#definitely role play

[shaniacsboogara]

liking dnd is so funny because yeah you play the actual game sometimes but mostly you just think about the game and watch other people play the game and slowly go insane thinking about how much you wish you could play the game and hoping that buying more shiny rocks will fix everything

#dnd #dungeons and dragons #not going through something rn wdym haha... #i am FINE i have DEFINITELY played at least once in the last seven weeks #i am also definitely not the scheduling person in my group i am not stressed that no one has time for dnd apparently #i'm fine i just started another critical role campaign im fine im so stable #*screaming* #it provides seratonin but WHEN IS IT MY TURN TO BE HAPPY TO ROLL MY LITTLE DICE FUCK #it's okay i just need to buy more dice #that will fix me

[robot-roadtrip-rants]

A guy on grimdank posted this:

And I am struck silent at the galaxy brain thinking here. They're actually off on some points--I wouldn't describe Fulgrim or the Emperor's Children as jack-of-all-trades types, for one--but I see where they're coming from. They do have similar ideas, though they come at them from very different directions. Not to mention, I bet a diplomat like Fulgrim would be able to handle and see beyond that icy politeness that Guilliman tends to default to, and I think Guilliman would really appreciate that. They'd have some pretty spectacular fights--they're both very proud men, even by Primarch standards imo--but they'd also have moments where they vibe really hard together and feed off of each other's ideas. Damn I want this AU so bad.

#warhammer 40k #fulgrim #roboute guilliman #my interest in both definitely doesn't play a role here

[milquetoad]

of the many injustices put forth toward the show by fans i think the most overall damaging and telling of a complete lack of critical viewership is the idea that sam riegel builds his characters with nothing more than the bit in mind. like you are only telling on yourself if you think characters like scanlan shorthalt and veth brennato are one-dimensional and depthless

#if im being exTREMEly generous i can maybe understand this view of scanlan if you started c1 and then gave up 30 episodes later #he played the long game with him more than any other and a lot of his growth could be looked at as shallow if you DIDNT watch til the payoff #but any time this opinion is used as a blanket over all of his characters including tary and even FCG.. like be serious #i mean at this point im definitely biased bc he is my favorite player at the table. However. that wasnt always the case #and even when i was myself writing some character choices off i NEVER applied that to the characters themselves. how can you?? #seen sooo many ppl criticize him for making veth an alcoholic or scanlan irreverent & hedonistic as tho it’s only possible #to play these traits as shallow jokes or at best played out satire…. and then the same person will turn around #and praise how percy was built to be pompous & superior and jester immature & self-centered and caleb steeped in self-effacing hubris #why are these characters and their players given a near universal acceptance of nuance and acknowledgement of growth & healing #but SAMS CHARACTERS ARE NOT!!!! #this turned into such a rant but it bothers me SO much. everyone at the cr table is so goddamned talented #and takes the game as seriously as it deserves #so many more points i could argue but this is already so goddamn long no one is reading this far. i love sam and all of his characters <333 #critical role #sam riegel #scanlan shorthalt #veth brennato #my posts

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

If a ghost says it, you have to do it.

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #If you squint hard enough you can tell when this one was 'supposed' to come out. #comic break aside - It is nice to have a good buffer again! #did anyone else play around with spirits at sleepovers or hangout with your friends/cousins/siblings? #I had many a night in a dark forest with a cloak and flashlight (candles not allowed) #someone always takes the role of 'I am the sensitive spirit medium and you have to do as the ghost says' #in yunmeng sibling terms that was probably wwx. JYL went with it for fun but JC absolutely believed it and *loathed* it #Anyways. When you're the prankster you definitely get sensitive for people trying to pull the same tricks on you. #I think LWJ absolutely would be cheeky enough to pull a 'ghost said so' on WWX or the juniors #But not when he's on the clock. Work comes first and he's not going to play around. #He'd opt to play his guqin on the porch while he waits for wwx to come home and when wwx compliments his song he'd be like: #“Actually it was the spirit haunting the place. It says we have to kiss for it to be appeased” #and of course wwx is like “damn if the ghost says so I gotta.” because they area awful like that

[ofswordsandpens]

I think the show is very clearly planning on having Luke only ever view Annabeth as a younger sibling which has me smiling, grinning, jumping for joy, but I think they may also be getting rid of Annabeth's crush on him??? Which is just??

