biggest indicator of the hoes not being alright is that all isekai nowadays has gone from “ultimate power level super cool beam explosion harem fantasy” to shit like “in this new world i eat lots of delicious food and help people with minor problems and i feel incredibly fulfilled with a happy and peaceful life where the cold grip of capitalism cant touch me :)”
My album pick of the week is Bad Bunny's multiple-Spotify-record-breaking Un Verano Sin Ti. My favorites: "Me Porto Bonito," "Tití Me Preguntó," "El Apagón," "Ojitos Lindos," and "Me Fui de Vacaciones." Stream on Spotify.
"The Heart Part 5" - Kendrick Lamar
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"lowlife" - dvr, Kenny Beats
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"just 2 get hurt" - Riley Queer
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"Blue Sunday" - Citizen, Life in Your Glass World
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"High Alone" - Sevdaliza, Raving Dahlia
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"bug bite" - Fantasy Camp, long way home
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"Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)" - Arcade Fire, WE
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"Lullaby" - Grace Ives
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I think Ryne would have a kinda skewed sense of what's normal. Like, she may technically know what's "normal" for most people, but what's normal for her is way different. She's raised by two men who are both Weird, only one of which can even pretend to be normal (and like hell Thancred bothered with that while on the run with Ryne lol)
Ryne thinks that talking circles round pixies is common knowledge from her many stays in Il Mheg. It is not. She also thinks knowing how to and being able to stomach skinning and gutting animals for food is normal. It's certainly more common, but unless you're a hunter it absolutely does not come as easily. Being able to walk and run around quietly is something she technically knows is unusual, but since her company has mainly consisted of a professional spy and a man who barely leaves home she tends to forget that most people can't do that.
I can't come up with anymore atm but. Ryne should get to be just a little weird(er) I think
ooo fantasy au Poppy oooo there's so much empty space on this, it's killing me
rambles:
why is there lace? why does she have a neck corset? because she's Gorgeous and I'm the Artist Here. i will always inflict my personal tastes on everyone I draw. pretty bird <3
it's really difficult to put clothes on a bird... stream helped out a bunch with the colors & the leg gear! I imagine that the leather is durable, which is probably the only thing that gets her to traverse less Forgiving terrain. Thornbushes and itchy tallgrass can't hurt her! she's got "boots"! How Does She Secure Them, i hear no one ask. that's what neighbors are for, isn't it? and a skilled beak once she gets the swing of it.
her shawl remains largely the same due to my lack of imagination! i put a lil feather clasp instead of the shawl being tied together to give it a more fantasy-oriented look. i think i succeeded? i like to think so! i imagine that the clasp gives Poppy some stress, though. It's sharp! Ish. it's sharp by her standards!
Poppy's enchanted glasses allow her to "see" injuries and illness, both caused by magical & normal means. this is very helpful in her role as healer, but also extremely stressful - just because she can see issues doesn't mean she automatically knows what they are! to her, a papercut may be misinterpreted by the beginnings of a fatal infection! i like to think that she got tired of needing to hold the glasses in place over her beak and asked if there was a charm to keep them steady. and they confidently had their resident wizard spell them on - oops! the spell was a little too strong! they're now magically superglued on! yeah, those are never coming off.
she also has a magic bag that i imagine was a gift from her family when she left the nest! she'd never directly use it herself - what if she falls in? what if something nasty managed to crawl inside? - but the Neighborhood uses it as collective storage. it can hold a lot! supplies, books, tents, gold, even Julie when she's determined enough!
This scene could be taken straight out of one of the DnD games I ran when I worked at a LARP camp. I ran games for kids age 8-16 ish (not at the same time, that's just the complete range), and they really are this chaotic. Sometimes you just have to go, "no, that's not gonna happen my dude."
From the trying to supercede the rules with spells, to the non-sequiter bits in the side, to the one player that wants to take things seriously being annoyed, this is a perfect encapsulation of DnD chaos at the table - imo.
And it all ending in, "Vultures, yea or nea?" Classic LARP camp.