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Kalshann

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Diversity is Survival.
Equality is Survival.
Community is Survival.
Solidarity is Survival.

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Kalshann, to random
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"The vultures rob everything; leave nothing but chains.
Pick a point on the globe; yes, the picture's the same
There's a bank, there's a church; a myth and a hearse."

Kalshann, to random
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There are 2 types of republicans I've observed in my life. First, there are the ones who talk about monstrous things and when in the dark do the monstrous things. Power obsessed and angry.
Second are the 'reasonable ones' who try to debate, try to show a rational for their ideas about oppressing people. Often, they are fearful, scared missing something, or losing out.

Gov Noem is a rare public example that they are the same fucking person. Never trust republicans. They are always a danger.

Kalshann,
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Being white-ish/het/cis in a place like Texas - I've heard the horrifying shit the political and religious conservatives think, I know what their locker room talk is like.

From suit wearing affluent 'serious' men to fucking drug dealing white supremacists. They are all the fucking same.

Each of them are various levels of scared fucking cowards with delusions of self-importance and dreams of power. Give them titles, wealth and authority and it will ALWAYS make them worse.

Kalshann, to random
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Something people outside the US (and honestly most English speaking white majority nations; Australia I see your bullshit)
You might have a good encounter with your police, they might do a job, sometimes even good deeds.

In the US, we have cops, not police. Their job is nothing but violence, threats, and oppression. They get more money for weapons and military gear than many nations' entire military budgets. They are an armed occupying force that serves capitalism and white supremacy.

Kalshann, to random
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Seriously. I remember in 2016 thinking "Oh fuck, this is going to replicate globally isn't it?", everyone knew it would.

Though I must admit - being from the US seriously distorts my perceptions of guns. They "had access “to a massive arsenal of weapons” including 380 firearms," and my first thought was 'meh, that's barely large.'

Also - taking and holding the Reichstag with only 150k rounds of ammo is very unlikely. For a long siege and holding hostages?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/27/the-prince-the-plotters-and-the-would-be-putsch-germany-to-try-far-right-coup-gang?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Kalshann, to random
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Look, blocking someone isn't telling them to fuck off. That would be actually interacting with them to tell them: FUCK OFF.

Blocking is just mitigating who we want to deal with. You're a capitalist-loving fuckless coward willing to cheerlead for mass murder and genocide and I'm the fuck not. So fickity-fuckity-boo, I block you.

Go fly in the cesspool of your natural habitat of alt-right pit stains and nazi boot leather.

Kalshann, to random
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so many people are going to get themselves seriously hurt, sick or dead because of the failures of the internet. The bloated use of AI, the enshittification of services, the spread of intentionally dangerous misinformation.

Just dead people, who'll be blamed for their own overdoses, or 'wrongly mixed' medication - and google or whatever that told them it was safe will just keep plugging along killing more.

Kalshann, to random
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Apr 14: Do you keep a log of incidental characters (e.g. shop assistants) or forget them once they've featured?

I've run ttrpgs for 25 years, I can tell you honestly every character is written down and note to excess! Characters who haven't appeared have notes, like Tanis' abess or Sanis' extended family.

Now finding the file I jotted those notes down in... [wide eyed look of confusion] gimme a minute, I think the file named "story assholes" have them? Maybe "the bad guys"?

Kalshann, to writing
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Chapter 14 of Dragons of Ruin is posted.
It's got the barest bit of blatant flirting, the confirmation of a conspiracy and some soul searching that leads to .. well, mostly Shandril changing the subject to avoid introspection.
Oh, and , I guess?

@timberwraith @TamsinSays

https://archiveofourown.org/works/51160225

Kalshann, to random
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You know that universal feeling of absolute dread and loathing that comes from trying to find someplace to live?

No, you don't? You and I aren't living on the same planet. Congratulations, must be nice there.

Kalshann, to random
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Day 10 - How much power does your MC have?

Chal'tanis.

None, and all. Knowledge is a powerful thing if wielded properly, but her order and teachings (indoctrination) make her view her role as serving others. It's her role to be of use to those who need such knowledge, not to use it herself.

In the past those such as her overturned the world, and allowing that to happen again would be terrible.. right?

Kalshann, to random
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Pet peeve of the day. The Far Right aren't performing 'far right activism' they are fucking terrorists.

The left protests things with boycotts, the left disrupts highways or throws paint on people.

The right sneaks into houses to kill people, shoot up clubs & burn down Black churches or synagogues.

Glen Beck, Musk or nazi-aligned judges aren't doing that shit - but they support it. They protect those who do; they are the back of the spear making sure the tip is ready to kill us.

Terrorists.

Kalshann, to random
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So I woke up to a video essay about 'problematic faves' that dove into a look at how we grapple with them. Assholes that make the things we love but turn out to be bigots or rapists or other evil.

It was good! The author talked about his own ‘fave’ turning out to be a problem, and how he turned his love of the work into something private. I think that ignores a major point of such things: if we keep it private, we're being silent on their horrible actions.

