me fatigued, sick and dizzy. I don't want to say that this could be similar to you situation, but if you have a therapist or someone to talk to about any stresses/your sickness, it might help relieve the pressure a bit. Good luck, I'm so sorry you feel so unwell"

Thank you for sharing! Yeah, I think stress definitely plays a part in why I feel sick so often. Currently I’m not still having the same problem I was having a few months ago when you sent this, so that’s good at least!! 

3. “Hi! Do you plan to ever have more sculptures for sale? Or would you do commissions? I haven't seen any in a while but wanted to buy one! :-O”

I have plenty that I want to sell, I guess it’s just hard for me to get set up. Since so much of the reason I procrastinate selling stuff is because I hate the stress of deciding on a price, I’ve thought for a while now that maybe I can just auction them (so I just set a base price, but people bid whatever they feel is fair and I don’t have to decide myself). But I’m just not sure of a good way to do that.. Ebay has auctions, but I don’t want random strangers buying them, I’d rather stick to just the pool of people who follow my art blog and are already familiar with my sculptures or etc. I could do them on here ?? (like, ‘reply to this post to bid, bids close 8am EST, whoever said the highest number sends the money through paypal and then I send the sculpture’ sort of thing???)   But I’m not sure if it’s legal to sell stuff through tumblr, or if there could be any other problems with doing it so ‘unofficially’ like that.. I don’t know, I have a vague idea, I’m just having trouble deciding the best way to set up something! I do want to sell some soon though, if I live through the pandemic and anything ever goes back to normal, of course (I wouldn’t want to be having to leave the house to ship stuff in the mail right now). 

As for commissions, I have actually done sculpture commissions for friends a few times, so I feel confident-ish that I’d be able to do something like that, but I also wouldn’t want to get overwhelmed since it takes a lot of work. Custom sculptures may also be more expensive, and again.. I always feel guilty and strange about pricing. I’ve thought about doing very limited sculpture commissions though (like, maybe just one at a time, first come first serve or something..?). If it seems like there’s actual interest in that sort of thing, I could definitely consider doing it in the future! 

4. " *picks up that smol blue kid and throws them across the room* "

ghgh .. the smallness is an advantage... they could just skitter back down your arm like a tiny squirrel the second you tried to pick them up.. Ythrili survival strategy is to be too small to catch in the first place 

(also forgive every sketch in this post, my screen that you can draw on broke, so I’m either drawing stuff in ms paint with a mouse, or drawing stuff on paper and coloring it in firealpaca also with a mouse ghghh.. not going to look Good)

5. "it sounds like you feel pressure to only post good content on the internet, and so you end up psyching yourself out of posting at all. Am I on the right track? "

Not necessarily, like I mentioned in the tags I think it’s more just that everything is complicated by my brain. I can’t just do something effortlessly. Whether it’s for an audience or not, I get caught up on every little detail and adding so much complexity to everything that all tasks take me longer than they take other people lol. I think I just tend to take everything very seriously?? 

Like for example, I’m often accused of ‘turning things into a discussion’ when someone was just intending to make an off-handed remark, because if someone is bringing up a topic to discuss, I end up engaging with it 100% and putting full effort into it, and it’s hard for me to be ‘’casual’’ about pretty much anything (so if someone was like ‘My day yesterday was a bit weird’ I wouldn’t be able to just respond ‘aw man, that sucks’, I would just be like ‘Weird how? what happened? what made it weird? Are you okay now? Are things still weird? Have you found a solution?’ etc. etc.). I was also bad at essays/open answer questions in school (despite usually being great at the class otherwise), because no matter how hard I tried to filter my speech and cut things out, I was always far too long-winded  and would get almost too engaged with the topic and lose the clear cut thought organization and focus that you’re supposed to have I guess. Even like, playing video games or something that’s supposed to be relaxing, I can’t just ‘jump into them’ and do whatever, usually any game I play (large ones at least, small 25 minute  point and click adventure games don’t count of course), I have 7 - 10 pages of notes, do hours of research, look up most of the main spoilers, plan out and organize exactly how I’m going to play it and this and that, etc. lol... 

So, that personality trait carries over into posting things online as well, I can’t just type something out quickly and hit ‘post’ without a second thought. Social media is hard for me because you’re supposed to use it casually, but I spend a long time re-reading drafted posts, thinking about them, etc. etc., and end up never actually getting around to posting anything. It’s not that I’m perfectionist about it and want it to be ‘good’ or appear a certain way, it’s just that my mind becomes preoccupied with things I guess.  I’m a natural information gatherer, part of my natural way of processing things is to learn everything possible before acting, and I want to make sure I’ve fully thought about everything always, and know as much as I can (so I wouldn’t want to publicly say something without giving it a lot of consideration first, or post a picture without really thinking about if I want to post it, what my reasons behind posting it are (like if I’m posting something just for a validation of a certain aspect of myself VS. genuinely because I like it, etc.), if a few months from now I’ll still like that I posted it, etc. lol.. even with like silly cat photos or something, I have to analyze it and be like ‘hmm.. will I still stand by this picture in 4 months? why am I posting it publicly vs, just keeping it privately to myself on my computer? what’s important about it?’ etc. etc. ghgjhgjh.. like.. shut up lol.)

ANYWAY, yeah, I don’t know if it’s about wanting online content to be “good”, as much as it’s just like... I take everything way too seriously and am detail-oriented, contemplative, and analytical to a fault, which means it just takes me 10x longer to do basic ‘’simple’’ things that it would for other people. Though I can still be quite quick-thinking and decisive (I don’t often waver back and forth between things too long), it’s usually because I have years of thinking about the same exact things behind me, so I already am very clear on my opinions on stuff, to a point. But when it’s new things I’m less familiar with (like playing a new game, or posting regularly online), I’m still in a phase where I guess I have to give it a lot of thought. I just process things in a different way than other people I guess? Or have some inherent inability to be brief/concise/careless? If you’ve ever read any of my worldbuilding posts (where I usually start off wanting to explain one thing but then have to derail into 400 other misc. details and explanations and it ends up being a novel), then maybe it’s more evident what I mean, where it’s just like... my natural manner of speaking is Too Much.. I guess? Even this answer is winding and rambly, and I feel like other people could have answered this ask in only a few sentences lol.. 

 If any of that makes sense? I don’t know how to describe how I am lol.. I just know it's hard to me to use social media in this ~~casual effortless~~ way most people seem to, since my brain is just inherently incapable of anything ‘’casual’’ or ‘’effortless’’ lol..  T u T ;; 

6. " Hi! I hope this isn't weird to say, I'm designing a race for my DND campaign and some of the aesthetics are a little bit inspired by some of your costumes and makeup designs. You're awesome and your art is awesome so thanks : ) "

Thanks so much, I appreciate it! It’s always cool to hear I can inspire people~ 

(I usually don’t include many compliments in these ask compilation posts, but I always try to include a few, just to let people know that even if I don’t respond to all of them I do see them, and appreciate it!) 

7.  ???

I ended up cropping out this ask and not answering because some of the content was questionable (the reason WHY/how they wanted to make the character) in a way that I didn’t feel like getting into a long thing about, but part of it was relevant to making OCs in my world, so I will just make a quick comment:

I do state that this is a closed world, so I don’t want anyone making OCs of my species or etc. at least not at this point. Once my game is finished (if ever lol), or I write a few books or something, then I feel it would be understandable if people like, made up a background story for their player character and thus maybe could have some form of OC in my world and etc.. So I may be more relaxed on this in the future as I create content that people naturally would want to engage with , but for now, I’m still a very tiny creator with a closed world and it just doesn’t feel the same as like.. making an oc based on some thing in a big TV series or something. My worldbuliding and etc. is still very personal to me. Unless we’re directly collaborating on things (like mentioned here (link) a bit), or you’re a personal friend of mine who’s gotten involved in the world with my own guidance (meaning I could tell you lore things you’d need to know to make it accurate, etc.), then I don’t feel it’s appropriate for strangers to do at this point. 

Especially since I don’t even have enough world info out for people to be able to reference (most species have half-complete guides, I’ve only ever talked about like, one continent, etc.). There are so many necessary details which I have only in my head and have never typed out, so again, idk, it’d just be weird. I’m not okay with it until I have a lot more lore published, and maybe a few actual works out there that people can reference/stories/games/basis for OCs to exist in the first place. If that makes sense? 

