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“protect children” <- reactionary drivel basically every time

“be kind to children” <-radical thinking that causes way more arguments than you would ever imagine

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Éowyn, disguised as Dernhelm, among the Riders of Rohan ⚔️

Based on Eugéne Grasset’s “Jeanne chevauchant au milieu des hommes d’armes” (1894)

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Moses Supposes

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Y a le Washington D.C. et puis y a le Washington de là-bas

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still not dead, just have wifi that's too shitty to load tumblr most of the time, alas.

on an unrelated note, if anyone has a good explainer of what on earth was going on with AD&D bards, I would be eternally grateful

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Alcide-Théophile Robaudi (1850-1928)

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'Green Ents' by Ian Miller

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it’s fun that Mormonism is based off pseudo-archeology and Scientology is based off pseudo-psychiatry. By that logic the big American New Religious Movement of the 21st century is gonna be based on… pseudo-computer science?

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disney sitting on the greatest potential live action remake of all time like a bloated dragon makes me so fuckin mad

do you know how cool Treasure Planet would be as a live action? to see all that gorgeous space rendered as if it were real? to see Long John Silver's biomechanics come to life?

but no. because disney is a coward afraid of the dog/cat mpreg.

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it really is crazy how quickly people were willing to just let chatgpt do everything for them. i have never even tried it. brother i don't even know if it's just a website you go to or what. i do not know where chatgpt actually lives, because i can decide my own grocery list.

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be the very model of a modern major general

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I don't know what those '90s sci Fi TV writers were putting in their shows but I wish they'd start doing it again

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The cultural impact of “boomer” as a pejorative has been disastrous and I’m not even kidding

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Have to say, one of the biggest hurdles in introducing one of my usual gaming groups to a system like Blades in the Dark is the idea that items don't have defined stats and are instead props to twist the fiction in interesting ways. It often feels like I'm using therapy speak on a very literally minded engineer.

Player: Alright, I've spent some downtime crafting, what can I make? Me: What would you like to make : ) ? Player: Like, is there a list? Me: Nope : ) , you're limited by your imagination and what we agree would be best for the story. Player: Well are there suggested guidelines for what an appropriate item would be? What Bonuses It can give me? Me: Items don't really give bonuses : ) , now how about you tell me what emotions finishing this project stirs in your character? Player: What was even the point of this? Also stop saying ": )" I don't know how you're doing that with your mouth.

Honestly it's a fascinating study in what assumptions ttrpgs make about the people playing them: Namely that a prospective BitD player has some personal skill or desire to act as a storyteller, and doesn't put much emphasis on the nitty-gritty of the rules.

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petition to make Zelenskyy the new POTUS on the grounds that he was the only person in the Oval Office today who didn't disgrace it by his presence