1) learn how to dress and light a candle without burning your house down. A little oil goes a long way. A lot of oil goes right into a bad situation.
2) learn how to light and position incense so you don’t set off the fire alarms. Fans are an amazing friend. They circulate the smell of the incense to your whole living space, but also diffuses the smoke.
3) do not store your planchette on your ouija board (it’s like leaving your house unlocked).
4) make sure you research oils before you diffuse them if you have animals. I.e citrus straight oils or citrus oil in oil blends make dogs sick and lily oil can kill cats.
And by the gods don’t diffuse banishing oil because you’ll end up with a pepper spray situation.
5) you don’t absolutely need a holder. You just need to soften the bottom of a candle enough (yes with fire) and it will stick to a surface. A flame resistant surface (see rule one about accidentally burning down things).
6) don’t poison the earth with a ring of salt on the grass. Ashes from incense or powdered egg shells works the same. And add nutrients to the soil.
Salt inside, not outside.
And 7) if you live in an apartment or house that will not be friendly to any burning, make your favorite herbs into infusions. You can use them on their own, or mix different ones easily, for any desirable effect. Unlike burning the herbs, smoke detectors shouldn’t go off unless you spray right at them. (Watch for mold in the bottle).
I’m being a touch humerus but I also mean every bit of it.
I'm making a YouTube channel based around my favorite ttrpg called Eclipse Phase, I'm focused on making explanation videos on how the game works and how to play. My goal is to be informative with slim to none opinion/reaction talk (i find many ttrpg YouTube channels fall into this reactionary content). EP specifically i feel doesn't have much of an Internet footprint for how good of a system it is, so I'm trying to be the change I want to see in the world.
Also, once i run out of EP content ideas I think I'll move onto other niche ttrpgs just for the fun of it, but that's going to be way down the line.
Quick(ish) Info for the game:
Eclipse Phase (2nd Edition) is a cyberpunk+sci-fi tabletop role-play game that takes place in the not-so-distant future where (Trans)humanity has unlocked the secrets of the brain and we have the technology to not only modify our bodies via cybernetic enhancements, but we can also upload our consciousnesses into new bodies. Transhumans can also be "Uplifted" Animals (genetically altered animals that are intelligent and sapient on par with humans), actually intelligent A.I., or Infomorphs (transhumans that don't have physical bodies)
Most campaigns take place about 10 years after the event known as The Fall, where an Artificial Super Intelligence called TITAN AI tried to take over and execute Transhumanity until it mysteriously stopped. Transhumanity barely exists across the solar system (and even fewer beyond) as a result-- You play as a character in this universe in a period of time where Transhumanity is still picking up the pieces while infighting keeps us apart with the ever-looming threat of TITAN coming back online.
Quicker Explanation / tl;dr
Think if someone made a roleplay game that smooshed together Firefly and The Matrix with a sprinkling of Cyberpunk.
here is my first video! i go over the basics of lore and mechanics of the game, every video I'm making is intended to be newbie-friendly and (hopefully) approachable
Heyyyy, soooo heads up… I do NAWT know how to draw genuinely… I’ve never basically drawn properly once except for like… 2-3 times. Soooo… BEAR WITH ME…
I am currently tryna to find an art style right now so I drew a rough sketch of a potential OC of mine >:)! It’s definitely messy and probably going to get worse… but I’m just drawing for funsies and casual soooo… yay me!
Wish me luck gang, I shall start my journey today!
I will be the last person to call out people for making grammar or spelling mistakes unless they ask for it, English is a hard as shit language to work with if you haven’t studied it, and especially if it’s not your first language. This guide is not meant to promote grammar-policing; unless someone is asking for critique, if you can understand what they meant in colloquial conversation, then I don’t see issues with getting things wrong sometimes. Especially if you’re only a hobbyist or fanfic writer, getting words wrong is perfectly okay — it throws me off a little when I need to reassess what people mean, but I’m able to understand their intent and story anyways, and I care more about quality plot and characters than grammar. I do it too, and I’m a native speaker. I just am very interested in English, and am sharing tips for those who want them for self-editing and learning purposes. Let’s all hold hands and skip into the sunset 🫶 And if I’ve gotten anything wrong please feel free to let me know with a source of your info! I am not immune to making mistakes sometimes
🍂 Quick Vocabulary Rundown
Homophones are words that sound the same when spoken, but have different meanings (and are sometimes spelled differently). There’s a lot of related concepts (heterographs, homonyms, heteronyms, and homographs), but homophones are the most well known, hence using it as the title. Don’t feel like you need to know definitions of all of them, that’s not relevant to the post, and why I put them here; so people can reference them as needed.