#again im so worried they're girl bossing annabeth #Luke spoke to her and I was expecting annabeth to have a specific kind of reaction to it but she didn't #but maybe it was just this one instance? and we'll see it moving forward? #her crush oh him in the book was so funny and very sweet #I'll be sad if they just discard it #also as @beckendorph mentioned it definitely plays a key role in him manipulating her and her struggling to recognize it

[iris-drawing-stuff]

I made more Mikoto Danganronpa sprites + 1 Fuuta. Some people suggested Ultimate Graphic Designer for Mikoto, which seems more appropriate for him (he literally has a graphic on his shirt). Since Ultimates are at the top of their field, Mikoto must have been so proud of himself (he probably has that independent company he dreamed of). It's so sad that he's in the killing game prison now.

I saw candyckirby's post suggesting what Ultimates everyone would have, and I think they're all interesting choices. I think Fuuta would specifically be the Ultimate Gaming Influencer, and the rest of the Dark Triad would be the other influencers he makes content with. He still does his cyberbullying on the side.

I feel like if Mikoto were to become blackened, his situation would probably be that someone plotted to kill him and John killed them to protect him. I just have this image in my head of John being so distressed when he gets exposed because Mikoto is going to die. He's not concerned about himself, only Mikoto, and he desperately pleads with everyone that it shouldn't count because Mikoto himself didn't do the murder. Jackalope isn't convinced, so he gets executed anyway.

#milgram #milgram fanart #mikoto kayano #fuuta kajiyama #iris draws #danganronpa au #honestly i'd probably just make mikoto a survivor because i like him too much to kill him #he's definitely the main suspect for at least one murder though #being accused causes enough stress for john to front but he's terrible at being convincing and accidentally makes mikoto seem more guilty #do you think kotoko would play the not mastermind antagonist role #i think she would do pretty well at it #i also made some sprites for john :)

[doedipus]

I really love how guilty gear kind of threw out all these oddball genderfuck characters 20 years ago and is now circling back to follow up on them in completely genuine and thoughtful ways

#thanks for everything ishiwatari san <3 #like Bridget was one of THE iconic gnc characters from the 2000s #and definitely played a role in me realizing that gender wasn't something totally concrete #so it's super cool to see her again and have the gender thing be taken 100% seriously and not just played off as a joke or whatever

[wildstar25]

MiqoMarch Day 28 - Adventure

O, what great adventure awaits beyond that horizon?

#miqomarch #miqomarch 2024 #ffxiv #miqo'te #ffxiv gpose #WOL posting #Arsay Nun #arsay's dawntrail fit UvU #its still slightly a work in progress #I want to add the wayfarers necklace to it so arsay can have a tripled necklace look #but it would involve setting up a texture file from scratch to get everything in there #so im waiting until 7.0 to launch to see if the pagos and uraeus stuff gets a texture update right away #kinda hoping the base shirt gets an update on launch so the metal details match the shorts #but its not the end of the world if it doesnt #Arsay is very excited to see tural!! #definitely sad that g'raha isnt coming with and she was a bit of a baby about that at first #but they chatted and everything is fine #just praying shtola and graha show up together since they'd be leaving from the same place :) #idk what will happen character arc wise but i think arsay is focusing more taking in every bit of the journey she can #even the not so fun stuff!! #of course she will still gladly be the hero if people need her to be but im hoping she plays more of a support role to some extent

[utilitycaster]

one of the most interesting reveals this episode is that arguably Ashton's approach to the titans is closest to FCG's approach to the Changebringer - jumping in without a lot of information based on a desired lifeline or connection - except FCG went about it, ultimately, in a much more careful way that was perhaps irritating to some of the people around them, but was never actually harmful to themself or others.

#it is actually fascinating to me that like #rather like how ashton and beau are very similar #ashton is also similar in highly specific ways to imogen and to fcg #and it's not that you can't like one and not the other...but i think if you do it's definitely a case of slicing off elements to fit a mold #or more bluntly; playing favorites and fanonizing away what makes you uncomfortable #critical role spoilers #also as always it's really telling when people go to the titans or the betrayers or the fey or whatever as the true powers #instead of championing like. humanism.

[sciderman]

(Idk if someone asked this already) since we’re on the topic of gender

sci what is gender to you and how do you see it in you and how you express it in your art?? (Just a young queer artist who wants some light shined upon them 🥺)

