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THE SITUATION IN POLAND RIGHT NOW IS TRAGIC AND IT'S GETTING WORSE

Southern Poland is under massive flooding, towns and villages are failing to keep the water away, some are already under water.

Here is a fundraiser to help the victims of the flood

please rb or donate if you can

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to ask for help 🌘

closeups and palette inspo after cut

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r/fansofcriticalrole is so bitter about Daggerheart and Candela as if Darrington Press crew personally shits in their breakfast

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Sometimes you look at someone and go: "Great takes. Sad that they're attached to such an insufferable bitch".

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I feel like I'm going to need some pretty hard evidence to think messing with Predathos in any way is a good idea. Whether that's releasing it, or absorbing it, or destroying it.

'Trust me bro' is not the level of reassurance and information I would need in this case. The number of things that could go wrong and would lead to disaster are nearly uncountable. And that's regardless of what anyone's stance on the gods are.

As far as we know Predathos is a material creature physically encased by what is now Ruidus. It's also likely large enough that it's the cause of the tectonic activity on the moon. Sure Ludinus' plan (also echoed by the Arch Heart) is to cram it inside a humanoid sized vessel to "release" it but if that fails or Predathos wakes during the process ... there is no way that Ruidus would survive. Every Ruidian or anyone else on the moon that cannot get off it almost immediately will die. In the best case scenario the debris will eventually form a ring around Exandria. But it could also cloud the sky for a very long time or fall en masse to the surface; both real bad options for opposite climate reasons.

[also on an aside here: thank goodness Exandria has a larger moon that's still orbiting normally, otherwise tides would be fully stationary for a month-ish at this point.]

Then we get into the semantics of what Predathos eats. "Gods" is a vague and changeable definition. Does that mean only the beings that came form Tengar? Does that mean any being that became a god? (Raven Queen and Vecna) Does that mean any being that grants power to clerics? (Vesh and Artagan) Does that mean any being colloquially classified with the gods? (Chained Oblivion and the Luxon)

What is the threshold for 'gods' and how does Predathos determine that? Is there a way to test that before it gets out and decides that that anyone with over 1% of any kind of natural divine essence in them would be a nice appetizer. Saying that it's only eaten "gods" so far, even with D&D logic, is not a rigorous enough trial for me.

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Well, okay. I loved the scene, I loved the arch heart, it was all very cool and beautiful. But what does it add? We’re still at: 1) why does one person get to decide over everyone else?2) the consequences are unknown and potentially catastrophical and the positives are not universal and debatable; as it has been. For 80 episodes of this campaign. And boy, does it get exhausting.

And I felt the same with downfall, while it’s really interesting to see, if it’s supposed to add something/change the cyclical discussions we’ve been having over and over, it really doesn’t. I feel like the argument really hasn’t changed since we first heard of Ludinus’ plan, millions of episodes ago, and it sure won’t change now, again, no matter how much I wish it would. Characters who already had their positions only get more convinced and set on their opinions with each iteration.

Not a single new idea presented changes anything, considering all the arguments so far have been extremely self-contained, downright dismissive of other perspectives (“what about the people who want the gods to stay?” “they will learn”), without any proof and not really rooted in any factual reality of the world. What has been said 50 episodes ago by other people, about how terrible all these plans are, still stays true, always has stayed true, never got challenged or disproven in any way with the supposed new information we get presented. So I really am so tired to see it get dragged again, was tired 30 episodes ago, still tired now. I understand that this campaign is like this and it’s not going to change, because it already would’ve if that was possible, but I love this show and it just gets so frustrating to watch sometimes.

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I really hope Bells Hells (especially Ashton and Dorian) don’t actually take up the Archeart on their idea. Because while it sounds like the perfect solution for the group’s anti-gods folks, it’s actually??? Really stupid???

1. Imogen or Fearne would have to have a god-eater shoved inside them. There’s no telling what effect that would have on them. We JUST dealt with someone in the group having a malevolent entity vying for control, and y’all wanna do it AGAIN??

2. There’s no guarantee that Predathos could be held back long enough for the gods to run.

3. Archeart seems REAL CERTAIN that everyone will run - Melora?? Literally can’t?? Not to mention I can’t see the Everlight abandoning anyone.

