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People don't say the Colour if Magic is the worst Discworld book because it sucks (and if they do they can fight me) They say that because it's a fun parody of classic fantasy tropes

But the later books are fun parodies of classic fantasy tropes PLUS increasingly touching treatises on kindness and the human condition and parallels of real world inequality and the evils we face PLUS have the benefit of being set in a world growing richer and more established as the series goes on

In short, yes they are godtier

has anyone who follows me read sir terry prachett’s the color of magic anyway how funny would it be if i drew rincewind with a bong

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Oh dang this is super helpful

I am a(n):

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So much chonk!

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Rotom goes into its heat form during pregnancy, and you know when the baby Rotoms are done because the timer goes bing and the door opens

I get that it’s basically established in pokemon canon that all pokemon reproduce by laying eggs (and this definitely makes things a lot simpler from a game design standpoint) but it’s definitely more fun and interesting to imagine pokemon reproduction happening in ways that make more sense for whatever sort of creature they’re based on

in general I just like to think about mommy houndooms and persians and other mammal-based pokemon nursing a litter of newborn puppies/kittens like real mammals

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This is delicious anchovy erasure

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Character A who desperately wants to portray themselves a badass/Character B who is the only one buying into this story is a hands down amazing dynamic and explains why I ship both of these so much

Also you know Garak would not stop hitting on Bashir despite the bodyswap, and Bashir would be weirdly into that

A very random Good Omens/Star Trek DS9 crossover thought, at least in terms of ship dynamics.

One thing I really love about Aziraphale/Crowley in Good Omens is that Crowley desperately tries to be a cool, suave demon, but nobody believes in his cool and suave image except Aziraphale. That’s why Crowley is at his coolest when he is actually Aziraphale pretending to be Crowley in the body swap: he becomes the awesome, swaggering serpent of hell that Aziraphale sees in him.

That same dynamic is present with Garak/Bashir. Garak wants to project the image of the cool, unflappable lizard spy, but nobody believes in this image except Bashir. 

Which is why I propose that if there were some kind of Star Trek bodyswap shenanigan between Garak and Bashir, Bashir in Garak’s body would be much cooler than Garak in Garak’s body, because Bashir believes his hype. 

I would read that fanfic.

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Oooh boy, this one hit close to home

it’s interesting how eleanor shellstrop acts like she’s lazy when she’s actually incredibly hard working. instead of just running away, she got herself legally emancipated from her neglectful parents and worked to afford her own apartment, (as well as presumably school tuition and healthcare). she was the top salesperson at her job for multiple years. the tech startup she was a temp for wanted to hire her full-time and thought she would make a great member of the team. she threw herself into learning ethics and moral philosophy, reading incredibly difficult books multiple times in order to understand it. when she threw a party for the neighborhood residents, even tahani, who threw huge parties as a living, thought eleanor did a good job.

eleanor puts on a big show about not caring about anything, but in reality she cares so much.

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Can't say I've ever had to give a snake a bath before, but life sure is exciting sometimes

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Suellamae keeps that mining job so when she's ready, no one's gonna find the body. What's that? She's inherited the family tailor shop? Good for her

I love Banished but sometimes I feel really sorry for my tiny simulated people. I don’t think Suellamae is having a great life.

Apparently this 26-year-old mother of 3 was 18 years old when she gave birth to her 34-year-old husband’s first kid and now spends her days slaving away in the coal mines while he makes the town’s clothes. Sorry Suellamae.

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That is an excellent example of a phenomenon I like to call "Chekhov's Gun Show", i.e. there is no single insignificant detail you can put down that can be guaranteed the players won't treat as the key to some great plot point. To you it's just a throwaway NPC, a careless piece of set dressing, a line of dialog you ad libbed without thinking, but to them? No! It's a CLUE! It's OF VITAL IMPORTANCE! Don't you think your players know a Chekhov's Gun when they see one? They are SMART, COMPETENT GAMERS! Chekov's Guns round every corner! Never mind you're just trying to make the world feel lived in, and waving a giant glowing arrow over the actually important details. To them, they're stood in a vast convention centre filled with potential Chekov's Guns that you, the GM, keep insisting aren't really there like some kind of inverse Emperor's New Clothes deal

(Much love to my actual players, of course xx)

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They recently switch the brand of crisps sold in the pub @driahades and I frequent on the regular so the salt and vinegar are much less mouth-burny, and I am considering writing them a Strongly Worded Letter

salt & vinegar chips are snacks for fucking masochists. literally the entire flavour of the goddamn chip is “acetic acid, which will hurt your tongue, and then just salt on top of that to hurt it worse”. it’s brutal. this chip is designed to hurt you

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adhd is having super amplified introspection yet zero self-awareness or decision making skills. i literally never stop overthinking absolutely everything but if you ask me how i am? i dont know. am i enjoying myself? i dont know. my opinion? i dont know. my favorite? i dont know. am i lying? i dont know. do i want this? i dont know. trust my gut feeling? it changes every second. which of these is better? i cant breathe. just pick one? eating glass would hurt less

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Players who do this long enough inevitably end up coming up with their own, better ways for the plot to screw them over, in my experience

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checking out a fandom you’re not in specifically because they have one ship you like

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We really need to start calling out cis gay men’s like, outward, blatant transphobia towards trans men. like a trans guy breathes in their direction and they’re like “ewww I don’t like vagina haha sorry :p”