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Let's analyse the drow!
Quick history on the drow: The drow have been historically characterised as ‘evil’, especially in earlier editions their alignment was always on the evil spectrum. Even Drizzt Do’urden for example was a story that essentially circles around one ‘good’ drow who managed to rise above the rest of his kin and become ‘one of the good ones’. I think we also need to acknowledge that in the earlier editions drow definitely had racist implications around them intentionally or not. With the drow initially being described as ‘completely opal black aside from their white hair’ and essentially just existed as the ‘evil’ elf counterparts to their perfect blonde cousins. Now in recent years wizards of the coast have started to rectify this. As of right now Drow have been described as being more purplish grey in colour and are steering towards being implied not to be 'completely evil'. There's no doubt about it that the drow have had a rocky history and being overtly over-sexualisalised by the early writers definitely didn't help much either. But I still think there's something very interesting wedged into this unique race of elves.
Lolth's role: Their main goddess is of course Lolth who even in modern renditions is always depicted as a chaotic evil spider demon. You could argue she’s currently the main reason why the surface folk still don’t like these dark elves. Even in Baldur's gate three which came out last year the writers make a point of emphasising that the ‘good drow’ are the ones choosing to rebel against this goddess. Now obviously this ‘good’ and ‘evil’ thing has always been a core part of DND, which makes sense given it was inspired by Tolkien who consistently made a point about there being two sides, good and evil. And it's still a very common theme in modern fantasy but I think when we look at Lolth and her connection to the drow from a more contextual standpoint this insistence of ‘evil’ isn’t nearly as interesting as exploring the greyer implications of how this Goddess came to be. Being viewed as ‘evil’ in the dnd universe is natural as Lolth is written as a chaotic evil being, encouraging violence, the sacrifice of first born sons, and general betrayal among your fellow drow isn’t very appealing. It's enough for anyone to wonder why the drow worship her in the first place if they aren’t evil. However I think it's also important to remember in real life when we create gods they almost always reflect our world, the good and the bad. Let's take Zeus for example, he was a pretty shitty guy, cheating on his wife, kidnapping women and punishing people for petty reasons. But he was still worshipped, he just reflected power and kinghood. And kings aren't perfect or benevolent, they can abuse their power and take what they want. People are complex and imperfect and so are their Gods. So a similar sort of argument could be made for Lolth.
How the environment shapes a culture: The underdark is almost always described as a harsh environment, with creatures like hook horrors casually wandering around, mushrooms that explode when touched and let's be honest probably not a lot of food in a place with little sunlight or stability. Earthquakes happen often here killing many and flattening villages. The underdark is without a doubt an unpredictable chaotic and cruel hellscape where death is a guarantee and often occurs for little to no reason. It's not hard to imagine how competition could become everything here. That means that every creature living in the underdark, even every other drow clan is just another competitor for those sparse food and resources in an already barren and harsh climate. In an environment so unforgiving and competitive you can imagine how a Goddess such as Lolth would be worshipped. Because Lolth, like most Gods, reflects the environment her worshippers live in, she is characterised as being as cruel, violent and chaotic as the underdark is. And the teachings of violence, sacrifice and betrayal that she encourages of her followers might not actually be such a bad thing but rather the key to the drows continued long term survival in such an impossible climate. Traditions and culture almost always stem from a purpose, in this case how you survive. The cutthroat nature of drow culture mirrors the underdark in such a way that it ensures that the strongest survive (although it's important to note when I say ‘strongest’ I don't mean it in a literal sense but rather those who possess the qualities best suited for survival in that environment.) The strict hierarchical structure also ensures this, with female drow being favoured as they are naturally larger, stronger and more robust than their male counterparts. Which in itself is most likely because larger stronger women generally lead to a higher rate of survival in offspring especially in harsher conditions where a single misstep can be certain death. This physical and social difference lends itself to the spider metaphor of their goddess both literally and figuratively where spiders eat their males. But as unfair as this rigid hierarchy based on sex seems, it can be argued like many cultural phenomena to be a curated survival method in itself. After all you need fewer males than females to maintain a stable population which is an important detail when living somewhere with a natural lack of food. Even sacrificing your first newborn son as gruesome of a tradition as it is, in a way makes sense. It selectively ensures that the male population is lower meaning less overall resource demand in an already scarce environment will be lower while still being able to maintain some semblance of genetic diversity.
