#like it annoying them because they're so used to the rules of society meaning absolutely nothing when it comes to their relationship

[anastacialy]

i haven't seen anyone mention this yet but, we all know colin and penelope have been left in 'improper' situations all the time without anyone batting an eye. but doesn't it stand to reason that once everyone knows they're romantically involved, they'd be more likely to be kept apart before their wedding? are they going to push to have a short engagement like everyone else has thus far? or is pen, with the confidence that she's not going to tell on herself in lady whistledown about this, going to be fine with a longer one?

[misschinablue]

welcome to the UK, where world leading healthcare is free at the point of use! hopefully you don't need it though. underfunding and shitty management of the public health sector by non clinicians mean you could wait up to six months for an urgent referral. hope all your organs are in good working order because you could die waiting if they're not :) and god forbid you should need to see a GP or a practice nurse for something more minor - the demand highly outweighs the supply and you'll be engaging in the hunger games to maybe get a 10 minute telephone appointment in September 2026 :) mental health suffering? well you are shit out of luck my friend - again, demand far outweighs supply - everything has been cut down to less than the absolute bare minimum - and the criteria for services is sky high now. make a cup of tea and take the crisis line number. you'll be fine right?

welcome to the UK, one of the richest economies in the world! how is it then that living standards are as low as they were in the 1970s, what with the old cossie lives and wages that were already laughably meagre now completely out of sync with how fucking expensive everything is?? i know you worked hard to get your education and onto your graduate scheme and did everything society asked of you to make it in life, but things are different now so here's your mouldy room in a shared house where the rent is a million pounds a month and lol what disposable income aren't you just happy to have a roof of your head?? stop going to Costa every morning for your soy triple shot vanilla latte you entitled little shit! it's not like we've had 14 years of complete mismanagement of the economy or anything! ps. aren't you so tired of hearing that it's all your fault?

welcome to the UK, where we have a welfare system designed to help people.in need, I.e. those out of work and those too sick to work! but good luck accessing that too. and if you want to try - LMFAO! oh honey no one LIKES working. but all this pretending to be too unwell to work ain't fooling anyone! come on mate drop that defeatist attitude and get on indeed.com. none of your conditions are even real. stop using your multiple sclerosis/depression/long covid/terminal cancer as an excuse. fucking sickness culture in this country. the high rates of mental illness especially have no obvious cause at all do they?

welcome to the UK, a tiny country that prides itself on tolerance and has historically seen great benefits to the economy and culturally from immigration! but god forbid we make this an easy place to live for trans people! this Woke has gone too far! and oh my GOD aren't all these refugees SO annoying?! they clearly just want to come here for the free healthcare (you know that non existent thing) and to get welfare benefits (you know asylum seekers aren't entitled to benefits apart from a pittance allowance from the home office right?) and they're absolutely not braving a life threatening journey to escape horrific conditions and persecution in their own country. but whatever. not our problem. off to Rwanda with you. human rights are stupid lmao. empathy? compassion? never heard of her.

welcome to the UK, where we support genocide and saying certain things in opposition of it is actually fucking illegal. i wish i was kidding.

welcome to the UK, where nothing works and everyone is sad.

welcome to the UK. god i fucking hate it here.

british tumblr - even if you don't think it will make a difference, even if you recognise there is just a lesser of two evils here, even if you don't trust any of them, even if you're fucked off and burnt out, i am BEGGING you to vote to get these absolute cretins out of power. we cannot have another five years under tory rule. there will be nothing left.

[wulfums]

Based on the last post, it of Course isnt just Whatwulf helping Allan. Whatwulf struggles with constantly fearing things and others and being worried.

He can always ask Allan if he's mad at him. Allan makes a point to never be annoyed no matter how many times Whatwulf asks. He knows that WW feeling like this isnt really based on like...anything. He feels like this all the time with Everyone. But Allan has noticed Whatwulf has been asking a lot less lately. He notices small things like that and it makes him smile when he does. Little things like that let him know Whatwulf is doing better and feeling good.

