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When a kid says they want to change the world, people are like "You Go, Buddy!"

When I, a transmutation wizard, say "I want to change the world"...

#I'm going to change the world! #Can't stop me cos I'm always moving #wizard posting #wizard #dnd wizard #dnd #joke

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"My day started as it always does: with barely a grain of desire for mass murder."

- an opening line I wrote recently that both makes me laugh and concerned for a character that *I am literally in control of*.

I choose where the story could go! But it could go anywhere....

#random thoughts #my writing #writing #writing prompt #writing problems

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An analogy for the enjoyment of the five nights at freddy's movie:

Ice cream! They only had one flavour at first: vanilla. People enjoyed it. They wanted more. One flavour after another was released, giving basic flavours like chocolate and strawberry. People added their own little things to it to make it more enjoyable! Chocolate chips! Sauces! They might argue that they were already a part of the ice cream, but it was them who put it there.

After years of work, something big and new comes along. Cookies and Cream. It was made with "fans of ice cream" in mind! A lot of people enjoyed it! Little inclusions of things they love in something they can injest. Then there are the people who complain about the difference. It doesn't have chocolate chips! It doesn't have strawberry sauce! They forget that *they were the ones who put it there in the first place*.

Theorising is fun, but there's no need to get mad when a conclusion you came to isn't what the creator has in mind.

Enjoy your ice cream. Enjoy your additions. Enjoy both.

#fnaf #fnaf movie #five nights at freddy's #theory #it makes me sad when people cant enjoy something just because its not exactly like another thing #like the books! #the books were originally so different from the games #i knew someone who found they couldn’t enjoy the books because they didnt follow the same story as the games #i loved the books because it was something new but with old characters who became more fleshed out #the difference could be this: #either expect it to be the same and become disappointed or try to be content with it being a parallel

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Casually adding "Alas!" at the beginning of a sentence, just for a touch of drama.

#random thoughts #neurodivergent #neurodivergent joy #alas! #alas! sometimes people think it is weird #but it's fun! #language #sometimes i get stuck saying the wird over and over again... #not the best... #but alas #such is the joy of life

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Weekend plans:

Scroll social media

Be reminded of a previous hyperfixation on puzzles

Buy a puzzle book

Hyperfocus on puzzles for ? hours

Realise it's 2am and collapse from exhaustion

#hyperfixation #random thoughts #puzzles #I spent hours decoding morse code #and translating latin phrases #and filling out sudoku #and a lot of note taking! #i had so much fun #so tired #neurodivergent #neurodivergent joy

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#was that a reference? #was that an IT Crowd reference? #if so good choice

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I could be happy!

I could be excited!

I could be loud!

Why am I not?

The judgement

#random thoughts #i want to feel better #i want to feel safe #i want to be myself #too many negative people #so much judgement for innocent joy #i love the colour of the sky! #i love the way people smile! #i want to give compliments #i want to laugh #but the ones i care most about do not seem to care about me #i want to be happy #but i am sad #thank you for coming to my ted talk #...yeah

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Analogy for the day:

Even though you're able to walk across hot coals, it does not automatically make it a pleasant experience.

- Sincerely, someone who is fed up of being pushed into new situations and expected to get along just fine.

Yes, I'm able to learn and adapt quickly, but it doesn't mean that the stress behind the mask is any further from exhausting.

#analogy for the day #i am tired #change #sudden change #i am too autistic for this #autism

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Different meanings for letters on the compass:

N - New place

S - Somewhere else

W - Wherever you've been

E - Everywhere else

#random thoughts #stupid thoughts #sleep thoughts #idk #im just tired

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It's time to let yourself truly feel.

Let yourself smile widely when something makes you happy. Shut your eyes and savour the warmth of the sun. Let your hand linger on soft materials. Hug yourself deep into the cosiness of heavy blankets. Greet the birds in the trees and the cats in the street. Dance to the music that makes you happy. Cry to the sounds that resonate deep within.

Whether or not you recognise it, you have been happy. You have been sad. You have been tense. You have been excited. You have been you. In most cases, there should be no harm to externally expressing that.

It's time to let yourself feel. Internally and externally.

#i had a good day today #i cried to music #a happy cry #i sat in a cafe #laughed when i accidentally got cream on my nose #i listened to live music #and tears welled up with the vibration of the strings of the cello #i smiled wide as i walked down the street #i let myself gaze at the clouds drifting by #i had a nice day

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magic system where “dark magic” and “light magic” are literal terms - dark magic consumes photons, making an area around the spell visibly darker, sometimes to an Extreme extent, and light magic releases photons.

because of this most dark mages tend to work in very brightly-lit areas (either artificial light or outside in the daytime) to fuel their spells and wear and use lightly coloured clothes and tools so that they’re easier to see in the dimness their spells create, whereas light mages wear heavy, sometimes leaden robes (depending on the work being done) and the magical equivalent of welding masks to protect themselves from what can be an extreme amount of light, and sometimes other kinds of electromagnet radiation!

needless to say this is incredibly confusing for anyone unfamiliar with the culture

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These folks watched a whole ass movie not realizing the main character was transgender and it was a 2 second kiss between men that made them lose their ever-loving minds.

