#Nobody Knows I'm A Pirate™

[chronurgy]

Act 2 is very long for me, because I'm a completionist. So I'll divide it into two parts.

For Malakai, the first part of act 2 is pretty much a direct backlash/retribution for embracing their own morals in act 1. First, we get the information that the civilians they saved from rykad minoris have been killing themselves because of the horrors they saw, and abelard implies that it's affecting all of the crew. The protectorate is in absolute disarray. They have absolutely no idea where to begin.

Heinrix is back and makes it very clear that he's reporting on Malakai to the lord inquisitor, who is not happy with their choices so far. So now they have an inquisition torturer sniffing around, one who asks them if they regret not listening to him and they do, which they feel bad about, and they also don't, which they feel bad about too. Even worse, it's blindingly obvious that they're extremely uncomfortable around him, to the point where he actually calls them out on it, and they panic respond with some nonsense about him being personally unnerving to them. That at least gets him off their back for a bit - though now he keeps looking at the differently. Staring, almost.

They come back to footfall, back to the place they grew up a nobody, and find it in even worse repair than usual. Plagues, starvation, gangs, all of it. Cassia, one of the few people they've gotten somewhat close to, loudly expresses her disgust for and disinterest in sort of people that Malakai once was.

This first part of act two is pretty much nothing but a shitshow for them. They agree to become the patron of the station because they aren't willing to see people starve, but they don't like or trust Vladym. They lean back into a more dogmatic vibe, though they still can't resist their nature to try and temper doctrine with some slight mercy. And that doesn't really work either. They side with a naval captain over some pirates (because siding with the imperial navy is correct™, even though they find the captain very sketchy) and the man flushes a prisoner out an airlock rather than give her up. They feel like they can't win, like no matter what they do people will suffer because of their choices. This happens again and again in these small encounters and minor choices - they choose correctly, they do what's right and it's horrible. It's so horrible that sometimes they bargain with themselves and choose something else. And sometimes that's horrible too. But sometimes it saves people. And they know that it's wrong but they can't stop. They don't want to stop. Argenta calls them to the warrant chamber and talks to them about what she's seen of them, about whether or not she thinks they're on the path to righteousness and they dodge the answer, they ask her distracting questions instead of letting her give her diagnosis because they can't stand the thought of hearing what she might say. Because they know they're slipping. They know they aren't walking with the God-Emperor but they can't stand to hear her say it.

And then - Dargonus. During the warp jump there, there's a small rebellion in one of the bays. Nothing serious really, the usual rabble. The sort of rabble they once were. So they walk into this standoff between the serfs and the enforcers and they calm things down. They make a few reasonable points that everyone agrees with, lightly chide a person or two, and things more or less work themselves out. It isn't hard. There's no violence. The enforcers agree to let up a little on the serfs and the serfs acknowledge the necessity of rooting out heresy. All in all, a good resolution. No one had to die, and all it took was a a few minutes of their time. Then Abelard pulls them aside and tells them that they're abandoning tradition. And God-Emperor forgive them, he's right. They are. But they've gone with tradition and against tradition and had it turn out horribly either way, so they figure they might as well do what feels right, if it's all going to turn out horribly no matter what. They don't want to be Theodora. They want to make a difference, and they tell Abelard so. After all, haven't they both just seen how breaking from tradition can make solving problems a little easier?

Malakai arrives at Dargonus reinvigorated, a little more secure in their beliefs and their power. They've spent most of the last few weeks of their warp transit shut up in their quarters with Abelard, cramming every bit of potentially useful knowledge about the dynasty's noble families into their brain. During that time, the two of them have really come to respect one another, leaving Malakai feeling more confident and less hounded on all sides.

Of course, then comes the meeting with Achilleas. He fumbles the question about his loyalty so terribly it's almost..... Comforting? It reinforces what Malakai already believed - the inquisition doesn't trust them and is out to get them. They will always be the sword above their neck. I think they also take it as further confirmation that, as a psyker, they will never be trusted. No matter how well they do, no matter how perfectly they adhere to doctrine, they'll always be watched by agents with cold eyes and one hand on their bolt pistol. If they will always be watched, always be judged and found wanting - then let them do what they think best. Let them be found guilty of their true crimes. They accept that there is no perfect mercy, but reject the idea that mercy is something they cannot show. They will try, unlike the people who came before them.

