#etc etc this is just how I'm interpreting it

[prokopetz]

I'm asking you because I've seen people ask you similar questions before. Why are kobolds, as a fantasy creature, so nebulous?

Generally when people say orc, goblin, elf, dwarf, werewolf, vampire etc. a person can have a pretty solid idea of what traits that animal will have. I guess because they're usually copying that species from the same similar source works?

What happened to kobolds? I used to know them as a kind of german folklore creature, but then also as a short lizard person, and most recently there's been Dungeon Meshi, which gives the name kobold to anthropomorphic dogs.

Well, the trick is that none of these terms have a standard definition. In folklore, the words "elf", "dwarf", "gnome", "troll", "goblin", "pixie", etc. are used more or less interchangeably – all of these words might refer to the exact same folkloric critter, and conversely, the same word might be used to refer to several completely different folkloric critters, even within the same body of regional folklore, to say nothing of how their usage varies across different regions and over time.

Literally the only reason any of these terms have "standard" definitions in modern popular culture is because one specific piece of media got mega-popular and everybody copied it. For example, Tolkien is responsible not only for the popular media stereotypes of elves and dwarves: he's responsible for popularising the idea that "elf" and "dwarf" are separate kinds of creatures to begin with. Similarly, while Bram Stoker's Dracula isn't solely responsible for cementing the idea of what a vampire is in popular culture, it did standardise what vampire magic can do, and it helped cement the idea that a "vampire" and a "werewolf" are different beasties, which hasn't always been the case.

So the short answer is that there's just never been a mega-popular work about "kobolds" to provide a standard template for the type. Most modern depictions in Anglophone popular culture ultimately point back to the interpretation set forth by Dungeons & Dragons, but D&D itself has gone back and forth on the whether they're tiny dog-people or tiny lizard-people, with the tiny dog-person version being the earlier of the two, so even folks who are directly cribbing from D&D will vary on this point depending on which particular edition they're name-checking.

#media #tropes #folklore #popular culture #kobolds #gaming #tabletop roleplaying #tabletop rpgs #dungeons & dragons #d&d

[max1461]

This has mostly disappeared from my corner of the internet over the last few years, but it used to be the case that every once in a while some story would go around about a corporation or a government doing some fucked up shit in pursuit of their self-interest, and people in the comments and reblogs would act utterly aghast that said government or corporation would do such a thing.

This was always baffling to me, and I have only ever been able to interpret it as a sign of profound naivety. Of course, I too think it is awful, sad, and unjust when people are exploited, killed, abused or so on by the institutions of our society. But "aghastness" is not synonymous with these things, to be aghast is to be (or present yourself as) in some sense surprised. And surprise is wholly unwarranted here.

I suppose this is part of my worldview that feels very fundamental, it feels deeply obvious, and I struggle to figure out how to talk productively with people who did not get the memo: exploitation and abuse of others in pursuit of self-interest is in some sense the natural behavior of agents in any kind of competitive context. It requires a lot of effort and coordination to mitigate this behavior. We do not feel "aghast" when someone is bitten by a dog. Dogs bite people, idiot! And corporations exploit their workers, lie, cheat, and steal, unless you work very hard to prevent them from doing so. And governments exploit and neglect their citizens, and go to war and kill and maim, unless you work very hard to prevent them from doing so. Individual humans, as members of a social species for which cooperation is paramount to survival, have quite a lot of specific programming whose purpose seems to be to discourage us from doing these things (empathy, loyalty, etc. etc.), and yet very often we still do them!

I have relatives who have a hard time believing in US atrocities abroad, on the grounds that "Americans are the good guys, and the US just wouldn't do that". This is very stupid! Do you think the US got where it is today without cracking some eggs? Bullshit. There's never been a government or a military in the history of humanity that "just wouldn't do that". I sometimes see posts on here from tankies, defending Chinese or Soviet atrocities on the grounds that these things must be Western propaganda, a socialist government just wouldn't do that. Again, I find this so obviously false as to be essentially beneath engaging with. We don't live in a just world! Often, a very effective strategy for achieving whatever it is you're trying to achieve will involve treating people like shit. It is what it is.

