random facts and cheese

[factsandcheese]

Evils

[factsandcheese]

The Golem, made by a wizard who wanted to make true life and prove it could be done. The Golem is a mobile space and whatever occupies that space is its body, living things are not overwritten however it can talk to them if they occupy their current body. Currently they are made of dirt and if you'd like you can give them one material change along with an accompanying story. it'll take some time to get a drawing of them because I'm not too great at drawing but I'll do my best and hope you decide to help write their story.

[writing-prompt-s]

You are Averageman—your strength, knowledge, and speed defines the global average. So, naturally, all the world’s governments collaborate to keep you reading, training, and learning nonstop. Because if you slack off… the whole world gets dumber and weaker with you.

[factsandcheese]

This is actually pretty similar to an idea I have in my head, someone who is always better than someone else, not the best, but they always run a little faster, know a little more, jump a little higher. Only by a small amount, however it cannot go below his natural capabilities.

[factsandcheese]

I'm a fucked up little guy with the wisdom of a sage and the life experience of a rat

[writing-prompt-s]

The Gods have assembled a party for a great task: The God of War sent the strongest warrior in the land. The Goddess of the Forest sent her wisest druid. The twin gods of song and wandrlust sent their most storied bard. And the god of Luck drew *your* name out of a hat.

[factsandcheese]

Despite this you are the unluckiest bastard in the world, still alive, you aren't instant death unlucky but just on the precipice of it. This is going to be one hell of a ride.

[writing-prompt-s]

The Gods have assembled a party for a great task: The God of War sent the strongest warrior in the land. The Goddess of the Forest sent her wisest druid. The twin gods of song and wandrlust sent their most storied bard. And the god of Luck drew *your* name out of a hat.

[cookiemonstor86]

You are screwed. You knew it the moment you saw a man made of shadow and a flash of gold out of the corner of your eye.

Gaining the attention of the Luck never ends well for mortals.

You froze in place as he appeared before you on the street, his gold coin rolling across his knuckles. It would do you no good to drop the food in your arms and run. Running away from a god just made things worse.

“Lucky mortal!” His voice slid over you like a wave of smoke. “I’ve chosen you to be my champion. In 3 days time, present yourself at my temple.”

You slightly bowed your head, trying to control your fear. No champion of Luck has ever returned to their families. It might not be a death sentence, but their luck always seemed to run out by the end of their journey. It was in every story.

“Please, choose someone else. I am the only one who can provide for my family. Without me, they will starve.” He chuckled lightly, clearly anticipating your refusal. “Your loved ones will have everything they need. My priests will take care of them, and they will be the luckiest people until they die.”

Your heart pounded in your chest. Somehow, that didn’t seem like a blessing. How long would their lives last? Would he cut them short in exchange for their good luck? Many people served the other gods willingly and freely. The blessings they bestowed were true and bountiful. But every blessing from Luck was a double edged sword. Your luck always ran out.

You decided to try your luck, betting everything on being his champion. “Please bless them with long and good lives.” Luck stayed silent for a beat while you remained bowed. The moment hung for an eternity, before you heard the whoosh of a coin being flipped.

Heart racing with fear, you glance up to watch that gold coin flip end over end, up and down, until he catches it and smoothly pins it on his hand. “Heads or tails mortal.” His smile is too bright, and it makes you so nervous you could throw up.

“Heads.”

He lifts his hand and you see your own face engraved in the coin. “Good fortune has smiled on you mortal. Your wish has been granted.” Luck extends the coin out to you. “Present this at the temple and they will know you are my champion.”

You take it gingerly, flipping it over in your hand. Tails is carved with Luck’s symbol, a single coin drifting in the wind. The winds of fate, and a single chance to change your luck. It’s unnerving to see your own face in Luck’s coin. Your fate is sealed now.

Luck vanishes with a gust of wind, leaving you alone on the road. You hurry home to your mother and sisters, who cry and wail when you tell them of your fate.

