Conclusion: Dinosaurs

Observation: you couldn't see a thing.

[drememoto]

sometimes you look at someone’s art and you know EXACTLY what’s going on and you’re like

[drememoto]

(I would like to emphasize the “non-judgemental” portion of the caption)

[madnessbrainworms]

two different but very similar energies

[itsmarsiart]

THAISHA BY NIGHT

Thaisha is the only one I'm not super settled on clan. I was thinking possibly Gangrel with the connection to nature and travelling, possibly Salubri (though I have not drawn a third eye), even one of the higher clans to represent the Lloy standing. She could be another kind of Shapeshifter in the wod world but we're doing all Kindred. Either way she.

[quietwingsinthesky]

thank god vampirism is a flexible metaphor

[quietwingsinthesky]

it’s about being queer it’s about surviving assault it’s about alienation and most of all it’s about how everyone who loved you before might not be able to even look at you now, no matter how many times you try to explain that you didn’t ask to die and you didn’t ask for that death to leave you only half-eaten when it got bored of you.

[marypsue]

This is without even mentioning the broader metaphorical implications of disease and contagion; foreign invasion; colonial or imperial violence; interpersonal abuse; generational trauma; religious trauma; violent cultural assimilation; repressed or suppressed desire; the fear of no longer being able to recognise or relate to someone you love; and on and on and on.

Vampirism is a flexible metaphor that reflects the anxieties and desires of its age and its authors, and I love that for it!

[fonserel]

TLT BROKEN TABLET!

1 wave

'Broken Tablet' is a game where one artist draws an artwork, then blurs it and sends the blurred image to the next artist, who draws what they see. And here’s what we’ve got!

Here's a short post with my thoughts on the project's organization and progress. Thanks to all the participants for their wonderful work!

The participants in order:

Fonserel (Tumblr, Twitter, Telegram channel)

JackAl ( - )

Lutyashka (Tumblr, Twitter)

Dani (Tumblr)

Griddle ( - )

Gemini (Tumblr)

Toooceanblue (Tumblr, Instagram)

Kadzu (Tumblr, Bluesky, Twitter)

Poster (Tumblr, Instagram)

Undermoon walker (Tumblr, Telegram channel)

Lookserratic (Tumblr)

Squonk (Tumblr)

Portulaca (Tumblr)

Livmor (Tumblr)

Karakuliii (Tumblr, Telegram channel)

Bespoke horror (Tumblr)

If you've changed your username or social media profile during this time, or if the links in the post aren't working, please write me a private message, and we'll resolve the issue. If you asked to participate but do not appear on the list for the second wave, please write to me. If you are on the list, I will contact you soon :)

[kalgalen]

don't get me wrong i love "always knew i wasn't a boy/girl" narratives but how about we start writing about "knew about trans people but couldn't imagine being one because Surely I'm not special that way and instead just kinda bad at being a boy/girl"

[real-kit-walker]

Hi my name is Occtis Dark'ness Dementia Raven Tachonis and I have shoulder length ebony black hair and icy green eyes like limpid monster energy tears and a lot of people tell me I look like Vaelus of the Mournvale (AN: if u don't know who she is get da hell out of here!). I'm not related to Kattigan Vale but I wish I was because he's a major fucking hottie. I'm an undead but my teeth are straight and white. I have pale olive skin. I'm also a wizard, and I go to a magic school called the Penteveral in Dol Makjar where I'm in the fifth year (I'm twenty). I'm a goth (in case you couldn't tell) and I wear mostly black. I love Ye Olde Hot Topic and I buy all my clothes from there. For example today I was wearing a black corset with matching lace around it and a black leather miniskirt, pink fishnets and black combat boots. I was wearing black lipstick, white foundation, black eyeliner and red eye shadow. I was walking outside the Penteveral. It was snowing and raining so there was no sun, which I was very happy about. Julien Davinos stared at me. I put up my middle finger at him.

[darikbelochka]

Waiting for Vaelus’ metal jaw in-game reveal🙏

[mercifulmother]

– Animorphs: The Reunion, K.A. Applegate

[hypnostouched]

I have issues with a lot of the pure mechanics but if im honest I really like the direction v6 is going because you can tell that it cares about what players want rather than being based in spite and personal dislike towards certain playstyles and clans

V5 is intended for you to build a Camarilla Neonate and when they eventually added alternatives, they had to fuck around with their own system to let you do it. V6 is as a baseline allowing you to play the character concept you want to play without it being an afterthought mechanic

Theyre returning clan individuality - yes fusing koldunic sorcery and chimestry is weird but when they've separated necromancy and oblivion and rescued vicissitude from hell, you can tell that the intention is to return to more distinct clans. Tellurgy falls flat, yes, but that feels like a fumble rather than the intention

They are clearly wanting to fix the issues of v5. Clan identity, returning the sabbat, allowing for older vampires in play

So as much as the mechanics are rough currently I am glad that the intention behind the game seems a lot better.