I'm not trying to play defense for injustice here. Obviously I think we should do as much as we can to prevent these abuses. But I think that doing so must start with basic recognition of the following: it is the nature of institutions—being as competition between them is essentially unavoidable, and being as their decision processes are unavoidably removed from the face-to-face social context which is so load-bearing in motivating respectful treatment between individual humans—to abuse people in pursuit of their (perceived) self-interest. This behavior is mundane and expected. It can be mitigated in various ways, ideological and structural, but it will probably always be with us to some degree. To look at it and express shock in any capacity suggests a completely misguided understanding of how the world works.

This is the first and most important thing I ever learned about politics or society.

#society

[olderthannetfic]

Since we've been on the same topic for quite some time, here's a new one:

I've only recently noticed this, but it seems that whenever there's a trans character in fics, they're either pre-op or it's just never mentioned and left up to reader interpretation (both in SFW and NSFW content)

I'm sure it's not always the case, but it seems to be the norm - for transmasc characters anyway, I'm not sure about transfems since I don't read nearly as many fics where that's discussed, but I imagine it's the same there.

I'm just wondering why that is. Maybe it's simply to avoid getting things wrong if the author themself doesn't know absolutely everything about how it all works, or cause a lot of trans headcanons are a bit of a self-insert and they simply write the character as being in a similar stage in their transition as them, I don't know.

It is a bit of a pet peeve, though. I get that a lot of the time, dysphoria and other trans struggles are an important part of the story, but you can depict that with a post-op character too, maybe just in slightly less obvious ways, and there's a lot of other things you could explore with that, too

From characters finally feeling at home in their body, to disappointment about lingering insecurities or dysphoria even after doing going through all that effort and doing everything they were 'supposed to', not to mention how well you could use that to add interest to sex scenes (for example it's their first time since getting surgery and now they get to explore a whole new world of sensations with their love interest, etc etc)

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I assume it's for self-inserty or personal experience reasons, yeah.

[aroaceleovaldez]

do you have any hunters of artemis headcanons? like what do you think a day in the life is like for them? any customs or traditions? or any interesting ocs?

My primary headcanons for the Hunters are a.) Artemis' retinue in mythology has bird nymphs so. bird nymphs. bird nymphs are in there somewhere. and b.) I completely revamp the oath stuff and their dynamic in general because canon handles it extremely poorly, retcons it poorly, and I don't like the vibe.

The version I go with is that Hunters can be any age, species, gender identity, whatever, just as long as they're okay and comfortable that they will probably be referred to femininely a lot of the time. The Hunt is not just young women, and not even predominantly young women, it's a very diverse mix. And that the Hunt does not explicitly forbid relationships, it only forbids relationships if they are distracting and pose a danger to any hunters (i.e. don't be kissing in the line of fire of the arrows), and explicitly forbids having children while under the oath.

The reason for this being that Artemis is protector of youth, women, and a goddess of childbirth, and in her mythology usually the thing she gets pissed about is her Hunters hiding a baby from her - which makes sense! That's one of her aspects! It's kind of dangerous for a pregnant person to be running around in the woods with a bunch of hunting equipment, or to have an infant in that environment. So my interpretation is the specific thing she is getting upset about is her Hunters endangering themselves and/or a youth, cause that essentially spits in the face of what Artemis represents. If they wanna have a kid they're welcome to leave and come back once the kid is old enough (which is what I interpret Jo & Emmie's leaving the Hunt to be - they just wanted to raise a kid). Also there's myths that imply the Hunters may have relationships between themselves so I like to give room for that. And there's a good couple of myths about male Hunters of Artemis so I hate that canon just gives a blanket statement "no" on that one and is so weird about it.

I don't have many interesting ocs for them yet (I'm working on that - I have like fffffour? Hunter ocs right now I think? My goal is to make at least 10) besides thinking about bird nymph huntresses. And as for customs/daily routine, I haven't thought about it much. I mostly just presume training, hiking, camping stuff, following trails and etc, taking care of the wolves/dogs and hunting birds, all that jazz. I do think a lot about how they have hunting birds though and want the fandom to do more with that. Where's Thalia with a pet falconry eagle.

#pjo #riordanverse #hunters of artemis #headcanon #headcanons #ask #Anonymous

[tibtew]

*clutching head* rodya and meursault would have such a good dynamic actually

I wonder if rodya would initially see meursault's indifference as like. a simpler version of her own feigned carefreeness and as a deliberate attempt to place himself as an outsider... only to realise that No, he really Is just Like That. and then she gets annoyed because it turns out that people who don't care about anything don't seem to be any fun.