Allan does genuinely get annoyed with Whatwulf's memory issues occasionally, and early on in the relationship has said some rude things (and even Now, if he's having a really bad day, and Whatwulf forgot somth important, he might get snippy. But he tries not to.). But he always reminds himself that Whatwulf isnt doing this because hes lazy. Hes not doing it because he doesnt care. This is just how his brain works. Its one of the things WW is most insecure about so when Allan does get annoyed about it, it hurts Whatwulf a lot. I feel like Allan realizes and apologizes right away, and they talk about it later. And he really means it. He makes sure his apologies mean something. Sometimes if its too hard to say, he will leave Whatwulf a little note (With Whatwulfs fav candy taped to it.) apologizing. It means a lot and reassures Whatwulf that Allan wasnt mad at him, and WW didnt do anything wrong.

Allan helps Whatwulf with some things relating to this. He's in charge of refilling Whatwulf's medications. He goes to the same pharmacy for himself, so taking this one thing off of Whatwulf's plate will help him focus on remembering other things. He reminds Whatwulf to write down money things in a ledger to keep track of budget. He encourages him to leave post it notes around. They have a whiteboard in the apartment so Whatwulf can remember what chores hes done today or whose turn it is to do something.

They do have fights sometimes and arguments. Everyone does. Sometimes it is one of them being insensitive or snippy abt the other's ND issues. I think the first couple of times it was rough because Whatwulf convinces himself "Well, guess its all over. I fucked this up." and Allan is the kind of person to hold onto a grudge and bring it up at random during arguments.

So Whatwulf brought Allan into one of his therapy sessions to talk about this specifically. It was just one session, since this was a therapist not a relationship counseler.

So they just always remember....they can always talk these things out. And the more they do it, the easier it gets. Now, they're able to both stop themselves before snapping. Whatwulf will use his DBT skills and Allan will do some grounding excersizes before they continue doing the stressful thing.

One of the biggest things is that Whatwulf never has to assume Allan isnt being honest. He is. Always. Hes just like that. He feels relaxed around him for that reason. Both of them say what they mean and its so freeing. They dont have to follow NT Society Rules around each other. Theyve established their own "house rules" that absolutely work perfect for them.

One of the biggest moments for them was related to Whatwulf's PTSD. Sometimes, Whatwulf struggles with showers due to PTSD. The water just...feels like hands (I Will Not Elaborate, IYKYK) and it makes it hard. Allan offers to stand guard at the bathroom door until Whatwulf is done. They were also waiting for pizza. While Whatwulf was in the shower, he heard the doorbell ring. He wasn't done yet and took a bit more time. He expected Allan to have gone to grab the pizza- he hates when it gets cold. But no, Allan was right there. Exactly where he said he would be. Guarding Whatwulf. That was a very emotional pizza night.

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#5

omg pls share more about ur half-drow alucard energy dnd character he sounds incredible

I absolutely missed this so this is SUPER late I bet, BUT

(long post, character stuff below the break)

In the current campaign I am taking part in (currently GMing, but given that it's a rotating hotseat campaign and my big siege arc is coming to a close, that's about to change), I play a half-drow ranger named Jace Caellos, who basically was initially designed as "Alucard, but a half-drow, and given the lore it's his mom that used to be the big scary overlord"

Mind you, a bunch of tweaks happened along the way because our setting is SUUUUPER homebrewed, while still retaining SOME stuff from Forgotten Realms lore?

Super-boiled down backstory: Jace is the product of a loving marriage between a Drow warlord that left the Underdark and made a name for herself on the surface because she didn't like how annoying Lolth and her people were, and a human apothecary that stands very much by the idea that everyone deserves to be treated well and that also believe that the Underdark had a number of herbs and fungi and possible means of helping treat illnesses that were being ignored because...Underdark.

When Jace is about 17, a bunch of assholes lynch his dad for willingly marrying and having a kid with a drow, and his mom goes nuts and leads a brutal and bloody campaign across the countryside out of rage and grief.

Jace tries to stop her.

She nearly kills him.

He lives, barely, learns How To Ranger over the span of two years, and tries to stop her again.

She nearly kills him, has a breakdown at nearly killing her own kid, and then lets him kill her.

