#content warnings

[madabapf]

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it's almost 1 am but i don't wanna wait another day so here ya go lmao

always glad to see cultured people in the monkie fandom :)

[roomwithavoid]

“dead dove” is not a warning. it has never been a warning. if you use “dead dove” as a trigger warning you are missing the entire point. the origin of it is that if you see a bag labeled “dead dove” and open it, you should expect to see a dead dove. that’s not how so many of you assholes use it. you expect me to know whatever secret code you came up with and then have the audacity to get upset with me for stumbling across something i didn’t want to see?

putting “dead dove” and nothing else on something is like putting “trigger warning” and not elaborating. you stupid dumb fucks.

[jcollinswrites]

pleasantly surprised to hear there'll be sexual content in the game. This may sound weird, but I was just thinking about how it'd be so entertaining to read MC's internal monologue during spicy scenes. lets gooooooooo 40 years old virgin captain MC.

Yeah, you can play a 40-year-old virgin lol. I'll try to make those scenes realistically awkward as hell 😂

(jk... but there will be awkward inner monologuing for sure...)

[totalstupidityaddict]

do you want to play Slay the Princess but are put off by the possibility of gore?

I have just the thing for you — I've made an interactive google slides page to let you know what might be coming up in the game, so you can be warned of things you might not want to see and avoid them without constantly spoiling everything that could possibly happen in the entire game.

You can find it here and at the link above!

I made this on my own, so I might have missed some mistakes — please let me know if you find any! I want the game to be as accessible as possible to as many people as possible

I am capable of making a high-contrast version for those with visual difficulties — please let me know if that's something the people want!

[specialagentartemis]

thinking more about trigger warnings and. Bluntly, I think except for a couple specific types of things—like a rape scene in a book, or gunshot noises in an audio drama—content warnings are almost impossible to be useful when they come from somebody who doesn’t know you.

I talk about a really good horror movie I saw to my mom, and she asks, “Would I like it?” and I can say, “there’s one pretty bloody and gross scene, and one scene of a chimpanzee attacking somebody but it’s mostly offscreen, and otherwise, it’s mostly suspense and psychological, I think you’d like it.” That’s a content warning. It’s also only really possible because I know my mom and I know what makes her uncomfortable (gore and excessive violence, mostly). I was reading one of the bleakest, most depressing, most unsettling books I’ve read in my life, and chatting about it with a friend, and I said upfront that it’s bleak and upsetting, and also went into the background of the author a little bit—he wrote it as he was in and out of hospitals, dying of cancer. My friend’s dad was at that point in the hospital with cancer. Because I knew that I wanted to contextualize the book if he was considering reading it. A lot of the time when I’m talking about sci-fi books with another friend who reads a lot more of them and faster than I do, they will often let me know, “It developed a really bad straight romance halfway through,” or “the romance arc wasn’t awful but was annoying,” or “I actually didn’t mind the romance in this one.” These can be thought of as content warnings, telling me that kind of content to expect and brace myself so I don’t get disappointed by another stupid romance subplot in a book a otherwise was looking forward to. “It’s got SO much body horror” can either be a warning or a recommendation, depending on who you’re talking to. We trade our assessments of books, and let each other know what we might like and what we won't like. That's super important—and impossible to impersonalize.

Especially when it’s stuff like “yeah it was uncomfortably sexist” or “the author writes Asian people in a really uncomfortable way” or “there’s just random fatphobia consistently throughout” or “one of the magic things in it relies on the idea that love is what makes you human and people who don’t fall in love are monsters” which the author obviously isn’t going to warn for and is going to hurt some people more than others, and some people probably aren’t even going to notice. You kind of have to know somebody before you can assess what they might need to know going into something.

[normystical]

if "cw sex" and "cw romance" can be a thing can we also normalize "cw romantic sex" or "cw sex with romance" or however you put it??? some people are okay with sex and romance but not the two mixed !!!