(ofc he does actually care about a lot of things, just not necessarily his grander place in the world lol)

idk. nihilism vs absurdism. fun duo 👍 rodya would find meursault's genuine comfort with being a speck of dust in the universe baffling, while he would probably find her desire to assert her own importance pointless, but they could probably bond over little things like their shared desire to live in the present and appreciation of/indulgence in earthly joys. and meursault would probably listen if rodya wants to rant about anything without asking any uncomfortable questions. I think they could appreciate each other's presence.

#slamming my conspiracy board #listen it's not my fault meursault vibes with literally the entire female cast #rodya enjoyers help me out here please I haven't read crime and punishment am I talking out of my ass #I just think it'd be kind of interesting if like. rodya kills someone for a very specific reason (to assert herself as special) #while meursault kills someone for seemingly no good reason #but because of time place circumstance etc #meursault is the one made out to be the outsider to society #while rodya goes unacknowledged and all her motives backfire #like I'm not saying that meursault has Exactly what rodya wants or anything #but I think he Does possess a level of guiltlessness that she was trying to achieve through her self-confidence #also I find it interesting how pride is like. a big thing for both of them #like they both have excessive belief in themselves and their own abilities. in rodya it manifests as self-confidence or I guess. an ego #while in meursault it's more about. a belief in his own interpretation of the world rather than himself as a person? I hope that makes sens #also they both reject collectivist ideas which is. fun #neither of them perform to what a society would expect from them but for rodya it's an active effort to assert her individuality #while meursault just Doesn't Get societal conventions from the get-go unless they're explained to him #I think they also both tend to project a lot 💀 meursault expects his own indifference from others while rodya projects her own #experiences onto others' and makes assumptions based on that before knowing the full details #txt #limbus company #I feel too embarrassed to add more specific tags ngl 💀 💀 💀 #lcb meursault #lcb rodion #lcb rodya #nvm. feelings of cringe are for Losers I am Strong

[scandalousadventures]

A thought I had about Pathologic 2 Eva Yan is that she's a physical reflection of the player character's motivations and narrative throughline. This is only a thought (I hesitate to say Theory. You get it) insofar as only Haruspex is out, but with news of Bachelor approaching is worth considering. Pathologic Classic HD Eva is a Utopian, reflective of Bachelor. She remains a Utopian for all three routes, unchanging from an ideological standpoint. In Pathologic 2 Haruspex route, however, she's wildly different; perhaps the character with the biggest redesign, visual and ideologically. But her personality is the same. She's airheaded, spiritual, and incredibly naive. In Pathologic 2 Haruspex, now consider her a reflection of Artemy. Not a friend, but a parallel; a manifestation of his narrative strapping itself to Eva. That leads her to appropriating his culture, donning a facsimile of what herb brides wear and dancing among them despite being wholly and fundamentally at odds with their way of life. But she will not back down, forever determined to join them. She will die in the nocturnal ending, of course. She's not immune. But she's not a tabula rasa. She's not reflecting Artemy's motivations one-to-one, but steeped through what is fundamentally Eva. She's reflecting not only him and his route, but on an in-game AND narrative level, the racism of the town. She's a white lady after all, and there's no nonracist way a white lady can reflect the Indigenous traditions and culture of the Kin. Seeing a glimpse of her redesign for Bachelor route makes me interested in seeing her portrayal in his part. I think she will be different than her portrayal in P2 Haruspex route, and instead be more similar to her Classic HD characterization; rewritten into a reflection of the Bachelor's goals and his story's throughline. I think she will be an earnest sycophant towards him, dreamy and romantic about the capital, or perhaps about death itself. That's certainly in line with her characterization in Classic HD. And then, in a thousand years, we would see how she's portrayed in Changeling's route as a reflection of her ideology. Pathologic 2 Eva is a character not only doomed by the narrative but sculpted by it too. Sculpted by the motivations and ideologies of the PC. On a story level she's a woman who once an idea forms in her head, will follow it to its conclusion without a second thought, dreamy yet adamant in her procession. She embodies the soul of the cathedral, embodies the Utopian ideal! Just as she embodies the holistic methods of the Haruspex, for better or worse. I've spoken of Eva on many different levels of meta here. I don't think it will "be confirmed" in the upcoming P2 Bachelor route that she is wholly shaped by each narrative, but I think it would be interesting if they explore her this way. I would, anyhow.

