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Neil Banging Out the Tunes (2023)

Air-dry clay over foil and wire armature, EVA foam, acrylic paint, paint marker

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literally once received an email from an almost disturbingly gracious student in which she apologized for "challenging" me earlier that day in class. had to write back like "I cannot think of one single thing you did that could fit that description, but actually you should challenge me more. call me out. call me a little bitch."

paraphrasing, but you get it.

To: [email protected] Subject: CLASS3290 Question

are you mad at me

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I think one of my favorite DnD Things is when random rolls become retroactive Lore/Quirks for the character. Not even as a DM ruling, I mean something the whole table adopts organically, whether seriously or as a running joke.

A paladin I DMd for failing every single perception roll turned into him canonically needing glasses and not realizing it.

A combination of failed perception checks and concentration saves becoming a character having ADHD and that getting worked into the acting.

My gnome barbarian with low intimidation rolls despite doing/saying some actually terrifying things suddenly having a voice that cracks like the "WHEN WILL YOU LEARN?! WHEN WILL YOU LEARN?! THAT YOUR ACTIONS!! HAVE CONSEQUENCES!!" kid when he shouts.

Or my favorite, my tabaxi artificer, Gus, comedically failing every religion check when it comes to praying so now it's a whole plot point that gods literally do not perceive him.

(Yes this is an invitation to reply or tell me in the tags if you've had any canon-altering rolls like this I love PC stories)

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Aspen Greaves, put in so many situations they need a café au, they need a what if nothing went wrong au, but most of all they need a fucking break

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Best types of old American country folk songs

1. what a marvellous horse!

2. prison is bad

3. I’m Pete Seeger join a union

4. let me tell you about a man I knew who was really really big

5. Wife.

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the weird thing is, when I view my job as some sort of background extra it becomes much more palatable. people go to a library and see me shelving a stack of books in my cardigan and glasses (now with glasses chain!) and they go "yeah, that's exactly right. that's how it's supposed to be in a library." and for some reason, that's comforting? the work is whatever, and the customers are customers, but sometimes it feels like I'm being paid just to make sure this places looks right, and I find that very fun.

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Breq is underrated as fictional AIs go because her solution to ‘all powerful space empire ruined my life’ was: gun

#imperial radch

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ive hacked it

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moral injury is not uniquely isolating but it's isolating in its own unique way. feels like most people only know how to respond to another person's moral injury with "you're right, you're an asshole" or "you're wrong, what you did was justified". where is the fucking nuance. i want "you fucked up, but there needs to be a way forward for you, so what now? you still get to keep trying to be good"

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Oh TREE

where's my ASSSSS

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i was looking around the cage for my fourth rat until...

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Doyle Canon: This is Dr. John Watson. He has managed to have multiple love affairs on three different continents. He is a love machine. A sex god, if you will. Able to woo multiple Victorian ladies.

80% of Sherlock Holmes Adaptations: This is Dr. John Watson. He looks like a hamster.

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I started a new disco game and he wasnt there. Straight up just didnt exist.

King??????? Where are you