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brandytusk

MA THERE'S A WEIRD FUCKIN STRAY CAT OUTSIDE

vaatividya

New Video! “70 Hidden Secrets in Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro & Demon’s Souls”

https://youtu.be/YaexFDtAQko

elizaphrea

of course I bought the thing, its gunna go on my wall and be a center piece of my shrine to FromSoft games and Vaati

alexandriad

woman yelling at cat meme but make it ancient greek red figure pottery

heedra

I feel like the problem ppl have when constructing redemption arcs is people make 'the character realizes what they've done is wrong' the end step instead of like...one of the earliest ones. a satisfying redemption arc doesn't resolve when the character first feels sorry, it resolves when a character has really journeyed towards atonement and made enough change in themselves to achieve some kind of symbolic victory over who they used to be

darkgreyclouds

🎅🏻

moami

A cheese wizard - a fromage, if you so wish -,

yourplayersaidwhat

This has been my very first campaign where I’m the DM. My Mom and my brother are 2 of my players. Mom is fairly new to the game, but she loves it.

Me: You enter a clearing where an injured treant is being attacked by 6 swarms of rats.

My experienced players: Alright, save the treant, got it.

Mom: Um… is the treant a monster?

Me: … it is if you piss it off.

After the battle, where many rats have been skewered on pointy weapons:

Mom’s character: *rushes to the treant* Oh my goodness, are you alright?

Me: The treant bends down and stretches a knobby hand towards you. A beautiful pink lily blooms in its open palm.

The entire table: Awwwww :)

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aaryneli

I call this professional pettiness.

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agnesmontague

coldtongue

“you’re so polite!” thanks, I am afraid of you.

podencos

On Finding the Freedom to Rage Against Our Fathers, Minda Honey

imathers

[”That night, I began to understand that there’s a difference between someone actively trying to harm you and someone’s specific constellation of shortcomings being harmful to you.”]

pervocracy

child handling for the childless nurse

My current job has me working with children, which is kind of a weird shock after years in environments where a “young” patient is 40 years old. Here’s my impressions so far:

Birth - 1 year: Essentially a small cute animal. Handle accordingly; gently and affectionately, but relying heavily on the caregivers and with no real expectation of cooperation.

Age 1 - 2: Hates you. Hates you so much. You can smile, you can coo, you can attempt to soothe; they hate you anyway, because you’re a stranger and you’re scary and you’re touching them. There’s no winning this so just get it over with as quickly and non-traumatically as possible.

Age 3 - 5: Nervous around medical things, but possible to soothe. Easily upset, but also easily distracted from the thing that upset them. Smartphone cartoons and “who wants a sticker?!!?!?” are key management techniques.

Age 6 - 10: Really cool, actually. I did not realize kids were this cool. Around this age they tend to be fairly outgoing, and super curious and eager to learn. Absolutely do not babytalk; instead, flatter them with how grown-up they are, teach them some Fun Gross Medical Facts, and introduce potentially frightening experiences with “hey, you want to see something really cool?”

Age 11 - 14: Extremely variable. Can be very childish or very mature, or rapidly switch from one mode to the other. At this point you can almost treat them as an adult, just… a really sensitive and unpredictable adult. Do not, under any circumstances, offer stickers. (But they might grab one out of the bin anyway.)

Age 15 - 18: Basically an adult with severely limited life experience. Treat as an adult who needs a little extra education with their care. Keep parents out of the room as much as possible, unless the kid wants them there. At this point you can go ahead and offer stickers again, because they’ll probably think it’s funny. And they’ll want one. Deep down, everyone wants a sticker.

mikkeneko

This is also a pretty excellent guide to writing kids of various ages

enjambament

Good guide. It is one of my biggest pet peeves when 6-10 year olds are all written like 3-4 year olds. Positively cringey. If in doubt err on the side of the kid being more mature than you expect.