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Just thinking back to the time when my old history teacher casually mentioned that her older brother made a diy hydroponics setup in his closet by drilling into the house water lines in order to grow weed. She then mentioned that he later got arrested for selling drugs (unrelated) and now designs software for companies like microsoft. Also, he's probably a bitcoin millionaire as he invested a lot into it before people even understood what it was.
Does anyone else drink caffeine late in the evening and time their subsequent crash with when they fall asleep to get instant sleep without needing to induce a form of sleep paralysis which you have found is otherwise necessary to fall asleep in a averagely normal amount of time?
lol, my family was having dumplings (I was having a salad) and my mother just pulled out what she thought was her mix of soy and oyster sauce, but was in reality some super concentrated coffee that i'd boiled down from a pot to a few tablespoons and dipped her dumplings in it. She now suspects the soy sauce has gone bad so i'm in the clear.
Just had a nightmare that my computer automatically updated to Windows 11 while I was sleeping
Honestly, the fact that this was more scary then my dividing by zero dreams probably says something about me. I don't what that is but its something.
outer wilds - giant's deep
Couple + Sibling/relative third wheel is honestly an S-tier trio dynamic and I wish we saw more of this in media.
"You are my soulmate. We are forged together by battle and tears and love. Also my brother's coming along."
"Yo."
Bonus points if the non-related half of the couple is just as committed to keeping the third wheel around as the related half.
"Isn't it weird that your brother in law is always hanging around?"
"You've got a problem with Andrew?"
I'm realizing just now this is Han, Leia, and Luke.
I'm gonna call it... Bi4Bi and their Funky Guy.
o yeah look at this ballin I did for 3D animation class
For you first try, that's really good! Much better than my first attempt (Mock-up shot of Mr. Bobbles linked below)
We need a word for threatening to guilt trip someone.
Muahahaha...
I've done the most devious of things...
I've added THREE cups of chipped chocolates when the recipe called for only TWO!
AND THERES NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!
MUAHAHAHA!!!
boop
THEY BACK!
It’s fine because I’m actually using a secret technique called writing it in my head and nowhere else.
After 8 years of doing this, i finally took the first step and wrote a chapter.
did you guys know about this oc stuff. you can just make a guy. big if true
but watch out. theyre in your brain now
I have a test today, and they won't leave!!!
Hi guys!
After reading a large amount of fanfic, and realizing I have an unhealthy amount of ideas in my brain that can't all be expressed through DnD, i've decided I want to try my hand at writing Fanfic. I'm posting it here just so I can get some feedback from real humans while I'm waiting on an Ao3 invitation.
This fanfic takes place in a Minecraft Origins inspired world. This is my first time, so if you have any criticisms or ways I could improve, PLEASE tell me.
Bright Stars in the black void
By: leolen
All was quiet in the town of Bracken Hearth. The children were already asleep, most of the adults were silent and ready to follow them into darkness. Even the sounds of the surrounding forests and valley seemed muted, like even the valley itself had fallen into a deep slumber. And with the moon having been darkened, the only light provided came from the stars, twinking away with their dim light. With not a cloud in sight, it was perfect conditions for a bit of star gazing.
But in the end, that night only two had their eyes on the stars.
CRACK! Gratin winced as a branch snapped under the weight of body, weighed down as it was from the heavy equipment slung around his back. It must have weighed at least sixty pounds, and they had been hiking for well over an hour up the side of the valley. At the sound, Milo jumped, startled until he realized what it was.
“Stars above Gratin!” Milo exclaimed, “Can you at least try to be a little quieter, you scared the crap out of me!”
Gratin gave him a baleful look and shot back, “I’m only here because you needed help carrying this thing up the trail. Next time, I won’t come, and you can do it yourself.”
At that Milo gave a little huff and continued climbing up the trail. Gratin hoped they were almost there, he was running on an empty stomach, and the nap he took this afternoon wasn’t enough to fully dissuade his exhaustion.
At last, the trees around the two cleared, to reveal a large grassy area. A few minutes of walking later and…
“Whoa…” Gratin whispers. No matter how many times he comes up here, the view from this bluff never fails to impress. This was surprising, as he had been to places much more expansive, and seen the world from angles few ever had. But even still, this bluff managed to take his breath away each and every time he stepped up to that ridge.
“Let's set up over there,” Milo said, pointing to a patch of grass a good distance away from the ledge, “The ground looks stable enough to set up the scope.”
“On it,” Gratin replied. And after a few minutes of Milo and Gratin fiddling around with the heavy equipment, a large brass telescope finally stood in place. With the telescope fully assembled, Milo began his work, mapping the stars and the constellations they formed onto large scrolls of paper. This was Gratin’s favorite part of the routine. Gratin carefully settled himself down into the grass—careful not to pinch his cloak in the wrong way—and looked back up at the sky and the stars that danced across it. As Milo hummed to themself while copying down the patterns he saw in the sky, Gratin felt himself drifting off into a deep, and restful sleep.
— • —
Milo loved the stars.