Campaign ends, Jace is now emotionally traumatized, and goes back into being the Ranger in the Woods.

Fast forward another two and a half years, and he joins up with the Adventurer's Guild out of Holtan as a means of trying to put all his fancy Ranger skills to work, and as an excuse to dip his toe back into society.

During this time, he is a GRUMPY individual. Extremely snarky, in many cases vaguely condescending,

He's got his own set of "rules" that he insists on following, a sort of code to keep him from going off the rails (since that's what he did in outright killing his mother, in his head.) He also has a very complicated relationship with the gods, as both parents basically had the idea of "respect them so long as they're not active dicks to people."

Absolutely didn't get along with the dwarf in the party (which later on was GENIUSLY improvised by said dwarf's player by being because he recognized Jace as his mom's kid almost immediately, and had fought against her). He's since gotten less uptight about things, and he and the barbarian have an understanding now that certain things are out in the open.

He's more or less mentoring our kenku rogue in How To Morality, since he's basically a Chaotic Neutral literal magpie that doesn't get why you can't just take things that you think are pretty, or mess with statues of the gods for fun, and is also just generally much younger than the other adventurers.

He's got a sort-of rapport with the aasimar paladin of the party, who he sees as being the party member with a strong code (even if he thinks she's impulsive as hell at times), and she seems to have a soft spot for him for...some reason. (@punkpuppydragon plays said paladin, named Oz, so if he wants to shed insight on that, he can.)

His..."love interest" (which I blame entirely on @charlezarrd) is the party's tiefling sorcerer, Ashes. He got along with her because she WOULDN'T just rush straight into danger, is generally nice to most people to a fault, and seems to have a fairly decent head on her shoulders. Then Charles took a one-liner from a session about Jace getting annoyed at a gnoll for attacking Ashes and went "oh wait they could be a Thing™" and has been vaguely pushing in that direction for a bit (until Oz asked Ashes out, turning this whole situation into a weird love-triangle thing I won't totally get into here).

Jace helped Ashes tame and adopt Chester the Mimic, and is kind of currently trying to deal with two tiny Displacer Beast cubs that are rowdy but otherwise are basically just larger kittens with weird tentacly-things (since that's basically what displacer beasts are).

He's had at least two mental breakdowns so far due to The Trauma™ (the last one gave me a convenient excuse to have him leave the party and find his parents' journals when I started my current stint as GM to avoid having him just be the DMPC of the arc), he's oddly polite when dealing with people that aren't in the party (mostly due to his dad's influence) and has become much less obnoxious towards the current party members after his last breakdown when fighting a werewolf that murdered his own father out of sheer pettiness and revenge (a thing that Jace naturally has his own issues with).

He carves stuff in his spare time, and has unwittingly seduced a banshee with a stupidly-high Persuasion check and then a natural 20 on a Performance check for a song (he then absolutely misunderstood the intentions of said banshee, and things got awkward when he had to explain he was asexual and wasn't interested).

He lied to a gnome once about her whacky killer werewolf boyfriend actually loving her, because he didn't want to mar the guy's image in her mind too much (Ashes immediately called him out on this, with the gnome unknowingly present to see all this).

He got bodied by an ancient golden dragon and collapsed in front of the Guild Hall, bleeding out, because he can't even nearly die in a manner that isn't dramatic, which was fun.

He threatened a silver dragon (disguised as an elf, in fairness, but who was a known silver dragon) for being creepy towards Ashes.

He plays the kalimba.

That's Jace. He's weird. And fun to play.

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#3

The bois are assembled!

Now I just gotta panel-line ‘em.

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Hehe spaceship is shiny

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My #1 post of 2022

Time to begin a new build! (I’ll try and document the sections of this one, it’ll be fun)

I shall be building:

MG 1/100 GUNDAM F90 UNIT 2

This one starts with the torso:

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[skipps-writes-for-gojo-satoru]

I'm not sure Gojo has ever even shown an interest to any girls.

