uhh!! things to talk abt .... hm u could assign bugs . to characters/ppl u like , or what's the last wikipedia page u remmeber opening ? is there any movie adaptations u like better than the source material ?
last wikipedia page Well yesterday i went on a grand tour of the entire 'types of pasta' wikipedia page and ended up on a wonderful journey reading full wikipedia pages of such things as 'macaroni and cheese' 'macaroni' (the pasta shape) 'gnocchi' 'su filindeu' 'Barilla (company)' 'passatelli' 'comfort food' 'cascatelli' 'capellini' 'spaghetti' 'spaghetti alla chitarra' 'linguini' and such things. for example did you know that in 1983 a car designer invented a new shape of pasta shaped like an S with a little circle in it designed for Maximum efficiency (sauce absorbance, eye catching etc) and it had like a crazy fanccy launch but it failed miserably because the company barely sold it anywhere and also it cooked badly because the shape was too weird it was called marille
as for movie adaptations umm the only one i can think of off the top of my head rn is httyd. im sure there are at least a couple others but i cant think of any atm
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Find Out Your Ceresian Senator Name!
(made with love, the d20 gang put a lot of work into diversifying character names, & as I was doing my etymology post I noticed similarities but no clear formula so I thought I’d write one for funsies)
First Name: The first letter of the street you grew up on (if you didn’t grow up on a street feel free to use a town/city name, or a landmark!).
I included alternates for gender reasons - a/o means the name can end with either a or o depending on your preference, e.g. Emilio vs Emilia. You can probably also throw an -e at the end of some of them if (like me) you wanna be a bit nonbinary about it.
A - Aurelius (Adria, Andrea)
B - Bianca (Bacchus, Basilla)
C - Cara (Cassius, Camila/o)
D - Dominic (Donatella/o, Daniela)
E - Emanuel (Emanuela, Emilia/o, Eduardo)
F - Francisco (Fabrizia/o, Fiero)
G - Giuseppe (Graciela, Gio)
H - Hercules (Hero, Hermes)
I - Ignazia/o (Imelda, Isabella)
J - Jupiter (Jiovanni, Juno)
K - Katarina (Kronos, Celeste)
L - Lorenzo (Luca, Loretta)
M - Marco (Messina, Manuela)
N - Nunzio (Natalia, Nico)
O - Oliverio (Ouranos, Roberta/o)
P - Patrizia/o (Paula/o, Pallas)
Q - Quirinus (Pietro, Ricarda/o)
R - Rizzo (Rafaela/Rafael, Renata)
S - Silvio (Sabina/e, Serafina/o)
T - Titian (Tullia/o, Terra)
U - Ulysses (Urania/Uranus, Rosetta)
V - Valentina/o (Venus, Vesta, Vesuvio)
W - Luigi (Mario, Rosalina)
X - Xanto (Romeo, Diana, Apollo)
Y - Ylenia (Saturn/Saturnus, Minerva)
Z - Zappa (Mars, Melete, Diana)
Last name: The last letter of your favorite food
A - Bucatini
B - Capellini
C - Bavette
D - Matriciani
E - Pappardelle
F - Scialatelli
G - Spaghettini
H - Tagliatelle
I - Trenetti
J - Vermicelli
K - Anelli
L - Cascatelli
M - Castellane
N - Cavatappi
O - Farfalle
P - Garganelli
Q - Passatelli
R - Paccheri
S - Rigatoni
T - Strozzapretti
U - Testaroli
V - Cannelloni
W - Agnolini
X - Cappaletti
Y - Fagottini
Z - Sacchettoni
Voila! Now just put “Senator” (or another Roman govt position if you want) in front of it. I’m Senator Andrea Trenetti!
I also did some optional funsies for those of us with dice we never get to use:
Roll 1d20
If it lands on a 1, you are straight up a loaf of bread. use the Bread Table under the cut
If it lands on a 2-10, you are a pasta dish. Use the last name chart for your first name, and use the Pasta Dish Table under the cut for your last
If you roll a nat 20, you are may choose b/w
a popular snack food. Use the Snack Table under the cut
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you can also use the first name chart and use the snack table for your last name if you want
a Ceresian folk deity. not a senator anymore, but arguably funnier. Use the Deity Table under the cut
otherwise, use tables above as normal.
In The Ravening War, all of the senators also got “tribune” titles like “Tribune of Triscutia” - if you want one of those, you can either:
Use the last name table but use first letter of your favorite food
Use either the Bread, Pasta Dish, or Snack table under the cut
Bread Table
Roll 1d12 or use your birth month
1. Panettone (you have a little Candian on your mother’s side of the family)
2. Muffuletta
3. Pane rustico
4. Panino
5. Pita
6. Tortano
7. Baguette
8. Ciambella
9. Fugassa
10. Friselle
11. Crescentina
12. Boule
Pasta Dish Table
Roll 1d20 or how many mozzarella sticks do you think you could eat in one sitting? (if you can’t eat mozzarella sticks imagine carrot sticks instead)
1. Arrabiatta
2. Amatriciana
3. Bolognese
4. Capresi
5. Bottarga
6. Indiavolati
7. Siracusani
8. Scarpariello
9. Boscaiola
10. Fagioli
11. Lucchesi
12. di Mare
13. Napoletana
14. Puttanesca
15. Ragu
16. Sorrentina
17. Tartufo
18. Valtellina
19. Zucca
20. Cacio-pepe
Snack Table
Roll 1d6, or rate the last movie you saw from 0-5 stars (or 1-6 if you don’t want to do math)
Tostito(s)
if you like you can also use Fritos or Dorito(s)
Chex (you can add a last name that describes the kind of Chex if you want)
Pepperidge (like Pepperidge farms)
Ritz
Kellogg (you can add a last name that describes the kind of Kellogg’s food item if you want)
General Mills
you can forgo the “Senator” title if you so chose and just be “General Mills”
the ancient Roman govt Ceresia is based on had a lot of interplay between the military and the government so like. Generals still have govt. sway.
you could also just be “Senator Mills”
Deity Table
Roll 1d6 or tbh just pick which one you like they’re all fun
you are now known as Ben the Original, but you have never forgotten your past life as Uncle Ben.
you are Little Miss Sunbeam, a maiden goddess of light and happiness
you are the Triple God, the Holy Trinity, and your aspects are Snap, Crackle, and Pop
you are a Keebler elf, one of a large family of forest spirits hidden deep in the mountains on the border of Candia and Ceresia
you are Umaemon, an otherworldly cat-like being with unknowable powers and dual aspects of both cat and human.
you are the Pillsbury Doughboy.
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I call this the B&C: bacon, basil, breadcrumbs, and cascatelli.
Served on a dinosaur plate from Target.
[ID: two photos; the first shows chopped bacon, basil, and roasted garlic in little piles on a cutting board. The second image shows a high rimmed plate meant for little kids, filled with curvy cascatelli pasta laminated with basil, bacon, and gold bread crumbs. ]
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