[kadextra]

Now’s a good time as any to give a content warning

q!Forever’s POV is continuing to show manipulation, the effects of drugs, derealization, and auditory hallucinations in his character- q!Pac’s POV will likely show the same thing tomorrow. q!Bad’s POV is starting to show the character doing more obvious sh & self destructive behaviors. and of course, the undercurrent of horrors and possible child death in every creator’s stream

if any of these things make you uncomfortable, pls mind your viewing! the ccs are very dedicated to their characters, roleplay in the qsmp has been intense lately, there’s nothing wrong with taking a break or choosing to not watch, so take care of yourselves if you need to <3

[altocat]

Trigger warning for suicidal ideation

Do you think Sephiroth has ever tried to kill himself?

No.

With that said, he has suffered from suicidal ideation in the past during unhappy periods of his life. After he kills Rosen. After Angeal dies. After he loses Glenn. Sephiroth has exhibited disturbing signs of mild self-harm behaviors in the past. But his repressive upbringing has always pushed him to disregard his feelings in favor of acting as the strong, tough soldier Shinra expects him to be. That doesn't change the fact that lots of Sephiroth's thoughts are dark and self-destructive. And that he occasionally feels too hopeless to want to continue surviving. Angeal and Genesis (and later Zack) were enough to keep those feelings at bay. Upon losing them, it just gets worse and worse over time.

The very worst of it is during his time in the Shinra mansion, down in the library. Sephiroth's despair is so great that he debates whether or not to end his own life, to finally put an end to Shinra's wondrous, freakish experiment. Latching on to Jenova becomes something of a life line for him, surrendering to his madness completely. He will survive again. So long as he has her with him.

[calling-the-angels]

If you don't tag your fic, you're getting blocked!👏👏

If you don't tag your fic, you're getting blocked! 👏👏

I have filters for a reason, yet your pissfic has them beaten cause you don't tag your fics, so now you're blocked! 👏👏🖕

[elennemigo]

So, my most recent post was flagged in my drafts. The problem? The color of this gif: it was red first but then i realized that this gif was the problem, so i changed the color to purple to see what happens : The gif was good to go!👍

I thought, Tumblr doesnt like red now? Did they think that was a lot of blood and that could be considered mature?🤔

Ok, i was so close to give them a pass, and then i thought: what if i post the bloody scene in The Shinning???? No, that was good to go from the start, no flag, no content warning needed. 🤷

ok...

[thesezombiestastelikeashes]

Normally I post about Dimension 20 on my main blog but a thing happened on Adventuring Party and I'm gonna talk about it

So watching through the Episode 2 Adventuring Party, something really amazing happened at 2:15 ish. And now I'm gonna talk about consent and content in Tabletop and how @quiddie and Izzy (and everyone else at the table) absolutely fucking nailed it

Edited because I cannot believe I spelled Aabria wrong so many damn times in a row I'm so sorry

Specifics below the cut for spoilers and content warning: parasites and squick

The notes for DMs (and players) to take away from this:

Look for soft no's, even if you know your players. Make space for a no, even if you are excited. Once the no has been said, move on and no complaining that someone's comfort level isn't the same as yours.

So Brennan asked a question about the parasites, Chipmunks, and bear in Adventuring Party to clarify if Chipmunks and Parasite were one in the same or different entities (it was just the chipmunks being massively fucked up)

Aabria, as DMs who put their entire heart and soul into making a campaign often do, went to start explaining the basis for the parasites (link to ribbon worms, very content warn, dead dove do not eat). The table reacted. Brennan does a very physical ick response, Erika's face was very "I am listening to something gross", while the rest of the table looked interested in that way nerds do when they don't know what they're walking into. And Izzy said "I want you to stop."

Aabria just said ok, told the camera/audience to google it, and they moved on.

