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1d10 Extremely Specific Fears
1. Getting bitten by a rabid squirrel when you’re having a picnic. 2. Bugs that don’t look like they could fly but it turns out they can. 3. Being attacked by a crocodile that’s big enough to swallow you whole. 4. Forest fires that get started by trees being struck by lightning. 5. Accidentally drinking water that’s full of invisible jellyfish. 6. Being blinded by looking at a solar eclipse for too long. 7. Someone breaking into your home while you are in the bath. 8. Having a terrible curse laid on your bloodline because of a misunderstanding. 9. Being stung by a bug you didn’t know you were deathly allergic to. 10. Surviving a shark attack, but the shark gets a taste for your blood and attacks you again in the future.
#random table#random tables#ttrpg#ttrpg community#ttrpg homebrew#homebrew#random character build#fears#random fears#random character traits#setting neutral#genre neutral
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Dazai canonically rambling about his loved ones at every possible opportunity is so dear to me.
Mori knew a lot of the things he did about Oda because Dazai told him. Akutagawa also knew about Oda and how important he is to Dazai because of Dazai's ramblings. Random, unnamed PM members know about Oda being very dear to Dazai, because Dazai praises him and talks about how great he is.
Chuuya knew straight away that Dazai had been speaking about him to the ADA. It wasn't something he expressed feeling betrayed or suprised about. It was just an immediate understanding that of all the ways they could probably have known about him and his ability despite it being confidential information in the PM, Dazai's ramblings were most likely the reason.
The way that Dazai speaks about Ranpo to quite literally anyone who will listen. To Fydor, to random cops, to Atsushi.
Dazai canonically brags about the people he cares about in an 'omg omg omg my person my people I love them look how amazing they are' way.
#this is so dear to me#i could go on and on about all the random comments dazai makes about his loved ones#Like yeah#the obvious comments about knowing Chuuya's breathing patterns and stuff#but also just#the completely unprovoked information he drops#I just think its cute that he loves them so much and so actively notices details about all his people#port mafia#armed detective agency#dazai osamu#bsd#bungou stray dogs#bungo stray dogs#oda sakunosuke#bsd odasaku#chuuya nakahara#ranpo edogawa#fydor dostoevsky#character traits
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I still haven’t recovered from Imogen getting advantage on an animal handling check for riding Gloamglut because she is a FUCKING HORSEGIRL
#my mind is absolutely blown#shoutout to the willingham/bailey household for inventing random character traits that suddenly become immensely important#imogen temult#cr3#critical role spoilers#critical role
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I'm doing some rereading, and this bit in Broken Homes always cracks me up. You're both nerds, lads, let's move on
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#rivers of london#thomas nightingale#peter grant#peter's intense architecture knowledge is Such an endearing character trait#all protagonists should have a random thing they're obsessed with actually#also I really do love nightingale being a Nature Guy#he knows trees he knows flowers he can identify molly's weird vegetable experiments...#it's such a fun thing for him to be notably knowledgeable about
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No show answer, choose one.
Please pass this around, I wanna know what people are most proud of.
#random things#random#justanotheraussieteen-2005#polls#my polls#physical characteristics#looks#random conversations#traits#character traits#physical features
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Is it just me or does the way Hera is portrayed in the PJO/HOO series feel out of touch? By that I mean, while it plays into the idea of Hera's relationship with her husband's children and ideals of family, it seems like Rick just took that and ran with it without actually wanting to dive into those aspects and develop them more (ngl, his writing for his female characters, especially the goddesses, could use some work even if I do enjoy them). The reason Hera is the way she is with her husband's children is because she can't punish him [Zeus] directly due to him being more powerful (and the last time she turned against didn't he literally hang her from the sky)? And even while I'm not justifying her actions, there's a method to them, so why would she go after other random demigods like Percy and Annabeth? Or at least in a way that was written better than her falling into a trope (I enjoy this series with my heart, but the criticism about how the gods are written holds some value that shouldn't just be ignored either). Like, I don't know, it just feels like there was more that could've been done with her character instead of just immediately writing her off as the cruel, cold-hearted, evil stepmother (a trope that's overplayed, especially when not even bothering to give them any depth). I could write ideas, but then we'd be here all day.
