#that entire wiki page is straight from my nightmares

[mudwingprince]

i feel really uncomfortable now T-T

[nikplaysdnd]

I’ve been dming for a year straight, with my campaign now over thirty sessions in. Most of my attempts of dming crashed and burned after the first few attempts, and I gave up on D&D entirely. This blog actually logs that period pretty well.

So what changed? I’ve been wondering as my campaign’s one year mark is drawing closer, and I think I’ve come up with a few answers.

First, I took it way too seriously back then. I kept a whole five sectioned college notebook with a hand written table of contents like a fucking nerd! Not to say others shouldn’t do that, or that it’s a bad way to organize. But that’s not how I organize. It doesn’t work for me, but that’s how I thought the game worked. I tried to change myself to suit the game’s needs.

And that applied to the dming too. I tried to plan everything out in the same amount of excruciating detail, all long before it was even close to mattering. I overwhelmed myself with lore no one cared about, and I found the prep to be a stressful nightmare.

And so it wasn’t interesting, because I didn’t know how to make it interesting, I was too busy approximating the capital of the neighboring country. And so my players weren’t enthused, and so nothing really happened because none of us were really playing.

This time I tried to figure out how I should do it. My first decision was to format my notes like an internet wiki, because I remember absorbing page upon page of information through those and retaining it as a kid. It was how I’d study hyperfixation outside of just rewatching the source material. It’s kind of embarrassing when I say it like that but essentially linking related concepts together in a way that I can easily click through just works better for me than a school textbook.

Also, I prep much more minimally, relying on player feedback and decisions to decide how to prioritize my planning. Steering in the direction that gives the most enthusiastic response from my players usually keeps the story more engaging, and when they’re interest is so invested in the story, I get the motivation to do even more polishing to the story, ironing out details and making something I’m more proud of.

I personalize my writing inspirations too. My main dming inspirations are the Visual Novels of Ryukishi07 and long running shonen anime. Because of this, my campaign kind of seems like a character driven emotional intrigue story, but with shonen fights and the power of friendship. It’s much easier than the more High Fantasy Epics that I taught myself to emulate, and because it’s something I know better, I present it much better than I would something else.

In shonen, a lot of combat is simplified to rule of cool, where the characters featured are more powerful than anyone else by a significant margin. I use a lot of basic shonen logic when blurry on combat mechanics, because I think checking rules during session can drag encounters on. Most of the time I will allow for creative moves in combat with relevant and fair skill checks, sometimes rewarding them for their creativity with a bonus or advantage or something. It encourages them to think about what they’re doing a little more which makes it more engaging and exciting, and my combat descriptions are often lack luster because the math is difficult for me, so having the players describe their own turns and making them sound cool keeps it fun. As for how to keep it balanced when I regularly give them advantages and things that make them op? I make the enemies crazy op too. Shonen laws apply to the bad guys too, those are usually the ones with the most insane powers.

And the the visual novel works of Ryukishi are a major personal inspiration. The idea that a kinetic novel with no interactive elements being treated as a game, as you are genuinely challenged to take notes and put together information and learn is a really fun storytelling style, and the fact that his expertise is in complicated but utterly very human characters who you learn more about as you unravel the mysteries of the game itself, makes it even more powerful and personal. He writes his novels at a slow pace, taking his time with the small moments and the down time, things that help us to see ourselves in the characters, and to understand them, even when they’re not good people. It’s always amazed me about his works, especially considering how small his group was when he started. He created an entire universe because he wanted to tell a story in a game, and thats how it feels sometimes to be a dm, hearing my friends excitedly speculate on what might happen, or what they need to do, like I did as a kid reading those novels. It makes me get why someone could write the same series for 20 years, and keep enthusiastically making more.

So yeah, I basically just wanted to rant that I learned that the hole I fell in as a DM was forgetting to have fun myself, and I created a game where no one had fun. So this time I created a game where I would have a lot of fun, and I was lucky enough to get great players who have fun with me.

[internal-ethics]

1)The problem I actually have with the idea Tim is the smartest, best detective of them all, is that it actually isn't supported by reading his books. There's no feat he has that couldn't have been done by someone else. People say he discovered Batman, but actually that wasn't detectiving, he was just that much of a fanboy he recognized his idol. They say he discovered Bruce wasn't dead, but the point there was that he was grieving, and his belief wasn't actually supported by proof, That he was

2)right was incidental. So the she-bang is basically based on the occasional lip service writers give him (and if you go by lip service, Dick by now should be the king of the DCU). Meanwhile, if you look at official material Dick’s detective abilities are actually the ones remarked upon, and just Who is Donna Troy shows his abilities better than anything Tim is ever been in. But try to even mention these things to a Tim fan, and the answer is that Ra’s Al Ghul Called him Detective. and I’m tired 

First off you are right and SAME anon. 

A lot of inconsistency in Tim’s, and likewise , Dick’s characterization, i think was due to shifting times from old ages to modern age, aside from people not actually reading their comics. before reading biased and skewed info on wikis and headcanons on tumblr. 

The thing about Tim being “best detective, best Robin” and “sleuthed out Batman and Robin’s identity” is usually cited around the 2000s, where Bruce was Batgod, with mad technology, mad security and tactics on hiding his identity, surrounded by a MUCH darker Gotham with all these dangerous villains . At the same time, you have “bad and angry Robin” Jason, and “needy, very vulnerable orphan Robin Dick Grayson” on series such as Nightwing. So OF COURSE after reading wikis people would think “What made Tim Drake so special” and make up in their head that he’s this genius detective - and sometimes goal oriented to be the best no less - even before he got training from Bruce, because Batman, this Batfgod as they wrote him, apparently needed a better Robin.