He loved how they painted the sky with light, even in the darkest part of the day. He loved how they wove together stories through the constellations they formed. And he loved how even though they would shift and change throughout the year, he loved how they would always come back together. And so, for the past year and a half, he'd been coming up to Cedarhead Bluff each week to see how they've shifted across the sky. To witness their beauty up close, and personal.
Hours after Gratin fell asleep, Milo noticed something unusual in the sky. It started as looking like a brand new star in the sky, appearing right between Glatoris and Minos Ursa. But the longer Milo looked at it, the brighter it seemed to get. This continued until the other stars seemed to pale in comparison to its sheer luminosity, and by the time Milo had shaken Gratin out of his slumber, it was brighter than the full moon.
“Gratin! LOOK!” Milo shouted, shaking Gratin back and forth. The light grew brighter and brighter, now revealing the sun in its intensity. Birds began to chirp, the forest startled into wakefulness by the violet light spilling across the entire valley. Even the inhabitants of Brakenhearth, still slumbering away in their beds, began to stir, their bodies still knowing its night, but confused by the seeming presence of the sun. It grew brighter, and brighter until,
It vanished, and the night was dark once more.
“What was that,” Gratin grumbled, still a bit annoyed from being woken up so suddenly, “It almost looked like a shooting star.”
“Not even meteorites are that bright,” Milo excitedly replied, shooting a glance back at a now awake Gratin, “This is something new! Something previously unknown! Something…” He trailed off, now looking in the telescope pointed towards the source of the unknown light. A look of confusion was painted across his face.
“Gratin,” Milo said, with a note of apprehension and fear audible in his voice, “Could you tell me where Dywyll is. I've seen to have misplaced it.
Dywyll? What was Milo talking about? Being in the Ursa cluster, it was one of the easier stars to find, even with Dywyll being one of the dimmer stars of the night. First find Sylaphus, then one down and two to the right…
No
Wait
That's not
Again, first find Alarch, then three up, and one the the left…
No!
Again! Find Rhewlif! Then two down, and one to the right…
Nothing
Gratin stared, a look of utter disbelief on his face, as he finally understood the look of almost terror that was now present on Milo’s face. No matter how many times he looked, no matter how many times he searched the sky using maps that had been long since ingrained into his brain, he would always come to the same conclusion. That in the sky, one of the dancers have misstepped in a way that shouldn’t be possible. Because Dywyll, well…
Dywyll was missing.
And once again, all was quiet in the forest.
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Looks like a group of Tods made the mistake of trying to eat the exchange Phrog student from the Amazons.
Yes, this happened. Yes it was an accident on the players part. No I don't know how to fix it
on worldbuilding, and what people think is going on
there is one facet of fantasy worldbuilding that is, to me, the most interesting and essential but i don't see it come up in worldbuilding guides or writing prompts or anything, and that is the question of:
what do the inhabitants of your world believe about how the world works, and how are they wrong? a lot of fantasy media will set up their cosmology, gods, magic systems, planar systems, concepts of the afterlife, &c., and proceed as though the inhabitants of the world know and understand them.
from someone whose entire academic career is focused on studying human culture in various regions and time periods, with a focus on belief systems (religion, occultism, mythology, folklore): that sort of worldbuilding is unrealistic and missing out on so much fun.
people are always seeking new understanding about how the world works, and they are mostly wrong. how many models of the solar system were proposed before we reached our current one? look at the long, turbulent history of medicine and our various bizarre models for understanding the human body and how to fix it. so many religions and occult/magical traditions arise from people disagreeing with or adapting various models of the world based on new ideas, methods, technologies. many of them are wrong, but all of them are interesting and reflect a lot about the culture, beliefs, values, and fears of the people creating/practising them.
there is so much more to the story of what people believe about the world than just what is true.
to be clear: i think it's fine and important for the author to have a coherent explanation for where magic comes from or who the gods are, so they can maintain consistency in their story. but they should also be asking what people in the world (especially different people, in different regions/nations and different times) think is happening when they do magic, or say a prayer, or practise medicine, or grieve their dead. it is a rich vein for conflict between individuals and nations alike when two models of the world disagree. it is fascinating how different magic systems might develop according to different underlying beliefs.
personally, i think it is the most fun to spawn many diverse models of the world, but give none of them the 'right' answer.
(bonus points if you also have a thriving academic system in the world with its own theory, research, and discourse between factions! as an academic, it is very fun to imagine fictional academic debate over the topics i'm worldbuilding. sometimes i will be working out details for some underlying mechanic of the world and start imagining the papers being written by scholars researching it)
Also, the existential dread the characters experience from not knowing the full scope of how their own world works can be a great place to find ideas for a plot or character arc
How do your characters come to terms with a world far beyond what they can understand, and will probably never understand in their life time unless they're immortal
It's a great foundation for psychological fiction to have your characters grapple with how small their lives really are in the universe
Was reading the reblogs, and I couldn't help myself.
The players are TECHNICALLY immortal, but in a really really REALLY messed up way, it's so bad that the goal of the campaign is to figure out a way to end it so they can get on with completing their personal goals.
I'll give you a hint, this campaign is a lovechild born from Doctor Who, Outer Wilds, Ground Hog Day, Undertale, and it revolves around a mysterious music box that's missing a handle, tinkering a slightly sinister tune....