Solutions to these dilemmas?: Now of course it goes without saying all these things are horrible, sex selection, strict hierarchies and encouraged violence to decrease competition are all bad. However in an extreme dystopian sounding scenario such as this one it does at the very least make sense. And I think what we can gather from this is that despite all the terrible things, at least terrible to us living in the world we are, drow aren’t really evil. Not even their society despite its depiction is ‘evil’. Calling them evil is kind of like if lions from a zoo who get fed everyday started calling wild lions evil for eating zebras. We may not like it of course but it's not fair to call it evil, it’s survival. In the same way Lolth isn’t even an ‘evil’ Goddess, she's just a cruel and unfair one, made to reflect the natural violence of the underdark and the lived experiences of those worshipping her. When debating the drows morality it's just about context. It brings some questions to mind. Like if the ‘good drow’ drow who are against Lolth did manage to rebel and forcefully shift the culture of the drow to be more like the surface elves for example what would really happen? Would the drow stop all their violent habits and competitiveness to live happily ever after in a more equal world? Or when all of this ‘evil’ behaviour was ‘corrected’ would it lead to a ripple effect causing famine and death anyway? Who are the surface dwellers to determine what’s wrong and right when they’ve never had to survive in such an environment? Perhaps instead the culture of the drow would just naturally change over time anyways if the need for those more violent and extreme traditions subsided because there were more ways of accessing resources and building a stabler environment. Either way I don’t know the future of drow society, but what I do know is that it’s far more complex and grey than we give it credit for.
#text post#drow#dnd lore#dnd5e#dungeons and dragons#dungeons and dragons ramble#dnd ramblings#dark elves#dark elf#I'm sorry I'm so autistic its not even funny#dnd#dnd drow#forgotten realms#dm help#dnd races#dnd rant#professional yapper#I was going to make REAL art for this#dnd campaign#also I'd just like to point out the surface elves canonically put the drow down there#so they need to pipe down#high elf#wood elf#this is my drow defence post#wizards of the coast#mostly head cannoning and brainstorming cos imma be doing some dming soon#This one is just for me
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i watched dp&w only last week, and yet my main ship for the last... 3 months? has been cherik
#the power of that ship#and someone who decided to include the bloopers reel during end credits deserves a raise#the great cherik revival of 2024#my sis who has never seen any xmen or dp movies before went to the cinema to see dp&w in august? and it pipe-lined from there#those old mutants are still fruity#even more so than i remembered#cherik#also#i've known the whole plot and half of the battles before i've seen dp&w#thanks weird people of tumblr#it was still amusing#great movie for ironing#but some scenes i was ready to believe i was watching soft-porn#hey i'm here with my dad; tone it down a bit wade (joking)#dp&w#deadpool and wolverine#deadpool & wolverine#yt still believes they need to continue reminding me it's already on disney+#honey i know. i've watched it the first evening i had 2.5h to spare#x men#Q
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the fact I guessed correctly that my friend/ex-flatmate’s newest flatmate was a lesbian when I clocked her as such at my friend’s birthday get together lol. some women really do just move around in a gay way, she looked exactly like my friend the way she strode about… something about the confidence and effortlessness
#it’s basically just casual masculinity lol she’s not even masc just ever so slightly gnc#but it was obvious to me#this news came back to me in such a convoluted fashion#via my friend’s bf overhearing me saying it to our mutual friend and then he told her and she told me#made me realise I need to PIPE DOWN a bit more sometimes#before I embarrass myself#moth.txt
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kieran shoulder slump counter: 2
#‘aw look at him being all shy…’ carmine says after barking at him to pipe down after he was actually trying to defend himself#i love you toxic siblings let’s go!!! actively make his problems worse!!!!!#yay for women who suck 💓#i stan carmine btw#she does care about him a lot she is just. so ignorant of what it is he needs#i mean part of it is they genuinely do both have a hot temper and they clash a lot#goldie replays pokémon violet
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I feel like most people who hate Snow and David just…don’t understand them as characters. Like at all. Saw a post saying they hate the poor?? I hate the monarchy as much as the next person but Snow and David consistently show their empathy towards the lower class.