Nouns are people, places, and things. Tree, store, mom, cat, music, love.
Verbs are actions. Run, jump, think, go, wonder, also love.
Pronouns are words used in place of nouns. They/she/he/it, you, we, that, our, those.
Contractions are when words are combined. They’re, it’s, you’re, I’m, can’t, hasn’t.
Prepositions describe the relation between a noun/pronoun and whatever it’s attached to in the sentence by connecting them. On, after, for, with, across, through.
Conjunctions connect words or clauses. And, but, since, for, or, so.
Interjections are exclamations or asides that can stand on their own. Ouch, shh, yes, yay, wow, huh.
🕰️ The Classics
- There, they’re, their.
There: Adverb/pronoun/adjective. Referring to a place. “I wouldn’t go there.”
They’re: Contraction of “they are.” Describing what someone is/is doing. “They’re very cool.”
Their: Adjective/pronoun/preposition. Possessive. Referring to something that belongs to ‘them.’ “They are going to pet their cat.”
- You’re, your.
You’re: Contraction of “you are.” Describing what you are/what you are doing. “You’re very cool.”
Your: Adjective/pronoun/preposition. Possessive. Referring to something that belongs to ‘you.’ “You are going to pet your cat.”
- Two, too, to.
Two: The number. “There are two cats.”
Too: Adverb. Used to emphasize/describe that something is happening in excess. “They’re too strong,” or “There is too much.”
To: Preposition. Used to connect something to what it’s going toward. “I am going to do something,” or “They are being nursed to health.”
☕️ Other Commonly Misused Words (in half-assed alphabetical order)
- Affect, effect.
Affect: Verb. Something affects something else, it is describing the action of making something changed.
Effect: Noun. Something is effected by something else, it is describing the result of being changed by its affect.
The affect comes before the effect, A comes before E.
- Accept, except.
Accept: Verb. You accept something someone has done, you accept a gift.
Except: Preposition/conjunction/verb. Excluding the whatever it’s connected to in the phrase from the overall sentiment. I don’t like bugs, except for moths. They’re the exception.
- Access, excess.
Access: Verb/noun. Entering or retrieving something. You access an area, or go through the access port.
Excess: Noun/adjective. A lot more of something than necessary. If there is an excess of something, it is too much. It is excessive.
- Advice, advise.
Advice: Noun. The beneficial information itself. I am giving you advice in this post!
Advise: Verb. The act of giving the beneficial information. I am advising you in this post.
- Bemused, amused.
Bemused: Adjective/verb. Being confused or puzzled by something.
Amused: Adjective/verb. Finding something fun, funny, or otherwise enjoyable.
- Brake, break.
Brake: Noun/verb. The mechanism that stops wheels on a vehicle. Cars/bikes/scooters have brakes, and you can brake when using them.
Break: Noun/verb. To destroy or interrupt something. You break a computer when you smash it, and you take a break from work when you get lunch.
- Ball, bawl.
Ball: Noun/verb. The spherical toy object of sportsball fame, or the party event, or the act of crumpling (balling) something up.
Bawl: Noun/verb. Crying loudly.
- Bare, bear.
Bare: Verb/adjective. If something is bare it’s empty, desolate, or uncovered. When you bare something, you’re exposing it for view.
Bear: Verb/noun. The animal, or the act of enduring/carrying something difficult.
- Baited, bated.
Baited: Verb. Having annoyed/taunted someone, or having set something up as bait.
Bated: A shortened form of abated; a verb, to lessen/become less intense. This the one you want to use for bated breath, when characters are waiting anxiously. Baited breath implies something different.
- Breath, breathe.
Breath: Noun. The air taken into and out of your lungs itself. You’re going to take a breath.
Breathe: Verb. The act of actually breathing. You’re going to breathe.
- Capitol, capital.
Capitol: Noun. The important building where legislature happens.
Capital: Noun/adjective. The capital city, wealth in capital, capital letters, or capital offenses.
- Chock, choke.
Chock: Noun/verb. A wedge to stop something from moving. This is the one you want for if something is chock-full, if it’s filled to the brim.
Choke: Verb/noun. Having difficulty breathing/asphyxiation, or the sounds made when having difficulty breathing.
- Discrete, discreet.
Discrete: Adjective. When things are distinct/separate, they are discrete. It’s describing nouns.
Discreet: Adverb. When things are discreet, they are careful/wary/stealthy/etc. It’s describing the action.
