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Lazy halloween costume idea

A vampire pretending to be human

Get a few bits of a vampire costume

Maybe a single really ostentatious piece of costume jewelry

Or maybe a big black cape with scarlet trim

Other than that, wear the blandest, most stereotypically ‘boring human’ clothes you have

Get a bottle of V8, remove the label, apply a new, reasonable-quality label indicating that it’s blood, and then over that put a shitty masking-tape-and-markers label proclaiming it to be V8 again

Occasionally start a sentence with an over-the-top faux Transylvanian accent, then cough and very deliberately start the sentence over in your normal accent

Conspicuously avoid mirrors

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Poorly-informed historical reenactor from the future

Get bits from all the costumes you have

Also any sports equipment, formalwear, etc you have lying around

E.g. a toga over a corset and camo pants, a baseball cap underneath a WWI-style Prussian Pickelhaube, and a bow tie.

Also grab at least one sci-fi toy; if anyone complains that it’s from the future, tell them e.g. “I know, I know, American-made laser pistols didn’t have neutron inverters until the late 1930s, but this was the only one I could get on short notice.”

Periodically pick up random objects and start taking into them, then look surprised when nothing happens.

If anyone asks about current events, just start asking about historical reference points that make no sense, e.g. “Remind me, how long has it been since President Sacagawea charged the light brigade with the Zenghouyi Bells?” “Erm, did Italy sink yet or are we still in the Han dynasty?” “How many magnetic monopoles are there in Tshipembe right now?”

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A werewolf but it’s not a full moon

Pretty much just dress normally

But if anyone asks if you want to go for a walk, get REALLY EXCITED

Snack on cookies shaped like dog treats

Sniff at people from time to time

If an animal runs by the window, stop and stare at the window for an uncomfortably long period of time

Any time you’re exposed to moonlight, do this:

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Andrew Hussie on Davesprite’s arc vs Dave’s, specifically regarding their relationships to Bro & Dirk, and how they relate to the hero’s journey

(note: he develops the analysis of the unbroken/broken sword symbolism throughout book 5, but the broken swords essentially reflect dave’s unwillingness to embrace the role as traditional hero. also, i’m gonna add some linebreaks)

Have we talked about the specific relationship between Bro and Davesprite? This is probably the last chance, since Bro is about to die a Warrior’s Death, and Davesprite is about to fly the coop and go unseen for a long time, making us think he might’ve died, like an inconsiderate bastard.

We never see any interaction between Bro and Davesprite except for the stoic alliance they form to fight Jack, probably while exchanging a series of curt nods and glances now and then. This is the bonding moment they have, possibly of a reconciliatory nature on some level, where they are unified in combat, putting aside their differences to take on a powerful adversary.

Contrast this with Dave’s bonding moment with Dirk at the end, which is much more substantive, an emotional deep dive rather than the symbolic appearance of solidarity.

Even though they’re basically the same person, and are two facets of one bigger character profile, there are a lot of ways in which Dave and Davesprite diverge. Dave, as the supposedly “real” version we keep the spotlight on, has the luxury of pursuing the full scope of his longform emotional arc, or the “broken sword” path. He gets to be the more emotionally complex guy and sift through the traumas of his past with Dirk himself, a more humanized iteration of Bro.

Whereas Davespite, as a sort of self-aware runner-up splinter of Dave himself, is relegated to a shallower and lonelier hero’s journey, or an “unbroken sword” path (note that his sprite form endows him with a whole sword permanently). So what choice does he have but to embrace the superficial qualities of the hero’s journey, the kind which (in the context of Dave’s arc) requires that you push your feelings down, suppress your traumas and all the things that make you what you are, man up and be a cool sword-wielding hero, just like they’re doing here. This is all he gets, the stoic, voiceless façade of Dirk, the abusive guy who made his childhood miserable. But none of that matters now. All that matters is The Fight.

Of course, Davesprite’s arc extends quite a bit beyond this moment as well, but starting to understand his journey in these terms sheds some more light on him as an individual rather than just viewing him as Other Dave. There’s a lot more he has to cope with later, as a superfluous doppelgänger of a more important person, who just seems to linger on without purpose, and has to live the more shallow version of Dave’s arc. The ultimate endpoint Davesprite’s journey can be seen as a final release from these existential burdens, both for him specifically, but also for Dave himself as a more “generalized concept” of a person.

prokopetz

Bad: aliens that insist upon referring to human women as “feeeeemales”.

Good: aliens that insist upon dividing humans into binary categories, but the binary in question is based on something we’d regard as trivial and bizarre.

glitchlight

pro cilantro and anti cilantro

theamazingsallyhogan

Just to screw with us they refer to have designated half the population as “edible” and the other half is “inedible.”

No intention of eating anyone, they just like how uncomfortable it makes everyone.

cerynn

Even better: the aliens all agree on who is edible and who is inedible, but the humans have no idea what the criteria is

ethantheheffalump-deactivated20

Even better: there is no criteria, the Aliens just keep a running list of whenever one member designated a human as edible or not. People are baffled because the selection appears random yet all the aliens are up to date, so there must be SOMETHJNG

jungwildeandfree

I love this because it implies the aliens possess either (1) a universal hive mind or (2) an intergalactic group chat dedicated to fucking with humanity

morbidmanatee

“Hey guys Steve Johnson just laughed at my antennae he’s edible ok?”

“Yum yum Steve ribs”

flaekjern

cool cool cool but some people - definitely the younger generations - would for sure take offense if they weren’t deemed edible

like ‘you wanna eat steve but not me? what the fuck did I do’

bihalfling-deactivated20201230

are you trying to tell me i’m not a snack?

neyruto

Cowboys are witches and horses are their familiars

istillfuckwithdemilovato-deacti

guns are their wands and they only know one spell (bullet)

omnybus

Rootin’, tootin’, toil n’ shootin’

Fire burn and cowboy bootin’

Eye of newt and spicy beans,

Toe of frog and denim jeans,

Whiskey, grits, n’ demon spittle

tossed into my iron griddle

With the tannin’ of our hides,

Somethin’ wicked this way rides

serendipiteaart

Not that anyone asked for this but

fat-mabari

everyone asked for it they just didn’t know they did

gyptym

Alpha and his fragments

idiopathicsmile

you know what’s probably more fun than playing chess? cheating at chess

“ohhh would you look at that, my pawns found jesus and now they’re all bishops”

“so i realize it looks like i’m putting a thimble on the board but actually my rooks have been using their downtime to build another rook, one that’s better, stronger, faster—”

“hey welcome back. while you left to get a snack, those six pieces you’d captured slipped their guards, tunneled to safety and emerged right in the middle of your royal palace.”

“oof, looks like you’ve got my king cornered…maybe this is a good time to mention that shortly before we started playing, my pawns and knights revolted and instituted a representative democracy. feel free to kill the puppet ruler that was the one remaining vestige of our tyranny, you cringing servant of the crown. vive la revolution!”