#hera#pjo#hoo#pjo hera#greek mythology#greek myth#listen im getting back into greek myths and the classics so if anyone has any book/text recommendations pls share#rr crit#like especially being the goddess of family marriage and fertility her going after random children doesn't make sense (esp so hard like why#is she constantly harassing annabeth with cows?)#it also gets annoying in regard to percabeth bc the fandom tends to wrap them hating hera as their whole character trait and it's overplayed#it would make more sense for hera to probably be concerned or watching over percy bc maybe sally sent out a random prayer for help#hera caught wind (not necessarily realizing that percy is poseidon's son) and provides him & sally an added layer of protection before tlm#heck maybe she could even do the same for annabeth but to a lesser extent? maybe u could still keep them being at odds bc maybe#having grown up with thalia (who is zeus' kids & all that works) she's on edge and doesn't trust hera who'd be like “kay whatever”#and was it hard to add any scenes of hera getting any understanding like the other gods were able too (dionysus)?#like im not saying that everything she's done has to be erased but is it that hard to add dimensions to it?#percy jackson#annabeth chase
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my fav thing to do is chip away at random parts of characters humanity and seeing what happens
#and the toa brainrot returns with a—omg its got a chair!#and aphnau too oddly enough#is this just an excuse to draw claire w one of my fav random character design traits?#...who's askin'?#save me unsettling claire nunez#save me#fanart#digital art#artists on tumblr#comic#digital illustration#toa trollhunters#trollhunters#troll jim#jim lake jr#claire nuñez#blinky#blinkous galadrigal#trollhunters fanart#my art#my comic#my friend saw the way i draw claire and said that she looked like she didn't blink lol#random headcanon wednesday#except its not wednesday#ps i hate my handwritting but i was not gonna go through the effort of speech bubbles#toa#toa jim
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this is probably an unpopular opinion with the amount of "everyone is married with kids" type future aus people make for sonic characters but i cannot see sonic getting married or having a kid ever. if he did somehow end up with a kid hed be the worlds first transmasc absent father or however the joke goes
#i can only see sonic with a kid if its some random kid he accidentally adopted or whatever#and if he had a partner whatever they have going on probably wouldnt fit the typical idea of how having a partner works at all#i dont think sonic is a very romantic guy to be honest. and being in a serious relationship or ''settling down'' wouldnt be for him#i guess you could argue his feelings towards that sort of stuff could change once hes an adult#but i kinda. dont like. the idea of him suddenly becoming interested in romance and wanting to settle down#as a sign hes ''finally grown up'' or whatever. because lack of interest in romance isnt an immature trait you have to grow out of#some people never want that sort of thing and thats fine#anyway i dont hate fankids to be clear i think theyre fun in concept . like from a design standpoint#taking traits from characters you like to make a new guy out of it is fun#i just cannot imagine those things ever actually happening does that make sense#actually while im at it i dont think rouge would want kids at all either . people want her to be motherly so bad but she just is not#she is the cool older sister figure who teaches you how to steal from the pin container at hot topic without getting caught. not a mom
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Do you conlang? I was wondering if you had naming languages (or possibly even more developed ones) for pulling the words you use. I tried to search your blog but didn't find anything, wouldn't be surprised if the feature is just busted tho. Your worldbuilding is wonderful and I particularly enjoy the anthropological and linguistic elements.
Ok the thing is I had kind of decided I was not going to do any conlanging because I don't feel like I'm equipped to do a good job of it, like was fully like "I'm just going to do JUST enough that it doesn't fail an immediate sniff test and is more thoughtful than just keysmashing and putting in vowels". And then have kinda been conlanging anyway (though not to a very deep and serious extent. I maybe have like....an above average comprehension of how language construction works via willingness to research, but that's not saying much, also I can never remember the meanings of most linguistic terms like 'frictives' or etc off the top of my head. I'm just kinda raw dogging it with a vague conceptualization of what these things mean)
I do at least have a naming language for Wardi (and more basic rules for other established languages) but the rudimentary forms of it were devised with methods much shakier and less linguistically viable than even the most basic naming language schemes, and I only went back over it LONG after I had already made a bunch of words so there's some inconsistencies with consonant presence and usage. (This can at least be justified because it IS a language that would have a lot of loanwords and would be heavily influenced by other language groups- Burri being by far the most significant, Highland-Finnic and Yuroma-Lowlands also being large contributors)
The 'method' I used was:
-Skip basic construction elements and fully move into devising necessary name words, with at least a Vibe of what consonants are going to be common and how pronunciation works -Identify some roots out of the established words and their meanings. Establish an ongoing glossary of known roots/words. -Construct new words based in root words, or as obvious extensions/variants of established words. -Get really involved in how the literal meanings of some words might not translate properly to english, mostly use this to produce a glossary of in-universe slang. -Realize that I probably should have at least some very basic internal consistency at this point. -Google search tutorials on writing a naming language. -Reverse engineer a naming language out of established words, and ascribe all remaining inconsistencies to being loanwords or just the mysteries of life or whatever.
