Nonsense and Trifles

I love it when an RPG really, really wants to have a beholder in it, but since beholders are one of the very few iconic Dungeons & Dragons monsters that are actually original to Dungeons & Dragons and thus not public domain, they're not allowed to call it that. The writers all sweating as they make sure to have some random bystander say the critter's totally-not-"beholder" name out loud every single time it appears so that it's 100% clear that no trademarks have been infringed.

Unfortunately, spectators are beholder variant, so now the scary wizards who live on the coast are coming for you 😔

Luckily for us all, the notion that all of the beholder variants that show up in the arse-end of some random D&D sourcebook are also covered is based on a serious misunderstanding of what the IP situation is regarding the beholder. The short version is that you can't copyright the idea of a monster (i.e., as distinct from any particular depiction of it), but you can trademark it as part of your brand identity – and unlike copyrights, trademarks need to be asserted, registered, and defended. To the best of my knowledge, Hasbro has not asserted that any of the random beholder variants are part of D&D's brand identity. (And frankly, it'd be fascinating to see them try!)

Because of this post, I had a vivid dream last night of a neurotic, slef conscious monster that was consatntly on the verge of mental breakdown because people kept calling him a Beholder. "I'm not a Beholder! I'm a Creepy Peeper!" He would say, his voice breaking and on the verge of tears.

desperately craving weird surrealist arthurania. Knights with no faces wandering through the mists. Seams between Christian and pre-Christian Britain gaping like open wounds. Beafts and visions. Maybe a monk. Maybe the monk is gay

why do i have to take care of this idiot (me) every single day cant she do anything on her own

I don’t think I could ever be a good salesperson because one time I was at a new job where the manager was having a smoke break and she said “you wanna know the true test of a good salesperson? Being able to sell anything. Here, take my lighter and make me want to buy it” so I took the lighter and then put her cigarette out

I’d probably be a pretty good grifter, though

I feel that this is just capitalism — for example, I don’t need a new computer unless they make my computer so badly that it breaks every year…

my new hobby is saying “sorry I’ve been in a weird place recently” like I’ve ever been in a normal place to begin with

Happiness Will Come To You.

when tho

When You Least Expect It. Probably Late March

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