It's amazing to me that if it weren't for those 2 seconds, many of these folks would have given this movie a 4 or 5 star review. But two seconds of the most vanilla, non-sexy, yet genuine and loving kiss somehow ruined every moment of enjoyment the previous 90 minutes brought them.

Imagine if they realized the trans allegory. I wish I had a way to tell them. I wish I had a way to make them realize they related to a trans character. That they rooted for them. That they accidentally empathized with a trans story.

This was a beautiful movie. In every sense. I really hope between this and Spider-Verse, we can have a moratorium on every 3D animated movie using this style of character design.

It's time to let go of the rubber toy look.

I love Toy Story, but its success kind of doomed 3D animation to never take any risks. I thought maybe it was just a limitation of the medium, and perhaps it was for a time... but after seeing Love Death + Robots and Arcane...

I realized they can make 3D animation look however the hell they want now.

The rubber people were just risk avoidance.

"That's what people are used to and so we're sticking with it."

But the real beauty of Nimona was the story. I won't spoil it but the plot is pretty much, "If you get to know a trans person, you probably won't hate them anymore."

Not knowing any trans people is one of the biggest factors in anti-trans bigotry. And so this movie uses allegory to let an audience get to know a trans person. And you get to experience someone slowly start to understand what it is to be trans from an outside perspective.

It's sad that will probably be lost on those folks above because all they will remember is the kiss. Seriously, it was such a harmless, mundane, blink-and-you-miss-it kiss. But I'm hoping that others will take the lesson of this movie to heart. That you should get to know people before you judge them.

Part of me does wish we could tell trans stories without allegory. That we could just have overt trans characters. But I think this is the best representation possible right now.

It's crazy that Supergirl was one of the bravest shows as far as modern trans representation. It wasn't an edgy HBO drama trying to push boundaries. It was a family-friendly superhero show and they were just like, "Here is a transgender woman with superpowers and it's fine." And I loved that it was part of the character but it wasn't all the character was. Though I think they just missed the manufactured "moral panic" window where that choice would have been extremely controversial causing boycotts of Warner Bros. and whatnot.

My only complaint about Nimona was a small penis joke. It went by very quickly and many may even miss it. But I was surprised to see it in this movie in particular. Especially since those jokes can have collateral damage toward trans folks. With all of the positive messages, wasting a joke on body shaming was a tad disappointing. I mean, it was a fairly lighthearted "Is it cold in here?" joke. I don't want to make it sound worse than it was. But it still registered on my Richter scale of things that bother me.

Anyway, I wholeheartedly give Nimona a 5 out of 5. It helped me understand my friends on a deeper level and it was warm and funny and entertaining. There was a scene at the end that was so beautiful and heart-wrenching and I was crying my eyes out. The animation and the symbolism and the acting were just so perfect.

It's a shame Disney tried to kill this movie. But I am so glad it was allowed to exist despite that.

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Looks almost like he's dead inside... But that's the animatronics.

Mike looks so tired and done with everything, someone get this man a blanket and hot chocolate 😭

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my brain just spat out what is simultaneously the best and worst potential end credit scene for fnaf

a bunch of cops are surveying the inside of the wreckage of freddy's. there's dead bodies. they're taking pictures. chatting amongst themselves. whatever. one guy in a detective style trenchcoat is standing off to the side. his back is to the camera. one of the cops breaks away and approaches the detective guy.

"so, what do you think happened here?"

"i'm not sure."

the entire audience freezes in horror as they realize. they know that voice. the camera pans around to face the guy, and slowly. matpat removes the sunglasses he's wearing indoors.

"but i have a theory."

smash cut to black. the theater collapses, killing me, in the audience, instantly--

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A friend and I are going to dress up smart! Suits! Professional! With the most neon purple shirts ever seen!

What’s the dress code for the FNAF movie?

I know for Barbie, general vibe is pretty pink, Princess, formal attire, make Barbie proud.

So what are we thinking for FNAF? I mean, we were told in 2015 we were getting a movie. This is a very big and serious thing.

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*to the tune of Hit Me Baby One More Time*

My sunburned neck

Is killing me

And

AAAAAAAA

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In the centre of a temple devoted to the patron of bards, there stands a tower. People flock to this structure when they've lost their way in life, hoping to get some ideas or just plain hope.

I call it...

The In-Spire! :D

#dnd #dnd pun #dnd worldbuilding #dnd homebrew #good puns #i love puns #dnd bard