Until you actually read his origins and you see a number of things : 

-  It was the 80s. Tim came with only a camera. Like him, Batman has no tech and acted out in broad daylight. Also was human and not Batgod. 

- He was obsessed with Dick Grayson and remembered a move Robin made even before he learned to speak full words. The Flying Graysons’ deaths left him traumalised and somewhat nerotic. *

- Bruce and Dick were mourning Jason and Tim paid no mind to this, just Robin, but said he had nightmares about the incident from 10 odd years ago, thus showing signs of some mental illness and abandonment issues.  

- He didn’t even want to be Robin and Bruce didn’t want to take him in. 

- Has potential to learn, is smart, but this do not translate to actual detective skills. He just has good memories. 

- He stepped out from the pages of NTT. Dick, the actual good and trained detective back then, trained him, lured him to be Robin, and convinced Bruce to take him in, while dealing with some personal crisis himself, such as being straight up fired, which he hid from Tim, who put the fault on Dick for leaving Batman**

So yeah, what i meant in my Tim post  was, it’s not that fans don’t know facts from interpretations,it’s DC itself, the guys who wrote those wikis, literally CAN NOT decide whether they want Tim to be, just a smart normal kid with clear mental issues and loyal to TWO figures, or the genius that detected Batman and Robin. Because all context is lost -actively erased-, both time wise and character wise. 

It’s not whether Tim is a genius detective or not, or how he “steals” roles and attributes. it’s his development from one to the other, and the loss of all other characters that preceded him and DIRECTLY impacted his entire tenure as Robin . (*) and (**) were irrelevant as of the 2000s, because Dick’s NTT narrative and actual impact on him from 88 to 1994 was erased entirely via Post Zero Hour retcons.

This is also why people found it strange when he repeated the exact same paranoid behavior patterns in Red Robin, and railed on Dickbats when Dick also repeated with Tim and Damian the exact same thing he did with the Jason mess and wee Tim (refer to **) People often forget that for all the development he got as Robin and contextual real life changes from 1989 to 2009 - only 5 years have passed in universe.

[everly-kindred]

Eve’s Diary - Entry #47

Synopsis: With Rose Grams released at school as the Hearty Party approaches, Eve’s week gets much busier! 

Words: 1,075

Date: 31st of January, 2027

Dear Diary, 

It has been a busy week, and now, thankfully, it’s the weekend! But I fear it may not get any less busy for me. For good reasons, though! 

I met some new friends! One of them is a girl named Hailey, who is actually one of the other first years I share a dorm with. I’d seen her about in the common rooms, but we hadn’t actually spoken until recently. She seems nice! I also met an older boy named Shaun briefly, and his white cat, Snowy. 

I finally had a success of sorts, also! In herbology, I managed to successfully plant mint, wolfsbane, wormwood /and/ nettle! I’ve gotten a bit better with plants, which makes me really happy, since it’s my best subject on paper at least! 

And then we had Defense Against the Dark Arts, which… I definitely had nightmares after that one. The professor brought a hag in, and we all talked about how hags like eating the flesh of children and stuff, and he let her walk around the class and she kind of stood over me and messed with my hat? I was petrified! Marigold tried to offer her hat up to the hag, but the hag sort of ignored her, I guess. Anyways, I ran out of that class as fast as I could, once Vikander unlocked the door, and went straight to my dorm! I figured, if I’m safe anywhere, it’s there… Maybe hags melt when they get sprayed by vinegar, like the wicked witch of the west? Was she the one that melted? Anyways, it’s nice to know at least that a lot of hags choose to have a more… uh… people friendly diet so they can sort of be a part of society. 

We had astrology, which I always have a hard time waking up for. Nora had to help me with the telescope because I kept getting distracted, and I swear I had that one song that goes, ‘catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, save it for a rainy day,’ stuck in my head the entire night. I would certainly love to catch stars like I dream about, of course, but yeah. 

We had a test in transfigurations and I… couldn’t answer even one question. I completely blanked. And now that I think about it, I think that was my first test at Hogwarts? So… I’ll need to figure out why I panicked and how to… not do that next time. And I heard in the older kids Transfigurations that Gallo borrowed Waldgrave’s wand and transfigured himself into a chicken!

This weeks Care of Magical Creatures was about pygmy puffs, so I got to bring Cornelius to class with me, which was really sweet. He’s been rolling around in fireplaces lately, I guess ‘cause it’s warm and maybe he likes the smell, but it’s made him look like a ball of soot! I’ve thought about giving him a bath and asking Bonnie to make his fur pink for Valentines, but… He seems so happy covered in soot, and it feels wrong to take that away from him. 

In Ghoul Studies, we talked about animal ghosts, how animals are companions and protect us in real life, and how our spirit guardians are manifested as our patronuses in their own animal forms. I wonder what my patronus will be… I wonder what it is /now/, because I know they can change as you change. 

We also had Dueling today, and played this game where we have to sneak up on someone and then they turn around and hex whoever they can spot, and the person we’re sneaking up on is called, ‘Grandma.’ Octavia Dechants was grandma, and she ended up getting into a duel with Bonnie, who made her scarf attack her and then turned her into a turtle. We had Magical Theory right after that, so I had to let Professor Reuter know she’d be late due to being transfigured, and he said she would’ve made a better peacock or something like that…

The most exciting news, though, is that the Owl Post finally opened up Rose Grams and Cupid’s Corner! I put in requests to send them to all of my friends, and then I started delivering them! I also delivered a bouquet of them and a plate of biscuits to the professor’s lounge with a note I had written, because I wanted to send grams to a lot of professors and thought that would be easier. Gallo helped me and let me into the lounge so I could do it! It looked really interesting in there. I did something similar for Cupid’s Corner for my friends - wrote a message for no one in specific, just from me to my friends, because there’s… So many of them! Which is so nice to say! 