I do at least have some strongly established pronunciation rules and a sense of broad regional dialect/accents.
-'ai' words are almost always pronounced with a long 'aye' sound.
-There is no 'Z' or 'X' sound, a Wardi speaker pronouncing 'zebra' would go for 'tsee-brah', and would attempt 'xylophone' as 'ssye-lohp-hon'
-'V' sounds are nearly absent and occur only in loanwords, and tend to be pronounced with a 'W' sound. 'Virsum' is a Highland word (pronounced 'veer-soom') denoting ancestry, a Wardi speaker would go 'weer-sum'.
-'Ch' spellings almost always imply a soft 'chuh' sound when appearing after an E, I, or O (pelatoche= pel-ah-toh-chey), but a hard 'kh' sound after an A or U (odomache= oh-doh-mah-khe). When at the start of a word, it's usually a soft 'ch' unless followed by an 'i' sound (chin (dog) is pronounced with a hard K 'khiin', cholem (salt) is pronounced with a soft Ch 'cho-lehm')
-Western Wardin has strong Burri cultural and linguistic influence, and a distinct accent- one of the most pronounced differences is use of the ñ sound in 'nn' words. The western city of Ephennos is pronounced 'ey-fey-nyos' by most residents, the southeastern city of Erubinnos is pronounced 'eh-roo-been-nos' by most residents. Palo's surname 'Apolynnon' is pronounced 'A-puh-lee-nyon' in the Burri and western Wardi dialects (which is the 'proper' pronunciation, given that it's a Kos name), but will generally be spoken as 'Ah-poh-leen-non' in the south and east.
-R's are rolled in Highland-Finnic words. Rolling R's is common in far northern rural Wardi dialects but no others. Most urban Wardi speakers consider rolling R's sort of a hick thing, and often think it sounds stupid or at least uneducated. (Brakul's name should be pronounced with a brief rolled 'r', short 'ah' and long 'uul', but is generally being pronounced by his south-southeastern compatriots with a long unrolled 'Brah' sound).
Anyway not really a sturdy construction that will hold up to the scrutiny of someone well equipped for linguistics but not pure bullshit either.
#I actually did just make a post about this on my sideblog LOL I think in spite of my deciding not to conlang this is going to go full#full conlanging at some point#The main issue is that the narrative/dialogue is being written as an english 'translation' (IE the characters are speaking in their actual#tongues and it's being translated to english with accurate meaning but non-literal treatment)#Which you might say like 'Uh Yeah No Shit' but I think approaching it with that mindset at the forefront does have a different effect than#just fully writing in english. Like there's some mindfulness to what they actually might be saying and what literal meanings should be#retained to form a better understanding of the culture and what should be 'translated' non-literally but with accurate meaning#(And what should be not translated at all)#But yeah there's very little motivation for conlanging besides Pure Fun because VERY few Wardi words beyond animal/people/place names#will make it into the actual text. Like the only things I leave 'untranslated' are very key or untranslatable concepts that will be#better understood through implication than attempts to convey the meaning in english#Like the epithet 'ganmachen' is used to compliment positive traits associated with the ox zodiac sign or affectionately tease#negative ones. This idea can be established pretty naturally without exposition dumps because the zodiac signs are of cultural#importance and will come up frequently. The meaning can get across to the reader pretty well if properly set up.#So like leaving it as 'ganmachen' you can get 'oh this is an affectionate reference to an auspicious zodiac sign' but translating#it as the actual meaning of 'ox-faced' is inevitably going to come across as 'you look like a cow' regardless of any zodiac angle#^(pretty much retyped tags from other post)#Another aspect is there's a few characters that have Wardi as a second language and some of whom don't have a solid grasp on it#And I want to convey this in dialogue (which is being written in english) but I don't want it to just be like. Random '''broken''' english#like I want there to be an internal consistency to what parts of the language they have difficulties with (which then has implications for#how each language's grammar/conjugation/etc works). Like Brakul is fairly fluent in Wardi at the time of the story but still struggles#with some of the conjugation (which is inflectional in Wardi) especially future/preterite tense. So he'll sometimes just use the#verb unconjugated or inappropriately in present tense. Though this doesn't come across as starkly in text because it's#written in english. Like his future tense Wardi is depicted as like 'I am to talk with him later' instead of 'I'll talk with him later'#Which sounds unnatural but not like fully incorrect#But it would sound much more Off in Wardi. Spanish might be a better example like it would be like him approaching it with#'Voy a hablar con él más tarde' or maybe 'Hablo con él más tarde' instead of 'Hablaré con él más tarde'#(I THINK. I'm not a fluent spanish speaker sorry if the latter has anything wrong with it too)
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Have you ever stopped and given real thought as to why you like a character? I mean really thought about it. Beyond, they're my precious baby girl, I wish to die melted into a puddle of goo at their gorgeous feet. (Both valid points mind.) But do it, pick a most beloved blorbo and really think why something about them calls to you so much. You with all your own unique life experiences and perseptions. Why them?