- Defiantly, definitely.
Defiantly: Adverb. Doing something disobediently or boldly; being defiant/showing defiance.
Definitely: Adverb. Certainly, or clearly; being definite.
- Desert, desert, dessert.
Desert: Noun/adjective. The location, or describing something as similarly desolate.
Desert: Verb. To abandon something, usually treacherously.
Dessert: Noun. The food.
I remember desert vs dessert, because dessert has two S’s, and you usually want more dessert than desert. When spoken aloud, you also tend to pronounce desert and desert differently; the noun has stress on the first syllable, and the verb has stress on the last syllable.
- Draught, drought.
Draught: British spelling of draft (noun/verb/adjective).
Drought: Noun. A prolonged lack of water.
- For, four.
For: Preposition. You do something for something else.
Four: The number.
- Here, hear.
Here: Adverb/adjective/interjection/noun. A location. Things are done here, you are going here, etc.
Hear: Verb. The act of listening. You hear something someone says.
- It’s, its.
It’s: Contraction of “it is/has.”
Its: Pronoun/adjective. Possessive.
Possessive apostrophes aren’t used on pronouns like they are with nouns, so “its” is the correct possessive form of “it.” You wouldn’t say “her’s,” you would say “hers.” So “it’s” is the contraction, and “its” is the pronoun.
- Loose, lose.
Loose: Adjective/verb. When something is not secured tightly, or to let something loose.
Lose: Verb. To fail at something or to be deprived of something, if something is lost.
- Lay, laid, layed, lie, lied (+ laying, lying).
Lay: Verb. To put something down.
Laid: Verb. Past tense of lay.
Layed: Misselling of laid.
Lie: Verb/noun. To assume a horizontal position, to stay in a specified state, or an intentionally false statement.
Lied: Verb. Past tense of lie.
Laying: Verb. Present participle of lay.
Lying: Verb. Present participle of lie.
- Pore, pour, poor.
Pore: Noun/verb. Either the small openings on your skin, or the act of being absorbed in reading/study/similar — poring over something.
Pour: Verb. Something flowing, you pour water, or water pours down a waterfall.
Poor: Adjective. Having little money or being of bad quality.
- Peak, pique.
Peak: Noun/verb/adjective. The top of something, or reaching/being the top of something.
Pique: Noun/verb. Irritation, or to raise interest in something. This is the one you want for piqued interest.
- Que, queue, cue.
Que: This is not an English word. This is French or Spanish (though I’m sure it’s in some other languages as well, I am just most familiar with it through those).
Queue: Noun/verb. The line of people waiting for something, or to get in that line.
Cue: Noun/verb. The signal given to someone that they take a specific action.
- Quiet, quite.
Quiet: Adjective/noun/verb. The absence of noise, or very little noise.
Quite: Adverb/interjection. Being completely. It’s quite nice outside, it’s being very nice outside.
- Rigged, rigid.
Rigged: Verb. To assemble something, usually with rope, or to conduct something fraudulently so that it benefits you exponentially.
Rigid: Adjective. Something that isn’t able to be bent out of shape is rigid.
- Reign, rein, rain.
Reign: Verb/noun. To hold rulership, or the period during which someone specific ruled.
Rein: Noun/verb. The strap attached to a horse’s bit by which they’re guided by their rider, or to similarly guide/control something.
- Seated, seeded.
Seated: Adjective/verb. To be sitting down or to sit someone somewhere. This is the one you want for deep-seated.
Seeded: Adjective/verb. Having the seeds removed from a fruit, or to have sown something with seeds.
- Sole, soul.
Sole: Adjective/noun. The one and only of something, the underside of a foot, or a certain type of fish.
Soul: Noun. The spiritual essence of something.
- Trail, trial.
Trail: Noun/verb. A pathway or mark of signs to guide the way, or to follow along behind something.
Trial: Noun/verb. A test, or a formal examination in a courtroom, or the act of performing one.
- Taut, taught.
Taut: Adjective. Something pulled or stretched tightly so that there is no slack.
Taught: Verb. To teach in the past tense.
- Than, then.
Than: Conjunction/preposition. Used to introduce the second object in a comparison. It is bigger than this.
Then: Adverb. To describe something that will happen afterward. If you do this, then I’ll do that.
- Write, rite, right, wright.
Write: Verb. To put a bunch of letters and words together. That thing I talk about a lot.
Rite: Noun. A social or religious custom or act. A rite of passage, the rite of communion.
Right: Adjective/adverb/noun/verb/interjection. Being correct, or being on the side that is not the left.
