#jfc how many tags

[local-diavolo-anon]

i'm back!

ok so 2/3 days ago i found this youtube video where op turned Springtrap (or well, William Afton) into a fully build DnD character, and if i say so myself: things got out of hand fast

so here is my take on DnD Springtrap and specifically on that build (adding more infos under the cut for who is interested, i suggest to watch the video first)

starting with saying that unless you're playing in a scifi setting, this build is either not for you or to be modified, since in later levels spells are heavily centered around technomagic and electronic devices; personally when i will play him i will probably tinker around with the chosen spells and cantrips to make him less violently niche and/or more versatile

which kinda saddens me because it takes away not little of the characterization but, given most dnd stories take place in a medieval fantasy or high fantasy setting, a cantrip like On/Off or a spell like Remote Access are NOT particularly useful; so i will go for more psychic damage or necromancy oriented abilities, maybe i might take more than just 4 levels in artificier as well (especially given that again, all of those warlock spells at later levels are all technology oriented) but i need to see what those offer

however it is a kinda tank-y build given that with a shield on you can get up to a 27 of Ac, so even with low damage and not much hp you would not struggle too much to stay alive, and i like that!

as for the character himself, i put too much effort into my interpretation not to share it, so if anyone wants to play this guy as well, i fabricated a possible backstory that might come useful:

The character goes by the name "Dave Miller" (or whatever variant you want to use), and was originally a human artificier who created constructs for a living, mainly with the goal of offering aid to who needed it for whatever reason.

There however he ran into an issue, that being that a robot need a power source, and his own heart and lungs could not sustain a whole robot by themselves.

After losing part of his family to some kind of accident he became terrified of death, so with age he started replacing his own body parts with machinery to delay his last days (which made him a cyborg), until the point where he was very very close to become just a robot.

(This part may or may not involve a pact with a deity of death, this entirely depends on how you want to play him but it would make sense since the build is an artificier/warlock hybrid)

Through particular and very much not illegal experiments tied to necromancy he discovered that the life force of a living being could be shared, and used as a form of fuel. (possibly: age lived of the creature used= amount of extra months you get)

Here comes the second problem: this only worked with intelligent creatures, and more specifically, it worked best with creatures of your own race, which meant that he either went around murdering people or he found another solution. Non same-race creatures worked as well but not as good and there were not easy to find in the middle of a city and with a shop tied to your name.

And here is where and WHY he'd join a party of adventurers: after some time, his reserves or fuel were running VERY thin, and running into a group of adventurers was a god sent because by joining their party he essentially got a free pass to kill whoever he wanted, and reduce them to a dried raisin after sucking some life force out of them. Doing so you learn that the mowe powerful the creature is, the more energy it produces as well.

Your goal, that you as the player are following, when role-ing your character? essentially slay whatever powerful BBEG your Dm throws at you and suck all of that juicy fuel out of them, so that you can return to your little shop in the middle of the capital and return to create and sell whatever weird construct, doll, or robot comes to your mind for another few decades undisturbed.

And this is it. I think this might be a good backstory that could fit pretty much any setting you want to play this guy into, be it classic dnd or some scifi futuristic thing.

of course you don't NEED to use this one line per line, make up your own without looking back if you don't like it lol, dnd is the "make up shit and have fun" game after all!

Edit: also no his outfit makes no sense, i just went with vibes and decided a tanktop dress shirt, a twin tailed gilet and suspenders OVER said gilet was a good choice.

[canisbrutus]

Hey. drop Jimmy Gary and Petey hcs. Scurries out

ask and ye shall receive.

Jimothy 🐕

autistic swag, as you know. pretty shit at emoting.

often takes things at face value. gullible, naive, etc.

this ^ is why he often does favors for bad people

(he later regrets working for earnest and burton)

above all else just wants to feel important. useful. loved.

his mother never cared about him unless he was a pain in the ass.

he also likes pit bulls. he sort of looks like one too.

believe it or not he doesnt stink. he has citrus scented... soap.

Gary 🐍

dear god the adhd is strong in this one

had an accident involving a knife when he was 5

he has a glass eye bc of this ^ sometimes he pops it out for a laugh

often shrieks like a seagull. laughs like one too.

identifies a little too strongly with the joker

his mom is obsessed with keeping an eye on him helicopter style

this ^ is one of the reasons why he acts out. and is paranoid

he's actually decently smart. loves maths and russian literature

pine scented. it's overpowering. tone down the axe my man.