#Ah! Eva Yan meta analysis- the reason I play pathologic. Or one of them at least. She's my favourite #I hope I've articulated this adequately. I'd love to hear your thoughts #I've a distaste for ''theory'' style discussion. I'd rather discuss interpretation and symbology. Story as story. Etc. Media analysis baby! #So I hope this does not come across as theorycrafting or discussing ''secret meaning'' a la idk. mascot horror #Just portrayal and potential. I'm interested in seeing how it goes #pathologic #eva yan

[icewindandboringhorror]

examining a seemingly normal image only to slowly realize the clear signs of AI generated art.... i know what you are... you cannot hide your true nature from me... go back where you came from... out of my sight with haste, wretched and vile husk

#BEGONE!!! *wizard beam blast leaving a black smoking crater in the middle of the tumblr dashboard* #I think another downside to everyone doing everything on phone apps on shitty tiny screens nowadays is the inability to really see details #of an image and thus its easier to share BLATANTLY fake things like.. even 'good' ai art has pretty obvious tells at this point #but especially MOST of it is not even 'good' and will have details that are clearly off or lines that dont make sense/uneven (like the imag #of a house interior and in the corner there's a cabinet and it has handles as if it has doors that open but there #are no actual doors visible. or both handles are slightly different shapes. So much stuff that looks 'normal' at first glance #but then you can clearly tell it's just added details with no intention or thought behind it. a pattern that starts and then just abruptly #doesn't go anywhere. etc. etc. ) #the same thing with how YEARS ago when I followed more fashion type blogs on tumblr and 'colored hair' was a cool ''''New Thing''' instead #of being the norm now basically. and people would share photos of like ombre hair designs and stuff that were CLEARLY photoshop like #you could LITERally see the coloring outside of the lines. blurs of color that extend past the hair line to the rest of the image #or etc. But people would just share them regardless and comment like 'omg i wish I could do this to my hair!' or 'hair goallzzzz!! i #wonder what salon they went to !!' which would make me want to scream and correct them everytime ( i did not lol) #hhhhhhggh... literally view the image on anything close to a full sized screen and You Will SEe #I don't know why it's such a pet peeve of mine. I think just as always I'm obsessed with the reality and truth of things. most of the thing #that annoy me most about people are situations in which people are misinterpreting/misunderstanding how something works or having a misconc #eption about somehting thats easily provable as false or etc. etc. Even if it's harmless for some random woman on facebook to believe that #this AI generated image of a cat shaped coffee machine is actually a real product she could buy somewhere ... I still urgently #wish I could be like 'IT IS ALL AN ILLUSION. YOU SEE???? ITS NOT REALL!!!!! AAAAA' hjhjnj #Like those AI shoes that went around for a while with 1000000s of comments like 'omg LOVE these where can i get them!?' and it's like YOU #CANT!!! YOU CANT GET THEM!!! THEY DONT EXIST!!! THE EYELETS DONT EVEN LINE UP THE SHOES DONT EVEN #MATCH THE PATTERNS ARE GIBBERISH!! HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE THEY ARE NOT REAL!??!!' *sobbing in the rain like in some drama movie* #Sorry I'm a pedantic hater who loves truth and accuracy of interpretation and collecting information lol #I think moreso the lacking of context? Like for example I find the enneagram interesting but I nearly ALWAYS preface any talking about it #with ''and I know this is not scientifically accurate it's just an interesting system humans invented to classify ourselve and our traits #and I find it sociologically fascinating the same way I find religion fascinating'. If someone presented personality typing information wit #out that sort of context or was purporting that enneagram types are like 100% solid scientific truth and people should be classified by the #unquestionaingly in daily life or something then.. yeah fuck that. If these images had like disclaimers BIG in the image description somewh #re like 'this is not a real thing it's just an AI generated image I made up' then fine. I still largely disagree with the ethics behind AI #art but at least it's informed. It's the fact that people just post images w/o context or beleive a falsehood about it.. then its aAAAAAA

[the-darklings]

hii love! since u are so open and kind to answer any questions regarded to tibyim, i have one! feels like it was kinda obvious, but what was meant to be said in this part?

On your lengthy trek back to Hob’s flat, he asks, “Have you ever…?”

A gnawing pain ricochets through your chest. “Yeah.”

