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please stop destroying my horny mutuals blogs youre killing the ecosystem

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Character Playlist: the Squishy Wizard

Time to be all depressed and brooding and shit

YouTube playlist

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(cropped image of the tarot card The Hermit)

the squishy wizard:

Being stuck in a hole with your own thoughts looped on repeat tends to do that to a guy.

There, there - Radiohead

Take me to church - Hozier

Secret karma serenade - Yasushi ishii

Climbing up the walls - Radiohead

Arsonist’s lullaby - Hozier

Is anybody home - Our lady peace

Exit music (for a film) - Radiohead

La bonne étoile - Mattieu chedid

Taiseidou no bosatsu - Yasushi Ishii

Far from home - Sam Tinnesz

TOMBI - Kai baba

No surprises - Radiohead

Requiem - the Tea party

It’s happening again - Agnes obel

In a lonely place - bush

A warm place - nine inch nails

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dudes will be like "women only date based on looks they wouldn't go for a guy who isn't conventionally attractive" meanwhile the women in question are thirsting over the ghoul from fallout bc he's cool and wears cowboy boots like looks literally have fuck all to do with it fellers

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So I’ve been playing dnd with my kids since Christmas. My oldest daughter overseas has got into the habit of joining our games via discord chat and is now a regular player in the group.

Me: that’s good, she’ll be the voice of reason that prevents the younger kids from making bad choices

Her: totally messes up a negotiation for no reason at all when it was actually going perfectly and started a fight and now one of the kids has contracted lycanthropy

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a weird thing is that we got waves of people going "who cares if its cringe or youre annoying! have fun!" but no one really learned how to accept the fact that some people will find you annoying or think your art or your work or posts or anyrhing sucks and thats ok. rather it just became a weird "if people think youre annoying theyre just morally bad. let people enjoy things!". like no i think this yes man only biome sucks and people are allowed to not like artstyles and shows and media and other things

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Aw no I’m so sorry to hear that, and kind of sad to hear that he was skipping breaks to try and fit everything in. Damn….

How long were you in line to meet Neil? I’m prob meeting him in august and stories from previous cons about woolen waiting hours and hours is making me a little nervous

Oh shit really???? Actually you know what: I had heard that myself as well and I was a bit nervous about what to expect. Well, I can’t comment on other cons, just the one I was at, so big disclaimer: your mileage may vary.

Well you’re maybe not going to believe this, but at my con, his line was short. Short. So short. Like, maybe ten people ahead of me, when I walked up. It was nuts. That was part of the reason why I was able to talk to him so much, because I didn’t have a giant line behind me waiting for their turn. Now, I did go there right at the opening of the show (and was a bit surprised to see him there already, usually the actors show up a bit later), and a couple hours later I saw his line had got longer, but even then, I would say it was maybe 20 people long, maximum.

At my con, he was not one of the big name draws. He was definitely one of the big draws for the voice actors, but the show was advertising other guests more: we had the whole cast of Scream there, and Elliott Page, and some Star Wars actors, and those folks were the big draws with the big huge lines, so maybe that’s part of it too.

So it’s hard to say, I think it depends on the show, and if he’s the big star guest of the show, or just a side guest with other bigger actors. I would also say, even if it’s a long line, I think it’s worth the wait, I seriously have never met a nicer actor at one of these, and I’m sure the reason for the wait is that he’s taking the time to properly talk to every single person at his table.

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SHIIIIIT

I feel so lucky. I mean I do not live in a huge huge city, that might be a part of it. We did have guests with long lines, but yeah it was for like Jason Lee, Elliott Paige, oh Todd McFarlane also had a long line as well, the folks like that. Prev anon: I really have to stress the “your mileage may vary” stipulation, and I hope your show goes well!

So did you at least get a nice long chat like I did? Or were you rushed through on account of the people waiting???

How long were you in line to meet Neil? I’m prob meeting him in august and stories from previous cons about woolen waiting hours and hours is making me a little nervous

Oh shit really???? Actually you know what: I had heard that myself as well and I was a bit nervous about what to expect. Well, I can’t comment on other cons, just the one I was at, so big disclaimer: your mileage may vary.