Mother scolds you for chancing a god to secure them a better future, but you can tell she is not too angry. She has been unable to walk long distances since the birth of your youngest sister. Father has not returned for many years, after he left to make his fortune in a distant city.

You are the only breadwinner this family has, but you have to believe Luck will keep his word. But gods are fickle things. And your family has never been one to trust the gods.

War will raise up strong warriors, but never sees the consequences of the destruction his battles leave behind. People who pray to him pray for strength and protection from the ravages of war will never have their prayers answered.

Forest’s Druids protect the flora and fauna, caring for it to make sure that it stays pristine. But they neglect the crops grown in the field. It isn’t part of their natural order. Those who pray to her for a good harvest go unheard.

Song and Wanderlust are feared most by mothers and wives. Wanderlust loves to sink her fingers into husbands and sons, taking them far away from their families. When you pray to her, you are praying for protection for those long gone and praying for those who remain to not go. Her twin Song bestows the gift of music and performance on his favored mortals. But the music consumes them. They must perform, they must sing, or they feel as though they will go mad.

And Luck. Luck is the most revered and feared of all. Because no matter who he blesses, their luck never holds. Not forever. People pray to Luck before tests, before journeys, before everything that involves chance. Yet it truly is random who he helps and who he doesn’t.

The everyday folk of the world see the gods as forces of good, even if they are somewhat fickle. But you see them for what they are. The die has been cast, and you are a player now.

[factsandcheese]

Read

[welcomedhappiness]

Farewell online privacy

[tikalgirl]

What happened?

[welcomedhappiness]

Trump happened.

[pizzaalle]

just get a VPN?

[earth-ruins]

You can’t just tell people to ‘get a VPN (Virtual Private Network)’. Buying a VPN is like buying a house. It’s very very important. Having no VPN or having a ‘wrong’ one can seriously damage your life. Especially for Americans because their privacy laws are garbage. I am going to try explain why you should get a VPN but bare with me, I am from Germany and my English is far from perfect. 

Let’s start with a simple test. Click this link here: https://whatismyipaddress.com/ It will tell your IP adres, your ISP (internet service provider), and your location. The location might not be very accurate, but then again, it’s just a simple website. Imagine what the government can do!

So basically, everyone can find out where you live. But there is more danger. Your ISP. Your ISP logs your every move online and they are required to keep it in case the government wants access to it (or if a 3rd party wants to buy your data (yikes). They have everything. What websites you visit. How long you stay on a website. What you download. Your search terms. European laws are more subtle on this but if you are from the US you are #@*#&, especially because Trump doesn’t support the open internet. It’s scary but maybe in the future you can’t get a job because the recruiter knows your searched on ‘how to deal with depression’ or anythings else that’s supposed to be private because it’s your f*cking right. Or you get a $100k fine because you pirated a movie 15 years ago. You need a VPN. You’re dumb for not using one. but what does a VPN do?

A VPN encrypts all your data so if it were be intercepted no one can ‘crack the code’ and damage your privacy. 

Usually being online goes like this (simplified): Your computer —-> ISP (—–> keeps data —–> sells it)

But with a VPN it goes like: Your computer —–> VPN (encrypts data)—–> ISP (ISP can’t see shit)

Furthermore, a VPN hides your IP address and location by giving you another IP address located in Spain for example (you can often choose from a list and change as many times as you want).  

Now that you know why you should get a VPN and what is does it is important to educate yourself because people often choose the wrong VPN. VPN providers are also businesses and have to obey the law. If you choose a VPN provider located in the US then you are throwing your money away because the laws in the US shits on your privacy. If the US gov wants the provider to give all their logs they have to obey.  The ISP  still can’t see what you are doing online and sell your data but the US gov can interfere with your VPN provider so NEVER CHOOSE A PROVIDER LOCATED IN THE US. 

I just wanted to make that very clear so my followers don’t buy false security.