Hob appears crushed at your strangled admission, his voice gentle and kind, “Okay.”

hope this ask will reach u, since i bet u get quite a lot of them!! thank u so much and good good luck and lots of adoration<3

Pretty sure at least 1/4 of the messages I've gotten since part 9 dropped have all been about this moment.

And all I will say about it is: it's purposeful. Purposeful in its fragmented shortness. Purposeful in the very potent heaviness emitting from essentially three lines in over 8k chapter. I know what I intended to say with it (and I think certain people reading it will be able to as well, just based on emotions portrayed here alone), but I like to leave it up to reader interpretation.

In a similar manner, I have never outlined (or plan outline) the exacts of why Wanderer was cursed. You will get more information on the curse, and the individuals involved, but the exact details I like to leave up to you. That's mainly because I love the idea of each reader coming up with their own explanations, meaning that each version of Wanderer is just slightly different and unique. Very fitting to the actual character and the lore surrounding them.

#you know how everyone tells a story slightly differently? focusing on different aspects more or using different words etc #that energy #but also yeah. if you scrutinise that exchange a lil more and think about wanderer's life..... yeah. #hope you don't mind the half answer but in all honestly I don't enjoy telling you beat for beat every detail #i think storytelling is personal and i love seeing people taking away different things from the text <3 #making that room for personal interpretation. #you guys are also smart af and I don't enjoy treating readers like they can't put two and two together #because you do that and then give me analysis so through I'm just vibrating in my seat from delight because !!!!!!!!! #asks #fic: today i bury you in me

[epitheta]

⠀ > M5 - 01 - 2022

tell // watch // hear

#[is.png] #[2022] #[cf.tom.zip] #[g.tom] #[p.tom] #[l.tom] #|| > you can tell I'm really enjoying my brainrot right. yep! #hmm. how do you think they actually would have been as proper cards? assuming they were viable - and not in the state that they were when #seen in ACT-2 (e.g. not obscuring the numbers with goo. not unable to have a sigil/be deemed useless as a playing card. no values AT ALL.) #anyways. it was a mess trying to interpret what the junior sage orange mage blue mage etc etc was #the blue mage wasn't even... I couldn't find a proper screenshot of its model at all 😭❔ #interesting though! since they all have the same hat in act-2 and goobs (I assume was who was in the intro for mags) was donned in purple? #funny though. go tell the master -> he was watching right? -> HEAR ME!!! I'M READY!!!!!!!!!!! #(paraphrased but you get the point...) #there's also [rightful place / highest honor / ???] #at that point wiz doesn't really actually mention anything about being one of mags's cards -- just says what their test was #I'm mumbling. ending the tags here LOL man this is fun to work with #I'm having a veeery normal one </3 #in which. do you think that they'd still retain such qualities? augh. the whole.. goo thing... impalement... etc etc... I guess it'd #necessitate a whole other AU for it huh?

[arsonist-chicken]

I think my university should pay me for emotional damages for having to write a thesis exposé. To the amount of whatever I need to go on a short trip to Helsinki to recharge from this bs and to get a tattoo and a coffin full of Fazer chocolates.

#i've been in the library since 6pm or so and have not gotten a single letter done #because i genuinely Do Not Know what to write about this #i don't WANT to write a thesis; having to write a thesis will be my last straw to a break-down if that terminography seminar doesn't do it #and i don't get the point of a thesis anyway. no one but me and my advisor and maybe two examinors will read it #i'll not bring forth any important new knowledge to use #even if i did magically discover some groundbreaking new way to teach second languages - which is not the focus of my paper #like i wanted because the head of institute said no - it would still mean nothing because no one's gonna read it anyway #i'm literally just some rando with subpar grades and papers and motivation and dedication to my studies except for the classes i like #and feel like i'm actually learning something important #which is another point: I'm studying translation and interpreting. I'll do a final translation exam in both language directions. #why is that not enough for a degree? it's literally what I study. i couldn't give less of a shit about scientific theories about translatio #yes you should hear about them sometime and it can be useful. but i don't give a single fuck about research etc. #i want to translate and subtitle and maybe at some point interpret. and add a second language besides english because well #the job market but also very importantly my own interests #can't take the swedish course because it interferes with another class; can take a ukrainian class but it's very low-level #can't take a polish or bosnian or serbian or croatian class because they only have higher levels right now #could take a chinese or japanese class but it's... a lecture? with 40+ people in it? how are you supposed to learn a language from a lectur #tried a portuguese class once but the teacher was absolutely awful. nice but so bad at teaching. #and every now and then i think maybe i should learn how to teach a language to someone because oh my GOD would i love to help people #coming here to learn german in ways they'll actually use and see them improve and help them be excited about learning! #or go somewhere else and teach german maybe while also learning the language of the country i'm in #and i thought maybe writing a thesis about second language acquisition and teaching would be a nice way to find out how interested #i am in that actually. but no. my topic now is... hold on. hmmm. #man i'M not even sure. i submitted something and my advisor wrote me an email with a different suggestion for the title #and idk what i'm supposed to write about. not saying the depression isn't playing a role too but damn am i not excited about this #which is. a great start to writing a thesis when 90% of your work ethic comes from being excited about something or interested init #'The preparation of translation-oriented language competence at school using the example of English lessons at Austrian High Schools' #ah yes. someone help me write an exposé about that. #i don't know how and what to include and I don't want to either #come onnnnnn two days ago being at the library helped at least a little bit but now i've been here 3+ hours and i've got nothing