8. "Hey, is it ok to use your outfit posts as inspiration for a dnd character? I love them so much, you have such a unique way of combining crazy patterns and fabrics into something that gives off a good vibe”

Yes, that would be fine! Thank you for asking, and I appreciate the compliments~ Hopefully I can get back to posting that sort of thing more often lol.. I’ve gotten WAY off my routine and haven’t done many outfits lately.. aaa

9. "hi Luca! i just wanted to say i really love all of your costumes and fashions and dress ups, its all so cool and pretty and interesting. i actually wanna dress up for fun for myself, and now that i know about the bins i think i'll try to convince my mom to take me to similar places for cheap clothing pieces, since my mom is worried about how much all this costume stuff costs. anyway, please keep posting your cool and beautiful stuff! "

Thank you so much! I wish you luck with your costumes! Yeah, I think there’s a common idea in a lot of fashion communities (like with makeup, costumes, etc.) that you have to always have high quality things to look nice, and even if sometimes you can do more with a little extra money, really you can make anything look good with what you have if you just combine it right. As I’ve always been quite low income, being into fashion and stuff has be discouraging at times, that I couldn’t afford certain materials or items, but you just have to find a niche where what you’re able to do works. For example, a lot of even ‘cheap’ lolita style clothings are too expensive for me (like $30 - $50 for a dress??? then the more pricey ones can be over $100???) lol.. BUT, then stuff like mori kei, cult party kei, fantasy costumes, etc. you can do with nearly any fabric you can find, and it’s still just as fun and creative. Most of the outfits I take pictures of probably cost me no more than $1 - $10 for every single item combined. Obviously it depends on location - I have better access now that I live near a place like the bins, which I understand there may not be similar resources in small towns or etc. But even with generic thrift stores (which may not be as cheap as the bins), you can still find pretty good alternatives to all the money it costs to buy things brand new. There’s still some stuff I legit just can’t do because I don’t have access to the materials, but for the most part I can manage everything I’d like with $3 eye-shadows and 15 cent tattered curtain fabrics lol. You can still do really cool stuff on a pretty nonexistent budget!

10. “do you have any tips on growing your hair long? is it expensive to up keep? i wanna grow mine out but it grows so slow!”

Well, I know nothing about hair and am not a hair stylist or etc. so I really don’t have any tips lol??  And I think hair maintenance depends a lot on the type of hair you have, not everyone’s is the same. I assume we must have similar hair  (my natural hair is thick kind of coarse very dark brown/black hair, which is a bit wavy in some parts but mostly straight, but most of my hair currently (aside from the overgrown roots at the top) is altered because of damage from bleaching and etc., it’s more brittle. so that’s what I’ll be referencing) if you’re asking me this instead of someone else, but just know that whatever I say may not apply to you.  

Anyway, I really don’t do anything to my hair to make it grow or etc., it’s just that I’ve gone a long time without cutting it lol. I used to cut it all the time or change styles, and now I’ve kind of just left it for 5 or 6 years or so. Because of my mental illness I have trouble maintaining personal care and etc., so I do sometimes go a week or more without washing it, even though I’m trying to work that into my schedule more (luckily I don’t have stinky head, I’ve heard some people’s scalp oils and stuff can smell weird if left for too long, I have the privilege of being able to like.. skip on hygiene a lot without it severely impacting my ability to do things or etc. since it’s usually not obvious if I haven’t bathed in a week or two). 

My cat also EATS HUMAN HAIR for some reason, so I have to keep it up all the time, so that when I shed it doesn’t actually just fall loose onto the ground lol. Literally all I do to my hair is just keep it in two braids at all times and wash it with normal shampoo and conditioner occasionally, when I can. I really only think it’s gotten long because I’ve been leaving it alone and not messing with it, not really because of anything I’ve done (like I don’t use fancy products on it or etc.) And because of that, no, it’s not really expensive! It absolutely WOULD be if I were like..a normal functioning person and I regularly bleached it and dyed it and put products on it and styled it and used shampoo and conditioner every 1-3 days on it and etc. lol.. But I guess because I don’t do anything to it to maintain it, I’m not spending money on hairspray or dye or shampoo or etc.  I used to bleach it a lot and straighten it and use hairspray and stuff on it, and it seems healthier (at least on the new top parts) now that I’m just ... ignoring it basically lol. But I don’t really know what to do to make it grow faster! I’m bad at self-care, and even if I do costumes and stuff, I really am not into beauty and hair and nails and makeup and stuff, so I’m probably the wrong person to ask hghjhb.. My upkeep routine is just... eat and sleep. wash face with water daily.. do extra stuff if you can manage to despite your functioning issues, etc. I’m definitely not a Beauty Advice person, I barely brush my hair even once a week lol

11. "Maybe you should reduce the number of races if it's too overwhelming? A world can still be immersive with only a few races in it."

(sidenote - Not to be nitpicky, but I make a specific point that the groups of fantasy creatures I create are species, not ‘’races’’, even though it is a commonly used term in fantasy worldbuilding, I think it’s inaccurate/weird )

I know I don’t have to make so many different groups, but, I guess I just really want it to be a broad setting. Part of the point in creating Nanyevimi (aside from worldbuilding just being extremely fun and a hobby greatly suited to someone with my personality traits lol) is to have an established world that I can do anything within, a framework already built where it'd be super easy to just drop a character anywhere on the map and already have an idea of what their culture, background, experiences, etc. would be based on pre-existing details about that portion of the world, etc. But I also want it to be broad, and varied, where every area kind of has it’s own dynamics going on there, so if you’re in a different place, you get a different kind of story. (like in an elven alliance city, you’d be better suited to tell an adventure story centering around complicated local politics, or city life, or etc.. whereas out in some isolated mountains in the south, it’d be more suited for a mystery story about stumbling across ancient ruins, or running into a mysterious traveler, etc.) 

Which I guess doesn’t matter much, since I'm better at setting, world design, character design, planning, and details than I am at plot, so  I probably won’t actually ever do anything with it (god forbid I tried to write a book or something with my utter inability to be concise/brief in any imaginable way). I can craft settings/characters/history/world-details all day endlessly, never losing inspiration or etc, but my weak point is actually telling stories within those settings and formulating a solid plan, organizing plot structures long term and etc.. Setting up everything for something to happen/creating a place where many interesting premises could occur is fine, but then actually thinking of how those things should OCCUR, or how the set up should play out, is where I get kind of lost. I guess the ideal at some point would be to have people working with me, helping when writing stories in my world/outlining games/etc, to add more cohesion/structure and reign in the unfocused stream of ideas,  but that’s very unlikely since I don’t have any close friends that are good at organizing or plotting either, etc. BUT anyway, even if I can’t ever manage to do anything with it, the whole “having a setting I can use for anything I want if anything ever comes up, which is already established and thus makes it much easier to formulate ideas because all the background work is already done for myself” thing is at least a nice goal.. in concept...theoretically lol..  

And, it’s not really too overwhelming, I think the overwhelming part is actually just formatting and producing those ideas in a consumable form. It’s not hard for me to keep track of 20 different groups and make backgrounds and every imaginable detail for them, but it IS hard to actually take all that information that exists in my head, type it out as a worldbuilding post, format and organize it, draw pictures to go with it, etc. If I could just post long stream of consciousness style 300,000 word long posts with no paragraph breaks, 4000 typos, barely any punctuation, etc., then I’d have A LOT more world-building info publicly available (since that’s what all the initial documents on my computer look like lol), but that’s just so inaccessible it’d be pointless to have public in the first place. The hard part isn’t really coming up with or managing the information, it’s just... organizing it all, and finding a way to share it. 

12. "oh PLEASE tell me what boing peach beverage the elf looks like"

a quick sketch of them.. mysterious peach (and other produce) salesman   

13. "fun question: what are ur fashion pet-peeves?"

Well, basically none because I hate when people are rigid over Fashion Rules or etc. Like, people who take pictures of others in public because they “look weird” , or who constantly trash on what people are allowed to wear, what patterns can be mixed with others, etc. etc. I get that some stuff can look kind of bad sometimes, and it’s not that I think nobody is allowed to criticize fashion trends or etc. (especially if they’re legitimately problematic, like of course someone wearing a homophobic t-shirt or doing blackface should be criticized), but I mean just like... that sort of trivial bitter criticism that doesn’t do anything but make people feel bad about the way they look or make them afraid to dress in ways they feel comfortable. Like taking a picture of someone and posting it online to make fun of them because they wore socks with sandals, or bullying 14 year olds who just started doing makeup and haven’t totally gotten their look sorted out yet, etc. etc. (ESPECIALLY since this can often intersect with classism, racism, etc. if you really examine what people mock as 'ugly' or 'unacceptable' styles, it's often stuff like men wearing dresses/makeup, women not shaving, clothing associated with poverty (like wearing “”cheap”” clothes), physical traits commonly associated with poc, making fun of people who look a certain way likely due to mental illness (like fidgeting, dirty mismatched clothing, carrying stuffed animals or comfort items in public etc.), etc. etc.