Finding the databank only reinforces their determination. Though they'd kept it quiet, they'd always been a little suspicious of Theodora and her motives. Their great-grandmother, who raised them after the deaths of their parents, was never overly fond of Theodora, calling her insufficiently pious and claiming that one day she'd fall into a hole too deep for even her to charm her way out of. That history, combined with the fact that she clearly had a lot of pull and was in desperate enough circumstances to bring two sanctioned psykers to her ship in search of an heir. It was very clear she wanted to use them for something, they just weren't sure for what. Finding the databank gives them their first hints of what, and who, Theodora was tangled up with. And they don't like what they see.

They cut their time in Dargonus short to head for Janus as quickly as they can.

[ringleaderising]

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What is you?: Ringleader or Ring, I use they/them pronouns, and I'm a big gay idiot who likes circuses, horror, metalcore and clowns.

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[auxiliarydetective]

Who has the biggest Slay™? Poll number 1

Congratulations, you have voted on who will go through the horrors (you have voted, right???) - that means it's now time for the fun part of the Halloween Challenge: Costumes! As usual, I'm an indecisive little gremlin and so I shall now present you with the ideas my brain has come up with.

My beloved judges of style, please decide in the following pageant, based on... How fitting are the costumes? And of course... the funnies. Bonus for style points.

Day Twenty-Eight: Let’s Be Weird Together

We all know of an iconic squad that so many people are just dying to be a part of. Well, it’s your ocs and their friends chance! Day 28 is group costumes!

THE SECURITY/ENGINEERING CHAOS BUNCH

Gordon Malloy as Han Solo (he gets to be the cool one for once <3)

John LaMarr as Lando Calrissian (ladies' man much?)

Alara Kitan as Leia Organa (girl power dot com)

Raevyn Maumahara as Luke Skywalker (she gets to pass off her baton as a lightsaber, I mean, come on now)

THE A-TEAM

Hannibal as Egon Spengler (aka only braincell)

Face as Peter Venkman (the ladies' man, except a more successful one than Venkman is)

Murdock as Ray Stantz (autistic swag - he has a Slimer plushy that he carries with him)

B.A. as Winston Zeddemore nobody (he insists that he didn't agree to this nonsense and only participates once they let him cut off the sleeves on his flightsuit but he secretly enjoys dressing up)

Kit as Gozer (androgynous as heck, has declared war on gender)

THE DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY

Hogan as Athena (big brain strategy energy)

Newkirk as Hermes (god of thieves)

LeBeau as Demeter (goddess of harvest who is known to become pissed if someone messes with her family)

Carter as Hephaistos (Carter is a blacksmith, except he uses chemicals that go boom in whatever he forges, which creates fire, which Hephaistos is also the god of)

Kinch as Hestia (he is mama bear, period)

Vicky as Aphrodite (her faceclaim is Marilyn Monroe, she is beautiful as all hell - also a known seductress)

THE STRAW HAT PIRATES

Monkey D. Luffy as Mario (he... he IS Mario, okay? Fun guy, red color theme...)

Roronoa Zoro as King Bowser (Zoro would make a great fire-breathing reptile and he deserves to wear leather, spiky bracelets and a choker)

Nami as Princess Daisy (do I need to explain?)

Usopp as Luigi (Luigi is a hero too, okay?!)

Sanji as King Boo (the vibes are there, okay? it would work super well with his suit aesthetic)

Akaito Coraline as Princess Peach (Cora is royalty, okay??? Also, she would love to wear a princess dress even for one day and put SO MUCH work into her costume - alternatively, I could see her as Pauline)

@daughter-of-melpomene @thehedgehogat221b @starcrossedjedis @come-along-pond

[odukora-ramblez]

FRCL PATCHNOTES????????

