Resident Angry Queer

[mylordshesacactus]

"Ireena's gonna shoot without looking... She actually does BETTER than she normally does! Which is still a miss."

--There is NOTHING WRONG with Ireena's stats. Her dice are just cursed.

[mylordshesacactus]

"How are you maneuvering the Moonbeam around the party from the other side of a wall?" "Oh, Phyn's just steering it based on the screams."

--Given the party's general level of trust in Phyn's aim, this was ruled to be 100% legitimate and the precision placement was allowed.

[mylordshesacactus]

"These are called bodaks. They're a form of undead....they have a necrotic aura that passively drains the life from people just from being in the room." "ELON MUSK?!"

[mylordshesacactus]

DM: Okay, she's gonna take half damage as soon....as I can find my d10... Cleric, hopefully: You could use a smaller die!

[mylordshesacactus]

"What I'm saying is that I don't think there's much more the body can tell you." "I think what the body is telling us is that we should leave."

[mylordshesacactus]

"Is anybody going to STOP Phyn from licking the blood?"

--Spore druids just kind of do their own thing

[mylordshesacactus]

Cleric, OOC: One second I want to make an arcana check before we read these carvings. If they're explosive runes I'm not gonna read 'em. [dice sounds] [Nat 1] Cleric: "Wait! Let's check if they're explosive runes first! Does anyone know what explosive runes look like?"

[mylordshesacactus]

"Do you guys ever feel like your life is following a map that the gods are holding upside-down?"

--The DM did not appreciate my commentary on their map-reading skills

[mylordshesacactus]

[To the tune of 'Wonderful Wizard of Oz'] Weeeee're following a bloodstain, instead of escaping the cave--

[imjunebitch]

in a world where happy rich people sell the discontent lower class the lie that money cant buy you happiness it is at least reassuring to know that our sole trillionaire is the most pathetic, unloved, miserable, alone human being on the planet, and that NOTHING could make him happy. get fuckeddd lol

[frankenmouse]

It is so ridiculously easy to gain a reputation for being competent by just reading signs.

This is not metaphorical. I mean actual, literal pieces of paper/plastic/metal/whatever explicitly erected to inform the public.

“How did you know this was the right trail?” I read the sign.

“Wow, how did you know what that flower is?” There’s a SIGN.

“How did you know we needed to use the side door?” THERE IS A SIGN POSTED ON THE FRONT DOOR.

Just…why are we having such different experiences of the world? People can read. I KNOW they can read. There’s nothing wrong with their vision.

Just. READ. THE. GOD. DAMN. SIGN.

This also applies to:

Syllabi

Instructions

[sapropel]

Sometimes your bad coworker will be like "I can't do anything right & I ruin everything I touch :(" and you can't even comfort them because like damn. Yeah. You really can't do anything right and you do ruin everything you touch☝️

[sapropel]

HE'S GETTING FIRED. NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS!!!!!!!!!!

[ot3]

i think where i feel the most different in perspective from the average person who enjoys doing Fandom stuff is that i don't particularly care for media that Would Be Good If It Were Good and almost nothing i make is ever coming from the desire to "fix" a canon. the deciding factor of whether or not i'm gonna like something in a fandomy way or just a regular way is completely unrelated to any Missed Potential and entirely hinges on how much i feel like i want to or am capable of filling in the gaps in a narrative or a characters' life that just didn't warrant getting any screentime in the source material. like when i think something had a bunch of potential but completely missed the mark in execution that's normally disappointing more than it is any kind of inspiring. the stuff that makes me want to Create the most fervently is stuff i think is good for real.

[ot3]

tangentially related to this is i think sometimes people are unfair or just kind of incorrect about stuff they perceive to be "missed potential" in fiction. like they see elements of characters/a story that could easily handle being elaborated upon because the author has done a good job making something deep and textured, but these elements ultimately are not the point of the story and spending too much time on them would bog down the pacing or otherwise complicate/overstuff the narrative. and instead of realizing that sometimes being left wanting more is a sign of good writing, they'll view it as the author Dropping or Forgetting something. like it's usually not a mistake when side characters are less developed than the core cast and their circumstances do not get the plot's full attention.

a fictional world that clearly has more stories in it other than the one you're seeing now is not necessarily missed potential, that may just be regular potential.

[blumineck]

Weirdly, history has a pretty clear answer for this!

As always, I speak more nonsense on Patreon!

[annabelle--cane]

"this is an inaccurate adaptation" okay but is it good "this didn't happen in the book" does it make sense in the context of the new work though "they totally changed the plot" and is the new one good or bad "it's completely different" not what I asked "they changed all the stuff I like" then I get why you wouldn't be into it but I'm asking about its own artistic merits "this character is meant to be blonde" I couldn't give less of a fuck

[professional-egg-layer]

They should make it easier for trans women

[visenyaism]

Some day we are going to do circle time discussion questions about this. But probably not today

[visenyaism]

Actually here. Circle up.

What is the story of the dance of the dragons as depicted in fire and blood about?

What is the book attempting to communicate about war and this dynasty and how it worsens the existing gender and class disparities in Westeros?

In the book, whose “fault” is it? Why?

The first mention of a lot of these characters is actually in a feast for crows and a dance with dragons in the main series. What are those books trying to communicate about war and history thematically and why would they reach back to the dance to do so?

What changes NEED to be made to take something from a collection of contradicting histories in text to a television show? What changes SHOULD be made?

Is house of the dragon trying to tell the same story thematically? How does it engage with the concept of history?

How is it different? What do you think the show wants to be about?

Do the differences successfully tell a different story? Does it come together?

In the show, whose “fault” is it? Why?

What gets lost when an adaptation changes the meaning? What could be gained?

How do you tell a story about the experiences of women in patriarchy without engaging in sexism?