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Turns out being on mobile is no defence against being picked for the new [chat] thread, so let's do this
Let's talk myths and ancient pantheons for a bit - who were your favourites growing up? I'm not putting a poll because there will inevitably be a key one I forget in the heat of the moment
Greeks? With the 100% accurate Disney depiction?
Egyptians? With the cool Dorling Kindersley fact book with all the gold stuff on the cover?
Romans? AKA Greeks with the serial numbers filed off?
Norse? With beards and mead and sexy horse action?
Whoever worshipped those Venus statues?
Let's share sexy statues in the name of Art and lament the fact that pretty much every ancient mythology symbol probably means white supremacy at this point
Let's talk myths and ancient pantheons for a bit - who were your favourites growing up? I'm not putting a poll because there will inevitably be a key one I forget in the heat of the moment
Greeks? With the 100% accurate Disney depiction?
Egyptians? With the cool Dorling Kindersley fact book with all the gold stuff on the cover?
Romans? AKA Greeks with the serial numbers filed off?
Norse? With beards and mead and sexy horse action?
Whoever worshipped those Venus statues?
Let's share sexy statues in the name of Art and lament the fact that pretty much every ancient mythology symbol probably means white supremacy at this point
[Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
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I like the twist Jim Butcher did in Skin Game:
~ Buckaroo Banzai
Doesn’t Persephone eventually acquire Stockholm syndrome in the myth??
Easy there, Paul the Deacon and/or Tacitus
Odin is an original deity, please do not steal
Also Warner Brothers:
I heard someone describe Velma as a show they would have expected a right-wing troll would make to mock progressives, and that's pretty accurate.
Syncretism! Can't be stopped!
IIRC Hesiod kinda leans that way. The more common was she quit objecting to it so hard to keep the peace but still for the most part hated her time in the underworld.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
Fun fact that isn't actually fun but is a fact: the term Stockholm syndrome was made up out of whole cloth to discredit a hostage in a bank robbery who was criticising the police for endangering their lives
What’s this now color me interested
Also wtf with that Velma cap
It's Age of Empires with mummies and cyclopses. It was good twenty years ago and I expect the remake coming out in two months should also be good.
Good to see them trying to reframe MeToo as some kind of censorship movement as opposed to exposing sex criminals
I really hope it's out of context
Fun fact, Fenrir and Sleipnir are half siblings, with Loki providing the sperm for Fenrir and morphed into a mare and got railed by a Jotnar stallion and birthed Odin's 8 legged friend from his horse womb.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
This Jeremy Bearimy ass family tree
He loves Japan and Japanese culture, but he only knows about them through anime videos he’s scrounged throughout his life
So he’s titled himself Genshu, The Wandering Ronin. Please note his name is not Genshu, it’s Genshu, The Wandering Ronin
Genshu, The Wandering Ronin does not speak Japanese, please do not speak to him in Japanese as he will be very embarrassed if you do
Domo Arigato, Sensei
What was Loki meant to do, just let Svaðilfari help complete the fortifications within three seasons?
"One Thousand Swords!
Actually it's five swords and the cardboard tube my Kill Bill poster came in"
His sword is named Soul Drinker and it’s been folded a thousand times (Genshu, The Wandering Ronin does not know what this means, please do not ask him about it)
Those look like dwarves
That belong in a fortress, if you will
PbtA is Powered by the Apocalypse, and refers to a rules framework and design philosophy inspired by Apocalypse World from around 2010 or so. I don't know a ton about it, other than it's really good at narrative storytelling. In essence, the creator went "Go wild! Use this, be inspired by this, give me credit or not, whatever! Just make good stories."
Greek Myth is great cause it doesn't have a canon therefore everything is equally valid.
Hades and Persephone are actually in love? Sure.
Zeus is actually a wifeguy despite being a serial cheater? Why not.
Ares is actually a femboy? What part of no established canon don't you understand?
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good fuck this is one of the most professional clips i've ever seen
absolute champion work here jfc
Apocalypse World being a particular set of rules and text that is, ofc their IP, but their view was that they couldnt control that way of building a game up even if they wanted to
Although when a single takeaway order creates an order confirmation, a payment confirmation, a delivery confirmation and a request for a review, they pile up quickly
I couldn't look at that number. I'd have to just delete all and start fresh.
Like a coward
I stopped after three of the six beds because I had slipped twice.
Meh. At least I'm showered now. Gonna be bad today and go get a burg and some fries, but I'm making orange chicken with fried rice and air fryer/soy sauce green beans.
Damn, that should’ve been [chat]’s name
“Wet & Sloppy [chat]”