I find costumes and makeup and outfits to be a very cool and fun way to express myself. So when people are complete freaks about it and set out to just relentlessly make others feel bad for no good reason, it’s like... obnoxious... How can you take something with so much potential and limit it and close others off and turn it into this rigid hateful thing, when it should be something that everyone is able to be passionate about and appreciate?? Outside appearance isn't everything, but it's a tool of expression for so many people and can relate to who they are as a person, people should never feel uncomfortable to be who they are or look how they look just because some dumbass rich person writing for a style magazine has the gall to declare some random thing to be 'Unfashionable' despite not having a genuinely creative bone in their body, or some bigot thinks that certain things are ‘ugly’ or ‘unprofessional’ due to their own mental associations, etc.

But anyway, I guess if I had to choose a few things that I just think look kind of odd to me personally/are generally off-putting...  

--- the overdrawing lips thing when you can see the persons actual lip-line and it almost looks like they have two mouths or something? (if not done intentionally for costume makeup). It can look a little strange to me sometimes, like an optical illusion where you see multiple mouth lines at once?? idk like this?

--- freckles that are just round circles and really heavy and don’t look realistic (though again, I also realize this could just be the person’s first time drawing them on or something and I’m not  mocking for lack of skill, etc. I just mean that it’s a little strange to look at, not actually BAD though) (and it can also be intentional, like for a cartoony costume look) ---- People adopting cutesy/childlike fashion and clothing and sexualizing it or using it as part of their sex/kink stuff.. I just feel like anything associated with children should not be sexualized..? If the first thing someone thinks when seeing children's school uniforms or frilly little girl’s doll dresses or whatever is that it could be a Hot Thing then hhh... like why is your brain making those connections lol.. People can dress how they want for whatever reasons they want, but that’s always personally creeped me out a little. Similar to our culture’s obsession with looking young being ‘hot’ (like a grown man wanting someone who’s a legal adult but still “looks 16″ or etc.), where it’s like.. okay, I guess yeah outwardly you can make that choice, and maybe aren’t directly causing harm, but.. the underlying tones of it and etc. still make it very unsettling to witness lol... ---- anything appropriated obviously, as well as fetishization or bastardization of cultures, like t-shirts with Japanese writing on them Just For Aesthetic, or taking certain culturally or religiously significant symbols or etc. and adopting them as ‘just a silly fashion’ thing when you’re actually being disrespectful, etc.  ---- those shorts or whatever that go up extremely high on the hipbones always look a little weird to me lol, like they give a person funny proportions, 

(you may have to right click open image in new window and zoom to see the text, but it’s like.. the blank space makes it look kind of weird to me? Like there’s too much where there’s just nothing going on? idk. That’s just my personal preference though, obviously I tend to lean towards busy designs lol)

That’s all I can think of though, like I said, I’m really not picky or judgy about fashion since I think people should be able to do whatever they want for the most part. I’m not like a “omg stripes should NEVER be worn with plaid!!” type person or something lol. 

14. "Hey Luca! I love when you post about your world. Do you have a favorite species you've made up so far? Also, I hope you're holding up well during the crisis!"

AAaa thanks! I’m okay mostly. It’s distressing since because of my particular mental illness I already have constant paranoia and obsessions about health, so of course hearing about so much illness can be really triggering constantly and I’m preoccupied in never-ending anxiety spirals about mortality and etc. etc. etc. , but situationally, I’m just very thankful that nobody in my household has gotten sick yet and I desperately wish that will continue to be the case. *** *** *** 

(ignore the *** *** *** , this is a text version of a physical compulsion (a hand movement) that I have to do when I mention certain topics lol.. the little man in my brain that controls my obsessive compulsive disorder says I must do certain things after saying or thinking certain things,, You Know How It Is ) 

And I really love worldbuilding questions, so thank you so much!!!!! Hghgh maybe it seems weird to favor any over the others, but of course I really like the Avirre'thel. Conceptually, I think their origin story and connection to ancient elves and their abilities and etc. put them in a really unique position in the broader world (some of the only truly immortal people to exist, the only people who can still decipher ancient elven texts in a way that makes sense, etc. etc.). Since Nanyevimi (my world) is really just a setting being built so that in the future I can set things within it (games, short stories, etc.), I think I'm drawn to the aspects of it that have the most potential to make interesting characters, and there are definitely a lot of pre-established dynamics with the Avirre'thel/in Navyete (their home country) as a whole that would make it an good place to set certain things, or a good group for a main character to be from, etc.

I do really like the Jhevona as a species overall too, even if I haven't developed them as much, they also kind of stand out as having some fairly unique features that put them in an interesting position in the world (being one of the most magically capable groups that exists but that also having downsides (health issues and infertility from magic exposure, etc.), how the necessity to keep control over their magic influences their culture, being some of the only natural shape-shifters, etc.). Within that, I REALLY love the Thastanri (a subspecies of Jhevona), like their connection to dreams, the Imkasyn, being one of the last few peoples in contact with real dragons, etc. etc. There are a lot of complex things going on in their area, so there’d be a lot of potential to tell a variety of stories or have interesting characters from that group. 

AND, though it's supposed to be Unknown in the world so I won't talk about it just in case I ever write a book one day or something and need to preserve at least a FEW mysteries that I don't just outright explain in worldbuilding posts, Jhevona do have the most interesting origins of any species in my opinion. There are some things from before the timeline break sort of thing (where all recorded history was seemingly wiped and everyone had a big memory loss about 50,000 yrs ago) that people aren't aware of anymore... but Jhevona used to have a cool backstory and quite interesting function in society prior to that. There are some remnants in the genetics of the species and how their magic works (at least for certain groups) that kind of hint at how ancient Jhevona used to look and what they used to do, even though in the modern day things are very different.

15. "Top 10 songs you've been listening to lately?"

I don’t have a top 10 since I listen to everything for different reasons, and don’t have as deep a relationship with music the way some people do (like I don’t really have a favorite band or group I have a connection with that’s “gotten me through hard times”, or music I cry to/any songs that are specifically personally emotionally meaningful to me, etc., etc.), but here’s a quick playlist of a few favorite-ish things I’ve had in my head a lot recently - 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPmQ4SZdFFHNkgKo7nAiEMgVvLcycX5Qc

the last song on the list specifically I’ve been replaying a lot for some reason, I guess since it’s good background music as there’s no words. Particularly the part that starts around like 38 seconds in, something about that melody reminds me of something distant, in a dreamlike way. The past few days I mostly alternate between that song, Outstanding, and And The Beat Goes On  lol

16. " Do you ever sell sculptures? I really like that little fawn!"

Yeah, I hope to eventually! Like I mentioned in question number three, if I can set up some sort of way to do auctions or etc, then maybe I can sell that one! 

17 & 18 : '"aaa yay!! i missed your outfits!!!" / "can I just say love ur outfits! They're so cool and inspire me to draw my ocs with new outfits > o < and I love your cat too, please give him a big ol pat!"

Thank you!!!! more compliments posted just to show I appreciate them lol, even if I don’t publicly respond to every one~ And, the Boyes appreciate the pats.. here is them.. big babbeys... 

[forgottenrealmsrp]

Hello, I am very new to DnD and I would really like some tips on how to play and roll for certain things (Im not too good with examples) etc. etc.

Howdy! Mod Nate here coming at you with some Tips for Beginners. There’s a hell of a lot to cover that I cannot fit into one post (because, let’s be honest, that would be a nightmare), but I will try my best. So, without further ado, hold onto your butts.

The Three R’s

I find there are three main aspects to remember (and master!) when starting off in DnD or other such TTRPG’s. You can sort them into three categories: 

Rules,

Rol(l/e)s, and

Roleplaying

Of course there are heaps of other things to consider in game, but for a beginner, it can get overwhelming very quickly, so we’ll just stick to the Three R’s for now.