Also, mum sent me a little enchanted stuffed rabbit with wings and a cupid’s bow and arrows, and he floats over my shoulder while I make deliveries. I’ve put on my most festive outfit for the occasion! 

I talked to Aures a bit, when I went to deliver her rose gram, and we talked about romance. I told her my mom had said I was a ‘hopeless romantic’ and that means I’m in love with love (I guess?) and Aures said she’d have to tell me about her parents, and then she… Well she mentioned that it’ll make things exciting when you can go to the Hearty Party with someone special, which… I suppose I /have/ daydreamed plenty of times about such things, but living at home with my parents for so long, I never thought it would actually be possible! And now it is I guess? Which is both exciting and scary.

I told Aures that I’d probably just wait and see if someone asks me, but not stress it either way, and that we could dance together when the Hearty Party comes. She said that if she asks someone, she’ll have gone to the dance all three ways - alone, having been asked by someone, and then having asked someone. And I told her if someone asked me, I could say the same! 

I’m not sure if anyone will ask me, though. Who knows. I don’t, for now, anyways. My dreams haven’t hinted at anything. Only time will tell! 

It is very late, so I suppose I shall go to bed now. 

Much love, Everly

About the Character: Everlina Rosemary Kindred is an imaginative Hufflepuff attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She keeps up with her magical journey through a series of diary entries, dream journals, and tarot readings, all documented for future reflection. Her diary is a small glimpse into her enchanted life, and her adventure into the wizarding world and all its splendors. If you’d like more information about Eve, visit her wiki page. 

About the Author: My name is Katherine! I am a 22-year-old Hufflepuff & Pukwudgie from Louisville, Kentucky. This page is my creative journey into the magical world, through the lenses of Second Life. Here I post diary entries, dream journals, and tarot readings all from my character’s perspective. If you’d like more information about me, visit my Flickr! 

Outfit Credits:

Hair - [monso] My Hair - Gabriella

Glasses - .random.Matter. - Rose Glasses - Gold

Bandaid - m i z u ru -  nose bandage

Headband (flowers) - Mossu - Fleur.Wreath 

Headband (hearts) - Bowtique - Cupid Heart Headband (Pink)

Flower-crown - +Half-Deer+ Blossom Baby - Wildflower Crown - Mix

Scarf - FATEplay Scarf - Evans - Badger

Top - Stories&Co. Reverse Vneck - Heart 

Skirt - `M.BIRDIE / Merry look-skirtA1

Bouquet - Ariskea[amour]. Roses Bouquet Pink

Bunny - MishMish - Cupid Bunny / Chocolate Chip

[flannels-and-rocksalt]

Dreams Come True...and Nightmares do Too.

Request: Can you do one where you are Cas sister and Dean keeps having really bad dreams about you. He doesnt know what to do so cas helps and he finally finds you? Btw, I LOVE YOUR blog!!!

Requested by: @mrsackles101

Warnings: Language, horror

Y/H/C: Your hair color

Information from: http://the-demonic-paradise.wikia.com/wiki/Surgat

It always starts out the same. A beautiful girl sound asleep in her home, limbs completely covered by the blanket that was too orderly. Not a single wrinkle was on it and the girl was straight as a board. It was almost as if the bed was made around her. Curious if the pounding thump he heard was coming from female in the bed, he took a single step forward but stopped when a creak sounded from the corner. Hunter instincts took over the green-eyed Winchester, causing him to whip around fast enough to make his head spin. There, standing next to the female's bed, was a shadow figure with knifes for fingers, long, sharp, and dangerous. Dean was frozen in his spot by the entity before his eyes. That's when he realized that the sound of a fist on a drum was his heart ready to rip out of his chest.

"W-What do you want?" Dean would stutter out, his face pale and hairs raised. The power jolting from the monster was enough to power up an entire village. Ever so slowly, it raised a crooked finger and pointed to the sleeping human. "Her? Why her?" Even though the shadow never spoke, Dean kept prompting it with questions, seeing more red grow into his vision with each one. "Tell me, you son of a bitch!" Pain jolted through his head as a blood curdling scream erupted from the figure, but his finger never pointed in another direction.

Beneath the scream the words, "possess the girl," could barely be heard but it sent chills down his spine as he fell to the floor. Then....silence. He thought it was over...but when was a nightmare ever over? When you're someone like Dean, you fall asleep and a nightmare begins, but when you wake up it continues instead of ending. With no warning, the windows shattered as the sounds of hell rattled the walls. Screams of pain, torture, and fear mixed with the sobs of the damned as they were engulfed by the never ending flames.

Finally, Dean would wake with a start....only to have that same dream when he fell asleep later that night. Sweat soaked his clothes and tears streaked his face. Only one thought lingered in his mind each and every morning... What the hell was going on?

First, he tried to figure it out on his own. Many sleepless nights of researching for past possessions and anything that looked like the shadow figure in his dreams. Unfortunately, there was no break in the case. As much as he didn't like it, he tried sleeping as often as he could in hopes the dream would reveal something more. The only thing he received, though, was a better glimpse at the sleeping girl, but, after that, he woke up screaming, "help me!" And that...that is where it all began... 

