nunyabizni:

pugzman3:

political theatre is right

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Challenge #03013-H090: Something Popped Up

Young Vee gains a reputation among the village as a child healer, a toddler prodigy, a little sorceress with a healing touch. It is rumored she can heal any wound, and any illness, that befalls a person. Unfortunately, that rumor spreads outside the valley through travelers, and falls into the ears of less than scrupulous adventurers seeking to gain fame and fortune.

Vee’s from this prompt.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-02854-g297-here-s-one-we-made-earlier – Anon Guest

Several alarming things occurring in Lower Petraine. The starting point was that the ersatz mayor’s toddler was shaping up to be a very powerful sorcerer indeed. All because Marvin Antheson was the adopted child of the Kobold Rogue, Lady Anthe. Draconic heritage actually works on adopted family, if the love bond is strong enough.

Second, that selfsame toddler could apparently cast Wish. At least, that was the diagnosis for Rar and his new eye. They couldn’t tell, and Vee was not in control of her magics just yet. Small children with their magic taking anchor were a terror under the wrong circumstances. For instance - an infant Tiefling in distress is capable of using Thaumaturgy to make their emotional state known to anyone in a very large radius.

Third - she had yet to use any other magics but “Kiss Better”, which was even more disturbing. What else could she kiss better? What else was she capable of? The entirety of Lower Petraine unanimously decided to keep her away from the more disturbing edges of medical intervention. That did not stop word getting around.

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vinceaddams:

vinceaddams:

vinceaddams:

The Welsh Viking is pretty cool! 

He’s going to run 5 kilometres in his viking armour on May 9th to raise money for Stonewall!

Oh my goodness this is getting a lot of notes!
Since I see posts on tumblr about how a lot of people seem to think all historians and archaeologists are crusty old bigots I’d just like to add that this guy is an archaeologist. A very vocally anti-racist archaeologist who goes out of his way to be as inclusive as possible to queer people.

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petewentzisblack1312:

petewentzisblack1312:

jonskory:

interrupting the bday celebrations to say st. vincent’s volcano la soufriere on their largest island chain just erupted and the smoke rose to 10km in the air, and ash is falling heavily.

st. vincent is a very small island in the caribbean - much smaller than that of my own country and my country is like a dot on the world map - of only 100k+ citizens and at least 7,000 people were told to evacuate. this is the first eruption since 1979. st. vincent is a predominantly black country, and as of now i haven’t seen any petitions as yet from the people. all i can do is hope that we can boost this and send them our love and support.

(bonus video showing how high the smoke is in the air)

(credit to Jamaican Observer on twitter)

please pray for the caribbean folks. while this volcano is specifically affecting st vincent, st lucia (my island) and barbados are both on the look out for volcanic ash fallout, which isnt great during a pandemic, especially since our population will be under vaccinated for a while. i’m on the look out for any funds to help our neighbours to the south.

here is a link to a document compiling donation instructions internationally

this list will be updated as time goes on, and has instructions on how to donate money in USD, GBP, EUR, CAD and XCD, as well as how to donate items from NYC and Toronto

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purplemanatees:

justsomeantifas:

justsomeantifas:

justsomeantifas:

“IS WAYFAIR TRAFFICKING KIDS??”

“IS OMEGLE TRAFFICKING KIDS”

“IS TARGET TRAFFICKING KIDS”

im so tired. 😩 get a grip everyone.

You know who the fuck is trafficking kids? The United States Government and its agents.

Through foster cares

Through detention centers

Through adoption centers

The USA wont even accept illegal child adoption into its definition of child trafficking because it makes senators and adoption agencies too much fucking money

and yall want to invent fake moral panics instead of worry about things like the usa not even including actual child trafficking under its definition

im so tired of it

Fearmonger about real things challenge.

😩😩😩

As shocking as it may sound, those hoax trafficking videos that go viral tend to only go viral because they imply YOU could be the victim, but overwhelmingly next to none of you driving the panic will ever have to deal with being victims of a trafficking scheme.

You also need to be extremely cautious of any “anti-trafficking” legislation that comes out of this hysteria. Trafficking is already illegal and most of these bills (like SESTA/FOSTA) only make sex worker’s jobs more dangerous&criminalized and do very little for survivors of trafficking. So it’s not really anti-trafficking, just anti-sex work.