He calls Utahime weak and teases her by making fun of her, essentially- which she hates. Mei Mei is incredibly strong and beautiful, and Gojo acknowledges her skill but that's it. I also noticed that in the anime (the manga doesn't have honorifics, so please correct me if I'm wrong) but he calls her Mei-san rather than Mei Mei. Therefore, I don't think he ever tried to get much closer to her than the interactions we've seen. When she asks him if he'd comfort her if she cried, he tells her that's she strong- she wouldn't cry. I thought it was interesting that while Mei Mei's question was slightly flirty, Gojo answered so simply, without any teasing.

He calls Shoko by her first name, which is understandable since they spend more time together being in the same grade. He realizes that her ability is rare and useful, but like with Utahime and Mei Mei he doesn't go any further than that. He mostly speaks to her about work related things and doesn't flirt or tease much at all.

Honestly, I think Gojo actually respects his female colleagues and mostly pokes fun at Utahime because she's so uptight and strict. Shoko and Mei Mei are more relaxed and self-assured, and Gojo recognizes their skills and compliments them for it rather than teasing them. I doubt Gojo really thinks Utahime is truly weak more than he just loves riling her up. Other than that, Gojo's pretty respectful.

Also, in the Hidden Inventory arc, Gojo was bombarded with screaming from all the girls excited to see him. Other than pulling his shades down so they could see his face- after they asked him to, btw- he didn't really do much else. He didn't even react much to the teacher giving him her phone number. His only comment was "what a fun school," and it's interesting to see that while lots of girls do appreciate his looks, he acts only mildly amused.

Other than that one model as his wallpaper, we don't really see Gojo flirt or show interest with anyone. He only really teases Utahime to piss her off- I suspect he hates how much she follows the rules like Nanami does, who he teases often as well. He likely just enjoys annoying people so stern because rules just don't sit well with him (especially because of what those "rules" had done to Geto).

It's just a possibility, but he could be one of those guys who's more interested in work than pleasure- I know, he's handsome, but not all handsome people are players and cheaters. I think that's a horrible stigma and a lot of attractive people irl are judged and criticized solely for their looks. People make too many assumptions on someone just based on their genes, and I think it's pretty shallow to think Gojo's a womanizer just because he's attractive. And he knows he's attractive- but when did being confident in yourself make you a philanderer? Gojo has never used his looks manipulatively at all.

It's definitely a possibility that he would be a womanizer, but I'd say it's unlikely based in what we've seen. To sum it all up, Gojo doesn't show interest in anyone. He teases Utahime often, likely for the same reason be teases Nanami- they're too uptight. Shoko and Mei Mei are both incredibly skilled and beautiful sorcerers, and he does acknowledge and compliment them for it, but he doesn't tease or flirt with them. He's respectful, and he works with them as his colleagues. He didn't get distracted by the teen girls fawning over him either, or suddenly get overtly cocky or show off, only sliding his glasses down so they could see his face, and even then he acted only mildly amused. Also, when Miwa asked him for a picture, he didn't even stay and chat with her or anything (I know she's a minor, but if he truly was a womanizer, he would have at least stayed to hear her compliment him or anything to feed his ego) Maybe ask her "Oh, you want a picture with me? The strongest? How cute~" A flirty comment, a joke, something to fuel his own ego, but he doesn't do that. He doesn't act in a way that conveys he openly pursues attention from women. He just takes the picture with her and walks off casually.

Therefore, other than the fact that he's handsome- and I know many people who would assume things about someone based on their attractiveness, which is a terrible stereotype- Gojo doesn't show much interest in flirting at all. He could be the type of guy who works more than plays- and there's plenty of guys who are handsome but aren't super interested in playing around. Being handsome doesn't automatically mean he's the type to sneak around and have affairs here and there. It's completely realistic for a handsome man to be uninterested in any kind of relationships- not all men are sex crazed, and being a tease to his friends doesn't make Gojo a flirt either. Teasing your friends is perfectly normal.

