I’m gonna propose “I guess you haven’t read the silmarillion then :/” as a default response to anyone not understanding a reference to something obscure. even if it’s not remotely Tolkien related. I want to build up a perception that perhaps the sum total of human knowledge is contained in the silmarillion
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tumblr is the only place that im honest, how do you tell your instagram followers that you just saw a bird that changed your life? they are soulless on that app, they dont give a fuck
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Alex is so freakin innocent in Skeleton Key that it hurts!
But at the same time, he told himself, he might be reading too much into this. Crawley wasn’t asking him to infiltrate a foreign embassy or parachute into Iraq or anything remotely dangerous. He was being offered two weeks at Wimbledon. It was as simple as that. A chance to watch some tennis and—if he was unlucky—to spot someone trying to get their hands on the club silver. What could possibly go wrong?
I think this is the book that really marks a turning point in Alex's mental state, though.
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i'm so glad goncharov happened when it did, right before prolific public use of AI. that was pure honest gaslighting straight from the heart. real human whimsicality and trickery thru blood sweat and tears. we were a family. and we all gonched, together. you cant replicate that with any machine.
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leader of a trio of college kids waking past me at walmart: okay. mission number two, finding where the popcorn is.
his friend: wait, what was mission number one?
leader: fucking getting here, travis.
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Bring Me The Boss Hog
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covers for @bokunocalendar 💕
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Most tabletop RPGs don't bother to have a rule like "characters can't walk through walls." It is either implicit or prescribed through having a special ability that specifically allows one to do. Now, an RPG that specifically had a character option that stated "this character cannot walk through walls" would instantly reframe every other character in the game. If only a specific type of character has some limitation that we humans would assume to be self-explanatory, what the hell is the baseline in this game?
Games have implicit or explicit assumptions about their characters. In D&D it is assumed that characters can see, hear, speak, walk unassisted, and so on. These capabilities can be taken away but only through very specific rules interactions. A character's ability to see isn't marked until a player says that they would like to play a blind character.
I don't even know where I was going with this. This started out with me thinking about how funny it would be to make like a supplement for a game that features these really strange and specific abilities that suddenly change the assumptions of the game. Like, a supplement that has a creature with an ability like "Floorwalker: this creature can walk on floors." Because none of the other creatures in the game have that ability, it's now implicit that they can't walk on floors.
Anyway if anyone would like to help me salvage this post by saying something insightful go right ahead, I'm gonna go make some pasta.
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Which of these magical items would you rather own? You can't sell, trade, or rent it. Also it's 100% guaranteed that the item will never get lost or break.
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Honestly I wish we did get the final form Baron fight. We stan a creepy king.
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One of the best fantasy high episodes of all time. Everyone was firing on all cylinders for the whole runtime. I’m obsessed with these fresh combat mechanics. The way Lou committed 100% to getting possessed. The Zac gotcha moment. Emily’s “I’d like to roll.. a new character.” I was doubled over laughing non-stop. Plus the sequence of visions when Kristen communed with Cassandra (Aelwyn casting spells into the briefcase, Sandra Lynn caring for Lydia) genuinely warmed my heart.
It might not be a thicc ‘sode but that’s quality over quantity baby!
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quick gorgug from today's ep because jesus christ zac oyama
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my favorite creepy little skeleton boy* <333
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