i 'unno ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#gender is soup #sci speaks #i'm so sorry i know you might hope for something profound but... i think when i'm put on the spot like this i can't say anything really #i think whatever i am is definitely pervasive in everything i write #but like.. gender means something different to wade than it does for peter. #just like it'll be different for everybody. we make different associations based on our experiences and our trauma. #like.. wade associates femininity with love. because of his mother. associates masculinity with violence. because of his father. #peter associates masculinity with responsibility. because of uncle ben. associates femininity with confidence. because of aunt may. #i think there's all kinds of reasons why we choose to present the way we do. and what gender means to us. #just like we'll associate a colour with something. or a smell with a memory. it's complicated. #i don't think i'm some kind of expert on gender things but... i just find it interesting to explore. the psychology of it. #i don't think it's supernatural. it doesn't come from nowhere. but it should be a playground. #i don't think anyone in this world should be restricted to a certain role to play. i want to try all the roles and see how it fits. #see how well i can play them. #maybe because i haven't found one that quite fits. so i want the opportunity to try whatever i can. see what feels right. #i think it would be fun to be a wife. i think it would be fun to be a husband. i think it would be fun to be a firefighter. i think it wo #shrugs. different outfits for every day. different roles to play. #today i'd like to try... #i think it's like kids learning how to be adults by playing pretend. by playing roles. #i'm learning more about myself and other people and fitting into the world by trying on different roles. #kids playing house. you be the mom. i'll be the dad. yadda yadda. #i still feel like a bit of a kid who hasn't figured out how to be an adult yet. so i'm still trying out roles to see what fits.

[totalspiffage]

Not to flaunt my gender but I love being a dude that looks like a girl when I'm a guy actually also. I love having a full chest and an alto voice and being a man at the same time. I love my identity as it contrasts and aligns with how I'm perceived by others.

#I'm occasionally frustrated that i am not ever called a man but i know what I am #i doubt I'll ever get to play many male roles and that fills me with grief but #it's just grief i will carry with my own understanding of what i am #boygirl girlboy with a loose definition of gender #gender shit #personal shit #you can rb just this is my post make your own if you're gonna argue with my experience

[queenlucythevaliant]

Also for the record, the whole White Witch-enchanted food thing still would have worked regardless of when the story was set. Kids like sweets, especially magic ones that symbolize temptation. The WW2 sugar rationing is not the pivotal element here

#the ww2 aspect of narnia is interesting flavor but like. it's not really essential #lots of books are inextricably linked to their historical contexts such that they can't be properly understood without them #i honestly don't think lww is one of them #the turn of the century setting of mn is far far more important to the story proper than ww2 is for lww #bc of the role it plays in genre and the influence of lewis's childhood on the story #the evacuation of london has one (1) essential story function: it gets the kids into a strange country house and away from their parents #you'll notice it gets dropped entirely in subsequent books #it's very interesting set dressing and definitely cool to play with #but narnia is not at its heart a ww2 story #if anything it's a ww1 story #narnia #idk why but I'm feeling very salty today

[the-descolada]

frankly biggest under-discussed overlap between baru in masquerade and harrow in tlt is a protagonist who people somehow see as femme because they have a love interest who more people see as butch, despite both characters being...either very fucking butch too or just not fitting into those categories precisely

hell, baru being butch in a very specific way in terms of sexual dynamics she likes playing into is a major fucking plot point!

#baru cormorant #the locked tomb #i'm not exactly invested in whether harrow is definitively butch or not but she's decidedly not playing into any ideal of femininity #and that's pretty clearly either on purpose or to an extent that's identical in result through lack of caring to idk man #baru is Butch butch like she's the butchest character in literally both of these books #tain hu meanwhile honestly I couldn't say i'm not sure she really plays into that role? not really my jam to say for sure or not #gideon is gideon that's obvious #tain hu also has like. you can read the whole book assuming she's a trans woman and it will never contradict you and i knew someone who #literally did that

[silvyavan]

Public Service Announcement

Charlotte and Yami are beauty and the beast, yes, but it is CHARLOTTE who is the BEAST. She is the one who is cursed, and the one who causes an incident from said curse, and the one dependent on roses, and the one who is saved in the last minute by the beauty through understanding her.

Yami is the beauty, the man with a head as dense as a brick and tits as thick as pound cake. Put some respect in his name and stop making him the beast when he is, in fact, the beauty.

#black clover #black clover manga #this is the psa because i have beef with much of bc shipping both twitter and tumblr sphere wise #but nowhere near as bad as how ive seen the racist stereotypes play into yamichar #yami is not the beast i beg yall crack open a classical reading of beauty and the beast #charlotte is in fact the beast and if you cant admit it then i seriously need you to reread the series #she is the definition of petty and unhinged white woman and yami gets a pass because charlotte sees that he dgaf about her status or beauty #this is the gospel i preach and i beg yall to take a step back and wonder why yall are so ready to put the immigrant guy in the beast role #when Charlotte is the one who fits it thematically #charlotte roselei #yami sukehiro #yamichar #silv writes

[alvindraperzzz]

One thing I want to see explored more in both canon and fandom is Cassie’s relationship with Diana’s mission.