There's some profound self realisation waiting right there.
#Windswept rambles#I did this recently#One idle evening#I went beyond looks and personality and all those in depth character traits that make me look a chacaters way in the first place.#And really thought about what makes me#With all my own life experiences#And unique perseptions#Like that character#And had a real light blub moment#Of oh#Oh that actually explains so much#I have learnt something about myself today#And how I process stuff#Have a try#Random morning thought vomit
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Is it just me, or are Megamind, Lilo & Stitch, Invader Zim, and Steven Universe all part of some niche subgenre of alien media that mostly appeals to autistic people? (Not that I’m complaining.)
#no but seriously every character in these films/shows have at least one autistic trait to them#especially invader zim and lilo & stitch#actually autistic#autism acceptance#autistic media#megamind#lilo & stitch#lilo and stitch#invader zim#steven universe#random thoughts
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You will get a new Wonder Woman run planned to be a long and structured one - but it's written by Tom King
You will get a new Black Canary run - the thing is, it will be written by Tom King
You will get a series of some silver age partially forgotten characters you like - Adam Strange, Omega Men, Metamorpho - but here's the catch: they'll all be written by Tom King
Why all these times I got something I wanted from DC it was like meeting this wise and cruel Jinn trying to warn me about the potential harm of my heart's desires?
"Be careful what you wish for, little one. Now take this Tom King book" the creature whispers while I sob
#the stories might not be exclusively bad or even poorly written#but when they're good it's not because of the characters he's using but rather despite of the characters#he writes characters with a light disregard for their history and personality#that's why he's better when writing else world-like out of continuity stories#you can take woman of tomorrow for example it's not a bad story per se but it's not good because of kara's traits and personality#supergirl could be any powerful and hopeful character and the story would still work#kara's own side characters are there only as an after thought comet's appearance in the story is almost random#comet deserved better#i wanted ww black canary and adam strange stories for the characters and not to be used merely as a prompt#i do think he's a very gimmicky writer too i used to enjoy his stories before#now i feel like the tone is just predictable and uninteresting i feel like i've read them already#i don't judge the readers though some ppl are attached to his writing they can be powerful tales but they're not really for me anymore#i miss the time when all tom king was writing was batman bc i don't care about his titles lol#tom king#wonder woman#black canary#adam strange#omega men#danger street#metamorpho#supergirl#batman#commentary#dc comics#dc#comics#text#fandom
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Matias is making me stop reading after every other line just so I can laugh in disbelief. Like what actually is this man. Delusional, serious, sex-appeal so blinding that it burns through your eyeballs and out the backside of your skull.
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quick poll just to test something. what is your favorite trait in a character?
#for me personally its gotta be passion. adding passion to literally any character makes them better to me#testing#random polls#my polls#tumblr polls#for you#character traits#oc#dryer lint
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Here's the first batch! Deer, as promised. Pretty sure this is actually the first time I have drawn any of the main four, and of course, it was turning them into animals, lol. These are some of the simplest ref sheets I have ever done, but it suited the more cartoony style I went for here, as well as made it possible to do so many, lol (there are more coming). Despite that, I put a LOT of effort into these, really trying to make them be recognizable as the characters! It's been a very fun exercise.
#rwby#ruby rose#yang xiao long#blake belladonna#weiss schnee#as deer#for once#I'm doing rwby fanart that includes the actual main characters lmao#some random lore:#there are different and distinct species of deer in this au#but functionally they are more similar to different races of ppl#they have separate cultures and whatnot often arising from their physical differences and preferred habitat#but they can all interbreed and survive anywhere and they all have pretty much the same dietary needs#except the faunus#who do have different diets and special abilities as well#but these of course depend on what their secondary animal traits are#also the deer species are fantasy deer so while they are heavily based on real life species they aren't one to one
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So in my head I was going over what my favorite "character tropes" are and I came up with sopping wet men, women who should be in prison, haunted nonbinary ppl, and any lonely bitch with an attitude problem
But then I realized that that list is just
#any combination of these traits works though#sopping wet nonbinary characters? haunted women? also v good#ellie rose#reginald copperbottom#right hand man#henry stickmin#the henry stickmin collection#thsc#mine#random#shitpost#personal
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