Silence is complicity, isn’t it?
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Kalshann,
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Silence is easy. Silence makes life less complicated. Silence protects us from having to argue with people who might disagree. From co-workers to family to friends. Silence is the way we make less waves.

But that silence serves the Musks and JKRs of the world because we love their products or creations. It emboldens them because they get to do whatever they want, and because of our silence, they can continue to do so.

Those who love their work aren’t complaining, right?
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Kalshann, to random
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Apr 9 What powers (e.g. political, religious, magical, natural) influence your characters’ lives?

Chal'tanis. History, ancestry, ancient wars, the vestiges of Imperialism, cultural expectations, government classification, childhood 'exceptionalism', to start.

All of that leading into institutionalized control & forced conformity, psychological torture, and brainwashing.

See, it's fun learning magic & being an 'adventurer'. [rolls eyes]

Kalshann,
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There is a conversation that Gwynn & I have about what makes a 'mage' (or sorcerer or wizard or what have you). Someone who'll sacrifice their life for the power to change the world, bend the laws of nature and upend the order of things? I mean - sounds good right, but you live in the order of things. It brings you pizza and you keep your stuff there.

What makes a mage? The need to change the way things are. The fear of things being as they are. [shrug]

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    Kalshann,
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    @rooster
    It can happen. The skin of the cheeks or forehead tightening (or weight loss) can reshape nose structure a little bit.

    Kalshann, to random
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    It's not about the sun & moon.
    It's about the crescent light & shadows from the leaves. The sky being grey, then midnight. The silence of wildlife as they don't know what to do, then their reality returning. The wind, soft & constant, formed from nothing more than shadows. The city lights kicking in, cars slowing as unaware drivers are confused. Children screaming about the moon to parents, and the parents freaking after the full darkness descends out of surprise.

    Looking up isn't all of it.

    Kalshann, to random
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    "I fuck around round, round, round, I fuck around!
    Fuck around, round, round, I fuck around!
    Fuck around, round, round, I fuck around!

    I'm getting fucked, fucking up 'n down this fucking street;
    I gotta find a fucking place where the fuck heads meet!

    Those fuckers and me are getting fucking known;
    Yeah, the fuck heads know, so fucking leave us alone!

    I fuck around round, round, round, I fuck around!
    Fuck around, round, round, I fuck around!"
    Fuck around, round, round, I fuck around

    Kalshann,
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    "and you can tell
    from the state of my room
    that they let me out too soon
    And the pills that I ate
    came a couple years too late
    And I've got some issues to work through

    There I go again
    pretending to be you
    make believing
    that I have a soul beneath the surface
    trying to convince you
    it was accidentally on purpose"

    Kalshann,
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    "Breathe in, breathe out.
    Breathe in, breathe out.
    Breathe in-

    Deaf, dumb & thirty; starting to deserve this.
    Leaning on my conscience wall.

    Blood is like wine; unconscious all the time.
    If I had it all again - I'd change it all!

    Got a machinehead, it's better than the rest."

    Kalshann,
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    "If I was beautiful like you. Oh the things I would do!
    Those not so blessed would be crying out murder; and I'd just laugh and get away
    with it too. like you do.

    If I was beautiful like you. I would never be at fault; I'd walk in the rain between the raindrops,
    bringing traffic to a halt.

    But that will never be.
    That will never ever be.
    'Cause I'm not beautiful like you.

    I'm beautiful like me."

    Tesseks, to Sleeping
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    So I apparently sleep talk quite badly... From what I've been told. What I sleep talk about has nothing at all to do with what I dream about. What so ever.

    Once I was told I shouted "Oh no! Are you okay?"... And more recently I was told I said "It's just you and me now Sam."... which just reminded me of lord of the rings.

    Has anyone ever heard anyone sleep talk to themselves.

    Kalshann,
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    @Tesseks
    Often! Insomnia & other trouble has let me be awake while others sleep a lot in life! lol

    Some are just 'in dream' mumbling; while others, like you, just randomly talk about things. I've found those are usually less mumbled and more coherent for some reason.

    I do think events like that are still related to dreams, but we have far more dreams each night than we ever remember, so it's from the unremembered stuff or 'floatsam' from dreams that never quite formed or some such? [shrugs]

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Okay now, pick this up and eat it like a sandwich. I want to see it eaten like a sandwich.

    Kalshann,
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    @LRRRonEarth @RickiTarr
    I'm a food anarchist, but those are just strings of nonsense words trying to describe an abomination!

    Kalshann, to writing
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    30 How do you keep track of your work? Do you have a system?

    I've done ttrpg work for 4 decades now, and I'm fairly good at setting and story organization. I think anyway.

    I usually have more written or background info than readers (or players) will ever see in the front facing part of the story (or game). [shrugs] It'd be a waste in some people's eyes but making the world, and minutia, and lore is my bread & butter.

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