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everyone else was moved by daisuke but, just like kingston brown, old man lou wilson does something to me

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Samwell loves his baby brother Maxwell in a way his father never will

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Gorgug means a lot to me as a mixed kid with a racist parent.

I once saw someone on here refer to Gorgug and his parents as an allegory for transracial adoption and I've never forgotten that. It felt so true to me the second I read it. Gorgug growing up being physically different than his family but also perceived differently. Digby and Wilma had to cut off their family to protect Gorgug from their racism. How does that feel for him? Being seen as dangerous and big and scary? It rings so close to being a black man in a white family. Being scared of embracing being a barbarian, talking more white, slouching. Convincing other people you aren't like other orcs, that you aren't like them. Gorgug doesn't rage, he worries. He sings a song when he's mad. And yes that's mostly because Gorgug just isn't an angry person. I believe that. But do you think there's a part of him that doesn't hit back or yell because he knows there will be severe consequences? Do you think he knows that people will look at him, hulking, at seven feet tall and punish him first? And do you think that maybe his parents knew that too, that that's part of why they taught him the song?

The op I'm referencing also pointed out that while Wilma and Digby clearly love Gorgug, they fail him in some ways. And that hits just as hard. These well meaning white people defended their son, they took him in and they love him so much. But they never told him why all of his things break. They never got a bigger house or changed his room. They didn't sit down with Gorgug and talk him through his fear of anger. Of being too big and too scary, of hurting people. They didn't know to. Because they aren't orcs. They'll never understand that part of him, no matter how much they love him. So maybe they just ignored it, maybe they thought the problem would go away.

Something sticks in my chest when I think about Gorgug and his relationship to being an orc. When I think about this giant green kid, in a tiny home with tiny gnome parents. This kid who asks everyone he can find if they're his dad. Because something is missing, even with these parents he loves more than anything . Who love him more than anything. This young person who wants so badly to be an artificer because his gnome parents may not be in his genes but they are a part of him. And he is told that he can't be, that he's too angry and too big and too strong. He won't be able to think in battle. He needs to choose. He needs to decide between his innate rage and his passion for tinkering. But he doesn't decide, because he wants to do both. And he knows he can. He's done it his whole life.

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never ask a woman her age a man his salary your mutual how late it is in her timezone when she starts posting about that bisexual man

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you know I get what he's saying

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also aabria speaking on Jammer in terms of code-switching in the AP.... I'll cry don't play

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obsessed with evan calling jammer "the way, the truth, and the light"

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aabria mentioning poly!pilot program in the AP what if i scream

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everyone's always all "uwu ship material" until there's a black woman involved and then it's "why can't we have male-female friendships in media?"

This is probably one of the only misfits and Magic post I'm going to make for the week. But.

You can dislike the ships and misfits and magic but if you try to stop other people from liking them. I'm going to look at you funny. Especially the people who don't like Evan and Sam. Because I have been given no good reason

"Well if you look at their relationship through a romantic lens it diminishes everything"

Actively no. Art is subjective for one and for two. A lot of black fans enjoy seeing a black fem plus sized character be treated with gentleness and care because we so rarely get that in media.

"Well it diminishes K and Evan"

Did we even watch the same show?

"Well I like insert ship here better"

Okay like it in the corner and leave us alone. I love Evan and Sam it's really fun. And especially it's a very fun as a multi shipper who enjoys a bunch of the mismag ships. I personally think they're just one weird polycule but honestly I love this for the Mismag shippers

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this bit was of course hilarious but also sam equating being private as being sneaky explains literally so much about her every interaction with everyone

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I have been thinking about playing sehanine to explore a Pelor/Sehanine friendship as the sun and moon literally since Downfall started.

Ok, I've been thinking about this and I'm really curious. If you got to pick a Prime Deity to represent at the Downfall table (or a similar situation, playing the mortal avatar of an immortal god) which one would you pick?

RULES:

Assume whichever of the following two scenarios is most comfortable for you: either A) everyone else who was at the table is playing the characters they played in Downfall, unless you want their character, in which case you replace them and they happily take a week off. Or, B) you are going to be playing a Downfall-esque game with your favorite D&D players (friends, other CR cast members, faceless perfect beings of your imagination, etc.) wherein you get to choose your character first and everyone will seamlessly accommodate you.

No, you can't choose The Luxon or one of the minor deities. Maybe that will be a different poll later.

No, you can't choose a Betrayer God. That poll is here.

Below the cut is a short description of each deity's domain, ripped straight from the chart on page 21 of Explorer's Guide to Wildemount.

The Change Bringer: Change, freedom, luck. Chaotic good.

The Platinum Dragon: Honor, justice. Lawful good.

The Arch Heart: Art, beauty, elves. Chaotic good.

The Law Bearer: Civilization, law, peace. Lawful neutral.

The Knowing Mistress: Knowledge, learning, teaching. Neutral.

The Storm Lord: Battle, competition, storms. Chaotic neutral.

The Wild Mother: Seas, wilderness. Neutral.

The All-Hammer: Craft, creation. Lawful good.

The Dawn Father: Healing, sun. Neutral good.

The Everlight: Atonement, compassion. Neutral good.

The Matron of Ravens: Death, fate, winter. Lawful neutral.

The Moon Weaver: Illusion, moonlight, night. Chaotic good.

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one of the most important rules of DMing that I have always loved and Brennan has always personified is that, the moment it is no longer fun, you have failed. TTRPG's aren't just about rules and dice rolls, it's about having fun with people you like, and Brennan is really good at showing what that looks like

Help Izzy asking brennan in this episode that she wanted to not have her son die was so cute,,, he was like “ok” and in that moment I knew whatever happened, Johnny Manhattan was gonna live,,,,, that’s not just a strong marriage that’s a good DM

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Exandria is a world that I unironically love so much that I fail to talk about it but I am ENDLESSLY curious why there's no lore connection between Sehanine and Pelor. Like?? The sun and the moon? And no one has never done anything with that?

Kinda want to stat out an OC in reaction to Ayden because. Hello??

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lowk forgot i said this but ITS CANON 😭😭

Sandra-Lynn and Sklonda are having a "What Do We Do About Kristen" phone call as we speak

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PRIME example of a DM giving a non-important character a goofy voice because they're only supposed to pop up once or twice only for the PCs to deem that npc a favorite.

i am so obsessed with gertie and i think her and kristen have the potential to be so cute i just wish she sounded less like goofy

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Here's the version for everyone else

This poll is part of a set meant to show the difference in perspective between Veth fanatics and the rest of the fandom. This poll is meant for people who feel normal about her.

If Veth is your blorbo please vote for the bottom option and go to this poll instead

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not to be THAT person but. this is exactly what Fig would do also.

and if i said appropriate reaction from ankarna, what then.