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Sam busted into his brother's room, gun cocked and loaded. "Dean?" he yelled out, hitting his breaks when he saw Dean squeezing the sheets and panting. It was just a nightmare....? Gently, he sat on the edge of the bed and shook him. "Hey, hey, Dean, wake up...Dean! Dean, wake up!" Dean's body flung up straight, eyes wide and searching. "Dean, you're safe...Hey, you're safe..."

"W-We got to find her," Dean panted. "We have to find her!"

"What? Who? You're not making any sense!"

Shoving Sam's hands off of his shoulders, his feet hit the floor and carried him to his closet. As usual, he put on his normal attire, flannel and jeans, before grabbing his boots and phone. "Y/n..."

"Who?" The youngest Winchester followed his brother to the library, barely keeping up. "If you would just slow down-"

"We don't have time to slow down, Sam! If I don't find this girl, she is going to die! Horribly!" He slammed a large book down onto the table and began flipping through the pages as if he was timed, mumbling something to himself over and over again. But then....he stopped, froze in his place. "Surgat....Sam, have you heard of this name?"

He shook his head. "No, but-"

"Exactly," Dean interrupted, "That's because he's the lesser demon in the Inferno. It says here that Surgat is cunning and deceptive making him the most frightening and dangerous. Also know as "One Who Opens All Locks", reflects his nature and purpose, being able to understand and open any lock in the world. This makes it impossible for his targets to hide or escape from him. He thrives in dark places...the realm he is most fond of. Once he reaches his target, he will frighten them by presenting them with images that will drive them to madness....this is him..."

Sam, now absolutely baffled, was at a loss for words. "Who, Dean? Where did you see him!"

"My dream, damnit! This demon is after a girl named Y/n, and she's crying out for help! It makes sense though! In my dream, the room was pretty much pitch black and he came out of a locked closet. Screaming and-and crying! And the windows shattered! Y/H/C hair and beautiful facial features! And- Sam! Are you writing all this down?"

"What? No!" he exclaimed. "Dean you need to take a breath! We can't help you and you can't help that girl if you're running circles in your mind."

A soft sigh escaped his lips and collapsed into his seat. "Sam, something is going on...This girl...it's like I've seen her before...that face...I can't get it out of my mind."  Silence filled the room and for a split second, chaos was gone. Of course, it never lasted because everyone's mind was reeling for answers. Who ever got an idea, announced it out loud without a second guess. "Get Castiel. He can do his freaky angel shit and scan the world for every girl named Y/n."

"Do you realize how many girls will come up!" Sam shouted, exasperated.

"There are three of us! We can do it!"

"Fine, I'll call Cas, but Dean, it'll be too late-"

"Don't you dare say that! We will and can help this girl if Cas can get his feathery ass down here-"

A sudden change in the atmosphere cut the tension tenfold. The air seemed cooler and a slight breeze entered the room, blowing Sam's hair into his eyes. "You prayed?" a deep voice asked from behind the brothers. Castiel...finally.

Wasting no time, Dean jumped right into the situation. "Find every woman with the name of Y/n."

"I beg your pardon?" The angel's head tilted to side as his eyes squinted. Jokingly, everyone said that he looked like a confused puppy, but seeing it as often as the Winchester brothers did, they began to really see it.

"Females with the name of Y/n! Y/C/H hair!"

Castiel sighed....before pulling a picture out of the small wallet he kept his fake IDs in. All the color drained from Dean's face when he saw the picture. It was her. There was no mistaking it. Those features...the hair...and now that he finally saw her eyes...it was like the puzzle finally pieced its self together. Even in the picture, her eyes glittered.

"Cas...that's her! How did you know?" Dean gasped out. The gears in his mind were reeling. Did the nerdy little angel read his mind or was this a dream in itself? Everything seemed like fiction recently anyways.

"Her name is Y/N Novak...Jimmy Novak's sister. Considering he let me use him as a vessel, I promised to keep his family safe. I consider her my own sister. I keep watch over her on a weekly basis, but I haven't gotten any alarming vibes. Which makes me wonder, why are you getting them?"

Dean sighed and shrugged. "Who the hell knows, but we have to get to her. Now."

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With sleep closing in on you quickly, it took all you had to walk yourself into your bed room. Without thinking twice about it, you checked the chain around your closet door. Thank god; it was still locked. The reason behind the chain and lock on your closet door? Easy. During the middle of the night, the creaking of the doors opening would wake you. The room was pitch black, so it was impossible to see anything, but the energy you felt in the room let you know you weren't alone. Eerie was an understatement. It was more like shitting bricks scared.

A quick pull on the chain and you hopped into bed, neck deep in covers. After a long day like today, it didn't surprise you that you were out cold the moment your head hit the pillows. The amount of cleaning and errands that piled up earlier in the day took all the energy from you and the mattress was calling your name. In fact, you were so tired, you didn't even hear the front door being kicked down...or the chain bounding the closet fall to the floor as the doors creaked open once again.

Slowly, Dean opened your bedroom door and chills erupted on his body. He had seen this too many times...This...this was the beginning of his nightmare. The loud beating was there, as well as the shadow figure with its crooked finger. Pieces began to connect with other pieces as the nightmare came back to haunt him. The pounding drum wasn't just his heart, but rather a mix of his brother's fist against the locked door and the pounding of the organ keeping him alive.

When the hell did the door lock? Before he could continue to think, his mouth was open and he was speaking as if he was a puppet on a string. Why I am so shocked? I've seen this before. I know exactly what is going to happen next.

"W-What do you want?" Dean stuttered out. The figure slowly pointed to you, the sleeping angel according to Dean. "Her? Why her?" Just like in the dream, the figure never spoke but the Winchester kept on going, his blood boiling. "Tell me you son of a bitch!"