Flightrise / Crashland (FR/CL?) probably takes place in a sorta post apocalyptic esque setting tbh, cuz Sundowner was written to be apocalyptic esque (or well, the closest Naru is gonna be in an apocalyptic esque setting), so there's probably gonna be a lot of cool vibes™ where a lot of magic returns back to nature (I'd assume it happens shortly after the Truce of Peace), its probs some in universe equivalent of an industrial revolution tbh, where the Medieval/War to Modern era pipeline is explored and I just think its such a neat thing to explore

Rn in my head the protagonist is named Maize, a pilot who's ironically a bird™ who is sick of only being limited to travel around their own home region cuz up until that point in the story citizens only travelled via sea (which, might give me an excuse to dump the pirates lore™ but idk yet), I do know that there will be some chars that lived alongside the coastline where they will meet and tag along their journey, atm their goal is to invent something that can fly over the sea (oh my god I should talk abt the song inspo eventually, its literally called In the Aeroplane Over the Sea) but they keep crashlanding into diff regions across the lands and that's kinda how they meet a lot of their allies funnily enough

I don't think the story will necessarily have an actual antagonist so to speak since its more character focused the way TSIAS is (tho TSIAS main conflict is between Marble and Skye alrdy), there is a so called deuteragonist that I'm still figuring out (as on brand of me to have one in parallel to the protagonist) but I kinda don't have a name for the guy yet lmao, rn in my head they're some sorta court jester of the Kahdeina Kingdom and an apprentice of another old magic guy (which might??? Be Sunvey??? Explaining their absence in Tropiciana but idk yet)

Anyways jester guy is like, some founder of entertainment magic in a sense, basically they're the first to find out magic can be *fun*, cuz across centuries magic was just a status symbol esp in the immortal realm, or a tool meant to defend oneself as it was during the medieval / war era aka where most of the combat magic stemmed from, or just mundane as with most common magic, or as something to be studied/researched scholarly as done by most guardians, or just straight up sinister when all the empires and tyranny roamed the land, nobody rlly thought magic as "fun", it was always a means to get by, so when some guy found out magic can be a fun thing there was a lot of commotion that came from it as if it was some sort of miracle that breathed new life into the post apocalyptic setting, and in my head Maize wanted to meet this cool new guy™ cuz they figured they knew some sort of big secret to magic itself, only to be let down by the truth™ (which, I'm still figuring out lmao)

Maize does have a friend that tags along w them since the beginning w them acting as a voice of reason cuz I just think it's fun contrast, also there's Magmer, damn I think to talk abt her she's so unhinged, its like if you thought Cindy was nuts then she's more nuts, Tarue by that point in time is still getting used to modernizing but still isn't as big on the idea the way Carabee is even up until POE tbh but at least they're slightly more open abt the ordeal by that point in time, back then Magmer was just seen as "delusional" in some sense for a lack of a better word, Maize and her will end up having some of the most fun dynamics tbh, someone to match their freak with basically, but unlike Maize who thinks the cool new jester guy several regions away is the key to all happiness Magmer thinks its stupid™ and they sometimes butt heads over it lmao

And then there's also the dragon ....... Oh my god I need to talk abt this mf........ I joked abt wanting a dragon char that is borderline cliche w loving shiny things but I just want to take a moment to yell abt this bitch cuz rn in my head they're literally a nepobaby™ that has been taking all the credit for the discovery of elemental gems even if thats kinda a thing since the Medieval Era, such an asshole, they're kinda like Zephyr but I literally can't tell who's worse, at least dragon guy isn't from a corrupted ancient empire, Kahdeina Kingdom is actually pretty chill albeit w some wack shit going on that I'm still figuring out

Alas half of these chars don't have names yet........ But they exist ig

[alexfeelyx]

I may be a little bit more forgiving towards the use of anachronisms or modern terms (Titans come from Greek mythology and champagne comes from France, neither of these words have a place in a fantasy universe if we're being very strict about it), but I also bristle at how the issue of gender and identity is handled in Veilguard. (I haven't finished the game yet, so these are just my impressions so far.)

I'm happy that we have a queer companion character. I myself am a trans man and so is my Rook. I don't particularly relate to Taash or the way they are portrayed, which on the whole feels rather shallow, but 1. I don't have to relate to every fictional character and in my personal opinion that is a GOOD thing (queer people tend to be upset when a queer character doesn't map 1:1 to their experiences. Guys, we keep asking for diversity! This is why!) 2. every companion character feels rather shallow, imo. I don't recognise my own experiences when I look at Taash but I think that I don't have to, and if their story feels shallow, well that's not unique to them.