Petey 🐇

possibly the only normal kid in the whole school

sort of forgettable in everyone's opinion

he's not that meek. everyone else is just insane

generally nonconfrontational. but can cut deep if pressed.

initially sided with gary bc of his reputation. for protection

(sure gary wasnt nice but he looks after his footstools. mostly)

befriended jimmy bc he was alone. and stayed out of loyalty.

(aside from jimmy he really didnt have anyone else either.)

his family kept rabbits back at home. he misses them greatly.

often called 'fairy boy' as a mockery of his sexuality/presentation

he doesnt know what he is but he's definitely some kind of fruit

rose shampoo. its better on the senses than boy soap fuck you

ty for the warm up ill cook up more of these. later.

[puppyknucklezzz]

everyone that laces your gaza posts or whatever with "IF YOU'RE A GOOD PERSON DO THIS DON'T IGNORE OR YOU'RE EVIL YOU FAKE ALLY BIGOT!" i simply ask why? is it specifically to harm people with ocd? do you think people who really don't give a fuck will be like "oh well i cant just scroll past it now, gdi, guess i have to reblog, you got me :3" LIKE???? JUST POST THE LINKS AND BE LIKE "if you're looking for ways to support, here's some resources".

[d4isy-pusher]

me when im mentally ill

[momento-di-fratellanza]

'I was briefly a runway model.' Yeah, no doubt. This mf is gorgeous.

[quinloki]

Canon Characters vs OC vs x Reader

Disclaimer: This is just my two cents, and my perspective on things, and I'm not trying to lay down the law for everyone. I needed to just put this to words though, in order to sleep.

I was thinking about this because of a post I saw, and some, we'll say, kind of useless comments associated with the post. Mean-spirited stuff.

Normally, in one ear and out the other, but the vibes just kicked me off down a rabbit hole of sorts an I wanted to try to put some of my thoughts to words.

First, some style vibes:

Canon x Canon Canon/Canon stories are, to me, like reading an episode of that show. I'm sitting down in front of a TV or whatever, and I'm experiencing the story As A Viewer. I like this style because I don't really have to expend much energy and I just kind of roll with whatever's happening. Generally some sort of 3rd person perspective.

OC x canon OC/Canon stories are like being on a carnival ride. I'm sitting in a car on a roller-coaster, and maybe the OC is sitting next me. I'm experiencing the story more deeply than strictly canon stories, but my connection with the OC is no deeper than say, my connection with Katniss Everdeen when I read The Hunger Games. Sometimes 3rd person, sometimes first person.

Reader x canon Reader/Canon (or Reader x/ OC) is like putting on a VR helmet. I don't get much physical input about the "Reader OC" because I'm experiencing the story through their eyes. I don't expect the reader to be me, but there's a bigger feeling of immersion to be had. Some description might happen cause it's relevant to the story, and it's still a type of ride, I can't jump the rails on the roller coaster, after all. (Even with a VN you still follow the tracks). Sometimes first person, sometimes second person (I'm partial to 2nd person perspective, but that's just me).

I love Fan Fiction, I love it. All of it, and man even more than anything, what I love is that I'm going to dislike 80% of it. Because that 80% was written for someone who is not me. (Hell, that number's probably closer to 99% if we're looking at ALL fandoms, but I digress).

Second - The VENT:

What got me the most in the post that prompted this, was someone saying "Bring back the Mary Sue OCs!" and then they went on to describe something more detailed, and I just -

Look, respectfully, fuck you.

The point is, you're not going to be happy no matter what. Whether it's "mary sue" OCs, or x readers, or alternative universes, or a ship you don't like, you're going to find something to be unhappy about.

Cause people have been bitching about all styles of fan fiction since the first "You've Got Mail" chimed in 1991. And until 1998 and ff.net you really had to hunt for it, and until 2007 and Ao3 the idea of tagging a fic for any reason wasn't really a thing. Every click was a surprise! \o/

I just have seen the same song and dance a dozen times. It's exhausting. People become okay with OCs and decide x readers are the enemy, and before that OCs were *all* Mary Sues and cringe and people who made OCs were the enemy, and before OCs people who wrote even a little OOC were the enemy, and people who wrote AUs were the enemy, and you can write fan fic but it HAS to be Canon Compliant, and everyone MUST be in-character at all times - "They would not fucking say that" was the enemy.

Look, just please - please - in any capacity, stop it with the "All X style of story telling is crap" mindset. There's over a dozen different ways to do x readers alone. I know 20 x reader writers and I don't think any of us have the same style, preferences, or vibes.

