#we had dms set up

[nezumasa]

Or like other poor service like announcing hiatus/critical events on your social media. You’re running a business if you regularly take commissions, not a social club!

[chimerafeathers]

there's an essay jumbled up in my brain about dunmeshi's beginning and how clever and deceptive it is as a sleight-of-hand trick that distracts the audience from the depth and scope of the worldbuilding and foreshadowing that's being set up the entire time by dangling zany characters and wacky dishes and biology fun facts in front of us, and how that serves to catch invested viewers off guard when those elements come to the forefront, but also how it works against it with other viewers wanting "more" and not seeing it because the plot bait isn't laid out up front

how people getting frustrated with the characters "not taking things seriously" is mirrored and refuted in the confrontation between Laios and Shuro. how the characters' attitudes aren't just a result of shallow low-stakes "comedy rules" where nothing matters, but are an extension of their personalities (Laios's nonstandard expression of emotions being offputting even to people he knows) and the world and social environment (adventurers being desensitized to death and injury because resurrection magic is commonplace). the way the party refers to "saving Falin" instead of "retrieving Falin's corpse," indicating that they still see her with full personhood, and how that phrasing leads to some readers/viewers believing that Falin is alive in the dragon's stomach, conscious of being slowly digested while the party carelessly fucks around "wasting time." how the weird tonal dissonance makes sense in-universe and yet is deliberately challenged more and more the deeper the party goes

all the character building and pieces of lore slowly weaving together the shape of the larger world, laying the groundwork for the major themes that will surface later. so much is right there in the "low-stakes" early episodes if you know what you're looking for (or pass the perception checks).

it can be so satisfying to see new viewers/readers pick up on the clues even in the earliest "simple" episodes, or notice new things and make connections yourself....and it can also be frustrating to see people dismiss oddities and dissonance as shallow or bad writing because they don't expect a "cooking anime" to have depth like that. why try to question and understand and peel back the layers when you don't expect there to be any layers?

why can't laios take things seriously for once?

[codecicle]

👀👀👀👀 you started SOW you say /silly

theo this campaign got me so fucked up im posting screenshots from my doodle pages on tumblr again. she the on my wall till i . haha, well. lets just say. my zephreal

[goodsgraces]

closed starter for @bluerevs !

it felt as though cassandra managed to wear someone else's skin for the night , carrying an empty solo cup in a feeble attempt to be a chameleon amongst her peers . parties of this caliber felt like a hall of mirrors but instead of facing her own reflection at every turn , it was a varied expression from another . matters were made worse when she entered to find river's girlfriend sticking by his side . so much for quality time . it leaves cass to her own devices , awkward fawn - like gait carrying her to the party's edge , away from river whose presence suddenly made cassandra feel more out of place . might have felt a tinge of guilt for allowing her heart to swell on the drive over at the thought of river's company if not for how awful his girlfriend was . jealousy aside , it made cass seethe to know that river — a friend before anything else — was caught up in such a cycle . she'd managed to spend the first few hours relatively unscathed until there's murmurings of a fight . it isn't until ample eavesdropping earns her the names of those involved that she finds herself jolted by a sudden rush of concern - spurred adrenaline . knows there's a certain grace that has to come with tracking him down , unwilling to earn herself a spot in a different wave of gossip . the last thing river needed was a rumor that another girl immediately slid in to lick his wounds — even if that's exactly what she intended to do . she spots the mop of curls standing alone on the terrace , grateful that it's far less occupied than the interior . " if it isn't the current hot topic . . . " it's a weak attempt to seem casual , as if she hadn't sought him out . " i'm sure you've been asked this a dozen times but are you okay ? i can go back inside if you'd prefer space — " although the thought of heading back in nearly makes her physically recoil . " but i saw you earlier and didn't want to not say anything before i left . especially now . "

[blujayonthewing]

I love that justin and I unintentionally built really compatible characters by separately designing around the same core concept: "I want this character to be both willing and eager to stick his nose into dangerous business, sometimes to the point of poor judgement"

[milkstoner]

I don't have an insta 😔

I do have to respect that honestly.

[mars-ipan]

fortune doodles bc i finally got to play him recently. he's got a little crush but dw he's being So Normal About It

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

I'm watching Adventuring Academy and Brennan and Murph are talking about when you become a DM, be prepared to only DM and never get to be a player and then he said "If you want to DM for me, hit me up in the comments," Brennan I've never been a DM but its my dream to learn, you don't know the lengths I would go to to DM for you PLEASE

[magic-is-something-we-create]

the Insomnia Beast is kicking my ass and im about to go to bed but i just wanted to share that tonight i spent the last couple hours vibing and working on the lost while on discord with my friends as they figured out how to make an actual honest to god AI text-to-speech chatbot for our space adventure ttrpg that we're collaborating on to co-DM and it was the coolest thing

[skyburger]

WHAT THE HELL NOBODY EVER TOLD ME TWO OF MY FAVE VILLAGERS GOT A LINE STICKER TOGETHER. ive loved tabby for YEARS like since 2019 at LEAST. and these stickers are from 2018 how did i not know !!! i love tabby and boots so much 😭😭😭 TABBY AND BOOTS ANIMAL CROSSING I LOVE YOU SO MUCHHHHH OOMFS FOREVER AND EVER

[foulbearobservation]

Just thinking abt how mother superion and jillian are two different sides of the coin when it comes to motherhood,,, they're both failed mothers in different ways,,,, no girlies I think I've "haha what if"-d too close to the sun

[hella1975]

Oh Hella your DM sounds like a good one! Hope you have fun and that coin is amazing should we add practice the coin trick to your schedule? /gen

ACTUALLY YEAH PLEASE

[reformedmercymain]

Should I give Overwatch another chance?

Honestly as much as I love the game I’d hold off on playing it until PvE comes out unless you have friends who are playing it with you. Ow2 reignited my actual love for the game (outside of how it scratched my competitive itch) so it *might* be worth a try even without friends if you loved “old overwatch” (like the “classic days” of 2016-2018?) and maybe lost interest around 2019 onwards. But for 99% of the players who left I’d advise you wait for what will hopefully be decent PvE

[imaginariumgeographica]

Had some fucking Wild Ones in the last 28 years but the whole not sure whats up with my parents who just spent 2 weeks with only sporadic sat phone communication but also im gonna drive to see a play and try to be a normal human being with my friend while also feilding a barrage of well wishes + what's up with your parents messages from family and friends is UP THERE

[raksh-writes]

Sometimes I'll go through all the posts I missed on my dash and reblog/put all the ones I like into the queue with all the rambling tags I love leaving, just like the upstanding tumblr user I try to be.

And then sometimes I only have enough energy to mindlessly scroll through, reblog/queue a post or two, promise myself I'll one day do the same with all the ones I liked on that scroll--

--aaaand then I don’t...

Sorry to everyone I did this to, I promise I meant to do it, my mush of brain just refused to cooperate 🙈

[storm-cellar]

yknow when you can tell smneones project is rapidly spiralling out of scope but you dont want to break their little heart by shutting it down