[anghraine]

Not to way-overthink this or anything, but I feel like D&D alignment works best in terms of temperament rather than necessarily conduct. This is especially the case for the Lawful<-->Neutral<-->Chaotic axis.

It's interesting because I think this is generally accepted for the Evil alignments. It's really common to characterize Lawful Evil, say, with the example of a villain who may not care about specific regions' literal laws, but who generally adheres to a strict, clearly defined code of some kind that they're genuinely committed to and don't want to stray from.

Even if they end up in a situation where they have to choose between forwarding their evil plots or sticking to their code, and even if they reluctantly choose evil over the code, they're still essentially Lawful by disposition. It's wanting to follow The Rules (even if The Rules are self-imposed rather than societal structures) that aligns them with Law.

On the flip side, a Neutral Good character might end up following external rule systems because those particular rules don't get in the way of their moral purpose, or might sometimes even advance it, but not because they've actually internalized the rules or care all that much about them. It may be coincidental, or a matter of convenience. That doesn't make them Lawful. But if they're forced to choose between moral vision and personal or societal rules, they'd choose their morals without qualms—it's barely even a choice, really.

Even a Chaotic character doesn't morph into Lawful every time they happen to obey a law that isn't in their way. It's their temperament that is basically antagonistic towards Law, but that doesn't have to mean Chaotic Stupid in behavior.

Often, though, the idea that Lawful Evil can be evil with a strict personal code doesn't extend to Lawful Good having the capacity for good+a strict personal code, rather than outwards adherence to external laws and rules. But a Lawful Good character can do their damnedest to stick to a strict system of rules and order, even if nobody else agrees with them about it, and even if they consider specific external systems illegitimate. Not every revolutionary is Chaotic or even Neutral, and not every rule-abiding citizen of a corrupt government is truly Lawful.

I think there's also the idea that a Lawful Good character has to choose law (whether literal or a smaller-scale rule system) over morality when push comes to shove, or they're not truly Lawful, while this is typically not the case for Lawful Evil. But Lawful characters don't have to always pick the Lawful option when forced to choose, and aren't any more definitionally Lawful Stupid than Chaotic characters are Chaotic Stupid. A Lawful Good character is no less good than they are lawful.

In my last campaign, I got away with playing a Lawful Good warlock who refused to lie unless mind-controlled, but was willing to kill if she considered it just, or in the service of building a more just social order. At one point she calmly told her human bff's flawed love interest that if he did wrong by her friend again, justice would find him. He turned out to also be a Lawful Good warlock and actually respected her more for this, both because of her loyalty to her friend and her commitment to justice, and he ended up as a lifelong bro to my character ("lifelong" being 130 more years, so their relationship as surrogate siblings actually survived her bff/his wife by a very long time).

At another point, my character defended her friend's pursuit of vengeance against a colonizer as fundamentally just and likely a net good for the world, and therefore morally acceptable. The DM (rightly IMO, obviously) considered this consistent with her Lawful Good alignment and actually gave me inspiration for handling it in what he considered an interesting way. Lawful doesn't have to be this one size fits all characters box.