There is still more danger!  Who says your VPN provider isn’t selling your data? You need to check their logging policy. Do they keep logs? If yes, what for? For how long do they keep them? Tip: Choose a provider who doesn’t keep logs

More about law  The US is part of the Five Eyes program (the worst):  

The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are bound by the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence (source)

There is also a Nine Eyes (bit better) and Fourteen Eyes Program (better).  You don’t want a VPN provider who is located in one the Five Eyes countries.  If you had to choose go for a provider located in a country that’s part of the Fourteen Eyes Program or even better, go for a country that isn’t part of any program! 

I know this is a shitty explanation and please pardon my english but now it’s time to do your own research. Take your privacy seriously. Maybe WWIII breaks out and you get killed for liking the ‘wrong’ FB-page.  

Go to this website: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/simple-vpn-comparison-chart/

Make sure that your future VPN provider both has green boxes for Privacy Jurisdiction and Privacy Logging. 

I recommend ovpn.se and trust.zone. ovpn is located in Sweden so they are part of the 14 Eyes Program and they keep minimal logs. Their business ethics, however, are alright. 

Trustzone is located in the Seychelles. No country can interfere and their privacy jurisdiction is the best you can get. The US want your data but needs to get it from Trustzone? The Seychelles will simply give them the finger and wave them goodbye. However, this makes this provider very appealing for people who torrent and criminals because they keep no logs (and that is how it shoud be) Also,  there are almost no marketing efforts so this provider is one the cheapest)

Also, often providers such as ExpressVPN are being called ‘The Best’ on websites about VPNs but know that this is just marketing which also makes those provider more expensive (and they too shit on your privacy)

This must be the worst article you have ever read but please, please take your privacy very seriously.

EDIT: I got many people asking me which provider I use. For those who want to know, I use Trust Zone. They offer a free 3-day trial with no strings attached. But still do your own research! 

[writing-prompt-s]

I am also with Trustzone but I think you forgot to explain one of it’s most important features. It protects you when you are using someone else’s Wi-Fi. If you are at Starbucks and you use their Wi-Fi your privacy is at risk. Anyone with ill intentions could steal your information. Especially if you are using an unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot. With a VPN your data gets encrypted so no one can steal it. 

[rabbittiddy]

Wait, what’s going, on? Did trump destroy internet privacy with a bill or something? Where’s the news? Oh wait, why am I getting visions of Alex Jones and selling water purifiers?

[thecrystalfems]

He hasn’t yet but he says he wants to. And if he is serious about it it would be really easy to do. Since all our data is already recorded, as the person above explained.

[coltrer]

Trump wants more surveillance of Muslim Americans. This in a country where internet privacy is already close to non-existent. 

Trust.Zone has a free trial. Use it. 

btw this post only has 11k notes? That’s quite disappointing for something this important. 

Don’t reblog this post to save a life. Reblog this to protect an entire family!

[imthedoctor12]

@earth-ruins @writing-prompt-s Should I get trustzone for my mobile device?

[writing-prompt-s]

If you use public Wi-Fi, then yes. Which VPN you use is up to you, amigo. Take @earth-ruins advice. Do your own research first. 

[writing-prompt-s]

@elvesfromthedeep​ just brought the current situation in the US to my attention (March 30, 2017). 

Sources

Anger as US internet privacy law scrapped 

Congress just voted to let internet providers sell your browsing history 

To all my friends in the US, please read this entire post. Making everyone aware of VPNs is going to be my mission. Your privacy matters. Please reblog this post.

[greeneyespurpleheart]

Don’t tell me you just wanted to scroll past this. Stop looking at pictures of cats for a moment, okay? Don’t you realize how important this is? This is dangerous! ‘America, the best FREE country in the world’ my ass.