But I have a big problem with the language it is couched in. It feels jarring! I would be ecstatic to discuss non-binary genders in a fantasy game, but for the love of god, come up with some terms for it! Aqun-Athlok was a great example, in that at least ONE culture in Thedas already has a word for a similar concept, it's a culture that Taash is connected to, they could have brought that up and iterated on it. They could have had a conversation on how in the Qun, gender is tied to function but in Rivaini society, it isn't. How one could be a warrior and still a woman, and how that doesn't have to have anything to do with one's body. Et cetera, et cetera.

There's a lot of... shoehorning in real world, modern day terms that I consider to be... hmm, I wanna call them ‘social media-speak’ similar to therapy-speak? Maevaris telling Taash that they are ‘valid’, or Taash (and rarely others) repeatedly calling artifacts ‘cultural’. How to tell the audience that you've read someone talking about colonialism on Twitter and just unthinkingly migrated that terminology into your fantasy game, lol. I would have been okay with them calling an item ‘culturally important (to the Dalish)’ or something but it's constantly Cultural™, almost as a noun. (Let's not get started on how they basically managed to make every single faction toothless as hell... The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, The Crows becoming Assassin Daycare, etc.) Feels jarring as hell. ‘Gender’ and ‘gender stuff’ also hurts my ears a little bit, especially with the constant repetition. I can barely have a conversation or hear any banter with Taash without it coming up.

And this leads me to another issue, which is that I think they bring up the topic constantly. Not just with Taash! There's one NPC you run into in the Hossberg Wetlands, who gets addressed as they/them from the first moment onward. I really enjoyed how nobody questioned that, there was just a random non-binary NPC in the game. Except later when I returned to talk to them further, the NPC told my Rook how another character was a super close friend to them, helped them figure out the whole non-binary thing and I was like... buddy we've known each other for 5 minutes. I think they knew that a lot of queer people were super fucking tired of characters being touted as queer representation when it's like... if you look at them and squint and tilt your head you can MAYBE tell they are queer, and they wanted to avoid that and overdid it a little.

In a way this game feels a little bit like Uncle Tom's Cabin, it has that ‘he a little confused but he got the spirit’ energy. In my opinion they have made the entire topic and conversation around gender exactly as annoying, inescapable, jarring and cringe as the average gamer dudebro would fear. Ya know? Like, if you put a trans character into a game who mentions being trans ONE time, those people would complain about the Trans Agenda Being Forced Down Their Throats. With Veilguard? Even I'm getting annoyed.

And I'm annoyed especially because they did a good job with these in Inquisition. They wrote a character whose personal quests revolved around being gay in a big way but 1. they didn't need to use any jarring modern day terminology 2. they managed to write it in a way that was emotionally resonant and made sense for both the world and the character; and they wrote a trans character who also didn't need any Gender Studies 101 terminology to explain who he was.

im definitely not a fan of this man on a personal level for several reasons but guys im starting to think da lost a load bearing wall when he left

[rinasaurusrex]

i can only add one more song to my character's playlist and it needs to be 11 minutes long

[spitfire-of-the-sea]

Stowaway

This is 100% brain rot and I'm sorry, but also... not. It's a crack-idea that's been living in my head for a while and I'm too braindead from writing supposedly scientific texts and so... I needed this. Listen. LISTEN. This could be a setup for so many so very dumb scenarios and I'm kinda loving it. It could be another series that needs no logic, no context, no setup. So if anybody is as amused by this as me... let me know.

ANYHOW. Stowaway Series Reader x WBP (mostly Ace D. Portgas right now) 1.5k Mostly SFW for now. Language maybe a bit inappropriate. I need to gauge if anybody actually wants to read scenarios with this reader. (And I have SO MANY ideas right now.)

You prided yourself in being an actually quite a smart person. How else would you have survived on your own in the New World for years without getting so much as a scratch? Well, perhaps a couple of scratches, but you still had all your limbs, digits and eyes and that surely had to count for something, right?

