I engage with fiction in a normal way. don’t look at my blog

“how normal is their chimney” and other sentences said during tabletop games

“My sentence says I always uncover the truth. A metaphor for finding the truth is digging up dirt. So I should be able to use it to successfully dig a hole. Digging up dirt.”

tbh im not entirely immune to a villain with a tragic backstory but i do think villain origins are a lot more interesting when the focus is less "here is the original sin, the first big bad thing that happened to them that made them who they are" and more "here is the first time a person who maybe otherwise felt powerless in their life realized that they could hurt someone and get away with it"

you can get a lot more mileage out of analyzing a truly abhorrent character through the lens of like. what sort of conditions would allow or even incentivize this kind of cruelty? what kind of person benefits from those conditions and how? over the more typical who hurt them type analysis. imo.

I LOVE COLLABORATIVE SOTRYTELLING I LOVE CREATING THINGS TOGETHER I LOVE "YES AND"ING WITH OTHERS I LOVE "NO BUT WHAT ABOUT-"S I LOVE HEARIJG MY FRIENDS' IDEAS I LOVE BOUNDING OFF OF THEM I LOVE ART I LOVE STORIES I LOVE ALL THE DIFFERENT PASSIONS AND SKILLS REQUIRED I LOVE ALL THE DIFFERENT MEDIA IT TAKES I LOVE I LOVE I LOVE

Tabletop RPG with an old school "you can die during character creation" lifepath system, except most of the disqualifying events are stuff like "made it to adulthood with no major traumas" or "discovered a love of carpentry", so your actual goal is to make just enough bad life decisions that your character is a big enough loser to become an adventurer.

Starting out in a coastal community is regarded by some as an optimal choice because if you have the bad luck to end up happily married you can make a saving throw to see if your spouse is subsequently eaten by a whale.

the most crucial aspect of role playing games is that sometimes you get to wear a cute outfit for them

it is vitally important to play role playing games because sometimes you can make people laugh or gasp just by using your words

the world needs role playing games because it lets you imagine and describe a really cool image you thought of

role playing games are so important because you can make your dolls kiss

one of MY favorite things about role playing games is slipping into character so far that you start genuinely responding and thinking differently than you do in real life

did you know? when you play role playing games, you can make something creative with other people in a flow state kind of way