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[oswednesday]

how many people are you following and how many followers do you have?

just you and me buddy

[memento--moray]

As someone who engages a lot with fantasy/sci-fi/horror media, one of the worst tropes I see again and again is the "this entire group of people is inherently evil".

The fact that it's so easily accepted, particularly in DnD and related environments, is deeply unsettling, particularly because of how much of it stems from racism (and other "isms"). Beyond the horrible implications of this concept, it makes stories far less nuanced and interesting.

I much prefer stories where evil is something on a societal or individual basis rather than inherent, since it allows us to explore why this evil came about. Exploring how propaganda, tradition, dogma, ect., might shape a society is far more interesting than just going "they're all born evil".

This certainly is not limited to DnD, just as someone who runs modules to practice encounter balancing, and has run 5e for people used to the rigid alignment system of earlier editions, you get reminded of this quite a lot in that space. There's a bunch of people talking about New Phyrexia in similar contexts, and while I don't feel like I know enough about the story to toss my hat into the ring, I will always be an advocate for nuance. Particularly when a lack of nuance means that "this group is inherently evil" accidentally ends up demonizing aspects of a very real group of marginalized people (as it often does).

Again, much more informed people than I have talked about this subject at greater length. All I can say as someone who's been in the fantasy/sci-fi/horror space for pretty much all of my life, I feel like there's certain standards that we really shouldn't accept as such, since they really don't have to be. In most cases, stories are more interesting when nuance is involved.

[schnaf]

22 days until jooyeon's 22nd birthday

day 10 - maniac

[piplupod]

my method of "getting better" has just been Do Everything Possible and latch onto whatever gives you any sense of purpose and/or joy. and i guess it's been working because i am definitely not in quite the same place that i was a few yrs ago

[magentagalaxies]

also idk why that last post reminded me of one of my favorite bellini fun facts which he shared in the podcast he co-hosted with scott back in like 2013 which is that he never played "rock, paper, scissors" until he was in his late 40s??? like he'd never learned how to and he was like "if i saw someone doing that i would leave a room. i don't need an extra thing to learn today" honestly king behaviour

[moszeel]

Sad wet fish boy. Use him as a mop if you’d like

[spherekuriboh]

'you dont have any hobbies outside of media consumption lol' has this really specific like-- i don't know. it feels like a very ungenerous way to frame an audience, even though to be an audience member is to consume the media. i dunno. i think that that's an unhealthy way to frame your relationship to anything anyone else made? which is most things. like i dont think you've tainted the generative quality of knitting if youre listening to a podcast in the meantime...? i'm trying to pin down why exactly the idea makes me feel slimy. first of all its from tiktok which is already (wrings my hand) but like. "what do you do if you aren't reading watching playing or listening" has a very odd tilt i can't quite wrap my hands around.

[communistkenobi]

it’s hard not to balk at any profile of qanon that includes a discussion of its followers as “victims”. I have no patience for people attempting to paint this group as potentially sympathetic. fascist conspiracy theorists are not confused or misguided about the world. they’re incorrect obviously, but they themselves are not witless idiots who were fooled into believing antisemitic and transphobic bullshit. those are their genuine beliefs. those people are not victims

[bookofmac]

Finished reading 'Last Seen Online'! 'It's very good fun . I really like how it functions in concert with the og gottiewrites blog (which i need to reread now b/c some things have been adjusted in the blog version for continuity reasons), the mediation of the duality between celbrity and fan, what mass media and social media do to people on either side of the lens and screen,

[br1ghtestlight]

such a beautiful world where apparently most of tumblr does not know of mr beast's existence <3 peace and love

[3584-tropical-fish]

for the ask game, 24 and 4 perhaps??? :D

whats a compliment about your art that has always stuck with you?

Oh gosh, everything that anyone has ever said, really. But I feel like i have to just. <33333!!!!! about anything tumblr user camlannpod has said about my art for their show. I love drawing Camlann art and it makes me so happy that I can return that happiness to them!! Everyone listen to Camlann right now. It’s so good

piece you wish got more love?

I had to think for a minute but you know what? The TMA clue board I made with my friends. I don’t think that showed up in the tags, but we put. So Much effort into that and I had really wished that more people would see it. Lia especially made an absolutely STUNNING board for it, and I was really happy with all the cards I made!! It’s also just so fun to play. We get dressed up and I bake something and make tea/hot chocolate. Highly recommend. Posts about it here and here :D

[dullahandyke]

Been listening to this radio station and it's been so healing and nice. Computer beeps and bops save me

[voidimp]

maybe now that i have adhd meds i can attempt Language again

[grittyreadsfic]

hello my besties this is just an fyi that while i’ll probably still have recs going every day until the season starts, i’m gonna be a bit MIA on the blog for a bit

[stellarnightstars]

i have decided that i need to find people who are equally as Pathetic as i am so that i can Actually Be In A DND Campaign for once (finally having succumb to the BrainwormsTM). but how do i Find these people. do they even exist

[wegmans]

oh my fucking god. worst discovery of my life. that sailor socialism girl from years ago is THE red scare dasha that i somehow keep hearing about. this sucks