And I wanna talk about what a baller move that is on Aabria and Izzy's parts. (And Quiddie if you see this please tell Izzy she's an inspiration and I adore her and all of the compliments)

So first and maybe least controversial: Aabria

-While giving the explanation of the fucked up thing she slows down her talking (I'm not sure if it was intentional but it seemed it so I'm gonna talk about it) Instead of rushing through the explanation the way people excited tend to do she said everything slowly, gave lots of pauses to be interrupted, and really took the time to let the party know what she was describing was icky

-While doing the describing, she looked around the table. Not just at the person with the biggest visual reaction, but you can watch her make the rounds with her eyes to look at everyone and make sure they all know she is still engaging with them and checking in on them

-Her "ok" is so pleasant. It's not just polite, it's not just kind, it's upbeat and pleasant to listen to. There's no judgement in it, there's no "but I wanted to keep talking about this thing" its just "ok"

-And that's the fucking hard part, letting someone know you've heard them without any judgment or disappointment when they want you to stop talking about something

And now Izzy

-Most people aren't going to applaud someone for saying "I want you to stop" to a DM explaining something but I will. A+ Izzy

-She found her boundary and enforced it and felt comfortable with it

-She did it in such a specific way "want" instead of "need"; "I want" instead of "You need", not to mention the full firmness of it where it couldn't be misinterpreted (A+, hardest part)

-The flick of her eyes to the rest of the table, I can't tell if she's checking in with other people's comfort level or just watching Brennan's arm thing, but the way she looks at her fellow players is just such a Thing that I cannot Words about, whether its checking in for their comfort or looking for support for hers its an important look that I might be reading too much into.

Now some other important beats

-No one comments that Izzy made Aabria stop.

-Brennan says he can connect with Aabria later about it, without mentioning any of the content, and Siobhan and Jasper make the note of "maybe don't google it" but no one mentions the content after Izzy says it

-They just move on. Like even if it briefly sounds like they might hit back onto it (we'll never know what Erika was leading to with their "I've always been obsessed with") they just move on immediately

It's a goddamned masterclass of consent at the table. Aabria checking in and looking for soft no's and giving space for hard no's and then once a hard no was thrown immediately shifting the entire direction of the conversation was amazing.

[jcollinswrites]

Hi !! I hope this doesn't come off as rude, but I'd like to put forth the suggestion of adding a 'violence against a child' warning to the 'captain of the guard' origin. I'm aware that those were different times, but some of the MC's descriptions about how their mother had treated them were... more than a little upsetting for my unprepared self, haha. I figured I'd speak up since there's already a content warnings page :] It would be much appreciated!

Done! This shouldn't affect saves, but if your saves suddenly throw you back to startup, try loading them again.

It's still a bit hilarious how the list of warnings steadily grows, except for the thief path, which is still just 'murder'. A very avoidable murder too.

[literallyeverythinglol]

Deltarune CH 3 & 4 Content Warnings (no to minimum spoilers)

Lot of eyestrain, flashing lights in chapter 3, especially near the end.

And chapter 4 has some eyestrain with some areas trying to navigate, as well as some mild trypophobia near the end.

CH 4 also have some sections of potential misophonia.

There is also a mild-medium amount of pixelated blood at the end of CH 4.

Additionally, you can not adjust individual volume types, and both chapters have some harsh noises scattered throughout. (High pitch screetchs for 3 and high pitch ring/ding noises for 4)

Any difficulty or skill based locks in these chapters are fairly reachable, aside from a couple.

More details below, will try to keep it non spoilery

In CH 3 near the middle, several TV sets in grids switch between channels, some of withc having somewhat rapid patterns. This is fairly mild.

There's an optional area you can access throughout CH 3. On interaction with an object in this area, a screen will display flashing images, briefly pause and then proceed before stopping. While interacting with this screen, certain actions you can take cause a high pitch screeching noise, and it's hard to tell what cause this until you do. Additionally in these moments, some of them can cause video crt style distortion which is pretty eye strainy

Additionally in CH3, the boss, upon being defeated will cause a long sequence of quickly flashing images.

In CH4, various enemies have sound based actions you can take against them. These actions cause high pitch ringing, dinging, and other such noises.

The trypophobia in CH4 is specifically during the boss, in which eye symbols can flash briefly, as well as being common, but not clustered throughout the sequence and some attacks have projectiles appearing similar to cartoonish eyes that fire at the soul.

The misophonia in CH4 is near the middle. In a dark section, sound queues are used to indicate attack direction. These sound queues are intended to subtly sound like words corresponding to the direction (left, right, etc.). However a very mild flashing visual queue accompanies them, which can be used in place of the sound.