Rules

What better thing for a game than rules! The first thing you hopefully would have done if you were gearing up for your first game is to get your hands on a Player’s Handbook (For DnD 5e), or your RPG’s respective rulebook. Hobby stores, book stores, libraries, even video game shops might stock a physical copy of our favourite WotC volumes, but you can also secure them online wherever you may find them. 

Once you have your grubby little goblin hands on a handbook, give it to a friend, and have them read it to you. If that gets too boring, have them explain the rules in detail - you’ll need a pen and a notebook! If that is too time-consuming or - more likely - you don’t actually have any friends, you’ll have to settle for a hurried and often last-minute explanation of the core mechanics of the game, the finer details of which will be left unaddressed until you get your creative spirit crushed by your mean Dungeon Master, or local rules lawyer. 

(Remember kids, if you aren’t sure of where to locate one of these “rules lawyers”, simply talk out loud about your homebrew weapon or Pathfinder game, and they will be sure to find you!)

In this fabled Player’s Handbook you will find a fun breakdown and walkthrough of the game’s races, classes, and backgrounds, all of which you will need to read through several times and then immediately forget. Only after you have asked yourself “Which Bard School is going to make Sildaar Hallwinter not a steaming pile of crap?” for the fifth time in 10 minutes, can you move on to “equipment” and “rules”. Make sure to read these thoroughly, because you’ll learn them pretty quickly after your party’s Paladin once again forgets how many d10s to roll. It’s two, Derek. You asked the exact same question last round. 

Idiot. 

Rol(l/e)s

Once you manage to wrap your head around the rules, you get to the meat of the sandwich - rol(l/e)s. Whoever came up with this idiotic word hybrid (me) needs to report to their editor (also me) and get his ass whooped (still me). 

Now, I know you’ve gotten this far and thought “Wait, Nate, that may have rhymed but you haven’t actually given any tips yet?!??!?!?!!/1!?!?!?!?1?!???????????”. To that, I say yes (or no?), I have(n’t?) given you tips for how to play and roll for certain things, because the biggest tip I have for you is coming right up.

Wait for it.

You cannot build a dragon’s tower without strong foundations. 

Meaning: Only once you have “mastered” the rules and basics of roleplaying (and rolling!) will you be able to spread your beautiful dragon wings and soar as a damn good DnD player. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you will have to learn and remember every single mechanic or rule in the book! Because that would be a nightmare and if you can do it, you will be God. No questions asked. But hey! People make mistakes, or remember things wrong, or guess incorrectly, or even make it up as they go along. Having the handbook or Dungeon Master’s Guide on hand for these occasions will save everyone’s sanity at least once, but knowing when to draw the line between fairness and fun will make everyone’s play a whole lot better. 

So! Now that you’ve become God, rolling and role-ing (not a word) are your new best friends. And you know who makes the best friends? DICE! Just google it and have fun, kids, but remember that you have to eat and sleep somewhere warm and cozy tonight, so try not to build your hoard of shiny forbidden snacks too quickly, now. All you will need for starters is your standard 7-dice set: d4, d6, d8, d10*, d12, and d20.

*The d10 often comes in pairs to act as a percentile dice. The die with the ten’s (00, 10, 20, 30, etc.) will act as the ten’s place, and the other die will act as the one’s place. So, if you roll a 60 and a 9, you get a really funny number. If you roll a 00 and a 0, that’s 100! If you roll a 00 and a 1, however, that’s a 1. You die in game and you die in real life. Goodbye.

The handbook will tell you all the dice you will need to roll in order to both run the game, and make your character! That’s right! Maths begins even before the game does. Even Death themself cannot escape the point-buy system. Just submit. 

Stats are fun. 

What do they mean? What do they do? Who even knows what Constitution does?! I certainly don’t! But that’s where you’re in luck, bucko.

This post is already long enough without getting to the good stuff, so I’ll keep it simple. 

Strength - a measure of how well you can do stuff with your muscles. Skills like Athletics (aaaaaaand nope just athletics, huh, really? No fish-lifting skill? Huh? Cowards) will benefit from having some damn good muscles. Also you can stab stuff real good.

Dexterity - a measure of how deft, nimble, and stealthy one can be. Contributes to skills like Acrobatics and Stealth, unsurprisingly. If you can move good, you can groove good. I’d add a skill for dancing if I were you, WotC. 

Constitution - I lied before when I said I had no idea what constitution does, but it was only partly a joke. Constitution contributes to skills like not dying, staying alive, and stopping being dead. Sometimes it determines how much health you have. Sometimes it means you can drink an entire frog. Don’t ask.

Intelligence - Are you a smart cookie? Can you learn languages fluently in a short span of time? Can you destroy scores of defenceless troops with a single pillar of flame? Can you read? Are you kept awake at night by their screams? Intelligence makes you good (or not) at skills like History, Religion, Arcana, and being a nerd. Oh wait. No one is good at being a nerd. Sorry nerdlord. Also, if your intelligence is under 10, you can’t read! Just like me.

Wisdom - Not the smartest cookie in the shed? Like to eat leaves? You and me both, kid! Wisdom is a measure of your STREET SMARTS! so you can throw those nasty pervert kobolds off their rhythm. Unfortunately, starting equipment does not include a money clip. It makes you good at eating dirt and walking through forests and stuff. Also I think you can pet dogs really well?

Charisma - If you’ve ever played a bard, you would know what this is. If you haven’t played a bard, it’s not too late! Quick! Choose a Warlock or a Cleric if you want a Charisma based build! Choose the entertainer background if you must! -sigh- but if you insist, charisma is a measure of how easily you can quite literally charm the pants off a dragon. Also, sometimes you can roast people really well?

Having high skills is all fine and dandy, but the next tier of DnD player character power is owning your low skills. Have low constitution? Your tiefling is sickly or has a weak stomach! Low intelligence? Your character can’t read or write! Low charisma? You cause every single npc interaction to end with you being punched in the face. There is colour and interest in every aspect of your character, so make sure to let your character sheet represent your character as well as you can!

But how do you determine these stats?

Looking in your class description, you will see under the ‘Quick Build’ section the recommended stat scores, backgrounds and/or spells for that character. These are NOT mandatory, but I find them to be a helpful guideline for how to keep your character functional and, well, alive. Stat scores themselves can be determined a few different ways: Point-buy (I have no idea how this works but it looks like a lot of maths and that’s homophobic, so); Cascading, and rolling. 

Cascading (or at least that’s my name for it, I have no other way to describe it) is where you take the values 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, and 8 and assign each to one of your stats. For example, before adding racial stat modifiers, I could assign my barbarian’s stats as follows:

STR: 15, DEX: 13, CON: 14, INT: 8, WIS: 10, CHA: 12.

I may have a character-based reason for assigning my barbarian a relatively adequate Charisma score. Maybe he was a particularly intimidating character, or perhaps his iron-will makes his Constitution a 14. Maybe he likes to dance. You could have a particularly burly mage with a strength score of 15, just because you feel like it. Maybe your cleric is part of team sweet-flips? Or your monk could study tomes night and day to get her Intelligence to a lofty 17 points post-modifiers. Balancing stat scores so that you don’t die is awesome, but having a change to shout “YOU DO NOT SEE GROG!” and win 9 times out of 10? Priceless.

Rolling your stats is perhaps the most widely-used way to determine stats, but to be safe, ask your DM (or get crafty if you’re the DM!) about their preferred method. It’s pretty simple: roll 4d6 (the six-sided dice four times), noting down each individual roll. After four rolls, you cross out the lowest roll, and add the remaining three. Repeat five more times and you have some good good stats, bro! Don’t forget to add your racial stat modifiers before you assign your stat scores! 

Modifiers seem pretty confusing as a newbie, but there is a handy table in the PHB to help you keep track. Alternatively, you could subtract 10 from your score, and then half what you have left, making sure to round down! A score of 19 would have a modifier of +4 (19 - 10 = 9/2 = 4.5 ≈ 4, rounding down). A score of 8 would have a modifier of -1 (8 - 10 = -2/2 = -1). Pretty simple, right?

So now I think I can finally address whatever the F*$# I mean by ‘Roles’. What the heck is a role? Do you mean roleplaying? No, dear reader, I do not. A ‘role’ is what I like to call your position in the party. Because yes, on the unlikely occasion that you do manage to wrangle a group of people willing (or able) to play DnD with you, you still have to play with other kids, Derek. That means that the typical balancing applies. You cannot just have a 7-person party filled entirely by bards. Or bees. Though I would prefer the bees. Who would want 7 bards? That sounds like the start of a bad joke. 

