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I think Dorian would enjoy a beach day 💙

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(i have a feeling this poll will get way more views than some of my other ones so I am once again asking you to fill out https://forms.gle/66bRngwjD2fzWX7p6 if you know anything about the character)

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"i want more media with zero drama, no tension, and zero problematic characters and i am not joking"

Great! Here are my recommendations:

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Life and death

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On the subject of resurrections, the funniest thing to play in dnd would be just. A bog standard doctor. Your team mate goes down and everyone watches in horror as you give them cpr. Resurrection fails and everyone is sad but then the doctor rolls up their sleeves, says 'leave it to me' and brings out a magical defibrilator.

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Expositor.

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In the wake of FCG' fate I've been thinking about death in ttrpgs, and how it kind of exists on three levels:

There’s the gameplay level, where it only makes sense for a combat-heavy, pc-based game to have a tool for resurrection because the characters are going to die a lot and players get attached to them and their plotlines.

Then there’s the narrative level, where you sort of need permanent death on occasion so as not to lose all tension and realism. On this level, sometimes the player will let their character remain dead because they find it more interesting despite there being options of resurrection, or maybe the dice simply won’t allow the resurrection to succeed.

Then, of course, there’s the in-universe level, which is the one that really twists my mind. This is a world where actual resurrection of the actual dead is entirely obtainable, often without any ill effects (I mean, they'll be traumatized, but unless you ask a necromancer to do the resurrection they won’t come back as a zombie or vampire or otherwise wrong). It’s so normal that many adventurers will have gone through it multiple times. Like, imagine actually living in a world where all that keeps you from getting a missing loved one back is the funds to buy a diamond and hire a cleric. As viewers we felt that of course Pike should bring Laudna, a complete stranger, back when asked, but how often does she get this question? How many parents have come and begged her to return their child to them? How many lovers lost but still within reach? When and how does she decide who she saves and who she doesn’t?

From this perspective, I feel like every other adventurer should have the motive/backstory of 'I lost a loved one and am working to obtain the level of power/wealth to get them back'. But of course this is a game, and resurrection is just a game mechanic meant to be practically useful.

Anyway. A story-based actual play kind of has to find a way to balance these three levels. From a narrative perspective letting FCG remain dead makes sense, respects their sacrifice, and ends their arc on a highlight. From a gameplay level it is possible to bring them back but a lot more complicated than a simple revivify. But on an in-universe level, when do you decide if you should let someone remain dead or not? Is the party selfish if they don’t choose to pursue his resurrection the way they did for Laudna? Do they even know, as characters, that it’s technically possible to save someone who's been blown to smithereens? Back in campaign 2, the moment the m9 gained access to higher level resurrection they went to get Molly back (and only failed because his body had been taken back by Lucien). At the end of c1, half the party were in denial about Vax and still looking for ways to save him, because they had always been able to before (and had the game continued longer it wouldn’t have surprised me had they found a way). Deanna was brought back decades after her death (and was kind of fucked up because of it). Bringing someone back could be saving them, showing them just how loved and appreciated they are. Or it could be saving you, forcing someone back from rest and peace into a world that's kept moving without them because you can’t handle the guilt of knowing you let them stay gone when you didn’t have to. How do you know? How would you ever know?

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deeply missing my favourite rat blood drinking vampire

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DaggerHeart 1-shot: Bunnie

((Prints up on my InPrint if anyone wants a sticker))

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you cannot advertise to me in a way that matters.

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i started drawing this BEFORE i watched the first episode of junior year and experienced how truly ungraceful this guy is >_>

(edit, but the light bg of tumblr vs the dark and harsh lighting KILLS ME it KILLS ME so i had to add in some grey >_<)

(psst... hey :) my commissions are open! check here if ur interested)

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Thanks again to everyone who has participated in the survey! I've already gotten far more responses than I ever imagined, and to keep the amount manageble (there is only one of me to go through and analyze the responses) I'll be restricting reblogs on this post. You can still take the survey, but I'm minimizing the spread a little.

Thanks again to everyone for your participation and help!

If you like Science, use ao3 (writer, reader, both, some nebulous other usage I have yet to figure out) and enjoy sharing your opinions on fanfic and fandom, I'd be hugely grateful to anyone willing to take part in a short survey!

It's anonymous (you can use whatever name you like) and the answers will be used for my paper on fan archives, fandom, and how fans relate to the two. The survey will stay open for a week starting today.

If you want to take part, click here!

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Study session 📚

@ustrinarising as Caleb Widogast

📸 @ saikotic.exe (insta), who made us look so good, I adore how these turned out! 🤩

Oh, and Frumpkin (and the book I'm holding) are by @drasilfaemir !

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They have an ace up their sleeve

Compilation of commissions for Gaza

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Close to the surface

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You will see me, one day.

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I've reached a point in my Fandom Engagement where like. I'm not specifically looking for "problematic" ships but I am pretty aggressively disinterested in ships that feel like they were crafted in a lab to be as unproblematic as possible.