And then, there was the ear piercing scream that brought the grown man to his knees wincing in pain. "Possess the girl," the demon spat underneath his scream. Just like Dean predicted, silence followed, but this time he was prepared for the next wave of sounds. The shattering of the windows didn't startle him and the raging screams from the damned souls in hell didn't make him want to curl into a ball trembling. I've been there before, he told himself. They have nothing on me.

What he didn't expect, though, was his nightmare to finish out. Your eyes shot open in fear as your mouth let out a scream. Without making a sound, the figure had snuck over to you and grasped both side of your face with its freezing cold hands. Long fingers forced your mouth open, but before it could fully transform into mist and slither down your throat, one simple word stopped all action.

"Surgat.." Dean panted out. "I know your name you evil son of a bitch! I know your name!"

Surgat screamed out knowing it was partially defeated. Seemingly all its power drained from him, but the demon wasn't ready for the fight to end. He knew his own power. He knew that Dean was nothing more than a puny human; dog shit on the bottom of his shoe, even.

What no one knew, though, was what the blinding white light that filled the room was. Trying to peek, Dean nearly burned his retinas so he only prayed that you had closed your eyes at the right time. So this is how the nightmare ended, Dean thought to himself.

In the blink of an eye, the blinding light was gone and the room was left in perfect condition. It was as if nothing had even happen which was a load of absolute bullshit. On the edge of the bed, though, was Castiel hugging you tightly. His arms swallowed your trembling form, but it still wasn't enough to rid the horrible images in your head.

"Cas, the hell was that?" Dean asked, slowly picking himself off the floor.

"Archangels. Gabriel, Michael, and couple others." Gently, his hand stroked your hair as tears streaked your face.

"C-Cas?" you stuttered out. "Did you change your name, Jimmy?"

Sam, who was allowing Dean to lean on him for support, looked at the angel with his brows knitted. "You didn't tell her?"

"Tell me what?" Worried, you looked up at your brother. "Tell me what, Jimmy!"

The angel sighed and pulled away from the embrace. "Y/n, Jimmy is no longer here...My name is Castiel, and I am angel of the Lord. Your brother was generous enough to let me use him as a vessel. I was going to tell you sooner, but-"

"You just didn't know how," you finished for him. You had waited years to see him again and here was your chance, so why ruin it by freaking? It was still your brother...well...kind of. It was still his body, but just a different soul. The shock of what just happened was the only thing keeping you together. Once that wore off...you didn't want to be alone.

"Exactly," he sighed.

Dean walked over like he was stepping on thin ice just to get a better look at you. "How did you reach out to me?" was all he could manage to get out of his dried throat.

"What do you mean?" When those green eyes fell into view, it took all your self control to not get lost in them. I've seen those before...

"I've been having nightmares about you...I've watched this play out in my head over and over again..."

Your face turned as white as the sheets. "I-I've been having dreams about you too..."

[hgfstreamchats]

