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just saw a video of ocean vuong discussing how as a professor he has noticed that his students are more and more self conscious at attempting to be poets or writers even when it is what they want simply because they do not want to be perceived as cringe. we must free ourselves from the chains of cringe. the truth is people will perceive you whether you do what you want or do nothing at all….

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'mezzanine' cd packaging, massive attack, 1998.

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OC lore drop

This time, it's about The Mourner. I often draw her, but I don't think I have written anything (at least, I don't remember).

I played her for about a year and a half, when we went through the "Curse of Strahd" campaign. Her worldview is neutral evil. She is a warlock/cleric from the domain of death, who made a pact with Velsharoon, the deity of her church.

Mourner is a dhampir. Her real name was Damanta, and she revealed it only to one companion, Typhus. They became very close during their journey. She kept her name secret from everyone else. She introduced herself by the name the Church gave her. She tried to erase all traces of her mortal life in herself.

Life is fragile, so she dedicated herself to achieving immortality. Her main goal was to search for research and extend the mortal state and form. She did not allow anyone to be distracted from this research, because the result justified the necessary sacrifices along the way. Knowledge is power, and knowledge of life and death gives power over all living and non-living beings. As a devout follower of her god, the Mourner saw a non-life as the highest form of existence. She also wished for a similar fate for her allies.

Being part undead, Mourner was warmly welcomed by the followers of Velsharoon's Church. It fed her ego and belief in her own uniqueness. Her ambitions grew, so when she discovered in one of the dusty books the story of Vecna. A lich who was also capable of rising above mortals. She set out to find the pieces of his inanimate body in order to gain divine essence. That's what brought her to Barovia.

Such views on life, worldviews and egos caused a huge number of conflicts between those with whom she was in Barovia. She was especially fierce in her arguments with Holly, who had diametrically opposite opinions about everything. However, overcoming difficulties together and caring for each other inspired affection in the Mourner for her companions. Therefore, when Typhus died in battle against the Lich wielding the hand of Vecna, The Mourner decided to spend a Wish to bring her friend a new undead status.

We talked a lot about the epilogue with our DND master. After gaining the hand and eye of Vecna, and defeating Strahd, the Mourner ascends as the new Goddess of Death, The Mistress of the Tombs. And finally reunites with her beloved Velsharoon. The Mistress of the Tombs has founded a new cult whose followers believe she will reveal a new Messiah, a god who will end suffering for the living. Not only cultists but the whole world begins to notice signs of a new God. The Red Plague spreads, infecting everything. Seeing these alarming signs, Order of Blood hunters decide to deal with the threat immediately. And The Commander and The Bloodhound begin the hunt.

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so here's what I've now done to make the internet usable as a person living in the UK without handing my ID and/or facial scans over to random third parties:

signed up for a ProtonVPN account

set up a tunnel from my router to a ProtonVPN server in Sweden

written a python script to query DNS servers for social media domains every 15 minutes and collate the results into a list of IP address ranges

created routing and firewall policies to block connections to those IP ranges on my normal connection and send them through the VPN tunnel instead

set up a second, personal VPN so I can make my mobile devices connect to the internet through my home network even when I'm not at home

now it's time to open source this whole thing so others can enjoy using the internet the same way they did three weeks ago

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I don’t think I’m ever going to be over Edi Gathegi and can’t help but feel so happy for him with his role in James Gunn’s Superman

For those of you who don’t know Edi Gathegi starred in X-Men First Class as the character Dawrin (aka Armando Muñoz)

Dawrin’s powers are literally super adaptation, his body changes to every possible scenario in order to survive.

Gills to breath under water and fins when submerged

Stone skin when struck with an attack

In space his body will change to be able to breathe, when fire is directed at him he will become fire proof, etc. he is essentially unkillable dude to his mutation!

And yet in the movie he gets introduced solely to be killed

The unkillable, Black, Hispanic, Male, character literally gets killed first and acts as a ‘motivator’ for the rest of the cast even though they hardly mention him after his death.

Edi Gathegi even voiced his concerns, only for the studio to promise him that Darwin would eventually come back and be resurrected in future movies but surprise surprise. That never happened.

Years later James Gunn reaches out and askes him to audition to the point he sees 200 people and still ask if Edi Gathegi’s tape has come in.

Edi Gathegi despite his hesitation due to his last super hero movie experience decided to give it a shot and what a way to right a broken promise from the past!!

He not only doesn’t die but plays a vital role in the story, he’s been praised as a scene stealer being one of the most liked characters right behind Superman

Edi has been open in interviews about what this means to him and how happy he was to have this opportunity

Its great to see this come full circle

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Art for the fairycore lovers! The wings were really fun to draw.

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You know for the first 18-ish years of your life everyone your age is mostly doing the same things and then all of a sudden every year for the rest of your life somebody your age is getting divorced while somebody else just learned what a leaf is and you have no idea what’s going on or what you’re supposed to be doing

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Bunny I made my mom for her birthday

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sorry for annoying you i guess. what are you gonna do about it? put me in my place? put me in my place? put me in my place? put me in my place? put-

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The Throne — 🖼️ Prints https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/helveticablanc/the-throne/

🃏 The Wormsong Oracle Deck https://helveticablanc.bigcartel.com

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garfield? someone's oc. dracula? someone's oc. charizard? someone's oc. uncle sam with the hat? someone's oc

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dakota 👁️👁️❤️

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all humanizations of the months

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ko-fi commissions - summer batch color palette sketch

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i fucking love reactions in texting apps like discord. theyve revolutionized how i communicate. i can put a bug on your message

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