Therefore, Gojo being a 28 year old virgin is totally possible- not everyone's a sex crazed teen who only thinks about what's between their legs, and basing it on what normal Japanese teens do is unfair. Neither Gojo or his lifestyle is exactly normal, and there's definitely barriers when it comes to experiencing normal youth activities for Gojo's generation- especially Gojo's generation. Yuji's generation definitely has more freedom to do fun things because of what Gojo has done to give the youth more freedom- things he hasn't been able to experience himself in his youth, like playing baseball during the exchange event. That was the first time they ever did something different to tradition, and that was only because of Gojo's consideration.

Gojo's youth was filled with blood, exorcising, and choosing between life and death. The deaths Yuji and co. witnessed were what Gojo experienced as well, if not worse. Gojo's task in his youth was to protect the weak, and he found that burdensome. At least, until Geto betrayed them, and Gojo realized the new burden he had to bear in changing the Jujutsu world because of what it had done to his only best friend.

There are definitely more important things in Gojo's mind than just losing his virginity, like saving people and choosing who to save, whether he should kill or not kill.

Gojo is the strongest, but he also bears the biggest burden- and that burden is something he chose to bear, and being the strongest is something he chose to be. Because before Geto left, it was "We are the Strongest." Now, Gojo worked tirelessly so that he could say "I am the Strongest."

And that's not something you can do while sleeping around. I think a lot of people fail to recognize just how hard Gojo works for himself and others. They just think, oh he's the strongest, so it should be easy for him. But it's really, really not that simple, is it? Especially when you have to do it on your own, and even then Gojo realizes that his strength alone isn't enough to save people. He can't save everyone by himself- It's not enough for just him to be the Strongest, so he works diligently to build and inspire his students to stand with him.

He's actually a very deep and emotional man who cares about his students and especially, even now, his best friend. Everything he does is for their sake- he sacrifices the normal life he could have lived, like Nanami had done, for their sake. And he fights with the higher ups, takes the brunt of their ire, and laughs it off, acting as if he fine, like a dad pretending he's superman for his kid's sake. But Gojo is burdened, and he's tired, and he hardly sleeps, and he has the most missions- he's the Strongest, which means everyone needs him, and he bears it.

Sorry for ranting again tho. I think I went into two different topics lol oops- 🤔

OUR SAVIOR 🤔 EDUCATING PEOPLE pay attention ya'll another thing I've noticed in the latest episode is that in his phone contacts he actually writes Utahime's name properly like formally no emojis or teasing shit he actually sees them as his colleagues people he can rely on his field of work and yes about the whole thing when he bursted into riko's class man was absolutely clueless just silent as a teacher tries to give him his number. I'm pretty sure as a child Gojo wasn't allowed to attend public schools due him being in danger or putting others in danger so he doesn't know much about public schools or normal people in general since he spends all his time with people from the jujutsu society.

That is definitely true just because someone is good looking that doesnt mean he's some cheap womanizer. I see a lot of people shipping him and Utahime together which is understandable ship who you like but I don't think Gojo as any ulterior motives like wooing Utahime by teasing her he just is plainly teasing ya know like friends do but in this case Utahime hates his guts and he doesnt know. I mean it takes some amount of hate to try to throw hot tea at someone 😂

While certainly I agree Gojo's teen like wasn't the best it was like he literally had a full time job at that age but who's to stay he didn't go messing around one time? I'm sure during his teen days he wanted to experience things he didnt get to to but now could because he lives on his own now. But maybe he didnt at all who knows? Which also raises another question, I wonder if he has any romantic experiences? And this was all before what happened in the hidden inventory arc after that I can see him more becoming invested in his duty and with what happened with geto as well would of definitely had a huge impact on him to try harder even though hes the strongest so that the next generation wouldn't have to experience the things he went through.

It's really sad if you really think about it what hes been through and what he has to shoulder all while keeping the facade that he's okay, I bet there were times he cursed his powers and his life....but he bears with it anyways because everyone is counting on him....

