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i love this boss design :^)

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“he would not fucking say that!” then put him in a situation that makes him say it, we wanna see him squirm

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This one is arguably very personal because I have no idea if other aros feel the same – but I've seen too many stories about a character being rejected where the person doing the rejecting is (accidentally or not) implied to be some sort of "bad guy" or "the one who has it easier", so I guess I had an itch to show my side.

Aromantic people and alloromantic people have such different views on what "true love" is that it's not about one or the other being "in the wrong" – it's just one big compatibility issue. All I can say is – as an aromantic, being confessed to romantically IS what leaves me heartbroken, for such reasons. Hopefully there will be a broader understanding of this in the future.

#aromantic #it's challenging when you view romantic feelings as a potential complication that comes up midway through a relationship... #only to find out that the only reason they got close to you is because they had romantic feelings for you right from the start. #I've called it a betrayal of trust before and I don't think I'm wrong.

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the worst part about having huge autistic fantasy worlds in your head is that it takes like 8 billion years to turn that into something substantial you can show people

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how many times do we have to say "acting like an autistic character wouldnt know about sex is weird" until it actually sinks in and people stop saying autistic characters wouldnt know about sex

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I..will give him a tentacle blade at some point. 

and it will go wrong in the best way.

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Different Stories Resonate with Different People

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Horny bard is cancelled. We’re bringing the dad bard to the table.

Bardic Inspiration? Because I believe in you, champ!

Vicious Mockery? It’s all dad jokes.

Seducing NPCs? Nope, we’re using Persuasion to get them to give you information you need, because “I’m not angry, I’m just disappointed.”

Jack of All Trades? Yeah, yer old dad knows a little bit about everything.

Song of Rest? It’s called “tucking you in and giving you a bedtime story.”

Be the one to split up party treasure and tell them that this is their allowance.

Mix up your game. Put your bard in a polo shirt and cargo shorts. Hit that party with some Big Dad Energy.

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inspired by the scariest words my dm has ever said to me and the subsequent coolest (AND SCARIEST) scene of my life

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I think if we all had infinite amount of time and resources, theatres would do some sort of "wrong answers only" production challenges, where the director and everybody involved goes out of their way to perform the play in a way where all the dialogue and cues are technically correct, but performed as incorrectly as possible. If the script simply says "they fight" and you know that these characters are supposed to have an epic dramatic battle of some sort - if we're talking Shakespeare, probably originally swordfighting, though modern adaptations have gone with everything from guns to kung fu - but instead you've got them both intensely nipping at each other with these:

The character who's supposed to die in this battle does, naturally, still die. By being somehow nipped to death.

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Absurdist time loop where a guy gets stuck in a time loop for absolutely no apparent reason and tries all this crazy shit and dies a bunch of times and completely reforms his life and then suddenly gets spat out the other side on a completely average loop with no idea what he did that finally fixed it and the answer is like. There was this one (1) ant that he kept stepping on every cycle without even noticing and he doesn’t notice on the last one either he just stopped for an extra three seconds bc he dropped something or whatever. And then didn’t step on the ant. Either the ant is a wizard or a wizard enchanted it to live forever just to see what would happen. The point is the man never knows about it. As far as this guy is aware time just stopped working for six months and then just as randomly started again. He can speak Portuguese and play the viola now.

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no more cold and calculating i want warm and calculating. i want characters who use deductive reasoning to figure out whether their friend would like a wool or cotton quilt based off of their lifestyle, career, hobbies, and habits. i want "your nails are often chipped because you work for a law firm as a typist for this company which notoriously underbudgets their IT department, so ive bought you a keyboard cover that will not only prevent manicure damage but is also sensory friendly because I know you dislike certain clicking noises". i want characters who figure out their friends entire schedules and social battery levels just by examining who only use that info to know when the best time is to hang out with them. i want characters who create elaborate, supervillain level schemes just to get their hands on some collectible they know their best friend wants. most of all i want characters who do not use intelligence and reasoning skills as a reason to be cruel but as a means to be kind

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A female dragonborn paladin with the noble background is the ultimate switch: she can be the knight, the princess or the dragon, as circumstances require.

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this may just be me going into overanalysis mode but i feel like the choreography of spellcasting can tell you so much about a magic user. a snap of the fingers, for example, implies confidence, even arrogance, while hands thrust out and straining to the fingertips suggests desperation, throwing one's whole body into the spell as though hoping the physical effort will make a difference. rapid, jerky body language tells you that a spellcaster is passionate and reckless, while graceful, fluid movements demonstrate calm and concentration. some magic users may choose to stomp their feet or clap their hands when casting, channeling power through percussive motion, whilst others may see magic as a tool separate from the self, and focus it through objects like a wand or staff. a new spellcaster just coming into their power may be tentative and slow, but a practiced study of magic will be able to rely on muscle memory to guide them.

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The trope I appreciate very much

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‘there’s no platonic explanation for this’

buddy you wouldn’t believe what kind of platonic explanations im capable of

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Being polyam is FR like "I'm not aro/ace but I believe in their beliefs"

#aromantic