Dark Skies

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Braindead is an early Peter Jackson film and From beyond is from the same director that did reanimator (and has a few recourring characters) thenightetc *relieved that the "schoolgirl" appears to be at least 30* Me Oooh! ThebesAce oh man, I remember Braindead! That movie gets so gross Jalaperilo ikr? so fun ThebesAce especially the bits with the priest Jalaperilo but i do think if you've never see them, watch reanimator and from beyond Me I do like Reanimator. thenightetc I've never seen it 😮 Jalaperilo people injecting bright green liquid and sending them crazy? lots of practice with that huh? Me Naturally! ThebesAce oh, Knockout, I have a wiki page for purposes of future so-bad-it's-hilarious movie nights Me Do tell! ThebesAce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Syfy_original_films a complete list of Syfy Original movies thenightetc Well, that can't be good ThebesAce well, not 100% complete, but enough for entertainment Me Beautiful! thenightetc Well, that's productive Me That'll help something. thenightetc ...What. ThebesAce This is a thing that is happening thenightetc I'm unsettled Jalaperilo wasnt this a thing in ppoltergeist? the chairs being put on the table thenightetc At this point it's definitely beyond what a raccoon or something could accomplish Me At any rate, time to switch planets. Jalaperilo I WISH I COULD GO LIVE ON ANOTHER PLANET sorry, didnt means caps Me It was a sentiment worth yelling. Jalaperilo she drank can we just watch the sharks? thenightetc his terrible edifice of lies ThebesAce "I didn't lie. If I lied, I'd be the asshole here. So I didn't lie." SOUNDS LEGIT thenightetc Ha! Jalaperilo "i didnt lie" i said,you know, like a lier Me Hah! thenightetc Right? Jalaperilo this is more terrifying than anything else, an alarm going off in the middle of the night. happens to me too many times thenightetc Ohhhh dear Now go check the kitchen. ...Okay! That's fucked up Jalaperilo 'cause its the one thing you cant replace' lots of john mulaney shit happening lol ThebesAce HA Me Plot twist: John Mulaney was behind all of this. Jalaperilo ha! Jalaperilo i hate kids in horror. even if theyre not at fault, theyre al so creepy thenightetc So he's wrecking his kid's room because of a dream. Jalaperilo i hate this man thenightetc Yeah. ThebesAce I detect an arrogant asshat who makes everything about himself Jalaperilo lets see how he handles this thenightetc uh Me That's how I react whenever something leaks on my anatomy. Jalaperilo even breakdown? Me Especially Breakdown. thenightetc Poor bird. hey what the fuck! Maybe just LET the bank foreclose Jalaperilo i dont understand whats going on. like what is the bad things power? Me Childish pranks and an impassioned hatred of birds. ThebesAce birds are pretty easy to hate Jalaperilo maybe theyve seen birdemic Me Maybe let the bank take the boy, too. thenightetc What did he say? I couldn't quite hear The kid, I mean Jalaperilo he said im a creepy ass boy Me "Then I wasn't me anymore." thenightetc ...Ohhh Jalaperilo big mood thenightetc I keep expecting jumpscares Jalaperilo does no one turn the lights on? thenightetc ...HE didn't trigger the alarm when he went out ThebesAce We are officially in 'get him to an institution' territory. thenightetc So he definitely has some kind of implant or something, huh Or something laid eggs in his skin Jalaperilo or a slight allergy o his new shampoo thenightetc *facepalm* Me No, don't reward him for that! Jalaperilo fucking cliche as shit 'if a boy is mean he just likes you' fuck off and get in the sea ThebesAce right? thenightetc dude not the time Me "Let's do it while the aliens are watching." Jalaperilo sorry thebes, i keep reading your name as The besace as if it rhymes with vesace lol ThebesAce pfff well go ahead if it amuses you~ Jalaperilo that is my internal nick name for you now, thenightetc Of course they can fuck up cameras. Me In the most artistically haunting way possible, of course. thenightetc ...Kinda looks like they were going to each room in turn, too oh no Me I like how they just let her do that. Jalaperilo someone didnt wash her makeup off thenightetc Jesus Jalaperilo oh shit, it was real Me "Search" thenightetc Heh. "chosen" ThebesAce The graaays We got the Vok, but you got the grays. Jalaperilo how come most of the aliens out there are wither chill or war like, but the grays are the only creepy ass ones? ThebesAce oh, that's easy. They're trying decide between the two. thenightetc "thank god because I just lost mine" ThebesAce nothin' creepier than an unknown thenightetc oh jeez hope neither of them gets possessed during-- Me Or alternatively, both of them get possessed during and it qualifies as an orgy. thenightetc lights, get the lights ThebesAce I've read more than one story that works on that logic. Just now you'd throw in the grays thenightetc goddamn uh FUCK Me That's the only part of this movie that gets me. Jalaperilo turn on the goddamn lights!!! ThebesAce oh my god that's not how that works Jalaperilo well, im gonna go try to sleep, but its still 22 degrees C here with 76% humidity so i dunno how well ill sleep thenightetc yikes... good luck ThebesAce good luck with that friend! Me Good luck! Have a gray-free sleep! Jalaperilo i will tell you, today it rained for the first time in 55 days here asnd even then it was only 5 minutes so yeah. bad times in SE England if the grays have AC, ill let them take me ThebesAce yargh--I lived in London for a while, sounds like a nightmare thenightetc *shudder* Jalaperilo night! ThebesAce night! thenightetc "hey jackass, you got out of bed , walked out into the yard, and started leaking blood without knowing anything about it" Uh Jesus ThebesAce the straights are at it again thenightetc I THINK the orange tip means it's a fake gun But I'm not ENTIRELY sure Me There's a mood. thenightetc ...jesus really, why WOULDN'T he think they did it ...did she just start crying blood? thenightetc oh god oh no FUCK ThebesAce WELL THEN PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE Me And only three. No more, no less. thenightetc Three shall be the number of aliens,a nd the number of the aliens shall be three ThebesAce This is so weird watching this outdated science considering we just elected our first lizardman president. Me Hah! thenightetc Taking ol' Lincoln out of his chair Me Taking him on a joyride around the galaxy, snapping pictures on alien planets. Me Not very well, clearly. thenightetc he says that like he's *shudder8 thenightetc ...So... does he have any tips on "fighting", or...? ThebesAce BET THE GRAYS GOT TO HIS FRIENDS thenightetc Well, if they're lucky, they might "move on" to their friends.... "give him my eyes" Me Give him a few organs you don't need. thenightetc ...they've kind of... already shown they can get anywhere in the house Me "Don't split up." "Let's do exactly that!" thenightetc FUCK NOPE ThebesAce DON'T SPLIT THE PARTY thenightetc oh god oh god ThebesAce welllllll hell thenightetc ah. So Sammy wasn' tthe first one they contacted. Me Surprise! thenightetc and it just leaves it there!!! Me That it does! ThebesAce well then. That... went wrong for everyone involved to say the least Me Literally nothing went right. thenightetc don't like that, no sir yeah I noticed the Apple product placement there not the long list of others though Me Well, there we are! thenightetc Could we... watch something a little lighter to top it off? Little mood whiplash? Me Absolutely! Any requests? thenightetc Nothing I can think of thenightetc Ahhhh, 900 numbers targetting kids! Me This is what you get when you leave my to my own devices. thenightetc Of course, now we have pay-to-win phone games thenightetc I wonder what happened if you called the number ThebesAce Could be worse. Could be the Wow Wow Wibble Woggle Wazzie Woodle Woo Me You become the next Freddy Freaker. thenightetc Scary! "Vines that butter my croissant" *squints* Ooooo! Ooooo! ThebesAce this reminds me, I gotta snag me the new Jurassic Park game. It lets you let giant carnivores loose wherever the hell you want thenightetc Oh gosh I saw the most amazing Planet Coaster LP, but it's way too long (Over an hour, at least) Me Link? Maybe we'll watch it one of these nights! thenightetc Let me see if I can find it again... I'm sure I can, just gimme a minute thenightetc ...I come back and everything's on fire! thenightetc Alright, so, it's more like eight hours total, but anyway here's part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QstYje84DaM for your amusement thenightetc So it's uh more of a slow burn Oh wow Me I'm intrigued! thenightetc PFFFF thenightetc I looked it up and that kind of thing isn't really enforceable ThebesAce I recognized that cartoon thing. That was the Land Before Time ripoff they show when they can't get the rights for Land Before Time thenightetc HA Me It's delightfully horrifying. Me I think that's a good place to close for tonight! ThebesAce agreed, thanks for having us! thenightetc Yes And thank you! Wait Could you... hover over that third one The "top 100" thing Aha Thanks, I just wanted to see what that was Me Not a problem! Thank you all for coming, as always! thenightetc I didn't know GTA had a bulldozer thing to shove people off a board Me I didn't either until exactly this second. ThebesAce no, no, that's just to emphasize the fail it's GTA V compilation they do not have those graphics thenightetc I mean, ThebesAce whoop, got you might have been joking, my brain skipped there thenightetc I kind of want to know where they got that art though Anyway! Goodnight, and thanks again. ThebesAce good night! Thanks! Me Good night!