4. The gods leaving still presents a lot of issues that them dying would - disrupt nature, disrupt divine protections, etc.

5. Say the gods manage to leave, and SOMEHOW Predathos can’t go after them - doesn’t that still present the same issue of “well, the gods aren’t there, so what will it eat instead???” Again, a LOT of assumptions being made.

6. This would, again, be the few making a big choice for the many, a choice that while a lot of people might be for, A LOT would also be against.

A couple of people have said it, but not only is the plan stupid, it’s selfish. Just like Ludinus.

If the Matron of Ravens really is the only other one who’s for this idea - really says something that the god of wizards and the wizard turned god have the same selfish short-sightedness that Ludinus does.

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The reason why the gods discussion works so well as a distraction from stopping Ludinus and the Weave Mind (and per Evoroa it is being deliberately used as such) is both because it's a big question without a clear answer that could be talked through endlessly (and indeed, between the table and the fandom IT HAS), but also because there's people with hard stances on either side of the line who are so entrenched in their opinions that they won't be swayed one way or the other, even if they would agree on having to stop Ludinus if that was the question being posed. Ashton, for example, is pretty staunchly and loudly "fuck the gods" and antagonizing the leadership of Vasselheim (pro-gods for oblivious reasons) even as both sides would agree that Ludinus needs to be stopped. Keeping things focused on the god debate only stands to benefit Ludinus as it gives him more time to enact his plans

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MATT PLAYS DEVEXIAN ON THE TE-SLAYER’S TAKE!! WE’RE GETTING AEORMATON LORE BABEY!!!!

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LOVE WILL FIND YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN EVEN WHEN YOU THINK IT WON'T

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dystopia

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If nothing else, as a historian every time I get scared at the state of the world I have to remind myself that "uninteresting times" is a myth.

The world has always been in the throes of chaos and violence and fear, just in different ways and to different degrees. The anxieties of the past are no less real than our own, and we can learn from them. Normality and peace are fleeting, but we can always strive to increase those moments. We have to keep hoping and working for a better future. It's all we have. We may not succeed, but if we don't try, what are we living for?

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Okay look I cannot deal with how much I love the Mothers not only as a concept but also their design, they make my brain itch in the best way

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“separate the art from the artist”

when a person’s art propels them into the position of fame and wealth that they then use to abuse other people, the art is inseparable from the artist. the art has become a tool of abuse. everything he has ever created or been part of creating contributed to giving him the power to abuse other people freely for decades.

yes, it sucks.

there are other artists.

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Confession - I first watched Moonward episode 2 while half asleep at about 1 in the morning. Tonight I'm watching it again, as a refresher before the finale airs on Wednesday, and I'm losing my MIND over Xen's portrayal of Jacob.

Three weeks ago, I was half-watching half-listening to episode 2 at 1 am. As Jacob had a weepy anxiety attack over not being able to protect Fiona from Whatever Dangerous Things, I thought "Jacob, honey! poor guy, he's a month old and he's already in way over his head. It'll be ok, brother."

Tonight, actually watching the whole episode with my eyes, I saw how Xen plays Jacob in that scene. How they made themself smaller, and how seamlessly they went from shy and awkward to Actually IRL Crying. That kind of thing takes serious talent, and a fucking ocean of courage. They went from gesturing eagerly between players, to curled up behind their guitar, looked across the table at Sara and fully weeping, hugging themself, patting at their nose with a sleeve as they trembled out "If something happens to you it's gonna be my fault." And this time, I didn't think anything about poor adorable purehearted Jacob, because I was crying, too.

Please watch Moonward. You don't have to listen to Midst first! It stands on its own. You'll find it on midst.co, youtube, beacon, or your podcast app. I'm dismayed by how small the fandom for Third Person is. They deserve all the love and fervor that people have shown for CR and D20. I need more Midst fans in my orbit so we can yell at each other about how rad the worldbuilding is, how powerful these characters are, how unfathomably talented Xen and Sara and Matt are.

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Walked past a beloathed coworker that has been picking a fight with me vis a vis our lead as a middle man and he had tumblr open on his phone so Kevin if you're reading this I will start a war you will not win if you keep this shit up.

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