#player council

[therekinperson]

(swap bishops in question)

[rolandkaros]

im gonna be a dickhead for a second cause this is actually pissing me off:

i NEED y’all to deep the fact that most of these players do not care about what this man has done. carlos will probably shake his hand on sunday. maybe even a hug. they will compliment each other during the trophy presentation. no doubt the players will be asked again about the trial and no doubt the VAST majority of them will give the same non-answers as in australia. many of them are friends with him. many of these ‘friends’ are your faves. i’m not telling you to change your allegiance or find new players to be fans of or anything of that sort (this is the nature of sports, unfortunately a lot of them are very very flawed people, including many of the players i am a fan of). but i cannot sit here and watch all y’all go on saying ‘omg carlitos needs to defeat the evil on sunday 😣😖😫’ he literally does not care. most of them don’t. please, for the love of god, for everybody’s sake, i need us to understand this.

[wiltedprayers]

andrew haldane my all-american boy

[zizz-asdf-re-r-o-u]

All of Garu/Karu's collars so far

Which one is your favorite?

Bonus: and how come they change? Are the outfit makers manufacturing a new collar and replacing his gemstone(gemstones?) each time? And especially for cowboy Garu (which by the way, he & Eiden got their outfits in a random shop, so it wasn't provided by Aster for once)... the gemstones changed to spikes too. Whats going on xD

Some interesting facts (and bonus theorizing):

Forgotten Fruit, Binary Starlight, and Stampeding adventurer are customized (although N & R are also different).

Ethereal Guardian, R, and N are the only ones without a leash/something dangling off the collar.

Much like Quincy, Edmond, and Olivine, it is a little unclear which gem was his actual gemstone and which are... decorative? However, that slightly contradicts with canon because Gramps found him with broken gemstone pieces. It is possible that Gramps fused the broken gem pieces back into one, but that doesn't explain the other blue gems that appear on the rest of the collar that sometimes are missing (Forgotten Fruit) or suddenly change shape (Stampeding adventurer). We can reasonably assume that at least the center-most gem that is always circular was the original or very close to the original.

It's also very interesting how people react to the collar.

No one is trying to steal Yakumo/Rei's ears or Edmond/Quincy's hands, which also look like accessories. Blade's "gemstone" blends in with his outfits if you don't look at it closely. And obviously no one is going to steal Dante or Kuya's eyes lol. In general, most people have not reacted to the other member's gemstones. But Olivine is interesting.

Actually, let's talk about Olivine & Garu's gems! Olivine can and has occasionally hid his piercings/gemstone. Most people's reactions are sexualizing Olivine and his gemstone blends in with the piercing setup. Garu's is off his body and hypothetically he could stash them anywhere, even a pocket or necklace. But nope, they're on this giant dangerous-looking collar that is difficult to hide and difficult to steal (which is why most people start out with trying to kidnap Garu himself). Most average/ordinary people don't seem to notice this insignificant-seeming wolf yokai displaying a bunch of bulky gems around his neck. But Kolt recognized right away what it actually was. Lone Wolf had a very negative reaction to the collar. And the townspeople in Desert of Dusk thought the collar was expensive jewelry that they could steal. Out of everyone, we're seeing more and more how much it makes G/Karu an unfortunate target. Whereas people's main reaction to Olivine's gemstone/piercing setup is lust. This is very fascinating!

(If any Yakumo fans read this far- did the other serpent yokai/villagers have reactions to Yakumo being born with a gemstone?)

[grandpasauce]

Very curious if there were hardcore dragon age fans on the community council that didn’t have larger social media followings 🤔 like genuinely

[thornaelle]

Lyra Gwynnen, Roerik Grimson and Finthor of the Ordo Cervi Council for @mmalveaux!

[signed-sapphire]

7 year difference

Keep at it, and your skills will improve

[outeremissary]

Happy 2e Kingmaker GMing Saturday I think one of my players forgot Tristian is canonically a man

[house-of-mirrors]

Also on the topic of cardinals honey: never forget lmao

[youreamonocoque]

Cowards!

[icewindandboringhorror]

Recent game related things .. hrmm...

[incorrectfallenlondonquotes]

September: Okay, first I'd like to introduce our newest Revolutionary, the Director of the Railway, and I'd like to thank them for their generous gift of two echos, which they handed me outside this morning. Not necessary, but much appreciated.

January: Why'd you give him two dollars?

The Director: I thought he was homeless

[gothamcityneedsme]

chris avellone really likes making the actions necessitated by gameplay an aspect OF the player character, and i love that

[fortune-maiden]

Today on G-Witch,

Miorine learns there are consequences to listening to Prospera, Prospera is The Worst, kids are dumb, and there still way too many factions in this show to keep up with!

[corpocyborg]

me, in a video game: *chooses the bad option* NPCs: good god! how can you say that? you don't mean that! me, who's been consistently choosing these options since the start of the game: -_-

[wonder-worker]

"Because Richard (III) usurped the throne, his retinue is inevitably seen as inimical to the crown and therefore in an important sense independent of royal authority. In the context of Edward IV's reign, in which the retinue was created, neither assumption is true. The development of the retinue would have been impossible without royal backing and reflected, rather than negated, the king's authority. Within the north itself, Gloucester's connection subsumed that of the crown. Elsewhere, in East Anglia and in Wales, that focus for royal servants was provided by others, but Gloucester was still part of that royal connection, not remote from it. In the rest of England, as constable and admiral, he had contributed to the enforcement of royal authority. When he seized power in 1483 he did not do it from outside the prevailing political structure but from its heart."

-Rosemary Horrox, "Richard III: A Study of Service"