Well you’re maybe not going to believe this, but at my con, his line was short. Short. So short. Like, maybe ten people ahead of me, when I walked up. It was nuts. That was part of the reason why I was able to talk to him so much, because I didn’t have a giant line behind me waiting for their turn. Now, I did go there right at the opening of the show (and was a bit surprised to see him there already, usually the actors show up a bit later), and a couple hours later I saw his line had got longer, but even then, I would say it was maybe 20 people long, maximum.

At my con, he was not one of the big name draws. He was definitely one of the big draws for the voice actors, but the show was advertising other guests more: we had the whole cast of Scream there, and Elliott Page, and some Star Wars actors, and those folks were the big draws with the big huge lines, so maybe that’s part of it too.

So it’s hard to say, I think it depends on the show, and if he’s the big star guest of the show, or just a side guest with other bigger actors. I would also say, even if it’s a long line, I think it’s worth the wait, I seriously have never met a nicer actor at one of these, and I’m sure the reason for the wait is that he’s taking the time to properly talk to every single person at his table.

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I just looked up the celeb list for the con I’ll be at and the cast of scream + William Shatner will be there, so I have way more hope about getting to see him lol thanks for the answer ~

That sounds just about PERFECT. Shatner will have the giant hours long line and I bet you’ll get a nice lovely long chat. If I were you I’d still try to check out the lineup situation as early as you can just to be sure. Maybe send me a note later on (if you remember, of course) and let me know how it went!

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How long were you in line to meet Neil? I’m prob meeting him in august and stories from previous cons about woolen waiting hours and hours is making me a little nervous

Oh shit really???? Actually you know what: I had heard that myself as well and I was a bit nervous about what to expect. Well, I can’t comment on other cons, just the one I was at, so big disclaimer: your mileage may vary.

Well you’re maybe not going to believe this, but at my con, his line was short. Short. So short. Like, maybe ten people ahead of me, when I walked up. It was nuts. That was part of the reason why I was able to talk to him so much, because I didn’t have a giant line behind me waiting for their turn. Now, I did go there right at the opening of the show (and was a bit surprised to see him there already, usually the actors show up a bit later), and a couple hours later I saw his line had got longer, but even then, I would say it was maybe 20 people long, maximum.

At my con, he was not one of the big name draws. He was definitely one of the big draws for the voice actors, but the show was advertising other guests more: we had the whole cast of Scream there, and Elliott Page, and some Star Wars actors, and those folks were the big draws with the big huge lines, so maybe that’s part of it too.

So it’s hard to say, I think it depends on the show, and if he’s the big star guest of the show, or just a side guest with other bigger actors. I would also say, even if it’s a long line, I think it’s worth the wait, I seriously have never met a nicer actor at one of these, and I’m sure the reason for the wait is that he’s taking the time to properly talk to every single person at his table.

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Calgary fan expo 2024:

(Long post, apologies)

Survived! The last year I was at the artist alley at a fanexpo was I think…. 2019? and I can’t even remember the last year I was at the expo just as a regular attendee, and not as a vendor… must be at least ten years ago by now I think. I had a lot of thoughts yesterday.

But first of all I did want to say, like I said yesterday, Neil Newbon was I think the nicest actor that I’ve ever met at one of these, I really mean that.

The smaller-name actors are always more fun than the bigger names, partly because they tend to not have their heads stuck up their own asses like some of the bigger folks, but also just simply that their lineups are also much much smaller, so you have more time to actually chat with them. (Popular actors can be very much a “hi hello, my name is x, thank you! Bye! situation) All my best memories of getting autographs at cons have been with smaller actors and voice actors and stuff, hands down 100%.

And I’m serious, Neil was the nicest actor I’ve ever met at a con. He is so gracious and polite, humble, and honestly seems to genuinely love interacting with his fans. I had in my head my little lines I wanted to say, so I could make sure I said everything I wanted in the tiny amount of time they allow you to talk to the actor, and then he messed up my little script by wanting to have an actual little chat. We talked about my oldest daughter in Switzerland, and how expensive everything is there, and he said hello to my kids and talked to them a bit, and teased me a little. I said the thing I wanted to, which was to say congratulations for all the accolades and how important BG3 has been to the fans, and he said he appreciates that because the fans are why he does this stuff, truly. Honestly I think he would have chatted even more but I was feeling a bit overwhelmed by then and like that was my cue to leave. What a nice guy though? Dang.

