- turning into a swarm of rats mid sentence while talking to someone
- debating with your friends what bloodtype a human is based on arbitrary things (ie: “see, he just picked his nose when he thought no one was looking DEFINTELY a type-O” “oh fuck off we both know thats an AB move”)
- citing “conservation of mass” as the reason you can turn into one (1) wolf but several rats or bats
- Counting The Ceiling Tiles Game, Extreme Version (or, for that matter, ANY counting game, Extreme Version)
- holding entire conversations with someone while standing on the ceiling and vehemently avoiding acknowledging or explaining why you are on the ceiling
- almost getting yourself killed because you just couldnt stand not knowing what garlic bread tasted like even a second longer
- “i need an entire extra closet, just for my eccentric cloaks” “what about your eccentric coats?” “two extra closets-” “what about your eccentric shawls?” “three extra closets-” “what about-” (repeat for as long as your friend can keep coming up with swishy articles of clothing)
feel free to add more
- telling knock knock jokes while actually knocking at the door until the owner of the house you are trying to enter gets tired enough to give up and invite you in
- looking in the mirror and loudly announcing “oh my god i look AMAZING”
- Listing off increasingly specific incorrect things as ‘vampire traits’. “Wears flannel? Vampire trait. Lethargic during the day? Vampire trait. Recent hair growth? Vampire trait. Howls at the moon? Obvious vampire trait.”
it’s funny how mia fey always comes across as a wise, calm, confident mentor who knows what she’s doing, when in reality, she is the ultimate ‘bullshit ‘til you make it’ person in the game. that’s her whole technique as a lawyer. that’s what she’s taught phoenix. if phoenix is a masterful bullshitter, mia fey is a god-level bullshitter, so much so that when phoenix is in a bad situation while working on a case and feels like there’s nothing more to do but accept defeat, she comes back from the dead not to give him direct clues that would make solving the case easier, but to tell him ‘no, phoenix, you haven’t given your all yet, man. there’s still so much bullshitting you can do. the judge’s eye isn’t even twitching, dude, there’s still so much time to talk about how the witness didn’t see a tiny scratch on the floor or some shit, go for it’
What I’ve learned from D&D
Always stop and look around
Be hesitant to trust, but loyal til the end
Always be nice, until it’s time to stop being nice
Assume nothing about anyone
Just because you don’t see their use at first, doesn’t mean someone isn’t useful.
Being creative is more rewarding than being destructive
Don’t forget to eat and rest
Every adventure has to end sometime, and that’s ok
Don’t skimp on the details
The work is always worth it
Bringing this back because it’s always relevant
i’m really looking forward to having an apartment with the love of my life. we’re going to paint the walls yellow, go antique shopping, get our first pet, make art, and have tea in the morning together.
this is so romanticized first off, you wont own your first apartment so you cant paint the walls, second rent is so god damn expensive theres no way in hell you can afford antiques, point three, pets are expensive and a life time cost ( mine just cost me 600$) the only part of this post thats real is the tea in the morning together….and that gets old quick.
first off, lots of apartments you are allowed to paint walls you just have to check your lease agreement, second rent IS expensive but sometimes it’s just about buying lil vintage toys or 5 dollar weird knick knacks you find while antiquing not necessarily say furniture and point three maybe it’s some goldfish you both adore. 1 year later i’ve been with the love of my life and still get excited to even just eat dinner with him. life is hard but it can be soft, and warm. i hope one day you feel better about yourself so you don’t try to spread your negativity onto other people. ♥
Magnus, during the first cycle after hearing about an extremely powerful bear:I’m gonna fight it
y'all notice how black panther quietly but fervently rejects western assumptions about women in non-western countries by not only displaying Wakandan women in a variety of influential positions but by making clear that only outsiders question them
women are shown in all levels of Wakandan society - Ramonda as a trusted advisor for her son, Shuri as the country’s leading innovator, Okoye and the Dora as respected warriors, Nakia as a spy and philosophical compass, unnamed women who serve as tribal representatives and spiritual leaders. it is not at any point suggested that their gender is a barrier to achieving anything in Wakanda.
there’s a moment during T'Challa’s crowning that’s small but very good, when M'baku questions letting a child handle the country’s technological advancement. he specifically calls her a child, not a girl, questioning her youth and perceived lack of respect for tradition but not her gender, which flies in direct defiance of many western assumptions about how masculine non-western men like M'baku treat women and girls.
that moment, as far as I recall, the most any Wakandan man ever directly disrespects a woman. a lot has been made of how much faith T'challa places in his female relatives and warriors, so I won’t rehash that, but it’s Good.
Ross briefly insults Okoye with his assumption that she doesn’t speak English, but 1.) the narrative and the audience both understand this to be an ignorant statement on Ross’ part for which he is promptly put in his place by Okoye herself and 2.) Ross immediately learns and does better. when he wakes up in Wakanda his disbelief is only for the level of the technology, not that a teenage girl is the mastermind behind it, and during the final fight he defers to Shuri’s guidance despite his piloting expertise.
a lot of words have already been written about Killmonger’s treatment of black women: the casual murder of his partner, his disregard and abuse of a spiritual leader, the slaughter of a Dora. it’s just one of many parts of his ideology that mark him as fundamentally misunderstanding Wakanda and being an Other in the kingdom.
Wakanda is a futuristic fantasyland that makes absolutely no narrative room for men who don’t respect the authority of women.
In addition to the Killmonger point - I love how it circles back to the cultural disparity between Wakanda and the Western world. It demonstrates how similar ideologies - the drive for resource sharing and international responsibly - can appear so vastly different (ie Killmonger and Nakia). It speaks to the cultural environment in which they existed. I believe Killmonger to be a reflection of the internalised toxic values Western society presents poor Black boys - essentially following the well trodden path from vulnerability to violence.