A good rule of thumb is to make sure you have enough bases covered in the traditional party makeup that you won’t die immediately, but you also don’t have to deal with 7 goddamn bards, Derek, I swear to God-

You’ll want someone to hit stuff, someone to get hit, someone to help those who get hit, and someone to hit things when you don’t want to get hit. This could be solved any number of ways. Get creative, go hog wild. But not buck wild, Derek. I will not have the “Seven Buskateers” at my table again, do you hear me?!

This brings us to the finale. I’ve been writing this post for half an hour, and we’re finally getting to the good stuff. Thanks for stick with me so far. How about dropping your favourite stardew valley bachelor/ette down in the replies if you’ve read this far? Mine’s Elliot, because he’s beautiful and I love him, just like I love you. :3

Roleplaying!

It’s in the title! The very mechanics of the game! So, the question you’re asking me is: “Nate, how the Flippity Doo Daa do you roleplay?????????” 

And I reply, “How are you making those noises with your mouth? Where am I?! Who are you? Why can I hear each individual question mark even though they shouldn’t have a place in the mortal coil? What are you?!”

And then I tell you about my favourite thing to tell my own players. 

The easiest character to play is one that exists. So? What does that mean???

It means that YOU, my dead, dear nerd, can’t just pull a self-insert every single dang game, Damn it Derek! No one LIKES YOU! GO HOME! You have this opportunity to think of a fun, unique concept, and roll with it. So, how can you create the next Taako, or Nott, or Yashee’rak or Caduceus? 

If you have a concept to work from, that’s great! If not, start from the ground up. Who is your character? What are their likes, dislikes, loves, hates, loyalties, vendettas? I often like to establish both a backstory and a goal for them to accomplish, the simpler the better, to get you on the right track. Perhaps a Neverwinter begger wishes to open their own tea shop in Ba Sing Se? A cursed child of an angel and a demon takes it upon themself to avenge their brother’s death? A simple farm girl falls in love and follows her princess Buttercup across Faerûn? You name it!

Some good questions to ask yourself about your characters personality could also include:

What would they kill for?

What would they die for?

What would they watch someone else die for?

What are some rumours your party members would have heard about your character?

What would they think of your favourite meme?

How do they treat their mum? How would they treat your mum?

Do they have any recurring nightmares? Why?

Etc. Etc. Think of them as a real being, with thoughts and feelings and hopes and dreams and fears! The more detailed you can get in theory might help in the long run. If you find yourself deviating from these details, however, don’t sweat! That’s a character’s natural development and progression as a character! In fact, if things don’t change as you play, you might have to have a look at your play style. Loosen up. No one is one emotion their entire lives. Characters lie! They hide things and change details and cheat and steal! But they also act kindly, even randomly, and change and grow. Encourage that. Let them grow. They (and your party members!) will thank you for it!

I think that’s all I have in me for now, and oh man there are so many more things I could mention. DMing in itself will have to wait for another day, of course, but I hope this helped! I’m going to die now. 

[trashfolk]

4. Your current campaign. 6. Favorite death (monster, player character, NPC, etc). 9. Your favorite thing about D&D. 11. How often do you play and how often would you ideally like to play? 15. Do you have snacks during game times? 16. Do you play online or in person? Which do you prefer? 17. What are some house rules that your group has? 18. Does your party keep any pets? 19. Do you or your party have any dice superstitions? 20. How did you get into D&D? How long have you been playing?

Yay, more indulgence! These are from the D&D ask meme found here.

4. Your current campaign. 

We are playing Star Wars Force and Destiny. So far we are a group of  Force sensitives on the run from this mystery group who seems to be rounding up Force users for some kind of really crazy experiments, and somebody with a lightsaber just showed up.

There is… a lot of tension in the party right now and my character is totally innocent of any of it.

6. Favorite death (monster, player character, NPC, etc).

Weirdly, none of my player characters have been killed before, though with my current DM, I know he is a bloodthirsty bastard.

There was that recent time where we couldn’t get information out of this NPC bounty hunter, so we let another NPC Force user in to help, but he basically exploded her insides. That was fun.

9. Your favorite thing about D&D.

I saw this video on youtube recently (I can’t remember where) where this guy was talking about how, in tabletop rpgs, when telling stories, a lot of times somebody will start telling the story by saying “ The party did this” or “My character did that”. But inexplicably, it always sturns to “We did this” or “I did that”.

I like the idea of how tabletop games have this real ability to make it feel like YOU are in the shit. You get so invested in these characters, and the acting of it all. I love that feeling.

11. How often do you play and how often would you ideally like to play?

Right now our group is shooting for every 2 weeks, though I would ideally play once a week. I am impatient.

15. Do you have snacks during game times?

Oh deer lord, yes. Snacks and coffee.

16. Do you play online or in person? Which do you prefer?

Well considering I live around nobody in PA, and half our group is in Boston, somebody else is Michigan (I think), and somebody else is in Florida, it’s online through Discord and Roll20. 

I think I would prefer to do it in person, though, tbh.

17. What are some house rules that your group has?

I don’t think we actually have any in our current game?

Though I would def be more open to them if I DMed. I like the idea of home-brewing abilities or items. 

I would be more insistent that people play to their alignment. 

I think you should be able to crit on ability checks (which apparently D&D says isn’t a thing). 

I also like the idea of handing out XP for good role-playing, not just for combat. 

buy me Chipotle and I’ll level you up

18. Does your party keep any pets?

I would consider our Chadra-fan pilot a pet. But no, not at the moment. I do want to get an owl for my character, but we have bigger concerns at the moment.

19. Do you or your party have any dice superstitions?

idk if anybody else in the group does, but I always test new dice before buying them, and then again before sessions. I give them three chances, and if they don’t average high enough for me, they don’t get used.

I really seriously do think there is something to the weighting of dice that effects their rolls to not be entirely random. So I wouldn’t call it superstition…

20. How did you get into D&D? How long have you been playing?

Okay, so not D&D directly, but let’s go with RPGs.

I actually started off on Gaiaonline, as bad as that is. lmao. I joined this guild that did an X-Men rpg. It was more just writing based, no dice rolls or anything, but everybody was good about not god-modding or doing things their character couldn’t reasonably do with their stats. We regularly wrote fuck-ups or injuries in battle to give flavor. I left and rejoined that group and off-shoots of it multiple times over a series of something like 8 years. I think about rejoining it every now and again, but it is so slow and no process is made over series of months because of how seldom people post now. It used to be required we post twice a week, to keep things going.

So, I had wanted to try DnD for a long time, but couldn’t find anybody to play with. Finally, in college, I got to fill in for a friend’s character at their session. She was a bard, and it was fun, though I got chastised for not RPing her character right, as if I could know. I think they would have welcomed me back, but the girl that was my in told me she thought they were too far into the story and they’d be a bad group to start with. So naturally I took that as her not wanting me in the group and I never joined.I think they broke up not long after that because people graduated and moved away.

After that, I tried to join my now DM’s other groups he had going, using GURPS at one point. I think one group just died because of disinterest? Maybe it was story issues, I don’t remember. Then I tried to join a super-hero group he had going, but this was during college, and I just had no free time at all. I’d be trying to keep up with combat while doing chemistry homework.

Now, finally, we have a Star Wars rpg that I can regularly attend, and am loving it.

So, I guess to answer your question, I have been RPing in sense for 11 years. 

This was a long answer… sorry.

^D&D in a nutshell

[star-trekkin-across-theuniverse]

11 questions

@fanscribbling​ and @youre-on-a-starship​ both tagged me for the 11 question thing. Here we go...

Fanscribbling’s Questions

1. If you could work in an area other than your own (or study, if you’re a student), what would it be?

I have a BA in Lit, so probably teach at some level. If I could go back to school RIGHT NOW, I’d study medicine. 

2. If Starfleet existed, what branch would you be in and why?

Science. Because I look good in blue? No. Because I’m a nurse, and the nurses fall into the science.

3. What author/book series would you say helped form you as a person?

LM Montgomery’s Anne series. I can’t even tell you how Anne shaped me as a young woman. I honestly can’t express it. Anne supported me through the bullying by overcoming her own bullied youth. Anne supported me through heartbreak by reminding me that the asshole who’d broken my heart was no Gilbert Blythe. Anne reminded me that it was more important to be my own woman before settling into family life. Anne was my most kindred spirit when I felt alone.