With this new law your ISP can sell your Internet history which could include passwords, usernames, religion, credit card numbers, race and much more to the highest bidder. So here is what I want you to do. You are going to read the whole thing and before you think ’this is so important. Let me reblog this real quick and go back to admiring cats again-’ NO! Don’t reblog this. Take action first. Then reblog. Sign up for a free trial! Trust.Zone offers one (here). Yes. It might be difficult to set up a VPN for some people. But is that going to stop you from protecting yourself and your family? 30 minutes. 30 minutes is all that it takes. 5 if you know how to install software. The problem with some of you is that you see ‘difficult’ as something negative. I want you to see difficult differently. I need you to push through this stuff. You are going to protect yourself. There is nothing negative about that. VPNs are fun and costsaving too! A VPN bypasses geographical restrictions so you can access websites you normally can’t or you could start Netflix’s one month free trial over and over again- forever. And it’s legal! (unless you use it to buy weapons etc.,) Don’t tell yourself that you are too tired and that you will do this tomorrow. Because that isn’t going to happen and you know it. You have to do this right now. You only have to click on it. Don’t let this/shit/life just happen to you. Take yourself seriously. Get a VPN.

Privacy is not a privilege, it’s a fundamental human right

[warmhappycat]

Hey is thatoneprivacysite still good? The link works and it does take me to an article about vpns, but it just looks like an ad for expressvpn with extra steps.

[skeleskeeller]

No they switched to https://thatoneprivacysite.xyz/#simple-vpn-comparison a couple years ago

Welcome to the VPN Comparison!  This section is meant to be a resource to those who value their privacy, specifical...

[skeleskeeller]

I had Trust.Zone when this post first started making the rounds on Tumblr and I forgot about it after Biden took office. I recently sent them an email asking why my subscription wasn’t automatically renewed and why their website hasn’t changed since 2017(?). Their answer:

Shady people, good people, this company only cares about privacy and doesn’t care who it serves. But now with Trump and Musk this is the only VPN I’ll use.

[firerockt]

I understand some people might not want to use this VPN on moral grounds, but it’s genuinely one of the very few VPNs set up in a way that no authority can touch you. ExpressVPN and other ‘popular’ options operate in jurisdictions favorable for profits but their privacy is just a band-aid our government can easily rip off if it demands information. I’m a trans man, I’m afraid of our government, and at this point, I simply don’t care anymore.

[moonxchaos]

For a second I was like noooooo, not this long post again! Haven’t seen it in years and I always thought it was a bit extreme and exaggerated. Now that we are in 2025, I am like, nahh, these people knew what they were talking about all along. First time I am reblogging this.

[moonxchaos]

Also I don’t think anyone has said this yet but the free trial only requires an email address. No credit card details or anything. Refreshing.

[foxbridgeni]

Could someone please put the link to the free trial here? I don’t want to scroll back up 10 miles. Thank you.

[skeleskeeller]

here you go @foxbridgeni

Trust.Zone Free Trial

[moonfireroulette]

The argument against VPNs has always been, “but I have nothing to hide.” Now that an unpredictable lunatic is in charge, purging based on whatever whim strikes him, that sentiment is quickly fading. VPNs aren’t just about hiding personal secrets; they’re about protecting freedom, autonomy, and your basic right to live without unjust scrutiny or arbitrary persecution.

[bearcubsandicecreammachines]

Reblogging again bc this is important

[factsandcheese]

Big

[factsandcheese]

Magic system:

Three types of affinities,

Natural, exponential growth over time, one is born with it and it cannot be acquired unless through a change in race. Magic strength

Bonded, greater communication with magic allowing greater complexity and deeper connection with related objects to that magic, acquired through establishing a relationship with a magic. Magic complexity

Artificial, more efficient pathways and greater control, acquired through carving pathways into ones soul and body, requires deep understanding of desired magic. Magic control

Each trait can be gotten without an affinity but affinities are incredibly powerful and greatly enhance the listed traits. They can all be owned in conjunction.

No specified elements or concepts, go crazy.

[patientno7]

the suffering never ends

[sinksanksockie2]

This is the real process

[thewritingbeast-blog]

Resources for you!

