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@maryallenc

call me mary // 24 // she/her // i have unwritten stories with detailed original characters and vague plots | this is gonna be a fanblog one way or another probably most likely—aaaand yep it's happened // critrole | d20 | ttrpg | d&d | bg3 | monsterhearts | khr | some more misc anime and manga | fe3h | dbh | mdzs | iwtv | ff7 | batfam | misc comics/tv series/movies | that one specific character in that one franchise and nobody else (hawks from mha, v from mystic messenger, caleb from love and deepspace, xenk yendar from dndhat, etc.)

I see a lot of nobles out here who think "Well I have a 10,000 square foot castle, surely that's enough space for a knight." WRONG. Knights are WORKING BREEDS, they need to go on regular quests to prove their fealty and come home horribly wounded. I have seen SO MANY adopted knights DESPONDENT because their liege keeps them cooped up in a castle and won't let them go on quests. If you want an armored warrior who will be happy in your castle you need to get a castellan. They're closely related to the knight breed but adapted to the castle environment.

Cooping them up too long is actually how you end up with 60 to 70 thousand dead geese when they finally get out again.

PEASANTS! WE'RE HANDLING THIS!

Caleb jumping in when Nott's giving Fjord shit is so funny to me mostly because like. He literally likes Fjord. Is the thing. It's not like he doesn't like Fjord. She clearly just Activates Something inside of him.

Caleb most of the time: Fjord is a dear companion to me. And one of my closest friends.

Caleb as soon as Nott starts telling Fjord he's a loser and an orphan or whatever:

Human relationships are not transactional but they are reciprocal, which I think many of you with your ‘i don’t owe anyone anything’ shtick are too happy to forget

Transactional: everything has to be exactly 50/50 all the time, pay me back for the £5 sandwich or buy me something worth exactly £5, I refuse to make an effort for you if there’s nothing in it for me

Reciprocal: you were there for me when I needed help, and I’m going to do the same for you, it doesn’t matter if one of us needs more or is capable of less, because the point is not equivalent exchange but mutual care

"I'm lying to you but this sentence is technically the truth without context" is such a good trope. Like yes the way that I am spinning these words forms a lie but if you squint I'm actually not lying.

I've been in an evil mood for hours and I just discovered there was a piece of glitter stuck in my contact lens so I'm going to assume it was that the whole time and now the curse has been lifted.

yeah it was the eye glitter. I'm fine now.

What in the fuck did you possibly do to get hit with the modern day “shard of magical ice in eye that freezes your soul and makes you unable to recognize joy” curse? Like come back here that is literally how the fairytale goes, WHAT happened to you

Cast in a rock opera about vampires that is set in the 80s. There's a lot of glitter.

the performance of KoTher'ai is so incredible because it's about how art can deliver truth so powerful it literally bends space and time. and it's about how communities connect and rebuild after horrific trauma, and how theater and spoken word can be a tool for remembrance and for mourning and for celebration. and it's about how stories can be universal and connect people across cultures. and it's about how every act of resistance matters, even if it fails. it always matters to fight for a better world. it always matters to try to be good. and it's about the ways we honor our dead by telling their stories. and it's about the way we see the past informing how we act in the future. and it's about hope. and it's about the fundamentally human (orcish) act of storytelling. and it's about how prop battles are super fun.