4. How did you discover fanfiction?

I was writing FanFic before I knew what it was. I wrote Anne of Green Gables fic. I wrote NKOTB fic. I wrote Star Wars fic, and Top Gun fic and Dirty Dancing fic. Growing Pains fic (cringe. It was before Kirk Cameron was crazy)

Discovering online communities of other FanFic? I stumbled across FFN, and then was directed to Ao3. And then started finding fic on here.

5. The apocalypse is happening! What’s the one thing you take from your house (excluding survival items) before you run off to help save what’s left of the world?

Assuming my family has already escaped? And all the survival gear is packed up? And assuming that there’s no need for the laptop? I’d need a comfort item... fuck. I don’t know. I’ve assumed my family and survival items are out... that’s all that really matters, isn’t it?

6. If you could instantly speak any language fluently, which one would it be?

German. Or Russian.

7. You’ve woken up to find a time machine on your door, with a card saying: ‘three free day trips, as a thank you’. Where do you go and why?

Forward 100 years, to see how shit is for my kid’s families, and how the earth is doing.

I don’t know that I’d want to go back in time because I’m so paranoid about butterfly effect (I’m glaring at you, Doctor)... But if I could go back and NOT ruin the future...

Back 75 years to help with WWII as a nurse.

Back 25 years to tell me to get my fucking upgrading done because even though I don’t believe it, I am going to wind up a nurse, so I may as well do it right the first time. Or consider being a doc instead because money.

8. If you could have the absolute perfect day, based on how you’re feeling right now, what would it look like?

No? Today looks perfect already. The sun is shining, it’s going to be warm, there’s a pot of coffee on and my @rampant-salamander​ is on her way into town to work on our FanCon costumes with me for the day. The only thing I’d change is that I’d get rid of the dumb fucking meeting I have to go to at 10:30

9. You’re offered the following: eternal life, uninterrupted health, or a superpower of your choice. What do you choose?

I don’t care for the idea of eternal life... I think uninterrupted health because that would mean not even a one-day fight with norovirus. I wouldn’t have to take sick time. ALSO, it would mean improved mental health, so... that would be awesome.

10. If you could spend a year in a fictional world of your choice, which one would you visit?

Really? We need to ask? I’d totally go to the land of Star Trek.

11. If you woke up one day able to play a musical instrument perfectly, which one would it be?

Guitar or Piano.

Alex’s Questions

If you could go on a week-long camping trip with three people, real, fictional, or both, who would you go with?

Okay, I totally want to take Chris Evans camping here in northern BC. It seems like it would be amazing. He’s into the outdoors, and I need someone who can chop wood better than I can. So that’s number 1.

Thor. Because as hot as Hemsworth is, my love for Thor is deep and profound.

I’m stuck between Tony Stark and Karl Urban for #3. Tony Stark would be so lost and hopeless out in the woods, it would be kind of awesome. And then the gadgetting with the camp supplies would start, which I think would be amazing. But on the other hand, Karl is rugged, but I don’t know that he’s necessarily an outdoorsy guy. And then I could show off my outdoorswoman skills...

If you could instantly master one physical skill, what would it be?

Running. I love running but I am slow, and currently wildly out of shape.

You’ve got a half hour to kill before your appointment and your phone’s dead. What do you do?

Probably dig up a germ-covered copy of Reader’s Digest and groan at the horrible jokes.

What’s your alignment in DnD terms (Lawful/Neutral/Chaotic Good/Neutral/Evil)? What do you wish it was?

Neutral Good with a dash of Chaotic Good.

What’s that one weird film you watched on repeat when you were a kid?

Top Gun. I guess that’s not weird? Last Starfighter.

What’s your go-to style?

Scrubs.

Do it for the vine. What’s the craziest thing you’ve done just to do it?

Flew to Boise, Idaho despite not knowing a single person there, just because I was bored and there was a seat sale.

What never fails to put a smile on your face?

Okay, this is long. I’ve always wanted guinea pigs. The long, wacky haired kind. So I looked into getting one. Then I found out they are a herd/pack animal. And then I did more research and discovered they need huge amounts of space. Then I found out they stampede when they are startled.

So I decided if I ever win the lotto, my dream house is going to have a guinea pig wing, where I have a large herd of guinea pigs. And that if I am having a bad day, I’ll go watch them roaming like tiny cows. 

And if it’s a really bad day, I’ll ‘accidentally’ startle them, and enjoy watching the guinea pig stampede. I honestly can’t think of anything funnier than a fucking stampede of guinea pigs.

The other thing that always cheers me up is THE FINAL FRONT EAR joke.

Who’s you’re favourite author and why?

She’s not the best author EVER, but LM Montgomery.

What book actually changed your life?

I read some amazing books when I did my undergrad, and I could give you a list a mile long. 

However, shortly after I became a nurse, I read a book called ‘And if I perish’ about nurses in WWII. It was incredible.

What’s the last fanfic you read? Link it maybe?

Fallen on Hard Times by @outside-the-government because it cracked me the fuck up.

Okay, my 11...

What is your favourite cheesy trope?

You are given the opportunity to road trip anywhere - provided you can get there in the car that is left in your driveway. No planes, trains, boats. Where are we going? (uh, I have the keys)

What is your favourite comfort food?

What will your friends on the crew of the Enterprise remember you for?

Describe your favourite moment out in nature.

Your favourite song by a Canadian artist? (You cannot use Celine Dion or Justin Bieber)

Do you think Pon Farr is hot or horrible?

If you could trade places with me for a day, what would you want me to experience in your life? What would you want to experience in mine?

Who is your favourite Avenger?

Tell us something about you that your real life friends would be astonished to discover.

How tall are you?

Tagging: @outside-the-government, @starshiphufflebadger, @bkwrm523, @yourtropegirl, @medicatemedrmccoy, @enterprisewriting, @trekken81, @kaitymccoy123, @kilismaiden, @whatif-animagineblog, @storiesfromstarfleet and @rampant-salamander

[lucykimbow]

QUIZ: OMG, How Many Of These Acronyms Do You Know?

From LOL to BRB, acronyms have taken over our culture with a BEG (you know what this means don’t you?). Chatting with friends online or through text messages has become a game of deciphering codes that lost their secrets ages ago. But the true story of acronyms actually started long before the invention of the internet and texting. Formal businesses have been using acronyms for as long as they’ve been around. Some organizations are even known by their acronym instead of their real name. Do you have an acumen for acronyms? Click the start button to find out!

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From LOL to BRB, acronyms have taken over our culture with a BEG (you know what this means don't you?). Chatting with friends online or through text messages has become a game of deciphering codes that lost their secrets ages ago. But the true story of acronyms actually started long before the invention of the internet and texting. Formal businesses have been using acronyms for as long as they've been around. Some organizations are even known by their acronym instead of their real name. Do you have an acumen for acronyms? Click the start button to find out!\n"},"2":{"position":2,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/2\/","content":"\n\n

When you come home from months away it's a real LTNS.\n

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long time no speak\n

long time no sing\n

long time no spaghetti\n

long time no see\n

LTNS mean \"long time no see,\" which is exactly what all your friends and family will say when they see you for the first time. It's the acronym you won't stop getting!\n\n"},"3":{"position":3,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/3\/","content":"\n

The BEG your sibling gives you when they're about to get you in trouble.\n

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best educated guess\n

big-eyed grin\n

best evil guess\n

big evil grin\n

Anyone who grew up with siblings knows that \"big evil grin\" their sister or brother gives them before dropping the blame hammer.\n\n\n

It's true that GMTA when two friends have the same idea.\n

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groovy minds think alike\n

great minds think a lot\n

good moods take avocados\n

great minds think alike\n

While it's true that avocados lead to good moods, the phrase we're looking for is \"great minds think alike.\" You know it's true friendship when you and a friend think the exact same way.\n\n\n

The couple celebrating their anniversary was JIT for their dinner reservations.\n

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just in tide\n

just in term\n

just in tempo\n

just in time\n

Unless they're dancing this couple is not in tempo. They made it \"just in time\" to their anniversary dinner. The host was just about to cross off their names!\n\n\n

The UFO soared above the treeline for all the campers to see.\n

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ugly fluorescent owl\n

unobtrusive flash objects\n

undefined fantastic object\n

unidentified flying object\n

The \"unidentified flying object\" wowed the campers as it flew past. Many were left wondering if it was more than just an airplane too far out of range to really see.\n\n\n