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Challenge #03012-H089: With a Little Help From My…

Warrior: I swear I will have revenge for the death of my brother.

Elf: you have my bow.

Dwarf: and my axe.

Necromancer: and your brother! – Anon Guest

[AN: Heheheh, I remember when that first did the rounds on Tumblr. I think someone made a comic page out of it eventually. I wanna say Oglaf, but… probably not Oglaf[1].]

People always think necromancy is the ultimate evil. They think that necromancers don’t respect the dead, the gods, the feelings of those still breathing. They think wrong. Remember such magics as Revivify? Or True Resurrection? They’re necromantic. Clerics talk to the dead all the time, but the instant you wear a black robe and start using necrotic damage… Yeah.

Death is a part of life. Helping someone pass peaceably from life into death is just as important as helping both mother and child survive the process of birth. Trust me, there’s things that can go wrong. Unfinished business makes ghosts. Put a ghost too near a magical construct, and it causes all sorts of problems. Unstoppable creature with one purpose melded with an unkillable spirit with a different purpose? Bad noise. And don’t get me started on the undead. Yeah, necromancers can hate those shits. Bringing dead meat to life has its own perils and undead is in the top three.

Forget black robes and skeletal minions. It’s only the edgelords that go there. Edgelords with a lot of money. Black is a very expensive hue for clothing[2]. Not great when you’re a starving student of the dark arts. Honestly, I look like any other student - hard-wearing worker’s clothes so I don’t have to keep buying new clothes. A long-lasting pair of shoes headed for their last breath… And at least one stupid accessory because it had a practical application and no student ever had the coin to spare for style.

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gendermybeloved:

dnd character ask meme

but they’re weirdly specific ones i want to ask my personal dnd party because they keep me up at night

1. what kind of clothing does your character like to wear? do they have a style? anything they avoid wearing?
2. what’s their current hairstyle? has it changed? do they change it often?
3. is your character more articulate in their thoughts than their words? if yes, do they do anything about that? do they care?
4. would your character sing along to a vaguely familiar song, even if they messed up the lyrics as they went?
5. if they wear any, how does your character go about applying makeup? (methodically, nervously, messily, etc)
6. do they usually sleep in a certain pose? does it change?
7. how would they react to eating something that was spicier than they expected it to be?
8. are their hands steady?
9. if someone gave them flowers, what would they do with them?
10. would they sneak out at night to look at the sky? how long would they stay there looking?
11. how do they feel about casual endearments? (babe, etc)
12. what color would they paint their room? would there be a design on the ceiling?
13. what helps them fall asleep when they’re having trouble doing so?
14. do they tend to run hot or cold? do they do anything to deal with that?
15. what’s a sound they can’t stand?
16. would they draw patterns in frosted windows/fogged up mirrors? what would they draw?
17. do they fidget? how and/or with what?
18. would they sing a lullaby, if the opportunity arose?
19. do they see patterns in the world around them? do they point them out to people?
20. do they like to keep plants/growing things in their space?
21. do they touch or mess with their hair/horns a lot?
22. when they speak, do they have a default tone of voice? if yes, do they try to change it? why?
23. do they wrap their arms around their stomach when it hurts?
24. what kind of bookmarks, if any, do they like to use?
25. do they keep books on their person? what kind?
26. do they write in their books? do they mind other people writing in their books? what do they write?
27. do they write often? why/what about?
28. if they can fly, how do they feel in the moment their feet touch the ground again?
29. if they wear any, where did they get their jewelry?
30. have they ever tried to count their own freckles? do they count other people’s?
31. did they climb all over/onto things as a kid?
32. can they play darts? would they?
33. where are they in a group hug? (dead center, outside, etc)
34. what’s the first thing they think when they hear an alarm? what’s the first thing they do?
35. do they sing with their head voice or their chest voice?
36. (if they have hair that needs to be brushed) how often do they do so? do they do it gently?
37. how would they pass the time on a train?
38. do they bother to clean ink/chalk/gunpowder/etc off of their fingers? are they likely to forget it’s there and smudge their nose?
39. do they keep working even when their wrists start to cramp? if they do, do they give themselves a break when the work is done?
40. if their mattress became uncomfortable as time passed, would they notice it? would they do anything about it?
41. what’s the silliest thing they’ve used magic to do? if they don’t have magic, what’s something silly they’d use it for if they did?

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rumade:

Patchwork quilt floor!

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