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mighty nein memes part 7

mighty nein memes | vox machina memes

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more mighty nein text posts

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This is coming from a queer person who genuinely enjoys rules light systems, but I’ve noticed a trend in indie/queer ttrpgs I don’t really like, where rules light ttrpgs are associated with the indie/queer space, and rules heavy games are associated with the white male toxic gamer space. Now this is not the reason for this trend, nor intentional on the indie space’s part, but sometimes I sense an underlying subtext of “the queers and the women and the poc players will go play their 2D6 make believe, while only the enlightened white male gamers can understand the vast and complex systems.” And I hate that.

Now my guess as to why this divide happened (totally anecdotally mind you) is that a lot of queer/indie ttrpgs formed in opposition to the toxic gamer ttrpg spaces, kind of using those spaces as a “how not to” guide. And from my experience, those spaces tend to use rules as a means of exclusion.

It’s not just the power gamers or the rules lawyers or the people who play to win combat and not to tell a story. It’s that these types of people will make rules the most important part of play, and then use their detailed understanding of a complex rules system to make sure you cannot interact with the game like they can. You cannot challenge them on rules, and you cannot argue when they say you’ve done something wrong. If you do, you will get into a multi hour debate which you will inevitably lose, because they’re just stating rules as written. And if you understand the rules just as well as them- if not better- they somehow make the threshold of knowledge higher. Because your identity is not one accepted in the space, you will never understand their rules well enough to play on their level.

And yeah, that sucks. I’ve been there, it fucking sucks. And I’ve definitely felt the urge to abandon caring about the rules entirely because of these bad experiences. But that bad behavior is not inherent to play groups that care about the rules, it’s only inherent to bad ones. Rules are what makes the game, they’re an extension of the story and of the role play, they’re the foundation around which the story grows. Not everyone has fun with rules heavy games, I understand that, but I caring about the rules and making really good plays with them is not the dominion of toxic white gamer men. That’s for everyone.

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Caleb debating leaving was such a good character choice. Because it makes sense! He's just heard that the people they're going after slaughtered a good chunk of a village while kidnapping other members, and as he tells himself he has broader goals that he desperately wants to achieve, which he can't if he's killed in the process of this. As much as he might hate himself and what he's done, he doesn't want to die, if only because then his dream of changing what happened and bringing his parents back dies with him.

But in spite of himself he cares about these people. He was one of the first to suggest they had to go after Fjord, Yasha, and Jester and get them back. Even as he's telling himself none of the remaining members of the Nein can help him achieve his goals and they're all liabilities (Nott, Molly) at best and active threats (Beau) at worst, he still can't bring himself to do anything but sit there until the rest of the group wakes up. Because as prickly as he's been as and much as he's tried to hold the group at arm's length, he's become attached to them and can't make the leap of going off on his own again.

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Folks I'm going to be honest, while you should not spoil things on other people's posts and inboxes, when it comes to adaptations of works that have been out for years, the burden is on the person who didn't see/read the original to avoid spoilers. I still have wheel of time tags blocked despite not really keeping up on my read through of the books nor watching the last season of the show. Like, if someone says "I like Molly!" It's obviously inappropriate to be like HE'S GONNA DIE in their notes but if someone new to the show goes into the mollymauk tealeaf tag and gets spoiled that's on them. It's not weird to speculate on how a show will make adaptation choices in that show's tag; if you watch an adaptation and are spoiler averse it's on you to figure out how to handle that.

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Alright, as of now, I have contacted everyone who's filled out my zine form by some communication or another; if you submitted to the form and have not gotten an email, Discord friend request, DM, or ask from me, please either send me an ask (will be answered privately) or DM here, or try to fill out the form again and I will be in touch!

And if you haven't submitted, what are you waiting for? Join us at the wedding of the new age—but you only have until July 31st to RSVP!

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Laura: I only have one set of dice in front of me!

Travis:

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redemption arcs that double as tragedies!! you're a better person than you've ever been and you have nothing left to your name!!you have to rebuild yourself and your life from the ground up and you're smiling in the ashes!! you were devastated your life is ruined!!! nothing is ever going to be the same ever again you are never going to regain what you had you are never going to be free of the guilt you are never going to be able to go home there is nothing left for you!!! you are free you are more yourself than you've ever been!! fires help forests grow!!

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*Every* time there’s new Jester art it’s always “why is she so skinny/scrawny, it doesn’t match her stats” as if she has not always. Been. Drawn. That. Way.

This is not new, it has never been new. I don’t know what to tell people, this is what Laura wants her to look like. Why are people shocked that it’s consistent. We’re 7 years into this gang. That is her canon look.

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I am VERY excited about the teasers for The Mighty Nein animated, so in honour, all M9 art is currently on sale on my etsy for the next week! :D

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wait wait wait I just realized something about the mighty nein show-

JESTER MESSAGES ✨️SPLIT SCREEN✨️

WE MIGHT GET TO SEE HER IMPACT LIVE AND IN COLOR

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A side-by-side of the Mighty Nein animated designs next to the original Campaign 2 art by Ari

For literally no reason other than me wanting to have a way to look at everyone's Level 2 and adapted designs all at once

Bonus Essek:

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Liam really did come back, crit on all attacks, then died dramatically

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Travis, knowing that Matt hasn't gotten to him yet in this vision sequence and that he's specifically playing the Plagued by Visions character: [admonishing] No time for visions.

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The saving of Desperloch is SO cinematic. The sprint and the roaring obliteration of the Umbra hot on their heels and the explosive flare of the blessed branch creating the shield just in the nick of time. Delicious