His panel was great as well, British actors are always so interesting because they tend to take acting very academically and professionally, he had a great, smart answer for everything, and so polite even when there were some very nervous people having trouble articulating what they wanted to say. (He also said Larian was an amazing company to work for, and prioritizes their people and their fans over profit, which is so refreshing)

What a lovely dude. I was a fan before but I have to say I think now I’m a little in love.

(btw the one other actor I also really remember talking to and having a great chat with was Tony Todd, who was here like, a million years ago, also such a nice freaking guy, giant goddamned hands, we had a big chat about theater and community theater and stuff.)

Besides that, which was amazing, the whole thing was a bit bittersweet. I had a lot of feelings. I’ve been attending these expos almost since they first began, watching them get bigger and bigger and more exciting. A few years ago the expo chain was bought by an American company and.. the vibe has really changed since then. It’s not all negative, not at all: things feel really well organized now in terms of crowd control, which used to be um. Somewhat of a notorious issue for our expo, to put it mildly. But… the whole feeling of the show has also changed. Like one of my coworkers said, it feels kind of like just going to a big market. I miss the old announcer that used to come on, I miss the silly little extra events they had like the geek speed dating, I miss the Viking village that they used to have out in the front, just… the little things that made it feel less corporate and more like this exciting passionate convention for all the geeky things you like.

I went to the artist alley and was curious to see if I could find some of my old con buddies, people who I had got to know over the years I attended as an artist. I was kind of surprised that I couldn’t find a single one. In fact I only recognized a handful of booths as ones I had seen regularly in the past: it seems the majority are new. In addition, the artist alley seems to be about half the size it was when I was attending. I was hoping to see old friends to be able to ask them how things were going with the show recently with the new management, but I guess the fact that none of them were there kind of speaks for itself.

Again it’s a bit sad, but in a weird way it also makes me feel a bit better, somehow. I miss doing these shows, so much, and I feel so frustrated with myself that I don’t have the energy to keep up with it anymore. This really used to be the absolute hilight of my year, once upon a time. Somehow it’s a little comforting to know that I’m not the only one who couldn’t continue to do it.

It was nice to bring my younger kids, anyways. My oldest used to really enjoy attending the expos, and I’m happy I got to share that with them as well.

I’m proud of myself - due to my anxiety I was waffling quite a bit on whether or not I should even bother going, but I feel generally that I’m happy I got over that and ended up going.

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the idea that restrooms, locker rooms, etc need to be single-sex spaces in order for women to be safe is patriarchy's way of signalling to men & boys that society doesn't expect them to behave themselves around women. it is directly antifeminist. it would be antifeminist even if trans people did not exist. a feminist society would demand that women should be safe in all spaces even when there are men there.

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Fuck me, Neil Newbon is the nicest actor I’ve ever met at a con I think

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i don’t know how to tell people that deriving pleasure - sexual pleasure included! - from art* is good actually, and that creating specific kind of art “just” because you find it hot or whatever is just as good a reason as any, and you don’t actually need some “deep and meaningful” reason to create art about things. pleasure - sexual pleasure included - is not the devil, it is not Bad and shameful, and it’s not any less valid of a reason to create something than because you want to, idk, explore the depths of the human consciousness or something

* art here includes writing

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The national theater live makes recordings of English plays, and I can watch them at my local cineplex for the same price of a movie ticket and watch an absolutely excellently filmed version of a great play. The metropolitan opera does the same. I would pay to go see a Broadway show similarly recorded, and there’s absolutely no reason at all why this can’t be done.

if Broadway doesn’t want bootlegs floating around then they need to get their act together and make legal recordings.  you can say all you want that theater is meant to be enjoyed live, but the fact of the matter is not everybody can get to NYC to go to a Broadway show.  not everybody can afford to take the time off of work and buy a plane ticket to NYC and buy a night in a hotel AND get the ticket to the show.  people want to see the shows, that’s why there’s a bootleg market in the first place, but it’s unreasonable to expect that everyone has the time, money, and ability to make it out to the one place in the world to see something on Broadway, especially if it’s a limited engagement.  so record that shit, slap some subtitles on it, and sell it so we can buy it legally.

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yummy pomegranate

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Teeth are bullshit. What do you mean you’re decaying. Get a fucking grip. You’re a bone now act like it. You don’t see my finger bones decaying from jerking it too much now do you