#long post #alignment #anghraine babbles #anghraine's gaming #i was thinking about how tumblr fandoms characterize every other character as chaotic #in part because of the fad for describing almost everything that way #but also in part (i suspect) because they find it a more interesting and appealing interpretation #which. okay. but as someone who does see characters as lawful or neutral more readily #it's like ... luke is chaotic faramir is chaotic elizabeth bennet is chaotic etc etc #i'm just like ... not all characters with the capacity for independent thought are chaotic #it's okay they're still cool

[queerbrujas]

:/

#finding 'IF style' writing rather jarring after months of not reading any tbh #it's the overexplanation that feels a bit weird #not letting readers infer things or remember things on their own and insisting on pointing them out #and not letting readers interpret characters' tone and actions but having to explain them #i know 'IF style' means very little because each writer has their own style etc etc #but i definitely feel like the medium birthed some Conventions #like how when people say a book 'reads like fanfiction' yknow #and this isn't like One particular IF it's an issue in general i feel #i promise i'm not being a hater or saying anyone's writing is bad i'm just rereading something and having issues i didn't have before #silv.txt

[buried-in-stardust]

I really didn't think I would be spending so much time on research when I started this blog... Why do I insist on posting about things I don't know

#blu speaks #bro i don't know shit #instead i spend hours reading different articles and then realising most of that isn't that relevant to the post #rn i'm reading about how much a 'liang' etc would've been when a recipe was written #just to add a note in my next post #maybe i should stick to posting about modern stuff for now #all this is interesting but i just spent a while reading about an ancient incense recipe #and how ppl have interpreted it's ingredients and steps

[lcerys]

constantly. thinking about the naming of the three velaryon brothers actually ['laenor's wish to name the child joffrey was overruled by his father, lord corlys. instead the child was given a traditional velaryon name: jacaerys' & 'ser laenor was at last permitted to name a child after his fallen friend, ser joffrey lonmouth'] ( which ? the 'at least', read to me like laenor tried to name luke joffrey first and was denied as well, so corlys might have named him as well - and with how heavily luke uses his nickname ? he has no issues with the name lucerys, and he likes it well enough, but if it were chosen by corlys, as an 'appropriate' velaryon name, rather than rhaenyra or even laenor ? he likely would have seen it as something to use for introductions and formal settings only, when he was still young)

#headcanons › even if i'm the seed. even if i'm the sacrifice. #(obviously this is just. how i interpreted f&b - doesn't apply to anyone else etc etc) #tbh too though. i also still like the idea that everyone knows how to pronounce his nickname #whereas that doesn't always happen with his name so when he is young he insists on its usage unless he really dislikes someone #(which in turn is incredibly rare)

[themanwhomadeamonster]

this would be such a buzzkill thing to do and i won't do it anyway because it's impractical and That Sign Won't Stop Me Because I Can't Read but i feel such a need to add a "please don't be playfully rude with me if we're strangers" disclaimer on my art blog/posts from now on because several times already i can't tell if a rando is genuinely dissing me or if they're just trying to be sarcastic and funny but i don't know them enough to recognise that's their sense of humour

#why is this such an accepted thing to do. i don't know you. #also am fully aware of how impractical it would be to add this disclaimer bc ppl have different standards for what's rude or not etc #but like surely you can think to yourself 'will they interpret this as an insult because they don't know me' #idk. usually i'm ok with snarky comments on my art because i know tumblr is a snarky place and half the time i post joke stuff #but sometimes yall can be a bit much and i stop being able to tell lol and it doesn't help that i have the Misses Social Cues Disorder #i'm not saying i'm immune to missing the mark either but at some point even i would think oh that's just straight up mean #and if you DO have an issue with what i post why not just block me??

[tinogiehd]

shoot yourself

#okay yeah the one statement he's made that was “i guess I'm straight... i haven't really thought about it before” from three years ago #when he was put on the spot publicly on the spot by somebody paying him money to ask for a sexuality reveal #i just don't think it makes sense to prioritize that over every single time he's openly expressed attraction to men since then #and yes #dream counts #because people have a weird tendency to discount d.nf as a form of attraction because they write it off as pandering despite how different #is has become since the jackbox days or the days of ACTUAL pandering #I just think if you're measuring a three year old statement that occurred in a clearly uncomfortable situation against #him repeatedly dropping hints/making statements/etc. to contradict it knowing who his fans are and how they will interpret it #and that statement is coming out on top #then you're kinda the weirdo here #negative #aya asks