Granted, your devil fruit abilities helped you out quite a bit here, as much as you had cursed them after eating what you can only describe as the foulest thing you’ve ever had the displeasure to taste in your life. You had assumed that as nice as the fruit looked, it was probably rotten, thrown the rest away and not even fully realized your mistake when you almost drowned about 10 meters away from the fucking shore. When, however, your savior had run away screaming hysterically and you had caught sight of your reflection in the water… well.

Let’s just say the sudden presence of cat ears in place of your own had been your first clue. Your own tail slapping you in the face as you couldn’t help but panic your second. It had taken you a while to calm down and an even longer time to try and transform to figure out what the hell you actually were now.

A lioness perhaps, big and strong!

Or a tigress, mighty and powerful!

Perhaps even a lynx, quick and agile!

Well.

You had eaten the Neko Neko No Mi, alright. Except, you were small, fluffy and weighed in at 5kg, give or take a couple of grams. No exactly the boost in self-defense-abilities you had hoped for, if anything, you found yourself barked at by dogs frequently now and for some reason you got easily distracted by moving things.

It had taken you quite some more time to come to terms with your predicament but because you are a smart person™ you have found a way to utilize your new powers in any and all ways you could think of. Today, for example, they had been very useful to escape some thugs that were dead-set on catching you and taking all the money you had. Granted, it had been their money before but a) they had stolen it from the villagers b) you were not inclined to return it and c) fuck them. And so you had simply hidden it in a safe location, increased your fluffiness by 100% and decreased your size by 90% and strolled off into the sunset. You’d have given them the finger too as you walked past them but paws were ill-suited to do so. You had, however, managed to make one of them trip over you right on top of the stairs and in a beautiful chain-reaction he had taken out all the five men walking further down.

Satisfied with the utter destruction you had caused – you were pretty sure one of them was crying – you had decided to not take any chances and rest for the night on the safest place in the whole island, knowing they would never venture close to there: The Moby Dick that was currently docked in the harbor.

The Whitebeard Pirates passed by frequently and you were confident they would deal with the thugs and once they did you could return to your little treasure and see where the wind carried you.

And so you snuck aboard – easy, nobody was really caring about a cat and especially not when they were having a party –, looked for a nice place to nap – there was a lovely spot in what you assumed was the mass hall, with a neat little fireplace and a ledge above it -, and promptly fell asleep.

So far, so smart. Right?

Right?!

Except that when you woke up the next morning, you were unconsciously purring your ass off and leaning into a large, rough hand that was giving you the best petting session of your life. That is, until you realized what was happening, your heart stopped, and one of your nine lives was simply done and over with. You flew off the little ledge ass over tits (not that you had any at the present moment), uttering a hissed scream of surprise and landed with claws and teeth bared.

“Oh… Did I scare you?” the man standing in the big, clunky black boots cooed at you. “Look at you, all puffed up and ready to fight. You’re so cute!” he continued and crouched down, and you realized two things:

You were indeed all puffed up. Your volume had increased by 200%, your hair stood on end, your back was arched and your tail was whipping around wildly enough to almost hit you in the face again.

He was naked from the waist up, except for a necklace of blood-red beads and he was smiling at you with the most genuine smile you’d seen the whole year. Perhaps even longer.

You could do nothing against the puffiness – really, it was out of your paws – but at least your heart started to beat again and you could be very sure of that because it was hammering against your chest as if it wanted to leave you and the whole scenario behind. A good idea, actually.

His smile had dazzled you for a moment longer than it should have but now you did the only smart thing: you turned tail and legged it with all you had.

You managed approximately three full leaps before he scooped you up with a hand under your belly – so rude!! – and lifted you to his chest. You ended up with your face smushed against his very warm, very muscular chest and your brain activity momentarily ceased.

“Uff, you’re quick!” he laughed. “How did you even get onboard, huh? Must have snuck on yesterday night.” His second hand landed on your back and he started to pet you with long, calming strokes.

You pressed your paws against his chest – shit, really?! That defined?! – and finally managed to get your face out of his pecs to gasp for air. A barrage of words was already sitting on your tongue, pulling on your lips and you only caught yourself after a half-hissed “You…!”

Right. You were a cat. A cat.

