Too Nasty About Characters

there's only two men I trust, one of them is me, and the other is not you

[houseofpurplestars]

[houseofpurplestars]

"Seeing people pushing back brings me out of the paralyzing horror. It challenges me to have a fraction of their courage."

[wicked-watering-can]

I think a lot of people's frustrations with the CCOD finale (and the ensuing 'discourse' around it) can be solved by one simple answer.

This season was an experiment. This is the IH first time playing a game that is ENTIRELY improvised. There is no battle sets (i.e. no direct plot threads the IH KNOW that have to follow), there was no set BBEG, there was probably no set idea of what the finale would even look like.

The results of said experiment was that to have a cohesive story, you need to have some structure. I think the people arguing for a more cohesive through line remember that a lot of our favorite bits/side charas were improvised in prior seasons, but with this season basically the ENTIRE plot is cobbled together based on the characters actions. We all laugh and have good fun, but behind the scenes of prior seasons is Brennan and the rest of the team doing a lot of work to keep things on track. And the IH did as well, because they knew there were story beats their wonderful team and fellow creatives had set out for them! This season there was way less pressure to stay on track because there was no set story points, only a million different options in this sandbox for them to explore and have fun with. So of course this group of improv comedians, having fun with their friends and basically NO limitations, are gonna go off the rails.

All in all, I think everyone needs a reminder that this is not a typical season that 'went off the rails'; this was a season that was intentionally a hands off story, and consequently you're gonna get wilder misadventures and less time/ability to tie every single one of them together. This is not the death of powerful, thoughtful and wacky d20 seasons. Its just a small snippet in the large d20 catalogue, literally meant as a tester to see if it would work at all. It was never going to be wrapped up in a tight little bow, because it was never designed to be that way. You can say "meh I don't think I like this style" and be content with that!

(I personally love the idea of shorter, wackier IH seasons in between larger more emotionally intense ones. The crew has fun, I had fun, it was a blast!)

[houseofpurplestars]

Yall simply must become okay with people having opinions different than yours. Not every "frustration" or god-forbid "discourse" (i dont even know what yall are calling discourse here) needs to be "solved." Everyone can understand all this context while still having critique. It's a natural response to watching a thing to have thoughts about the thing. And it's okay for people to have thoughts beyond "it was perfect." Its even okay for people to overall enjoy the thing and still have parts they didn't like.

People's opinions don't need to be "solved." Yall need to relax and leave people alone. If you hate someone's opinion, block them. Easy.

[floatontheoceanblue]

my favorite dimension 20 campaign will always be neverafter because they really said "no matter how hopeless and terrifying the world is, no matter how much you get beaten down, no matter what anyone tells you is supposed to happen, you and your friends can choose to kill god and write a kinder story."

[d20rarepairs]

guys don’t worry, Margaret pegs HJ until he agrees to stop using ai.

[nooralanqar3]

What prevents you from sharing our suffering and helping our voices reach others?

What prevents you from donating if you are able to do so?

Is it because you don’t trust me? Or because you think I am a fraud? Or because what we are living through in Gaza has become, for the world, something ordinary that no longer deserves attention?

My family’s fate should not be decided by silence.

I never chose to ask for help or create a fundraising campaign. This was never something I would have accepted for myself. But the war has taken everything from us and left me with the responsibility of caring for my children, leaving me with no other choice.

All I want is a chance to protect my family and give my children the future they deserve. If you are able to help, please do not leave me to face this alone.

[yiddishfisting]

Noor's first GFM was deleted and she has been doing her best to keep her family afloat ever since, and now she has to start from the beginning. Please share and donate whatever you can to help her and her family survive!

Donate to A Mother’s Plea: Save My Children, organized by Anwar Eleiwa

My Story My name is Noor Al-Anqar, from Gaza. I am a mother of three children: Hussie… Anwar Eleiwa needs your support for A Mother’s Plea

[houseofpurplestars]

@wilwheaton

[uptownlowdown]

legendary tap dancers, the four step brothers, perform "it goes through your toes" in greenwich village (1944) directed by walter lang.

full list of performers in this scene: maceo anderson, freddie james, slyvester 'happy' johnson, ernie 'sunshine sammy' morrison, les hite, teddy buckner, buddy banks, tiny 'bam' brown and alton redd.

source: tony azar

[uptownlowdown]

lindy hop at a rent party from the all-black film, boy! what a girl! (1947) directed by arthur h. leonard.

rent parties were social events where tenants hired musicians and charged admission as a way to pay their rent. originating in harlem, new york city, it gave black americans a way to have fun, eat a good meal, and escape the hardships and discrimination of the time.

source: alexandremccormack

[softiekurbie]

Yemanjá, Lady of the Waters, Emerson Rocha, 2026.

[airofsolitude]

Olaf Odegaard

Olaf Odegaard - France in My Pants (1986)

[queer-as-city-folk]

nobody ever mentions this but Soviet jazz is really good

[greg-jar-mp3]

No clue what I would look up but Ill try and find some

[queer-as-city-folk]

[aroaessidhe]

2026 reads / storygraph

The Night of Baba Yaga

historical thriller novella, translated

set in 1979 Tokyo, a woman is kidnapped by gangsters and after trying to escape, is allowed to live if she becomes the bodyguard/driver for the gang boss’ sheltered daughter

as she gets used to this new job, the two young women grow closer, and start to dream of a life outside of the one they’re in

butch/butch

[kitsch-habit]

Some recent and recentish additions to my lesbian book library! I used to have far more rare books including The Persistent Desire, but alas my house burned down a little over a year ago so i’m starting my book collection from scratch 😭

I mostly find my books at second hand stores, or on ebay and thrift books, i look often and very religiously because you can sometimes find rare books listed for cheap if you are quick about it. But since I don’t live in the US it can be hard to find certain titles if they’re in USD because the conversion rate is so bad, plus international shipping costs are crazy.

[houseofpurplestars]

trans Cody but his werewolf form has a baculum

[fadell-aldany]

FOR THOSE WHO CARE, THE TENTS AND CHILDREN ARE BEING HEAVILY BOMBED. THERE ARE AROUND 10 MARTYRS TODAY. WE ARE BEING EXTERMINATED, BUT IN EERIE SILENCE.

[jazz-improvisation]

American avant-garde saxophonist and composer Albert Ayler (born July 13, 1936)

[houseofpurplestars]

"Mitch has a normal mouth for kissing purposes"

you cowards

[karlmarxmaybe-2]

URGENT!! $5,000 NEEDED THIS MONTH TO SAVE A BABY AND HIS FAMILY!!

Chuffed link

Raneen, @a00h2, is my friend. She is trapped in Gaza, Palestine, with her family. She lost everything in the bombings and is now in poverty and homelesness. Her 1-year-old baby has lung cancer; she needs to pay $5,000 more this month to get him out of Gaza, so he can get treatment and have a chance to live.

My friend doesn't have that money. She can't help him alone. Please, I beg you, donate, whatever you can. $40, $20, $10, $5, whatever you can, it will all be useful. Thank you so much.

Her account is vetted by @90-ghost here, by @gazavetters (#576) , and by @bilal-salah0. This Chuffed fundraiser goes directly to her; for transparency, you can dm @a00h2 if you want to confirm it.

PLEASE, HELP SAVE THE LIFE OF MY FRIEND'S BABY!!

$5,000/$10,000

ONLY $5,000 NEEDED!!

[houseofpurplestars]

@wilwheaton