#ladyknighttime

[copperbadge]

ladyknighttime

I wear like 3 rings but more as a “this is my full human mode” sort of deal, as I don’t wear them in the house or for karate. Depending on how you fidget, have you ever considered a spinny ring?

I have often espoused the idea that when I’m at home I’m barely human at best, and I like the idea that you are also not in full human mode during karate :D 

I love the look of spinny rings but I think they would frustrate me in practice. I find fidget toys generally frustrating -- I don’t have the hyperactive component which I suspect may be why. There’s no doubt they do help a LOT of people, I’m not slamming fidgets, but I think for me it’s a bunch of expended kinetic energy with no “feedback” -- nothing changes, nothing is produced.  

I don’t know how you’d make a fidget toy that produces something -- perhaps something like a puzzle box, although I find those frustrating too. Maybe a toy where if you fidget it X number of times it spits something out, like a fortune or similar. Or generates a little electricity -- I have a flashlight that runs on kinetic energy, and it’s a pain to charge (it’s large and noisy) but a smaller version where at the end of the day I could like, do a reading of the wattage I’d produced, that would be interesting. 

[thebibliosphere]

As someone who writes things for various comfort levels, any tips for finding fiction that's not YA but also doesn't suddenly feature sex/violence in an attempt to be more "adult"? (I can read summaries and such to know if something is intentionally including smut such as with the non-fluff phangs, but most books are super cagey about it to get around filters and I love YA but also would love non-YA random book pics to be safe)

When I’m interested in something, and I don’t want to be surprised by any of the above, I tend to scour the GoodReads reviews for it. Many reviewers have started adding content warnings into their reviews or flagging up things people might want to prepare for/avoid. While not as good as the publishers/authors doing it, it is very helpful, and I love that people are doing it.

You can also find a lot of other good books that way by going through the lists those reviewers create or by checking out the recommended books that might pop up during your searches. Hopefully, it will become the norm soon for publishers and authors to start using content warnings.

[mothman-etd]

Is Joy Legolas or Gimli? And is she ok with this couples costume?

It was her idea, and I would be Legolas.

[systlin]

I know you have talked about craving salt before - why does your body do that?

I tend to have low blood pressure, a genetic trait from my mom. The reason people with high blood pressure cut sodium is because sodium tends to raise blood pressure. In my case, it simply acts to balance things back into the ‘normal’ range. 

That’s per my doctor, who I asked about it and who said, basically, “Yeah that’s just your body self regulating, you don’t need to worry about sodium, eat all the salt you want.”

[binary-bird]

How does a poor college student in the middle of nowhere get into Shakespeare? Are there any good free/streamable adaptations? Any tips on how to recruit friends to read the plays out loud so you can be a booming Othello?

@ladyknighttimeHmm...Not sure which adaptations/printed versions are available in your area, but from what I know there’s this post about Shakespeare on Youtube (I hope the links still work!) and MIT Global Shakespeare, which archives many different productions from around the world.As for recruiting friends to read the plays out loud... I have yet to do that. BUT! Here on tumblr there’s @socialshakespeare, where you could sign up to read the plays with others (they’re currently doing King Lear)!Anyone else have suggestions? :D

[mossofthewoodsjewelry]

How do you get chamomile to grow? I can never get my seeds to sprout, let alone establish it enough to self-seed

Hmm, to be honest I don’t think I really did anything special, just started some indoors a couple years ago by sprinkling the seeds on the surface of some moist potting soil in a partially lit area. After that, and bringing their pots outdoors, they’ve been self-sowing every year since.

[prokopetz]

Do you have any recommendations of games that work well for just 6-8 hours of gameplay to have some sort of closure, work well with creative people, are simple to learn for players, and don't require a lot of GM prep? Preferably that can handle from 4-6 players. (IDK if that's enough info to start. I normally run D&D 5e, but like doing something mechanically and mildly thematically different for a month during a half-term thing at college. Last time I ran Cogs, Cakes, and Swordsticks)

There’s a whole family of all-in-one games that include a complete system, setting and pre-made adventure in a relatively short package - that’s generally what I’d go with for that set of requirements. They range from ultra-light options like Lasers & Feelings to more medium-weight fare like Lady Blackbird, and from high-concept psychodrama like Ocean and Our Last Best Hope to goofy romps like Pokéthulhu and Sea Dracula. It really depends on what you’re looking for in terms of content, tone, etc.

If you’re okay with a bit of GM prep, you might also have a look at Rose Bailey’s Patreon. She does mini-RPGs ranging from 16 to 50 pages in length, any of which might be what you’re looking for. There’s currently about eight of them available to backers at the $5 level and up, though you’ll have to crawl the posts archive a fair bit to find them all; organisational skills are not her strong suit!

[alloverthegaf]

Can I apply to the ace family? I'm already mildly a mom friend, so I can make sure everyone wears scarves and gloves, sleeps, and eats. Plus I bake and am 200% down for GMing romance-lite/romance-free tabletop RPGs. I can pull off cool but motherly aunt

we definitely need all of this please join us