Outing yourself as a random little thief onboard the fucking Moby Dick was not going to go over well, all that kept you from whatever fate these pirates probably deemed appropriate, was your current non-human state.

“Hm?” He stopped his ministrations for a moment and looked at you, his brown eyes curious as he frowned. He had freckles, you realized, and was pretty damn handsome. Then again, you could be biased, he was rubbing your butt at this very moment. “Almost sounded as if you were talking,” he muttered and shook his head.

Remembering that you were actually planning to escape, you pressed away from him with all your strength and hissed, ears flat against your head and claws out. You didn’t want to hurt him but you needed to get away and you needed him to stop rubbing your butt, goddamnitall. He flinched slightly but seemed otherwise utterly unimpressed by the full power of the 5kg you were throwing against him.

“Hey Ace! What do you have there?”

Great. More people, just what you needed. Your eyes darted to the side where another figure had appeared – another man, wearing a white uniform of sorts, a curious expression and a ridiculous pompadour.

“A little kitty-cat,” your captor – Ace? – answered and you extended your claws a bit more. You were neither tiny nor a kitty-cat. “Ouch, would you stop that?” he reprimanded you and got his hand off your ass to grasp your two front paws instead. A questionable success on your part.

“How did it get onboard?” the other one wondered and came closer, looking you over. His expression immediately lighted up and he reached out. “How pretty! Look at those eyes!” You all but melted away from the hand but that only meant you were flush against Ace now and between the sheer panic rising within you and the little distraction you detected as they started to talk to each other, you used your chance.

Sinking your teeth into the hand holding you, you simultaneously pushed off and away from him with your back legs and succeeded in catapulting yourself away from him – thankfully, it worked, he let go of your paws in surprise and a moment later, you were free.

You raced out of there like a bat out of hell, weaving through legs and rounding the corner of the door with enough speed that even with the added grip of your claws you barely made it. Having memorized the outline of the ship you knew exactly where the dock was and so you didn’t waste any time, you jumped up onto and over the railing like a projectile.

It was mid-air that you realized… there was no dock. Only water. The ship had set sail sometime during the night and you could only see the village and the saving dock as a tiny spot in the distance before gravity did what gravity does. It made you drop straight down into the water.

[koshercosplay]

FUCK okay I'm making a jewish headcanons post for our flag means death because it actually WORKS PERFECTLY

at this point jews had. JUST been allowed back into england like what 50 years prior to the start of the show? stede's family had converted generations back and had mostly lost touch with judaism but each generation knew they were jewish, but hid it for fear of social repercussions. stede spends his life hiding his jewish background, pretending to be christian like the rest of his family before him.

he marries a nice christian girl. he has kids. he is miserable. he doesn't realize that he's gay yet, but he certainly doesn't love her. he wants to reconnect with his jewish heritage, but that would make Everyone Talk, and god knows how much more awful that would make his life. the pressure of hiding so many aspects of himself takes a toll and he starts romanticizing a life of freedom on the seas where he can be himself.

he commissions a ship to be built and pays off a crew and sets sail on his new ship, abandoning his old way of life. and what is one of the most important things he brings with him?

BOOKS.

the man wants to reconnect with his heritage and be more himself and so he brings shelves and shelves and shelves worth of books. if that isn't top tier nonsensical Jew™ behavior I don't know what is.

Now we get to ED.

Edward Teach, brought up poor, pining after the finer things in life, and what does his mother tell him?

that finery is meant for other people. that they will never be able to achieve that, and that he should be happy with what they have.

I wonder WHY his mother was so convinced that the family would never rise in social status???

OH YEAH. CUZ THEY WERE JEWS.

Second class status, persecuted beyond belief, forced to live practically undercover and never allowed into the upper echelons of society. no wonder Ed flees that for a life on the seas. at least there, everyone's an outcast.

and then he meets Stede.