In the era of streaming entertainment, PPV group watching is just as popular as ever.\n

\n

pages per visitor\n

purchase price variance\n

pre-production verification\n

pay per view\n

Pay Per View is still a widely used service that sports fans watch the biggest fights with. From WWE to UFC, professional fighting fans would be left in the dark without PPV.\n\n\n

Many bars and restaurants now use POS systems to take food and drink orders.\n

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positively outrageous service\n

process operating system\n

primary operating service\n

point of service\n

The touchscreen \"point of service\" system allows businesses touchscreen controls to place customer orders. Once finalized, a receipt prints behind the bar or in the kitchen for preparation.\n\n\n

It's hard to turn on the television without seeing a commercial for the SPCA.\n

\n

Student Parent Caring Association\n

Special Pets Can't Act Alone\n

Symposium on Pervasive Computing and Applications\n

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals\n

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals often gets their commercials placed during major sporting events, usually accompanied by a sad song.\n\n\n

ESPN is the most popular sports network in the United States.\n

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Every Sports Plays Network\n

Entertainment Sports People's Network\n

Evil Sports Propaganda Network\n

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network\n

The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network was founded in 1979. Since then it has become one of the country's most popular networks to watch all things sports.\n\n\n

Your parents would not be happy if you said TYVM for dinner instead of...\n

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thank you, Viggo Mortenson\n

thank you vegetation manager\n

thank you very many\n

thank you very much\n

It's polite after a meal to say, \"thank you very much.\" If you looked your host in the eyes and said, \"TYVM\" you might never be invited back for another meal.\n\n\n

The television show will BRB after these commercial breaks!\n

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bring registered broadband\n

be running behind\n

bring recordings back\n

be right back\n

Before cutting to commercial, it's common for television shows to let the audience know they will, \"be right back.\" The acronym is also used among friends.\n\n\n

It's hard to stay in contact with certain family members when they are AWOL.\n

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away on leave\n

always working on leaving\n

alone without laptop\n

absent without leave\n

Someone who has gone AWOL is \"absent without leave.\" They often don't want to be found and purposely take steps to make sure you can't.\n\n\n

The APB was out on the missing dog when he couldn't be found around the house.\n

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alone pet bulletin\n

all police band\n

animal protection battalion\n

all-points bulletin\n

The dog was so important to the family they convinced the police to put out an \"all-points bulletin\" to help them find their lost family member.\n\n\n

IDK where the Applebees gift card was placed!\n

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I don't kare\n

I didn't know\n

I do know\n

I don't know\n

Because they are looking for the gift card in the present, \"I don't know\" is the correct answer. If they found it after a long search then \"I didn't know\" could be considered correct.\n\n"},"4":{"position":4,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/4\/","content":"\n

ICYMI has become a popular acronym in Twitter news reporting.\n

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in considering you missed it\n

in case you missed intel\n

in communication you missed intel\n

in case you missed it\n

\"In case you missed it\" is used on timeline-based websites like Twitter to show an article that has previously been posted.\n\n"},"5":{"position":5,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/5\/","content":"\n

A SMART person follows these simple rules in life.\n

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sociable, marketable, actual, realistic, time-sensitive\n

speedy, measured, artistic, ritualistic, talkative\n

specific, metered, accessible, reasonable, timely\n

specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time-bound\n

The keys to success in business a SMART person aims for are; specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound. Achieving four out of five is pretty good too!\n\n"},"6":{"position":6,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/6\/","content":"\n

The flight to San Diego was going to be late for its ETA.\n

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exactly timed arrival\n

electronic time of arrival\n

emergency tire assistance\n

estimated time of arrival\n

The flight was given an \"estimated time of arrival\" that kept having to be changed as landing conditions remained poor.\n\n"},"7":{"position":7,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/7\/","content":"\n

DARE works to educate youth early about substance abuse.\n

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Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education\n

Drug Abuse and Refusal Education\n

Drug and Alcohol Response Education\n

Drug Abuse Resistance Education\n

The Drug Abuse Resistance Education organization has been working since 1983 to educate young people about drugs. The overarching goals of DARE are to reduce drug use, neighborhood violence, and gang activity.\n\n"},"8":{"position":8,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/8\/","content":"\n

The invitation was time-sensitive and needed to be responded to ASAP.\n

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as soon as probable\n

as short as possible\n

as short as practical\n

as soon as possible\n

The time-sensitive invitation needs a response \"as soon as possible.\" If the person waits, they will not have a place reserved at the event.\n\n"},"9":{"position":9,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/9\/","content":"\n

When DND is hung on the door, the service staff knows to check back later.\n

\n

Dungeons and Dragons\n

do not distribute\n

do not disclose\n

do not disturb\n

When the \"do not disturb\" sign is hung on the doorknob it means the hotel guest is still sleeping. The service staff will have to check back later to see if they can clean.\n\n"},"10":{"position":10,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/10\/","content":"\n

As we become a more health-conscious nation, many people have begun recording their ADL.\n

\n

active daily lifestyle\n

activities daily log\n

action days log\n

activities of daily living\n

With popular of fitness watches and healthy meal prep services, it has become very easy to record you \"activities of daily living\" in incredible detail.\n\n"},"11":{"position":11,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/11\/","content":"\n

The secret being kept was NOYB unless you were a member of the secret circle.\n

\n

now on you're blocked\n

not officially your business\n

not on your brand\n

none of your business\n

Acronyms don't get much sassier than \"none of your business.\" Sharing is caring, and anyone keeping secrets is not your friend.\n\n"},"12":{"position":12,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/12\/","content":"\n

TTYL is the new way to say goodbye.\n

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talk to you louder\n

take that you loser\n

talk tomorrow or lose\n

talk to you later\n

\"Talk to you later\" is more commonly abbreviated at TTYL these days. The four-letter variation is fast to type and gets you out of the conversation quicker.\n\n"},"13":{"position":13,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/13\/","content":"\n

CBS is America's number-one rated television network based on viewers.\n

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Carson Broadcasting System\n

Classic Broadcasting System\n

Crane Broadcasting System\n

Columbia Broadcasting System\n

The Columbia Broadcasting System is \"America's most watched network!\" Some of its most popular shows are The Big Bang Theory, NCIS, and Seal Team.\n\n"},"14":{"position":14,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/14\/","content":"\n

You learned what MLA was in high school and college.\n

\n

multi-layered analysis\n

Modern Linguistics Association\n

Mathematics Learners of America\n

Modern Language Association\n

The Modern Language Association has created guidelines for how academic papers are meant to be formatted and cited. They recommend harsh penalties from educators for students who do not follow these rules.\n\n"},"15":{"position":15,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/15\/","content":"\n

PAWS may sound cute but actually has a very serious mission.\n

\n

Pets Are Welcome Shelters\n

Professional Animal Walkers Studio\n

Pets And Waterplay Studio\n

Progressive Animal Welfare Society\n

The Progressive Animal Welfare Society was founded in 1979 as a no-kill animal shelter. The shelter also helps rehabilitate wild animals who have been injured in public areas.\n\n"},"16":{"position":16,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/16\/","content":"\n

With the rise in mobile communication and messaging, AFK is not used very much anymore.\n

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away from keys\n

away from Kong\n

away from knowing\n

away from keyboard\n

With keyboards on smartphones, it's nearly impossible these days to claim you are \"away from keyboard.\" There is probably a phone within reach right now!\n\n"},"17":{"position":17,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/17\/","content":"\n

Like, OMG, did you see that seagull steal that poor kid's ice cream?\n

\n

oh my geez!\n

oh my gravy!\n

oh my gourd!\n

oh my god!\n

Someone from Boston might pronounce it \"oh my gourd!\" but OMG stands for \"oh my God!\"\n\n"},"18":{"position":18,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/18\/","content":"\n

SWAT is only called in when the \"big guns\" are needed.\n

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Special Weapons Attack Team\n

Special Winning Attitude Team\n

Swift Action Tactics\n

Special Weapons and Tactics\n

The Special Weapons and Tactics teams used to be called the Special Weapons Attack Team. If that was your guess, you were close!\n\n"},"19":{"position":19,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/19\/","content":"\n

MIA is more than the name of a popular musician, it is also a government term for this.\n