And don't be sorry at all! I am actually really learning alot about Gojo from you. Please continue to tell us your thoughts and feelings. I don't mind at all ❤ and thank you for taking the time to write 💕

[the-firebird69]

What he's saying makes sense and you fell for almost all the stuff just like Trump did I told you not to we had this brain surgery his grandpa did it and couldn't hold it because we're all nasty greedy pieces of s*** the proof is Olivia Paris she said we're all like this you can't do it and she can't do what oh s*** that so just asking it's like do what it came out later no they are so dramatically annoying it's like they're not even human it's terrible it's not even that you know this is this is what insanity is in the beginning he like threw the match society wanted to be the ruler until he wanted the people s*** down this road mess around with people and he did it because he's a jerk he figured out something this is what you like just this bombastic a****** that started all this b******* around and around hiding things ruining things to fix it and be the good guy when you want to be the bad guy it's like a mysterious chimp they do it when they're sick and he keeps saying it's cuz of the uranium but I don't think so partially if it wasn't resisting it went and bathe in it you know rule from absolute fear and that's what you can use to destroy them it's really like one step because it's human nature researched it and researched it and researched it and he found it these people are afraid as hell the people figure out the secret so secret start coming out it went all over people started killing them they cracked down and more people get angry now it's the whole world and they're just about to attack the blockade in these assholes are pretending their foreigners and the foreigners are like well you realize we're not there yet right I like you the first people going after and they're not answering cuz they're really smart and they're showing there as a white people that they are at the end and they're going to come in and they know what they sound like and what they look like and here they are again showing their white people I mean suicides okay I don't care if you kill yourself that's very vulgar and you should know your people are dying if you don't point it really just as crass as the idiots that started this veronic religion called Satanism or whatever you want new people are it's really satanism so I heard all stuff our son said and I said it's true and it's happening right now is very pertinent it's angry and upsetting I don't want to go over and over but here it is and it's very potent it's right there on TV it's amazing there's no place for them to hide these idiot b****** and this moronic Tommy favino has to hide or he's going to lose the big stuff and so do you guys are you going to die and he says wow that's stupid so they're offshore and they're threatening them to do it and they're peons and they can't stop what they're doing and they just unburied their City from Sand and the foreigners do stuff too to them just as Tommy f does and foreigners don't care they're better than sand and now it's not there so they're just about to attack no they're attacking now you can tell it's getting cooler and it's going to get a lot cooler tons of wind and huge ships are approaching 500 miles long the foreigners have 20 of them down here 30 up north and there are 800 million ships in the Atlantic and 700 million in the Pacific

So tell me if says he's going to March if they start approaching and we say the tunnels are blocked you should have checked and there is a huge Force to oppose you at the at the borders of Max as a foreigner is trying to invade you'll be destroying yourselves as an insult and we love it it can't get any Richard in a son says I am really not putting that much effort into it I'm putting a lot of effort into other things but that is something they're doing in their own it truly is Tommy f is the one who spurned it on it's an embarrassment it's vulgar and he's a criminal for real and he is a bastard child and he's a wayward son he is no longer accepted Mac said in the McDonald clan and that is a huge huge thing he's a person without a country and he's without a name and he said he'll use his own name and who cares hi my dad's name and that came from Grandpa Obama and it came from Grandma and you don't have a McDonald's name anymore so he's huffing and partying and saying

Thor Freya

you're not a Mac anyway at all I am and I'm destroying them because I'm winning and now they're saying you're not a Mac because of that you imbecile

Tommy f

and he finally got you to say it

Mac Daddy

[the-backspin-alchemist]

omg pls share more about ur half-drow alucard energy dnd character he sounds incredible

I absolutely missed this so this is SUPER late I bet, BUT

(long post, character stuff below the break)

In the current campaign I am taking part in (currently GMing, but given that it's a rotating hotseat campaign and my big siege arc is coming to a close, that's about to change), I play a half-drow ranger named Jace Caellos, who basically was initially designed as "Alucard, but a half-drow, and given the lore it's his mom that used to be the big scary overlord"

Mind you, a bunch of tweaks happened along the way because our setting is SUUUUPER homebrewed, while still retaining SOME stuff from Forgotten Realms lore?

Super-boiled down backstory: Jace is the product of a loving marriage between a Drow warlord that left the Underdark and made a name for herself on the surface because she didn't like how annoying Lolth and her people were, and a human apothecary that stands very much by the idea that everyone deserves to be treated well and that also believe that the Underdark had a number of herbs and fungi and possible means of helping treat illnesses that were being ignored because...Underdark.