Stede, who is now openly exploring his heritage on the high seas while failing terrifically at pirating. Stede, who brought books upon books with him, probably including some gemara, who openly institutes a day of rest on board his ship by giving his crew a day off (which at first they don't know what to do with, but soon come to appreciate. much like crafting.) Stede, who clearly came from money, who has nice things, who wears nice clothes, who is an aristocrat. and Jewish.

and Ed is FASCINATED.

anyway everyone on this show is a jew and nobody can tell me otherwise everyone go watch this show if you haven't already it's amazing

[broodybatboy]

ACOTAR characters during

🦇👻🎃✨ Spooky Season ✨🎃🔮💀

ACOTAR during spooky season....🦇🎃✨

Feysand + Nyx: That Family™ Spend all their time gushing about their baby's first Halloween. Dresses up in adorable family costumes like three bears or the minions. Throw the biggest party in town complete with music, dancing, games, and elaborate decor. Definitely give out full-size candy bars.

Cassian: "this is my excuse to get naked and be annoying" Dresses up as something ridiculous that lets his nips free. Like a Greek god or a sexy fruit. "Pff. I'm not scared" *immediately screams when startled* Knows all the moves to Thriller. Starts a prank war. Acts macho but is actually a total scaredy-cat.

Nesta: witchy vibes all around. She's scary and sexy. LOVES Halloween. Dresses up like a witch with a deep V and pointy hat. Eats all the chocolate. Freaks out people by memorizing hexes and chants. Can't keep her hands off Cassian. Plans to pin him down on a pentagram and do things to him.

Azriel: the unsuspecting enthusiast. Nobody thought he would dress up but ends up with one of the best costumes. Like a cool vampire or a really hot pirate. Expert with a knife so carves the best jack-o-lanterns. Super sneaky. Loves to jump out and spook Cassian. First in line for the Haunted House. Laughs at things that should be scary. Literally nothing can scare Azriel.

Gwyn: the adorable traditionalist. Loves all the classics. Knows all the lore, history, and tons of spooky stories. Gets super excited like a child. Dresses up as a book character or something historical. Spent weeks making her own costume. Beats Azriel in the costume contest. Sings the Monster Mash and loves playing games.

Emerie: Too cool for Halloween. Content sitting by the fireplace and passing out candy. Loves cozy vibes and warm drinks. Into cult classic films. Wears a "This is my costume" t-shirts but is a good sport. The responsible one of the group and makes sure everyone is being safe and having a good time.

Mor: The Life of the Party. Loves a slutty costume moment. Goes all out with her outfit. She pretty much just wants to get drunk and party with her friends. Unfazed by the horror. You can't scare her. Literally grew up in Hell. Oh, you're dressed like a demon? I thought you were my dad.

Amren: the scary Goth babe. Absolutely terrifying. Knows all your fears. Takes the season way too seriously. Dresses up as something horrifying. Sits in a graveyard 'just for fun.' Thinks Cassian looks ridiculous and scares him all night. Terrorizes children. This is fake blood?

Lucien: the Autumnal King 🍁👑 Embraces the season and goes all out. Loves the outdoors, campfires, the smell of cinnamon. Feels nostalgic and a little bit pretentious. Almost dressed up like Beron bc what could be scarier than your trauma? He is ready for a good time and loves to party.

Elain: the pumpkin spice latte of the group. Dresses up as a cute woodland creature like a deer or a mouse. Gets freaked out by the gore and the horror. More into the cutesy side of Halloween. Loves pumpkin patches and apple picking. Bakes pumpkin-shaped cookies and apple-flavored treats

Tamlin: No one invited him. Dressed up like a werewolf. Passes out toothbrushes instead of candy. A bit of a creep. Steals candy from children. His house definitely gets TP’d and egged. Haunted by the ghost of his past failures and toxic behavior.

The House™: It’s time to shine. Turns into the Haunted House! cobwebs! pumpkins! glow in the dark bats! skeletons in every closet! Bring out the fog! Release the spiders! Blasting 🎼🔊THIS IS HALLOWEEN! THIS IS HALLOWEEN! 🎼🔊 Bryaxis...come out come out wherever you are.... (cassian shrieks in the distance)

[guiltiest-gear]

my character in the minecraft rp server i often talk about is very interesting

not only in a "what the fuck this is so cursed" way

she's a nerd who WILL fight anyone and probably win if it's a fair fight, and yet she's the biggest loser on the server

when she can get someone to help her with anything, her plans never fail, but all the other times she actively avoids thinking because that will only lead to realizing she sucks at pretty much everything when there isn't someone helping

i'm still waiting to get a chance to mention that redstone is radioactive

everyone sees her as untrustworthy even though she's 100% clear about what she's gonna do at all times