- They picked Edmund up out of the rubble and gave him a steady job to rescue him out of the inevitable poverty he would face if he stayed in the burned-down village, despite that fact that they probably didn’t actually need a wine steward. They basically pulled a job out of thin air for him because no way their castle is understaffed.
- David tells King George that he doesn’t want an extravagant crown because he could feed the entire kingdom the money it’s worth. He made the entire deal with George because it would rescue his mother out of poverty (remember that initially, the threat of killing her wasn’t there, he literally did it because he wanted her to no longer suffer.)
- Snow consistently interacts with and helps the peasants in her kingdom, even when most ex-princesses would probably have a very different attitude towards them. Remember that entire episode where Regina was disguised as a poor girl and Snow nursed her back to health when she knew nothing about her? Regina wouldn’t have done that if the roles were reversed. Snow lives amongst the lower classes, and those people are the ones always helping her. She does not hate them.
- In s6 when Snow gave David all the money she’d saved up so that he could save his farm. She hadn’t even seen his face, and met him that very same day. Yet, she still felt that he deserved the money more than her. That’s remarkable for someone who grew up how Snow did.
- Snow and David didn’t make any classist comments towards the merry men. Y’know who did? *cough* Regina *cough*
These are only the example I can think of off the top of my head. Snow and David are characterised as kind and fair leaders, who want for the peace and happiness of everyone in their kingdom. Don’t sit there and say things that simply aren’t true so you can justify hating on two of the best people in the show. The only people who work hard to fix their mistakes.
They could never make me hate you Snow and David.
#ouat#once upon a time#david nolan#snow white#mary margaret blanchard#This isn’t anti regina#But it needs to be said#Regina stans need to pipe down once in a while#because they’re really getting on my nerves recently#I hate Snow and David antis#i love them so much#my beloveds#The best ouat characters
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puritan bullshit on my dash oh no >:(
#'but it's so weeeeird' who tf cares man live and let live#real harmful shit is happening in the world everyday that needs your attention more. pipe down#we're weirdos for life here baby
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literally fuck!!!
#i love my grandparents but please can i go smoke weed please#i dont even do it that often but like god when i need freedom of movement to go outside for five fucking minutes#and use my new keith haring pipe from my aunts bandmate#literally every older man in my life is giving me gear and drugs its crazy#txt#this place is locked the fuck down and everything creaks and every time i walk to the bathroom after midnight my grandma says 'you were up#late last night' like Yes So What#i have been having so much trouble getting up and i think part of that is that i dont want to have to be a person immediately when i#walk downstairs#like i genuinely need some real alone time i got so spoiled over the past few years#literally was so alone i went insane and now im like begging for solitude#or at least let me also have the benefits of beinf around people (dates new people to talk to idk a social life)#instead im 'rizzing up' a hottie from hinge that lives an hour and a half away#and my only friends are my fucking employers LOL#im going crazy#and i have no money and maybe no new years plans#and i am putting off grief#whateverrrrr
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Why can’t he love me lol ughhh
#evan buck buckely#evan buckley#evanbuckleyxplussizereader#hessobabyboy#oliver stark#oliverstarkisbabyboy#oliverstarkisbabydaddy#the love of my life#he’s so pookie#oliver stark is gonna be the death of me#hes too fine#oliver stark ocean eyes#911 oliver stark#911 hulu#hes everything to me#whyhegottabesofine#i would let him lay down that pipe on me lol#this boy makes me wet for real#why can’t he love me lol#Oliver stark give me a chance please#Evan Buckley needs me#I know Evan Buckley likes thick girl’s
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sjsjdj i was thinking about this earlier, what do you think undyne’s sleep schedule is like/what type of a sleeper she is?
