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Apparently a part of the reason why farmed bees stay in the beehives that humans build for them is because the farm hives are safer and sturdier. I don't know how a busy Discord server's worth of bugs that only have one brain cell each would logically conclude that the humans protect them from outside threats, illness and parasites, but if I understood right, the bees would be free to move away and build a new nest somewhere else any time they'd want, and they simply choose not to.

You know how in almost every culture, people have some concept of "if I sacrifice something that I made/grew/produced to the Gods, they will ward me and my harvest from evil"?

So, in a way, don't the bees willingly sacrifice a part of their harvest to an entity not only far greater than them, but nearly beyond their comprehension, in exchange for protection against natural forces wildly outside of their own control?

So tell me, beekeepers, what are you to your bees, if not a mildly eldritch God?

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What do you mean role playing, Mobius? We’re simply abiding local wardrobe traditions, everything else is simply a coincidence (including the choice of the hats)

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Loki surprisingly is a morning person. Mobius… is not that

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If your plot feels flat, STUDY it! Your story might be lacking...

Stakes - What would happen if the protagonist failed? Would it really be such a bad thing if it happened?

Thematic relevance - Do the events of the story speak to a greater emotional or moral message? Is the conflict resolved in a way that befits the theme?

Urgency - How much time does the protagonist have to complete their goal? Are there multiple factors complicating the situation?

Drive - What motivates the protagonist? Are they an active player in the story, or are they repeatedly getting pushed around by external forces? Could you swap them out for a different character with no impact on the plot? On the flip side, do the other characters have sensible motivations of their own?

Yield - Is there foreshadowing? Do the protagonist's choices have unforeseen consequences down the road? Do they use knowledge or clues from the beginning, to help them in the end? Do they learn things about the other characters that weren't immediately obvious?

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Things are getting heated at the TVA

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Agent Mobius and the Loki variant (she/her for today) are flirting in the elevator again. Proper Conduct Enforcement department should be alerted immediately

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God of Stories this, God of Mischief that. Yeah, to you - to my good pal Mobius M. Mobius he is actually his very clingy girlfriend. Hope that helps

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every birthmarks everybody dies parallel takes twenty years off my life

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Someone is very much against the concept of smudge-proof lipstick

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Magic is for creating kiss ops actually

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Work-life balance definitely doesn’t exist in this time-binding job

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what if during their life changing field trip toph and zuko picked up a new chill hobby

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Taking work part out of work husbands

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Darcy would treat the whole concept of the Drones with a grain of salt and only tolerate them for Bingleys sake but boy oh boy when the situation with terrible proposal happens he’ll be dying to receive an advice and a plan of action from Jeeves (and Bertie too) serves him right i say

Mr Bingley was born in the wrong era. He should have been a member of the Drones Club. Bertie and Jeeves would have happily helped him marry a much smarter woman than him while avoiding her ridiculous family

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It may be a less known fact of her biography that Jane Austen kickstarted both one angel penchant for cotillion and one demon love for spy adventures

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this apology dance better be at least two hours long and accompanied by full-sized symphony orchestra

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had to get this out of my head, couldn’t help but think Crowley would devour the film noir vibe