Cassie is a powerhouse. She’s a fighter. She’s aggressive, and loves kicking butt and taking down villains who deserve it. She’s been that way from her earliest appearances, and it never really changed, all the way through the end of preboot. That may be fine for most superhero characters, but it’s a constant that just doesn’t really make sense for a protege and disciple of Diana of Themyscira, who has a mission, ideals, and an approach to heroism that differs from most. I can’t think of a single plot line that explores Cassie’s relationship to Amazonian ideals, and how they (should) affect her work as a hero.

What are those ideals? What is Diana’s mission?

The specifics tend to change between eras, writers, and reboots, but Diana’s mission is to bring peace and justice to man’s world. That’s pretty vague, and broad, and Diana is canonically often distracted from it by crimefighting and superhuman threats (which, fair, hard to teach peace when some megalomaniac is tearing up a city).

“The superheroes of this planet and beyond… their mission is to avenge, to protect, to police. Mine is different. My mission is to teach, to learn, to serve. Hippolyta preached, as I and all Amazons believe, that with understanding and respect all things are bearable, believable, and possible.”

In its simplest explanation, Diana’s mission is one of peace and equality. She’s an ambassador, bringing Amazonian forms of diplomacy and social structure to man’s world, and creating reform through education, opportunity, and service.

“I am trained as a warrior, Barbara, but I am trained also to think of those skills as a last resort. There is no human conflict which cannot be served better with words than with the sword.”

Her greatest tools are not her lasso or gauntlets, but reason and compassion. Violent force is her last resort; while her use of violence varies by writer, that was a recurring trait for the best WW writers.

“We have a saying, my people. Don’t kill if you can wound, don’t wound if you can subdue, don’t subdue if you can pacify, and don’t raise your hand at all until you’ve first extended it.” —Wonder Woman, Vol. 3, No. 25

Diana may utilize violence when the situation calls for it, but her objective first and foremost is peace. Before violence, no matter what they do to her or what they’ve done in the past, she reaches out. She tries reaching people through conversation, treating enemies and ordinary people alike with kindness, respect, and empathy. Love without discrimination. Redemption and transformation over punishment. 

Cassie adores Diana. She believes in her, and shares many traits. She absolutely believes in helping people, and that protecting another is worth her life. But she’s also inclined toward holding grudges, and often has a very black and white perspective on good guys and bad guys. She has compassion in spades, but has a difficult time putting herself in other people’s shoes. She was always gung-ho for a fight, but after Donna’s death, and the string of losses that follow, she grows increasingly angry and unforgiving in both her heroic and personal life.

I want Cassie to argue with Diana’s nonviolent principles. I want her to struggle with understanding and incorporating this pacifistic view, when violence is so ingrained into her own view of superheroes.

I want her to grapple with Diana’s teachings, and be at war with herself because a bad guy might deserve punishment in her eyes, but that isn’t always the right path to justice.

I want Cassie to act as a diplomat.

I want her to talk villains down, instead of punch first, ask questions later.

In that Titans storyline where she visits Alcatraz and sees the terrible conditions there, I want her to say, “What the fuck is this?” And force a prison reform.

I want her joining Diana on outreach efforts, advocating as Diana does for education and equality, and acting as her liaison.

Just. Stories about Cassie dealing with the teachings of her mentor and the Amazons, whether it’s enacting those teachings or coming into conflict with them.

#cassie sandsmark #diana of themyscira #she’s a brute force kinda gal and that’s great but it shouldn’t be that way every time #I know it’s probably a difficult thing to work into superhero comics #considering how much action and fight scenes play a role #But good writers managed a fine balance of Diana’s views and her handling of conflict #don’t ask me where those screenshots are from I forgot #the second one is definitely byrne’s run bc that’s his art style #I need a tag for my Cassie meta #this is my third or fourth big post on her #talking about cassie #cassandra sandsmark

[bisexuallsokka]

'divorced zukka is toxic' 'divorced zukka is unnecessary angst' you fundamentally misunderstand the entire concept i cant help you <3

#i get it they are in love but also. IT IS SO MUCH MORE NUANCED THAN THAT BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT ROLE THEY PLAY IN A POST WAR WORLD #wouldnt it be so funny if we started real discourse over this? #oh you think this ship that has been living in my head for four years deserves to be happy? JUMP OFF A CLIFF FR #jk anyway it is very clear which divorced zukka dislikers dont even know what its about they just see the phrase and make assumptions #but peace n luv <3 <3 <3 <3 it is definitely not for everyone #divorced zukka