The blood in CH 4 is pixels, and is not in large amounts. However, some of it does drip off someone's hand, and some gets on someone's face.

The skill/difficulty based locks that we didn't find easily reachable were all optional, being the secret bosses of both CH. However, the CH 4 secret boss does not have to be defeated to obtain the rewards.

[leet911]

Just making my little list of content warnings for Friendly Rivalry:

Smoking/vaping

Drug (ab)use

Child neglect/abandonment

Child (on child) abuse

Bullying

Prostitution

Blackmail

Eating disorders

Mental illness

Academic pressure

Bad parenting

Parental death (orphaning)

Manipulation/mind games

Psychopathy/sociopathy

Harm to animals/animal death

Teacher/student relationship

Medical procedures (needles/surgery)

Classism

Stalking

In case anyone was thinking of watching, you should know what you're getting into 😅

[dice-sociation]

AP Review: Reckless Attack - Main Campaign

Listen Here: https://www.recklessattack.com/episodes/

Quick info:

Audio Quality: High Quality and Edited, Effects, Music. Vibes: Lord of the Rings, Ghibli, Never Ending Story, Avatar the Last Airbender, Frogs Extras: Discord and Patreon rewards. System: 5e DnD Average Episode time: 1 hour Uploads 1 Episode per week. Campaign/ Show Length: Long Term Campaign Platforms: Podcast, Audio Only. Accessibility: Content Warnings Language available: English Diversity: AAPI/BIPOC Number of Episodes Review is based on: 100 (This is my first review so I decided to start with a Podcast I’m already caught up on) ** If you want the TLDR, scroll to the bottom of the post **

Why Reckless Attack?

I honestly believe that part of the draw of listening to people play a TTRPG is not just the story telling but an assurance that adults can somehow actually and consistently come together, in person, to pull off a full long term game. Reckless Attack is one such podcast. They are a small indie podcast with excellent audio quality and editing. 

But, why should you listen to another high fantasy podcast? Well, have you ever wanted to see what a post-apocalyptic High Fantasy world would look like? The deeper you delve into Reckless Attack, the deeper the lore gets, and we have barely scratched the surface a hundred episodes in. You’ll join the players as they explore a world recovering from an apocalyptic event, ripe with magic and unstable artifacts, an undead army, and frogs.

Starting The Pod

Right out the gate, the listeners are greeted by a Lord of the Rings style opening monologue, giving relevant history and context to the kind of place the characters live in. I personally get the feeling a lot of the world was established in a previous game or between the DM and players prior to the start of this campaign. If, as a listener, it feels like you're missing something, don't worry; you'll get a lot more context down the road, especially once the players make it to the city of Agmar (Episode 15). The first 15 episodes are a nice slow build up. 

Conveniently, the first recap episode covers Episode 1-14! (Though I really enjoyed the first 14 episodes, I know not everyone has the amount of listening time I have). If you are so inclined to start from the first episode, you'll get nicely eased into the characters and their relationships with one another before a lot of the bigger world building really starts to soar.

(My one caveat is that I listen to this podcast at 1.3-1.4 speed since the players and Nathan speak with a good amount of pauses, and that can be a little too slow for me.)

About the Team

Nathan, the DM for the main campaign, paints some amazing pictures of his homebrew world. He has a real talent for creating larger than life NPCs and Big Baddies for his players to interact with. They all have clear motivations, flaws, and personalities that truly rounds out the overall story. When it comes to plot, Nathan kept me on my toes with plot twists that would literally snap me out of whatever multitasking I was doing. And I must recognize how often Nathan opens the floor for the players to build parts of the story and describe longer stretches of downtime. Those moments are like the equivalent of cinematic montages to represent the passing of time.

The players, Sophie, Steve, David, and Jonathan, deliver wonderful descriptions and leave plenty of space for each other to speak, balanced with just the right amount of crosstalk. Each character has a very unique voice which is helpful for listeners (especially because David and Jonathan are twins and have similar voices).

Sophie plays Valeska Carter, the Human * Cleric. "Valeska is a young woman in search of answers. Like, compulsively."* I quickly fell in love with Val, an exhausted nerd who can never have enough notes and organization. If you're the kind of person who is always rescuing animals, you will love her too. 