She definitely wakes up at like 5am to do like training and all that, but she's also just so chaotic so like she never really has a set bed time or whatever 'cause she's mostly doing whatever madness she can think of without really considering if she keeps at whatever she's doing she won't go to sleep until like midnight. She acts like she's absolutely fine with that much amount of sleep because she's trained for stuff like that or whatever, but like, it's very clearly very unhealthy. She does not care
I'm kinda torn, because I can't choose weather she'd: A) be a really heavy sleeper who'd sleep through pretty much anything, or B) extremely alert in her sleep who wakes up from the sound of a slight gust of wind in case there's danger. I think B sounds more like her, whereas A would probably be more likely to be played off as a joke or something
#asks#i feel like I put too much thought into this idk#when i got this i froze for like 5 minutes like some kind of stunned animal because i had so many thoughts and none of them were coherent#theres so much more i want to say but like HGFGHHGGHHHGGG#i think about her and i need to be put down like a rabid dog i need to be hit in the back of the head with a metal pipe#but yeah i got down what I could hope you like it :)#undyne#undertale headcanons#this took me half an hour to answer IM SO SORRY#its just i think about her at all and I immediately become unwell#i kinda just stared at this ask hyperventilating and thinkiing ''hahAha.....YEas..#undertale hc#undyne undertale
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me personally if i was minecraft steve i'd be piping down villager/witch/illager baddies all day
#night too. they'd be too busy getting piped down to notice the hostile mobs outside. we'd be safe due to the door in our beautiful house#where we're married with two lovely children and one soon to be conceived 😏. I would absolutely settle down with one particular woman#she would have a spark in her eyes that would tell me that she was more than just a one night stand. she was a life partner. a wife.#god these mobs are so baddddd i need themmmmm#especially the witch btw#and the vindicator#i need both those girls on my nonexistent dick TONIGHT#minecraft#steve#illager#villager#witch#mc#mcyt
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job interview today for a full-time library position at my alma mater! feeling nervous but excited
#working full time in a library??? eeeeeee#honestly there's a lot of things that i need to have from this job that are non-negotiable for me so even if i get an offer we'll see#just gotta take it step by step#pipe down carlee
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I cannot with miraculous ladybug anymore I. the fucking secondhand embarrassment please Marinette I thought we were PAST THIS I DUNNO THREE SEASONS AGO???
#bee yaps#I. No I’m being so serious “maybe she needs help’’ GIRL#PIPE THE FUCK DOWN YOU ARE CREEPY. YOURE GOING BACK TO YOUR ROOTS STOP THIS.#“she was this and that and’’ pookie im gonna hold#I’m going to throw this teenager off a cliff.#FUCKING. EVEN TIKKI AND ALYA AND TRIXX ARE TIRED OF HER SHIT
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personally i think the best way to get everyone out of the way during the squad vacation to brazil is for forever to announce the completion of his prison, ""randomly"" draw the names of the members who are leaving (or they volunteer), and then say "okay cool test it out for me and let me know how it goes!!" and they get tp'd into prison and summarily kicked from the server.