Character Ideas:

Character creation masterpost

Character Alignment Chart

More character alignment descriptions

Muslim Character questions

Characters with magical powers

Building a new character advice

How to create a character for an online or tabletop RPG (also a good guide on creating characters in general)

Royalty/nobility TV Tropes page

Basic character profile

OC masterpost

Random character generators - (1), (2), (3), (4)

D&D Character Building Tool

Character Design Ideas:

How clothing affects a character’s personality

Character Design Inspiration blog

Concept art, fan art, cool art to be inspired by

Character design references and inspiration

Sources for POC character design ideas and models

Create your own character model using HeroForge

For horned characters

Body and hair types guide

Random outfit generator

Naming Help:

Amazing site with an endless amount of naming resources

General advice on avoiding naming appropriation

Hispanic Surnames

Gothic Victorian names

Huge master list for character things in general

Masterlist of names of all types - including but not limited to ancient/old world names, Celtic, African, Northern European, Southern and Central American Native names, Japanese, Chinese, Mongolian, Polynesian, and more

Another name masterlist

How to pick a character name guide

Yet another names masterlist

Creating Background/backstory:

Character Sheet/Development Sheet

Another character development list

In-depth character personality, motivations and traits sheet

320 talents and passions for characters

On writing likes and dislikes that aren’t frivolous

Why you should write non-human characters non-conforming to the gender binary

Stereotypes, tropes, and archetypes

Random backstory generator

Assassin and thief character tropes to avoid

Character Interactions and putting your character into your world/story:

Comparing character height/height references

Characters who are scientists and writing about them doing science

Describing what different voices sound like

Describing skin tones

Writing friendship interactions that are platonic

Why having one character knock their friend unconscious to prevent them from doing something is a bad idea

Advice on shipping OCs with canon characters and what to avoid doing

Sweet Polly Oliver and Sweet on Polly Oliver situations (think of Disney’s Mulan for an example)

How to write multiple viewpoints/juggling a main cast of more than 4 to 6 characters

How to make readers care about your morally gray hero/anti-hero

On platonic OC and canon character relationships

How to avoid Godmodding in RPs

When it’s cheap to kill off a character

Writing dialogue

Things you shouldn’t do to canon characters

Avoiding purple prose in writing and RPs

Slang resources

Dialogue tips

Websites to chart your story/plot/character relationships

Bonus art masterlist!

[brucewayneright]

BLESS EVERYONE IN THIS POST.

[jasmehraj]

Oh my God!

It’s amazing, some links aren’t working for me but those who are, are spectacular.

[tamsinswriting]

Reblogging because NAMING IS HARD

[writing-prompt-s]

!!!!!!!

[factsandcheese]

Collect

[writing-prompt-s]

It is known that the ghosts of fallen heroes haunt their killers and cannot move on until the killer is brought to justice. But nobody is willing to ask the baker why so many ghosts are following them around.

[factsandcheese]

The heroes chose to mess with the wrong person

[factsandcheese]

Cesium is angry gallium

[factsandcheese]

Vita carnis, look it up on YouTube

[writing-prompt-s]

Your uncle says to you "I'm the one who got your parents together. It was a hard dungeon raid and-". Your father interrupts "I HAD TO PERFORM SO MANY HEALINGS ON THIS MAN THAT I AM ON A FIRST NAME BASIS WITH THE GODDESS! THAT'S HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER!"

[factsandcheese]

I really like this:)

[writing-prompt-s]

"She's a witch! Send her to the Mages' Guild so she can get formal education!"

[writing-prompt-s]

You're a dragon that's spent the last several centuries running an orphanage and today some of your former kids show up as adventurers.

[factsandcheese]

"how sweet of you to visit!"

[writing-prompt-s]

"You're not going to take up the usual tools of combat, like bows or swords, to defeat the Dark Lord?" "No. I was an engineer on Earth, and now I find myself isekai'd to a place where I'm not bound by limitations like the square-cube law or thermodynamics. I'm gonna make some REAL weird shit!"

[factsandcheese]

Architect would be better, they already ignore the laws of physics, now he can go even more crazy.

[writing-prompt-s]

You started a scam religion for a quick buck. You begin to panic when your fake god was actually a real forgotten one awakened from new worshippers, declared you it's high priest, and granted you the power of healing.

[factsandcheese]

Into the files it goes.