Steve plays Selv Asterlin, the Dragonborn Monk. "Selv’s years at his town’s icy mountain monastery has trained not just his body, but also his mind and emotions. The large dragonborn seeks to be a peacemaker in conflicts, exuding strength, calm and serenity while straying away from violence and lethal force when possible."* But don't be fooled, Selv is often one for the occasional good prank, and I always appreciate Steve's references even when the rest of the group don't understand them. (I got you Steve) 

David plays Kascorin "Kass" Brightmane, the Dwarven Warlock. "Tomorrow (Kass leaves) this city for the Golden Tree adventuring guild, and in leaving this city, (He leaves his) friends, (his) family, and (his) comfortable life behind."* Kass is very grounded, serious, and focused, until he runs into tasty dried meats. Kass has all the charm of a warlock and the grit of a soldier. 

Jonathan plays Checkers, the Gung Druid, with his trusty pals Mango and Junior. "Joining the Golden Tree adventuring guild on a dare, Checkers and his frog pal Mango are here to prove that it’s better to find your own path than to follow someone else’s. After all, where’s the fun in looking before you leap?"* Checkers is a lot like the characters I personally play. Someone who doesn't stand around for too much planning and prefers to "leap" into action. In my very humble opinion, every group needs an instigator. 

I have also come to really admire the level of trust and respect the group has for one another. They handle both wonderful whimsical beats as well as solemn moments with great care (Episode 108 was magnificent.)

*Quoted from the official Reckless Attack website. You can find this and more at their website www.recklessattack.com. (Be aware, reading the available character sheets may contain spoilers)

About the World

Ryxia is built on a world where long ago, the Gods walked among mortals, but one day they left. As if in consequence, magic in this world seems to ebb and flow, and monsters roam the wilds. Until, the "second of Ryxia’s twin suns disappeared from the sky, the Ultragiants appeared, and the Pentarchy’s great capital city of Narhasur was turned into a smoldering crater." *

You can think of the Ultra Giants as the Titans of this world, being elemental and colossal. These Ultra Giants terrorized mortals until one day, the mortals managed to kill one " wielding their city’s Object of Focus… The object was destroyed, as was much of the army. But strangely, within days, the Ultragiants no longer stalked Ryxia."*

As the mortals re-emerged, they started to rebuild despite the incredible amount of monsters who now roam the lands. 

*Quoted from the official Reckless Attack website. You can find this and more at their website www.recklessattack.com. (Be aware, reading the available character sheets may contain spoilers)

Extras

Aside from the main campaign Nathan has his own series called Reckless A-Talk. This series Nathan or others on the team interview incredible people from all over the TTRPG space. Nathan's style of interviewing is mostly allowing his guest to speak more than he does, followed by the wonderful lightning round questions. I highly recommend listening to these (as a little treat) if you are interested in learning other perspectives and other aspects of the industry. 

Bonus one shots are another part of Reckless Attack, allowing the players to take the reigns.  They serve as fun filler for when you just can't wait for the next episode to drop. 

And if that's still not enough content for you, you can always subscribe to their Patreon for even more content, including the very relaxed Reckless A-Snack.

TLDR

High Fantasy world rebuilding the world after mortals were nearly wiped out.

Listeners will get a good feel of the world within the first 14 episodes. (IMO, the pacing starts to pick up after Episode 14)

Here are "Tale Til Now," recap episodes for those who want to catch up faster. (Episodes 1-14, 14-42, 42-66, 67-84)

Non Player Characters are larger than life, with clear motives and personalities.

The Dungeon Master and Players share a lot of world building and you can feel the love and trust they have for each other.

Recommended listening at 1.3x-1.5x speed if you are one of those people (you know who you are).

Find more details about the world and characters at www.recklessattack.com.

Lots of extra content for those who just need more, including; interviews, one-shots run by the players, and patreon bonus content. https://www.patreon.com/recklessattack/home

Do you have ideas or suggestions? Please feel free to comment!

Special thanks to Artax of Who's Taking Watch for helping with editing!

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