#druidx

[st-just]

Just curious, as I know Canada has lots of lakes: Have you ever swum in one, & if so, what's it like?

I've only ever swum in the sea, and the English Channel has a very high salinity which makes one nice and buoyant, so it's interesting to think of the differences between the sea and a lake.

See the idea that someone hasn't swum in a lake at some point is just incredibly strange to me. Uh, yes, many? Both the normal kind and the 'basically an inland sea' kind.

The lack of tide or (much) current is the much more noticeable difference in smaller ones, honestly. Though the water being less buyout (and the ground beneath it usually being rather slimier) is a real thing too.

[inkysqueed]

Heya Inkysquinks!

We're nearly halfway through Sept! I hope things are going as well for you as you hoped, and that your glasses are fabulous. I hope you were able to get a decent job, and are otherwise persisting despite the Horrors 🧡️

I know you're on hiatus, so please don't feel any pressure to respond to this. I just wanted to let you know that someone is thinking of you, and keeping their fingers crossed 🤞️ that things work out for you.

All the best, from your friend 🫖️

I appreciate you and all of you continuing to tag me in things. bless you lot, I'll check all of them when I can!

I got my glasses on september 22nd.... I've still been getting used to them! they're a considerable jump in prescription for me, hehe. every time i look down while im walking i get dizzy now... ooomhpf... @ w @

I haven't been able to find a job yet, but I'm still looking! I think at this point I need to go get a haircut, put on some nice clothes, and ask around locally. I don't think many of the clinics where I want to get hired put job listings on the site I check....

And I do apologize for disappearing. (Something that is insanely easy for me to do as of late, for one reason or another.) I know that's not what y'all likely wanted to hear-- you've all been very understanding-- but I still wanted to apologize because I miss the interactions. I hope soon I'll feel better and I can stop going "well I need to get off the internet for a LONG while" with such great frequency.

[scribeofred]

Re: You wanting to also see Canary Wharf at night - Good news! I took a photo:

(OG post here)

GASP! GASP!!!!! I LOVE the framing, and the lights!!! the small little gentle ripples in the water are almost painterly. it looks like the perfect place to take a walk with a friend. a perfect place to get drinks and treats too. I'm free this evening if you are <3

[mourningmoth]

What are you top 5 fave things about playing TTRPGs?

so i wanna firstly mention i havent actually played a whole lot of ttrpgs, i have played pathfinder, dnd, and monster of the week tho! so i will base this on my experiences and opinions of those systems

im gonna list these in no particular order as well, since i don't wanna pick a fav aspect of these things lol, but:

Collaborative storytelling! this is actually a Huge point for me. i rly love piecing together a story with input from friends in the form of our different characters and our dm's npcs and random events etc. i like seeing how the situations we're in play out based on our different personalities

The characters, their interactions, and relationship building (i know this is like three things which is kinda cheating but shh) if i HAD to pick a top fav part this is probably it. i LOVE everyones Little Guys™️and i love unravelling what everyone's deal is as we play the game and go thru a bunch of shit together, i like seeing everyone's different reactions and how their personalities play off of eachother, and i like feeling like our characters actually build up their relationships as we go

Creative plays and applications of abilities, etc. everyone gets so creative with how their abilities and spells can be used, its kinda of like a mini-game in itself to me to figure out the Most Unorthodox application of a given spell/etc lol, it leads to rly fun scenarios most of the time

When a player gets like, a few extremely good rolls in a row. genuinely very exciting when it happens and gets the whole table in an uproar lol

immersion! the way most ttrpgs ive played work (all 3 of them lol) accommodates a lot of possibilities of actions players can actually perform, usually with rp, and it feels way more immersive than most rpg video games, since obviously video games have to be programmed with a select few options for you to actually choose from (like in dialogue choices, etc). in a ttrpg, most things are improv, which opens up a much wider variety of ways you can communicate and interact with the world and characters :3

sorry btw for taking a while to answer btw, i wanted to really think about my answers (plus i had some errands lol)

[cosmicovegalaxy]

Heya

For the Biome ask game:

Desert - Which is your favorite type of tenant?

Volcanic - Does your playstyle make you more of an explorer, gardener, builder or quester?

Garden - What's your favourite in-game food? If you feel like it, make up/ say a headcanon about it.

(From @dru-plays-starbound)

Desert - Which is your favorite type of tenant? you know, i've never thought about it much since i don't always build colonies. i wanna go with chefs, because they're an easy source of food!

Volcanic - Does your playstyle make you more of an explorer, gardener, builder or quester? definitely an explorer! i suck as a builder so i'm always planet hopping looking for a structure to refurbish, and generally exploring is just a lot of fun :]

Garden - What's your favourite in-game food? If you feel like it, make up/ say a headcanon about it. i'll keep this to vanilla foodstuffs since i do play a lot of modded, but my favorite food is the spooky donut! as for headcanons, i like to think when humans went starbound they really capitalized on the concept of weird desserts with alien produce. while boneboo is a "meaty" fruit, spooky donuts don't really have a meaty flavor at all! they're served at halloween parties

[le-velo-pour-dru]

High-five fellow Dru!

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Yeaaaaaaaaaaah high five!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😁💖

🙏

[writeblrsupport]

Heya,

I just wanted to let you know that the advice you posted about "if you're stuck on a WIP, go do something else!" was the kick I needed today. I was feeling down in the dumps about my WIP not progressing as fast as I'd like, then I remembered that post and thought "Athena is super smart. I should listen to that post". Instead of fretting, I watched some youtube videos relating to the WIP's subject matter and I feel tonnes better.

So thank you for being the advice I needed today 🧡️

Im so glad I could help you, please know that I've been writing for over a decade, not even 10 years in a professional manner and im still learning myself, so Im not an expert. But I do want to help people so i try to give advice that im learning/ have learnt myself

If you ever need anything else, please let me know

Im always willing to help and if you want to vent in my inbox, fire away anytime

[quasar-concept]

Heya! For the book ask game:

Did you like studying literature at school?

What is your newest purchased book about?

Hey!!! Thank you so much for the ask <3

Did you like studying literature at school?

This is a difficult question. Studying literature is so much fun for me, but it hasn't always been good in school.

In primary school, and up until year 8 I loved it, it was my whole life.

But in years 8-10 I had absolutely abysmal teachers who just didn't care that I wanted to expand my knowledge beyond what was being taught to the whole class. I was so bored and so angry at my teachers I lost all passion I had for it, which was (in retrospect) a contributing factor in my decision to study astrophysics.

Luckily, in year 11 and especially year 12, I had the most amazing teacher, and she single-handedly re-ignited my love of literature and analysing novels and poems etc. In fact, I posted an essay I wrote for the class on here!

As a result of that teacher, I am now doing a literature minor!

What is your newest purchased book about?

So I bought two books the other day in the airport! The Sea of Tranquility is a soft science-fiction book that deals with time-travel and the simulation hypothesis. It's about morals and decision-making and consequences, and it's a really interesting read. I haven't started Gwen and Art Are Not in Love yet, but it's a queer reimagining of the Arthurian Legend, with sapphic Gwen and gay Arthur. I'm really excited to read it!