[dono-harm-totonystark]

*hides Morbital behind her back*  Hey, sweetie! ^^  I thought I made it clear in the post, but apparently not clear enough: this is straight from Pottermore, okay? Like, you can shit on patronuses, ‘cause that test is about feeling and happiest memories, and it was difficult to do accurately, so I did tweak THOSE a little. But Houses? Go fight JKR if you disagree. 

BUT OKAY, LET’S PLAY! Hancock? Gryffindor suits him, but also, he would totally be in Gryffindor. Why? Two reasons:

#1: Because he’s a brave, foolhardy motherfucker who lives by a code of honour, even though he sometimes makes bad impulsive decisions. He literally centers his entire life about helping the little oppressed people, and all protector types go into Gryffindor. You know, as in these types? 

[source: straight from the Wiki]

[Fuck you for assuming I put it in there on a whim because his coat is red]

I mean, excuse me, but what the actual FUCK does Hancock have in common with a Slytherin? Pride? HE FUCKING HATES HIMSELF FOR NEVER BEING ENOUGH OR DOING ENOUGH, BLOODY HELL. Ambition? HE LITERALLY BECAME THE MAYOR BY ACCIDENT.

[source: also straight from the Wiki]

Orrr maybe you mean he should be in Slytherin because of his RACISM??

Oh, wait, you said it: Cunning. Fucking cunning. You must be kidding me. CUNNING isn’t even on the LIST. You know, the list of official qualities of a Slytherin? No? Nothing?

#2: But, you know, okay, okay. Let us picture this. Hancock, the one we meet in game, the one who was just a junkie minding his own business even though quite possibly plagued by nightmares of his own failures, whose FIRST and the ONLY MAJOR act of violence (revolting against Vic, just to be clear) was literally DONE to protect his fellow drifters… Let’s imagine this man goes to Hogwarts. Puts on the Sorting Hat. Do you really think he will WANT to go to Slytherin? Because I personally think he will BEG, in his mind, to go to Gryffindor. Because he wouldn’t want to be in the same house with BULLIES, for fuck’s sake. So he’d beg for Gryffindor just like Harry did. And it worked for Harry. You know why? (I mean, this is general knowledge from the books, so surely Your Enlightened Excellence with a Master’s Degree in Potterian Studies knows this, so I’m just gonna put it here for he less educated of us…)

But, no, sure, you’re right, Hancock would TOTALLY want to go to Slytherin. He TOTALLY belongs there. Like, he has not a single one of these qualities:

BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE QUALITIES:

 I MEAN, YES, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ME THE ERROR OF MY WAYS

Goodness fucking gracious. I literally applaud you. I applaud you, because in the entire fucking 6 years that I’ve been on this page

not once

did anyone manage

to piss me off enough

for me to start spitting so much SASS and VENOM at them. I mean, congratulations. THAT you can be proud of. Your knowledge of Harry Potter universe or Fallout 4 characters? Not so much.

BONUS! Our Beloved Resident Comic Relief–STRONG + bonus-bonus!Shakespearean answer:

‘Twas a joke, ya lumpish fool-born barnacle.

PS. I don’t give a shit what Nick COULD’VE been. That’s what Pottermore spewed out for him and that’s what he is.

PPS. I did not spend 10 fucking hours on this thing for some… beslubbering codpiece to come insult me IN MY OWN HOUSE.

(Okay, no I’m gonna stop pulling Willy into this, he did nothing to deserve this.)

PPS. LOL.

companions' Hogwarts houses + patronus?

Made by @fantomofthehiddles (because I lowkey have never seen Harry Potter, don’t kill me plsssss) 