This is an early playtest version - they're looking for feedback. I think its too early to flatout call this edition a failure. I think if you look past the mechanics, the heart of v6 is very interesting.

The only issue I have with the intentions being shown is that the focus on player agency is encroaching on the Storyteller's. The storyteller is a player too and I think a lot of the new rules around failure takes away from the Storyteller more than it gives to the players. The World of Darkness is not an easy world to exist in and I think giving the players so much power over their own consequences doesnt align well with that, and it takes away the fear and dread that comes with horror

[desolendate]

im literally in tears what the fuck

[bg3-tournament]

Baldur's Gate 3 Fandom Census Survey

Inspired by @dragon-age-tournament, and as I mentioned working on a little while ago, this is a census survey with the goal of finding out the general demographics of the Tumblr BG3 fandom and their opinions on the game and its characters!

This will be a lot less in-depth than the Dragon Age one (I sadly don't have the help of the Keep to see all the important choices), but I tried to include the important ones and the ones people mentioned wanting to see!

There may be some errors in here - feel free to let me know if I've missed any options etc., though as long as it's broadly accurate and able to show the spread of opinions I'm happy!

Thanks again to dragon-age-tournament for letting me use their form and for their help in figuring it out <3

SURVEY LINK

[kaava]

Happy 3rd birthday to Baldur's Gate 3!

[power-chords]

I almost forgot to mention: this woman came into the penguin enclosure with a KESTREL??? I said “oh my god is that an American Kestrel?” and she said “Yes! She was outside doing raptor education for the kids, but she doesn’t like to get rained on.”

[ayellowbirds]

#she was watching the penguins with what I will anthropomorphically project as skepticism

[elkian]

kestrel: i hate rained on!!

human: here is birds in water

kestrel: ......no.....

[ryttu3k]

You know what I've always wondered? How did Empy break free of the Elder Brain the first time, before it was enslaved again by Gortash and sent to get the Prism? I don't think it ever tells us how it managed that.

I like to think Ansur just showed up, picked him out via Vibes, tucked him under his arm, and scarpered. "I can fix him!" Ansur babes just throw the whole squid away.

[sibyllance]

Apparently someone got their car stuck on the light rail tracks at Mt. Baker. For those unfamiliar this is 35 feet up in the air

[officialboredom]

First test flight of a flying car by Mazda partially a success

[tuulikki]

I feel like the Arizona license plate should take some place in our analysis of whatever in the goddam fuck we’re looking at here

[weirdstrangeandawful]

Much like Springfield before it, Seattle is one of the few major cities in the world with a monorail. That, combined with a more conventional light rail system, makes Seattle the rare U.S. city with two different types of train for public transportation. On Tuesday night, the rail system briefly had a third: a Mazda CX-5.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a71483251/mazda-driver-seattle-pulls-into-elevated-train-station-on-tracks/

[nicky999doors]

[prophcassandra]

Sending you a little heart 🖤 for working so hard to battle V6 misinformation on here 🦇

I need people to understand that I am a V20 grognard, a die hard for that edition. My personal table has been playing V20 with elements from Revised for basically the entire time that V5 has been running I am not easy to impress. I literally got my entire squad on Discord with the alpha test play book in front of my planning to hate-read it to my friends, only to end up, by the end, really liking it and feeling impressed and optimistic. I basically realized my criticisms could either be "this is not V20 compatible and therefore it's bad" or it could be "this is an honest attempt to make a new version of the Storyteller system that could lead to an awesome new era for the game." For those that just want to stick to their preferred edition because it's familiar, cool! I was like that in the V5 era. But if you're open minded and go into it with the thought of, hey, this is new and trying new things but is clearly made by serious VtM fans trying to offer a good game experience, I think you'll really like it. I just want people to try it out, either read the playtest book or run a one shot with their group rather than reacting to it based on incorrect impressions they're getting from misinformation I had the benefit of being able to read this playtest with my entire group, dissecting each mechanic and discussing whether we thought it was a good idea in the context of the game or not. I just want to share some of that impression

[faggotfungus]