#qsmp#will this further traumatize qpac? probably#but they could also retcon it as 'they found a glaring flaw within 30 seconds and decided to stay so forever wasn't discouraged'#so they could absolutely have escaped at any time. but forever needed a win so they waited around and played a ttrpg instead#block game brainrot#shut up vic#that way qpac isn't actually trapped and knows that and qcellbit doesn't relapse (too badly) for the same reason#tho also they could go down those paths if they're interested who's to say? :D options open to them#there's a lot of kidnapping and prison trauma so i'm hoping they can turn it kinda silly#if like. they're tp'd into the cells. and they turn around and the window is literally just Open. or something ridiculous#like they have classic minecraft 'hole with water' toilets except there's a full sewer tunnel that connects the cells and also goes outside#and forever justifies it as the feds insisted he put toilets in the jail (bc the feds have 'looking for the bathroom' trauma)#and forever isn't ever one to half ass things so HE insisted there was a full working sewage network#except the federation doesn't have a plumber on staff so it goes about as well as anyone could expect#long tags#this is my personal pipe dream
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Impromptu kitten rescue was a success!
My neighbor called me to say there was a person from a rescue hunting for kittens and ask if they could search on my property. Of course my answer was yes and offered to help in any way I could.
We did end up finding the kittens, there were three of them. They seemed pretty lethargic to me so I was very happy to hear they'd be reunited with mom until they are ready for adoption. Gave them my number and told them to feel free to reach out to me with any future rescue needs as I'm more than happy to help. Also asked for updates on the kittens as they come up.
Kittens were one smokey grey, one mostly grey with some tortoise, and one black.
I have no business adding a kitten to my life right now. But part of me wanted to offer to take the black one when they're ready for a home.
My first personal cat was a tuxedo that I loved more than words could convey. And I have an especially soft spot for black cats as it is. But I responsibly held my tongue.
Anyway I am so happy we found the kittens because Mom was trapped a few days ago and they've been looking for them since.
#animal rescue#kitten rescue#i am always down to help animals in need#at point the rescue person eas trying to figure out how to move the box the kittens were in quickly and efficiently#so i just picked it up#and they said something about my clothes getting dirty#to which i responded#i don't care about my clothes this is more important#i did not say this#but truly if there was an animal in need I'd climb into a sewer pipe#idgaf#anyway#if you are part of a rescue organization i wish you much success in the upcoming kitten season
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izzy figuring out that jared is cirie's son:
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okay so i made little lunchbox cakes fully from scratch with vintage piping (but not very detailed bc i had limited buttercream) and ive thought many times about getting a job as like a baker at a grocery store or at a local bakery or something but the issue is im so disabled like i am almost. to the point i can stand regularly and reliably. With assistance. how am i supposed to run around doing cake stuff. my heels are actively in severe pain rn from a regular amount of standing and i may not be able to use my feet tomorrow. and thats just my issues w being upright, theres still more.
idk i feel like it would work out. but logically. no,,
#hmm#if anyone needs a baker hmu/j i would be too scared to take a job from tumblr#but like#i bake other things#this is my first time w a cake from scratch actually#turns out im real good with cookies#did not realised how used to cookies i got until my cookie intuition failed me#telling a cake is done is different from telling when a cookie is#also i bake diff breads#except sourdough i dont bake bread enough to commit to a starter#i wanna make bagels again soon#i make a solid focaccia so fucking often its my safe food#bread's not my fave though#cookies are the loml#i dont make brownies often but i do love when i do#ive made ube brownies and wanna make matcha ones soon#and my review on the cake baking process#oh i should clarify. i Dont like Baking except for brownies and i can tolerate a cookie#i just like deserts#i have diff opinions for diff foods#my cake review is it was pretty nice but its so Unfun to make on a small scale#coordinating cake amount to buttercream amount especially as a beginner is hell#but id imagine if you knew youd be making endless cake and buttercream itd be better#but like as of now. i have no space and no need for extra buttercream or cake so if they ratios didnt match up. rip ig#i have to make more buttercream for cake pops so i use up the cake scraps#but i really like piping and crumb coating#the layer after crumb coating stresses me out for some reason#also how do you not smooth back down to the crumb coat#i kept getting exposed crumbs bc i cant tell how much pressure to smooth with until i hit cake#i was also tryna save buttercream in case i wouldnt have much for piping
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