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You can view the previous post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/79d13o/how_i_increased_my_productivity_decreased_my/As there was so much interest in people wanting to have a dashboard such as this, I decided to build it and make it publicly available.It's not ready for beta but I'd love feedback - positive and negative - on how it's shaping up. I assume it will be 1-2 weeks until it's ready for beta.I haven't decided on a pricing model but everyone who is registered for beta will have free lifetime access regardless of the pricing model I stick to.If this is a system you would like to pay for, it would be awesome if you could donate $1-$10 to FOUR PAWS International (an animal charity I strongly support) when you get access. Only if you can/want to, of course. As I wrote in my initial post, I'll message everyone on Reddit who requested access. My concern is that by messaging hundreds of people, I'll get banned.If you'd like access to the beta, subscribe your email here and I'll email you when it's ready: https://keepfocused.io/Your email will be deleted once the beta launch emails have been sent. I'll still try to message everyone here on Reddit until everyone got a message or I'm banned.The email list is on MailChimp. How it's shaping up/The idea behind itI've been building this public dashboard with a similar mindset as the initial dashboard I showed, but this time I will be implementing all of the things I wanted in the initial dashboard.The goal of this system is to be a place where you can organise all of the things which you need to do at work, in your business, and in your personal life. The goal is then to allow you to get an overall view of your entire life's to-do, to prioritise what you must do, and to focus on certain tasks at a time. An overall view also helps you to not miss any little things which you should do (as it often happened to me).And of course, I'll be adding modules such as news, stocks, crypto currencies, and more as time goes (fitbit integration is something I'm excited to do). The point of these modules will be to give you important information about your life/interests in one place so that you do not have to constantly visit 20 sites to get such information. DesignIt's not done. It currently looks like a nightmare but it will be one of my main focus before launch. BoardsBoards are a collection of lists (for example, clients, personal, etc). Boards are a way to organise the different tasks you have to do in your personal and work life and to easily give you an overview of what you should be focusing on.Lists are a collection of to-do items (for example, ABC company, XYZ company).Boards and lists can easily be created and deleted, so for example - you can quickly make a board titled 'Vacation' and delete it once your vacation is done.Boards/lists can also be used as scrapbooks. For example, adding Reddit posts you want to read or just keeping track of little bits of information. It's up to you how you use them. I will be adding interface for items that are not specifically to-do items and are simply small reminders. Your home page:https://i.imgur.com/fp0Y7R2.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/5Qhxlyf.pngNote: I don't actually have to do "736f36aacf0da2f4134fc2dc266c5568". This is all dummy data here. Of course it will be actual tasks you write when live.Your "Today's plan" are a collection of tasks which you marked to be done today. They can be tasks from any lists. This is to quickly organise your tasks in the day so you continually know what you should focus onAt glance - Your to-do items. This is a summary of important to-do items. Items you marked as urgent, items due today, items due soon, etc.Below on the home page you can see all of your boards and tasks, and easily create a new board/task listOn each board, you have a "Focus mode" button Focus modehttps://i.imgur.com/eSQ7JGP.pngFocus mode is when you select a board and it will be the only board visible (for example, the board "Today's plan" or "clients").There is a pomodoro timer (this can be removed in your settings) which you can start the timer on, and while it is running - you are to keep working on your lists. When the timer is done, you are to take a break.Read more about the pomodoro technique here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique Google Drivehttps://i.imgur.com/J1lVeCz.pngYou can integrate your Google Drive to this system. It will allow you to browse your entire Google Drive files and folders.Note, the system will not store your files. And only you can access them. The only thing stored is the token from Google to allow you to access your files within your system.Of course, this is an optional functionality. Newshttps://i.imgur.com/U6uzFB5.pngI find that it helps me to keep focused on things if I get my check of "is the world ending?" every few hours. You can of course remove this section if you don't need to know if the world is ending or not.You can choose from about 20 news sources (Reddit /r/all, Bloomberg, BBC, CNN, Fox, Fox Sports, and many more) Security, privacy, and stabilityI have 7 years in managing servers and not once have my servers been hacked. The server is located in Germany (I've always used https://www.hetzner.de/ for servers).All data you enter into and receive from the system will be SSL encryptedWhile this is a side project, I will always prioritise fixing errors, bugs, and making sure the system is always stable. Do expect some bugs during beta though.You own and control all of your information within the system. You can easily delete your entire account and everything entered into the systemWhile the system will be secure, I advise against entering sensitive data such as credit card numbers, SSN, etc. - as if someone finds your password, they will have access to thisThe files in your Google Drive can only be viewed when logged into Google with your account. Neither I nor anyone else can access your filesThe server currently has automatic backups of the databases every few hours and the backups are stored remotely. In a disaster, you will never lose more than a few hours of information (I've never had a disaster, but it helps to be paranoid)The system itself will be managed and owned under my Norwegian company and Norwegian/EU privacy laws will applicable (no FBI requesting your shopping list here)I know I'm just a guy on Reddit with an odd username, and while my clients and I know how professional I am with the systems I build and host - you don't know this yet. I've built and managed a social network in Norway with over 100k users, I manage webshops for clients which combined sell for millions of USD, and I've built and manage a few ERPs and CRMs for some of my clients. Not only do I have the competence to build a stable and secure system but I also have deep working experience with the Norwegian/EU privacy laws (which in my opinion are some of the best on earth).Your privacy and security will always be the first priority. Why another to-do app? Aren't there enough?I've never found a to-do app which is straight forward to use, can easily give me an overview of everything I have to do, and which helps me to prioritise my tasks and what to focus on. I've also never found one with different modules I can add to show me information which is important to me.From using my initial system, I noticed a huge decrease in stress and a huge increase in productivity, which no other to-do app has done (and trust me, I've tried many).There may exist a system like this, but if it does - I've never found it. And it seems many people have never found it either.And lastly, I will be building this around the needs of what you tell me. The modules allows me to create functionality for a niche group of users without cluttering up the system, as you can easily turn on/off modules. What's left before betaMaking everything work and add the modules I showed in my initial system. Also to make the system look less like a disorganised nightmare. Near future plansThese are the things I will add to the system. As this will be a free system, work will be done on my free time (but I will prioritise this system).Sharing and collaboration for lists and boards. Also to comment (chat) and upload files on the to-do itemsFitBit / Google Fit integrationGoogle Mail/Calendar integrationAnd anything else people seem to really want Future plansIf this system brings in enough money to pay for itself, I will be hiring a second developer to focus entirely on this system. While I'm able to alone get it up and running (and need to do it alone in the start), I know that sooner or later I will need more people.If it really goes well, I will keep building a team of support and programmers to work entirely on this system.Apps for Android and iOS are also planned - but for now, mobile users will only have a mobile responsive site.