(example that actually happened:

someone else's character: "how do i know i can trust you? will you kill me if i take off my armor?"

my character: "i've never lied to you and i'm not intending to, and no"

my character: "nvm yes i will, i forgot [a thing they did]"

[the other character takes off their armor and gets killed immediately, then acts like they didn't expect it])

everyone always assumes she has a plan to hurt them in some way when her real plan is just something that helps her and doesn't care about the others (some have even been so close to figuring out WHY she doesn't care about helping them, like they'll be like "i've never done anything other than try to kill you, why would you do something that helps me? obviously you're lying and this is a trap and that's why you have no friends and nobody likes you")

the main thing preventing her from being able to do whatever she wants is the fact she never goes to the nether (for backstory reasons)

so she can't get netherite, and since pretty much no one likes her no one will give her any, so her armor and weapons are worse than everyone else's

here are all the characters she has a positive relationship with:

perfect father figure™

only real close friend, has a big library

catboy pirate who sells guns and she can barely beat in a fight

3 different people who just disappeared (2 of the people who owned the characters just stopped playing, the other left the discord server)

I-

Wow

[piratesexmachine420]

Gamers be like "I want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less and I'm not kidding" and then when Nintendo puts out One Single Game that costs $70, "despite" a "merely tolerable" framerate and resolution, and re-uses the map from their last game- pirating it is inherently ethical?????????

I know there's no ethical consumption under capitalism and that nobody is perfect and that better doesn't mean good and you contain multitudes. I know this.

But good god I hope none of you turn your Opinions™ to LEGO, or like, passenger rail.

[rinasaurusrex]

Today in D&D:

[rinasaurusrex]

tfw your character had a crush on someone in the party for almost the whole campaign and you only find out while you're post-campaign bullshitting that they also had a crush on your character. 😅😅😅😭😭😭

[rinasaurusrex]

we're leveling up to 7 this week, which means my grave cleric gets a new "fuck you in particular" spell, 8d8 damage babey, get hype

[rinasaurusrex]

D&D was fun today :D

Yara got to lose her shit on one of the guys in the party, which was great. She has been very "I will keep all my emotions right here and then one day I'll die" but today was an absolute break moment and it was fantastic.

So we ended up in an audience with King Skotti. Which was uhhhhh not Yara's favorite, given his campaign against pirates. But we're kinda nearing endgame with this whole Primewater situation what with him somehow binding gods and taking their powers, so it was time to raise the alarm wherever we can.

But in that conversation, Eoleo ends up saying some shit about "Oh yeah, we've got an in with someone high-ish ranking in the Sea Princes, so we can try to enlist them to help" and hoo boy y'all.

Yara almost goddamn lost it right there. Which would've been bad because there were two visible guards and an additional eight invisible guards in the room. But she managed to keep it together until they were somewhere where she wouldn't get arrested immediately for throwing a fit.

At which point she did literally start throwing things. At Eoleo. It was great. I mean he's a goddamn monk so even when I got a nat 20 on one of them he just used deflect missiles. But she had a good yell at him as well, which was a little cathartic. 'Cause he's just assuming that Yara can or will be able to get Sybil to work with fuckin Skotti when she probably hates the crown even more than Yara does. Like, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" only works if your enemy hates your mutual enemy more than they hate you, my dude. 😂 But she got to tell him that he doesn't know shit about her situation and he doesn't get to make promises to the fucking king of Keoland that she now has to keep.

I'm also just dying for someone to actually ask Yara about her shit. I was trying to open a door for someone to come back at her because the reason no one knows about her shit is because she lied to them and none of them questioned it 😅 Like when she was going off at Eoleo that he doesn't know shit about her situation someone def should have called her on why no one knows shit about her situation.

But alas, instead Eoleo was just deeply unrepentant and didn't seem to think that he did anything wrong. And no one called Yara on her bullshit either. So this is probably going to boil over again soon. Should be great. 😃 😃 😃

[rinasaurusrex]

idk why i have a 4 hour character playlist for my D&D character when all i really need is