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transfjord:

i’m playing a sailor in my new campaign and i love sailor superstitions, so i made a bunch of dnd sailor superstitions/traditions! (some might be weird/bizarre, but a lot of ours are too so i felt it fitting)

  • having a water genasi on board is good luck, even better if they’re higher ranked (captain, first mate). however, if they’re a prisoner, it’s extremely bad luck for the crew that has them imprisoned. 
  • holy people of sea gods closely follow water genasi in good luck/bad luck.
  • sailors tend to get tattoos of a land god’s symbol in hopes that if they drown, a land god will get them back safely. however, sea gods find this extremely rude and disrespectful, so sailors have to find ways of hiding the tattoos at all times, whether with magic, clothes, or makeup. 
  • every port city has a shrine or temple to a sea god. the very last thing sailors do before heading out on the ocean and the very first thing they do when they get back on land is pray at one of these places. bigger port cities have special roads for sailors to take.
  • the only time it’s okay to sing sea shanties on land is if you have a vial of seawater on you. if you don’t have any, sea gods think you’re singing for the land gods instead of themselves. and if they think that, things will turn nasty when you get back to sea.
  • sailors don’t talk about their families/friends/loved ones while at sea. the sea could get jealous, and try and keep the sailors all to itself–by whatever means necessary.
  • there are various tattoos one can get for certain accomplishments (ie. defeating a monster, sailing for a certain amount of time/for a certain distance, which port you hail from, etc)
  • every ship brings a small animal that’s special to a sea god on board (ie a crab). that animal has all priority–in food, in defense, in healing. it’s said that if that animal dies, the rest of the crew will soon follow.

bonus sea shanties:

  • dwarf and orc shanties have a very steady rhythm and often involve drums–meant to keep rowing easy and sailors focused.
  • tiefling and elf shanties are melodious and often eerie to hear from another ship–especially in foggy/stormy weather. they’re meant to simulate the sound of the wind, waves, and those who died at sea.
  • dragonborn and genasi shanties often involved overlapping lyrics and melodies, causing them to sound like the storms out at sea. they’re meant to pay tribute to and appease the gods.
  • halfling and gnome shanties are cheery and peppy, meant to keep things interesting after monotonous days at sea and to make sure morale is up.
  • human shanties are as wide and varied as the race itself. they often tell stories–of the crew, of other ships’ adventures, or of history.

rsfcommonplace:

thebaconsandwichofregret:

disgruntledinametallicatshirt:

you know what actually pisses me off? when I finally start to feel a smidge of confidence in my writing ability and then some JERK POSTS A SINGLE LINE FROM A TERRY PRATCHETT NOVEL AND IT’S BETTER THAN ANYTHING I WILL EVER WRITE NO MATTER HOW MANY MILLENNIA I SPEND TRYING!

Terry was a professional writer from the age of 17. He worked as a journalist which meant that he had to learn to research, write and edit his own work very quickly or else he’d lose his job.

He was 23 when his first novel was published. After six years of writing professionally every single day. The Carpet People was a lovely novel, from a lovely writer, but almost all of Terry’s iconic truth bomb lines come from Discworld.

The Colour of Magic, the first ever Discworld novel was published in 1983. Terry was 35 years old. He had been writing professionally for 18 years. His career was old enough to vote, get married and drink. We now know that at 35 he was, tragically, over half way through his life. And do you know what us devoted, adoring Discworld fans say about The Colour of Magic? “Don’t start with Colour of Magic.”

It is the only reading order rule we ever give people. Because it’s not that great. Don’t get me wrong, very good book, although I’ll be honest I’ve never been able to finish it, but it’s nowhere near his later stuff. Compare it to Guards Guards, The Fifth Elephant, the utterly iconic Nightwatch and it pales in comparison because even after nearly 20 years of writing, half a lifetime of loving books and storytelling Terry was still learning.

He was a man with a wonderful natural talent, yes. But more importantly he worked and worked and worked to be a better writer. He was writing up until days before he died.  He spent 49 years learning and growing as a writer, taking so much joy in storytelling that not even Alzheimer’s could steal it from him. He wouldn’t want that joy stolen from you too.

Terry was a wonderful, kind, compassionate, genius of a writer. And all of this was in spite of many many people telling him he wasn’t good enough. At the age of five his headmaster told him that he would never amount to anything. He died a knight of the realm and one of the most beloved writers ever to have lived in a country with a vast and rich literary tradition. He wouldn’t let anyone tell him that he wasn’t good enough. And he wouldn’t want you to think you aren’t good enough. He especially wouldn’t want to be the reason why you think you aren’t good enough. 