When Jace is about 17, a bunch of assholes lynch his dad for willingly marrying and having a kid with a drow, and his mom goes nuts and leads a brutal and bloody campaign across the countryside out of rage and grief.

Jace tries to stop her.

She nearly kills him.

He lives, barely, learns How To Ranger over the span of two years, and tries to stop her again.

She nearly kills him, has a breakdown at nearly killing her own kid, and then lets him kill her.

Campaign ends, Jace is now emotionally traumatized, and goes back into being the Ranger in the Woods.

Fast forward another two and a half years, and he joins up with the Adventurer's Guild out of Holtan as a means of trying to put all his fancy Ranger skills to work, and as an excuse to dip his toe back into society.

During this time, he is a GRUMPY individual. Extremely snarky, in many cases vaguely condescending,

He's got his own set of "rules" that he insists on following, a sort of code to keep him from going off the rails (since that's what he did in outright killing his mother, in his head.) He also has a very complicated relationship with the gods, as both parents basically had the idea of "respect them so long as they're not active dicks to people."

Absolutely didn't get along with the dwarf in the party (which later on was GENIUSLY improvised by said dwarf's player by being because he recognized Jace as his mom's kid almost immediately, and had fought against her). He's since gotten less uptight about things, and he and the barbarian have an understanding now that certain things are out in the open.

He's more or less mentoring our kenku rogue in How To Morality, since he's basically a Chaotic Neutral literal magpie that doesn't get why you can't just take things that you think are pretty, or mess with statues of the gods for fun, and is also just generally much younger than the other adventurers.

He's got a sort-of rapport with the aasimar paladin of the party, who he sees as being the party member with a strong code (even if he thinks she's impulsive as hell at times), and she seems to have a soft spot for him for...some reason. (@punkpuppydragon plays said paladin, named Oz, so if he wants to shed insight on that, he can.)

His..."love interest" (which I blame entirely on @charlezarrd) is the party's tiefling sorcerer, Ashes. He got along with her because she WOULDN'T just rush straight into danger, is generally nice to most people to a fault, and seems to have a fairly decent head on her shoulders. Then Charles took a one-liner from a session about Jace getting annoyed at a gnoll for attacking Ashes and went "oh wait they could be a Thing™" and has been vaguely pushing in that direction for a bit (until Oz asked Ashes out, turning this whole situation into a weird love-triangle thing I won't totally get into here).

Jace helped Ashes tame and adopt Chester the Mimic, and is kind of currently trying to deal with two tiny Displacer Beast cubs that are rowdy but otherwise are basically just larger kittens with weird tentacly-things (since that's basically what displacer beasts are).

He's had at least two mental breakdowns so far due to The Trauma™ (the last one gave me a convenient excuse to have him leave the party and find his parents' journals when I started my current stint as GM to avoid having him just be the DMPC of the arc), he's oddly polite when dealing with people that aren't in the party (mostly due to his dad's influence) and has become much less obnoxious towards the current party members after his last breakdown when fighting a werewolf that murdered his own father out of sheer pettiness and revenge (a thing that Jace naturally has his own issues with).

He carves stuff in his spare time, and has unwittingly seduced a banshee with a stupidly-high Persuasion check and then a natural 20 on a Performance check for a song (he then absolutely misunderstood the intentions of said banshee, and things got awkward when he had to explain he was asexual and wasn't interested).

He lied to a gnome once about her whacky killer werewolf boyfriend actually loving her, because he didn't want to mar the guy's image in her mind too much (Ashes immediately called him out on this, with the gnome unknowingly present to see all this).

He got bodied by an ancient golden dragon and collapsed in front of the Guild Hall, bleeding out, because he can't even nearly die in a manner that isn't dramatic, which was fun.

He threatened a silver dragon (disguised as an elf, in fairness, but who was a known silver dragon) for being creepy towards Ashes.

He plays the kalimba.

That's Jace. He's weird. And fun to play.