I've had a lot of comments along the lines of "I thought I hated x readers, but I really loved this." on a few different fics I've written. Sometimes it's not the style of the fic, sometimes it's the style of the writer, and my Brother In Christ - you're going to have to read some awful shit to shuffle through the thousands of writers out there to find the vibes that resonate with you.

Ostracizing entire swathes of fan fic because you need something to be "The Enemy" so you can lift up something else, and then bitching you can't find anything new to read seems like a personal problem.

And I know y'all are scrolling by TONS of posts that don't interest you, every day, as a matter of course. So don't give me that "clogging up the tag" BS, because we deserve to be here same as anyone else in the fandom.

[statementlou]

okay so apparently the reason they cut to the drone shot in the stream during the You Are My Because moment even though it was literally THE TITLE OF THE THING and also even aside from that YOU SHOW LOUIS FOR THAT PART ARE YOU STUPID was that there was a lights project of the mexican flag colors they were trying to capture and they knew about it in advance, BUT LISTEN. FIRST OF ALL no, show it after even if it means using footage from a minute ago slightly out of sync, YOU SHOW LOUIS FOR THAT PART WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU but second, you knew about this in advance. You had all show to check out how the lights looked from the drones and make adjustments so it would work visually BUT NO. Mr fucking hack director couldn't even do that so YOU COULDN'T EVEN ACTUALLY SEE THE LIGHT PROJECT. A fail sir a real fail they should have fixed that too for the rebroadcast

[mars-ipan]

god i cannot wait to be off these steroids…

[wrathfulrook]

Like/reply to opt in/out of being tagged in WIP Wednesdays/Whenevers

[cosmicredcadet]

never assume any of my posts are about Haz/bin hotel. I refuse to have anything of mine associated with that shit show. The ship discourse has been around way before it was even a thought and aroace and aroace coded characters have existed before it and will exist after it. This isn't new. this isn't a haz/bin exclusive problem. Do not assume that everyone who is in this conversation is talking about that show.

[greyias]

As I approach what I'm fairly certain feels like the end of Act 2 (🥲), and am madly googling to try and make sure I've cleared things and what general order I should go in order to not lock myself out of things, I find this reddit thread that breaks my brain (just... how? That is an insane amount of long rests. Are all of you long resting that much??)

Which reminds me I should probably go long rest since Astarion died like three times in the last fight when I decided to go back to the scene of the crime after the prison break.

[jtownraindancer]

Ace's TURИ for Burn Rewatch: The Prodigal

[androphagy]

if you lean into or join in with misogynist jokes and threats as a trans man or transmasc because you pass as cisgender or are "man enough" to the person/people who are talking that way you are a traitor to the trans demographic as a whole. if you're scared of being outed and assaulted due to standing up for those affected by misogyny, sex or gender based, then don't say anything. keep your mouth shut. make it clear you're uncomfortable or glare at them or roll your eyes but if you can call it out, do it. do anything besides giving into misogynistic behavior under a misguided attempt at acceptance. if those men making the jokes and threats knew you were AFAB and/or you had any stereotypically "physically feminine" traits (long hair, breasts, makeup, etc) they would target you the same as they would anyone else they deemed acceptable.

there's nuance here, obviously, but the cis men making cruel and misogynistic threats and "jokes" will not see you as a man if you're outed. you are not allying yourself with people who will protect you. you are allying yourself with people who would hurt you if you were alone and they/he was fairly sure they/he could get away with it, and even then sometimes you don't need to be alone and it'll happen anyway. people will look the other way. the legal system protects rapists. law enforcement protects rapists. the other cis men will protect rapists. ask me how i know.

don't become someone who protects that behavior. believe that you're better than them, because you are, and put that treatment beneath you. is what they have to offer really worth whatever acceptance you may see in their eyes? why do you want their acceptance and approval at all?

[tsuntsunfangirl]

No. YES. no. YE--

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[sketchmatters]

man i hate twitter. if i didnt need a social media presence for art, i would delete it immediately. g@m3rz are pissing me off

[agirlnamednix]

Tumblr keeps feeding me lesbian posts and I'm not a lesbian. But I keep squealing and clicking the little heart because these posts fill my heart with such homosexual glee that I forget I'm training the algorithm to give me more of this delicious sapphic content. Pile my timeline with it. Please. It's so fuckin cute and hot and wait shit maybe I AM having a bisexual panic...