Wright: Noun. An old term for a maker of things: shipwright, playwright, etc.
- Where, wear, were- (+ we’re), ware.
Where: Adverb/conjunction. The place in which something is.
Wear: Verb/noun. To put something on your body as clothing, or to have degrade over time.
Were-: Adjective. As in werewolf or other were-creatures.
We’re: Conjunction of “we” and “are.”
Ware: Noun. A group of things, usually manufactured and/or for sale.
- Weather, whether.
Weather: Noun/verb. The climate, like rain or snow, to have something degrade over time by exposure to the elements, or to have come safely through something difficult (as in, having weathered it).
Whether: Conjunction. For doubt or choice between two alternatives (“she didn’t know whether to go or stay”), expressing inquiry (“I’ll see whether she’s at home”), or indicating the statement applies regardless of mentioned alternatives (“I’m going whether you like it or not”).
- Wary, weary.
Wary: Adjective. To be concerned and cautious.
Weary: Adjective/verb. To be tired.
- Waist, waste.
Waist: Noun. The part of the body below the ribs and above the hips.
Waste: Verb/adjective/noun. To use carelessly, to throw out without finishing, to become progressively weaker, or an area that is desolate or unused.
- Wreak, wreck.
Wreak: Verb. To cause, usually large amounts of harm or damage.
Wreck: Noun/verb. To destroy something, or the product of something that has been destroyed.
- Who’s, whose.
Who’s: Contraction of “who has” or “who is.”
Whose: Pronoun. Asking for whom to someone something belongs, as in “Whose is it?” or indicating the noun clause is connected to the next clause, as in “You are someone whose love I cherish.”
🍂 The “Ehhhh” Squad
- Farther, further.
These two are, effectively the same. They’re both adjectives and adverbs, and they’re both used to describe relative distance.
Some guides say farther refers to physical distance and further refers to figurative distance, though they have been and probably will continue to be used interchangeably. This is the one on this list that as a native English speaker and nerd of grammar that I truly cannot tell you what to do with. Use whichever the fuck you want just probably try to keep it internally consistent.
- Gray, grey (+ bonus).
These two are the same, both adjectives used to refer to the color. The only difference is that gray is used in American English, and grey in British English. I use the trick of A for America, E for England, to remember.
I also had toward (American) and towards (British) on this list, and they fall under the same thing. You should probably try to keep whichever spellings you use internally consistent. If there’s similar spellings like this that mean the same thing in American and British English, it’s usually safe to assume the American one is the one with less letters.
🕰️ Bonus: “of” or “have”?
I see SO MANY people say “would of,” “could of,” and “should of,” instead of “would’ve,” “could’ve,” and “should’ve.” The correct forms are the latter ones — the contractions with “have.” They sound very similar with “of,” especially so in some regional accents, and it’s said often enough that I absolutely understand people getting used to it and assuming it’s correct in any form. “Would of” (or any of the “of”s) does not mean anything; “of” is not the correct word to use when you’re trying to get across something that’s supposed to use “have” instead. To use a word other than could/would/should that makes the of problem clearer, “I of done that,” doesn’t work, but “I have done that,” does. Of is a preposition, have is a verb. Having and having done something is an action, and “of” as a preposition is a connector of different words. They just happen to sound annoyingly similar in English sometimes.
It appears that you have stumbled upon a humble knight of the hive If you wish to converse, I shall not oppose the company.
Heyo! Welcome to this semi angsty but mostly lighthearted hive knight blog. Fairly new to this RP thing [looks like I have some catching up to do geez]
I’ll mostly just be casually on here to take a break from my million other side projects, so posts will occur… when I feel like it :3
Tags:
#serious buzzness → Plot stuff
#bumbling around → exploring Pharloom
#buzzings of a bee → goofing around tag
#sweet honey → Pretty art and stuff
#buzzing with others → Interactions with other blogs
#bees in the throat → Anon asks
#buzz off → OOC tag
Rules and important stuff:
•suggestive asks are fine but please remember this is a space mostly filled with minors
•Spoilers for Silksong galore
• I’ll test the waters with how I feel about ship asks
• beeware of headcannons
• Other RP blogs are welcome to chitter chatter
• Don’t mind mini-storylines, but don’t expect me to be able to keep up with all of them.
• possible character arc??????
Sync strikes:
Hive knight + Spotlight
Blitzing Blaze:
Hive knight and spotlight strike at a blazingly fast pace. Provides a (+1D2) buff to all defensive rolls for 2 turns and deals 3 masks of damage