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made in America\n

missing in America\n

maimed in action\n

missing in action\n

\"Missing in action\" is the term used to designate soldiers or officers who are unaccounted for at the end of the day. There is a much bleaker term used if they are maimed.\n\n"},"20":{"position":20,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/20\/","content":"\n

The term KISS is a very simplified reminder to do this.\n

\n

keep it stupidly simple\n

keep it simple and systematic\n

.keep it super secret\n

keep it simple stupid\n

To \"keep it simple stupid\" isn't a reminder that you're stupid. It is a reminder that oftentimes the simple solution is the best solution.\n\n"},"21":{"position":21,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/21\/","content":"\n

When someone is leaving for a long time, they are usually asked to KIT.\n

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keep in time\n

keep it tough\n

keep it together\n

keep in touch\n

It may be a sad scene, but it can hurt less when you promise to \"keep in touch.\" Your family and friends will appreciate being updated on your life too!\n\n"},"22":{"position":22,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/22\/","content":"\n

When you're driving around in an SUV, you're actually driving around in one of these.\n

\n

suburban utility vehicle\n

smart utility vehicle\n

special utility vehicle\n

sports utility vehicle\n

A sports utility vehicle can be a lot of fun to drive. It can also be very practical and help with moving heavy equipment.\n\n"},"23":{"position":23,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/23\/","content":"\n

CST is what kind of time?\n

\n

Coastal standard time\n

Canadian standard time\n

California standard time\n

Central standard time\n

Central standard time is the time zone located in the mid-east part of the country. It is two hours ahead of Pacific standard time and one hour behind Eastern standard time.\n\n"},"24":{"position":24,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/24\/","content":"\n

The SEAL part of Navy SEALs has nothing to do with the cute animals.\n

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Simulated Evolution and Learning\n

Safety Education and Aquatic Learning\n

Sea Scout Advanced Leadership\n

Sea, Land, and Air\n

The Navy Sea Land and Air team are considered one of the highest trained in the world. The soldiers have become so popular there is a show on CBS about them.\n\n"},"25":{"position":25,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/25\/","content":"\n

BTW, you're getting close to the end of this quiz!\n

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born to win\n

bring the wine\n

between the words\n

by the way\n

\"By the way\" you're only a few questions away from learning your acronym acumen. Keep going! You won't believe what score you're getting!\n\n"},"26":{"position":26,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/26\/","content":"\n

Sometimes your boss might say they are IAM just to get out of answering your questions...\n

\n

in a multi-call\n

I'm away this morning\n

I'm avoiding Monday\n

in a meeting\n

When your boss says they are \"in a meeting\" they probably are. If your question is urgent you will have to message or email them.\n\n"},"27":{"position":27,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/27\/","content":"\n

The WWE used to be a federation, but now it's just this.\n

\n

World Wrestling Execution\n

Worldwide Wrestling Entity\n

Worldwide Wrestling Engagement\n

World Wrestling Entertainment\n

World Wrestling Entertainment started as World Wrestling Federation (WWF) but was sued by the World Wildlife Foundation. The real WWF had rights to the name federation was changed to entertainment.\n\n"},"28":{"position":28,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/28\/","content":"\n

Most employees can't wait for EOD!\n

\n

expense overdue distribution\n

exit off duty\n

event over day\n

end of day\n

The \"end of day\" is most employees favorite part of working. There is no feeling nicer than clocking out and going home to see your family and friends!\n\n"},"29":{"position":29,"url":"http:\/\/www.giveitlove.com\/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know\/29\/","content":"\n

FYI, this is the last acronym on the quiz!\n

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for your interest\n

for you indirectly\n

for your inspection\n

for your information\n

\"For your information\" is a quick way to let someone know you have something important to say. Sometimes that important information is pictures of dogs at Disneyland. from WordPress https://www.harebourg.com/quiz-omg-how-many-of-these-acronyms-do-you-know/

[trpg-dingusmaster]

convos with 2 wednesday dms

last week after DarkSun I went over to my brothers house and, my brothers girlfriends brother- the 90lbs FineCoal dm was over too, I think he lives there now? at least temporarily because family stuff?

he confirmed he was planing on canceling his campaign for pretty much exactly the reasons I suspected. he mentioned he had some ideas for a replacement game focusing on the parts of 90lbs that the group seemed most invested in, territory expansion and base construction, but the twist would be that the group would be divided in half and as well as fighting npc factions we would be fighting each other. Which is the thing *I* always felt was what the group was most invested in.

I told him it sounded fine and I understood his frustration, I offered that so long as he thought he could manage something that complicated sounding I was down to try it out and that I was sure the group wouldn’t object. He had his doubts on that part but I think he’ll figure something out. “I’m sure whatever effort you put in will come through.” We talked a little about the other games that happen on the other wednesdays of the month and there I learned that Bassun on the Sea was not ALWAYS a kingdom hearts fanfiction and it WAS in the beginning an actual high seas adventure but the dm just wasn’t able to reign in the story or theme well enough to maintain it and so a lot of his current obsession bled into the story. 

That friday I went to another mtg draft tournament and lost spectacularly, but I still had a pretty good time and I got some good pulls **I** think anyway. we had an odd number of players so every round somebody had a by. In the next room there was a group playing dnd with some wild ass sounding role play going on. it sounded amazing, they were SUPER into all the voices and camp it was great. MY by round in the tournament was the last round so I spent that time wandering around the rest of the shop looking at paint and minis and seeing if they had some specific game my friends have wanted to play.

as I was considering the paints the door to the second room housing the dnd players opened and out popped the Bassun on the Sea dm. we greeted each other and I was hoping that was the end of my social obligation but no. a conversation... though I use the term lightly, started. mostly he was just looking to have somebody listen to him talk and vent which is fine but all I ask is you be upfront about it? Dont ask me questions/for advice if you dont actually want me to answer you? I dunno maybe thats just me.

He talked about his campaign and complained about the players other dms in the wednesday group. He complained about the other dnd group that kicked him out. He complained about the bad dating advice his dad gave him that caused the break up between him and his  former gf. He talked at length about warhammer. he asked my thoughts on stuff for his campaign, which I havn’t been able to make it to yet. At nearly every turn where I was prompted to give some kind of response I was cut off. 

what it boiled down to was: he has a problem with how other people play but simply cannot see that he is doing exactly the things he hates. “I’m just playing my characters they are always chaotic neutral! I can have them be as crazy as I want!” No, you are being difficult and trying to find a petty excuse for the group to be ok with it, also.... I’d like to have a discussion with him about mental illness, I think thats a conversation that needs to happen because I’m getting a little offended. The thought of cooperating with the group for the sake of the story and balancing character and individual choices with actual playability within a group occurs to him but only enough to make up excuses and place blame on other people. He wondered why this bothered the groups.

I told him it was his play style (being a weenie and trying to make excuses for it). How he chose to use his characters doesnt fit with every group or every game he’ll ever encounter, sometimes you need to adjust for the sake of group cohesion. I told him I didn’t always like his play style and character choices, though they do have their place and can be very fun and interesting choices, but I deal with it and react as I do to his choices because he’s young and still learning table/social and roleplay etiquette and styles, still finding his voice. I understand he’s a teenager who is still building up experience and has all that messy teenager shit going on. So for the sake of understanding what teenageness was like and for the sake of group cohesion its important to pick your battles. MY play style doesnt always mesh either and I too need to adjust, its part of being in a group. Its as much about fun as it is learning for everyone. 

his response was: I already have my voice and have been role playing for years! ...well... whatever I guess.

I learned in his new campaign that the group rolled on a random table to determine their characters home and family life, married? children? are any dead? kidnapped and enslaved?

he asked my characters gender but at the time I couldn’t remember, he had me roll anyway and I got ‘husband- living, missing; children- living, ensalved at X location’ he said if my character turned out to be a guy then gay marriage would be a thing in that world rather than change it to a wife. in truth I found out my character was a girl BUT I’m changing it because if I can be responsible for gaying up the campaign world you bet your ass I’m gonna do it.  

unfortunately, my work has lost two people and I wont be able to get off for next wednesday which is when that campaign will be running I think. unless it gets changed to today but I THINK Official Event is running tonight? we’ll see. It MIGHT be the replacement for 90lbs. I’m not sure when I’ll get wednesdays free again. I know I was considering leaving that group ANYWAY but other days there are dnd games running at the shop I’m either busy or that group isnt accepting new players and I still cant find an online game that looks nice to be a player in.