You’re not Terry Pratchett. 

You are you.

And Terry would love that. 

I only ever had a chance to talk to Terry Pratchett once, and that was in an autograph line.  I’d bought a copy of The Carpet People, which was his very first book, and he looked at it with a faint air of concern.  “You realise that I wrote that when I was very young,” he said, in warning.

“Yes,” I said.  “But I like seeing how authors grow.”

He brightened and reached for his pen.  “That’s all right then,” he said, and signed.

queerwonderer:

If you like anything pirate related I’ve just found a really cool site with biographies of known pirates, sea shanties and lists of pirate-related games and movies.

The best part for me is that it has a glossary of nautical terms that they used back in the pirate age. I’m finding it really helpful because I’m reading Treasure Island and there are some parts full of these terms which I have no idea about.

It’s also really helpful if you want to watch Black Sails and are interested in knowing what the hell they are talking about in those scenes in the sea when Flint is being all badass and giving orders to the crew!

juno/peter, arthuriana (or otherwise high fantasy) au

mickmercury:

(theres a reason i won’t write this one: the only idea i could think of was. weird)

rex quondam, rexque futurus

hyperion city has no king; it has had no king for a long time. juno steel is a fallen knight, a lost soul, and he no longer believes in kings, in vows of honor or whispers of hope; only in pursuing the Beast that has haunted him his entire life. peter nureyev is only half human, a changeling with a vendetta; slipping between the worlds of men and monsters, magic at his fingertips and glamour in his steps. no crown is safe from him, and he leaves rebellions in his wake.

then juno meets a man with iron in his heart and a plan for a new throne and a better world, and peter is hired by a woman who seems to want Hyperion kingless as much as he does. they know that somewhere in the city is the Sword which will make its holder king; so do the forces who have controlled Hyperion for generations. the only question is whose champion will prove themselves worthy by finding it first.

(or, the plots of seasons 1 and 2 happening simultaneously as a high-fantasy treasure-hunt-slash-heist where Juno and Peter end up working together to stop control over the lives of everyone in Hyperion from falling into the wrong hands)

>>>>> the fic I won’t write game

meredithmcclaren:

Someone else on tumblr pointed out that PASSENGERS might have been a more
meaningful movie if it was about just THE ONE person dealing with being
alone on the ship for the rest of their life.  And if, to cope, they go
through and make it a point to learn everything they can about all of the other
people on the ship.

And I just keep thinking about this idea.

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comeneth:

But like, what if instead of that, we start off with the 5000 people in suspended animation and one wakes up 90 years before the rest like in the original premise. And they guy does enjoy the ship for awhile before the whole “I’m going to die alone in a metal box in space” thing comes up. And he’s alone and the robo bartender is can only provide so much company, regardless of how well they make a space mojito.

And he finds himself back in the room where all the people are in suspended animation. But he doesn’t see a beautiful woman. Or rather, he doesn’t just see a beautiful woman, he sees many people. A child holding a favorite toy. A man with a prosthetic leg. A pair of twins. So many people. And he watches the video profiles of all the other 4999 passengers and tries to find out as much information about ALL of them as possible. Because he has 4999 people for his neighbors and right now he just wants to feel like he’s not alone.

He starts talking to them, knowing they’ll never answer him, but it helps a little bit. He knows all of them by name and he cares about all of them very much. Because that’s as close to human contact that he’s ever going to get, because gods forbid him waking any of the 4999 other passengers up and damning them to a live in a metal box in space that’d be fucking cruel.

And then something happens and the ship’s in danger and it can’t be fixed without a human. He tells the robo bartender that if he doesn’t come back, to tell the others that he’s sorry. And he goes to fix it and succeeds and saves everyone, but he ends up being unable to get back inside the ship. But he can still access the intercom and says good bye to everyone he knows before he runs out of air.

And then when everyone wakes up and there’s a headcount, they’re confused as to why they’re one short. And they find out via security recordings and the robo bartender about the man who woke up early. The man who considered everyone of them a friend even though they had never met. The man who sacrificed himself without hesitation to save all of them. And all 4999 passengers are really touched by this and even after the colony is established and it prospers and becomes a fully civilized planet, the man who loved and saved them all is never forgotten.

And I came up with that about 10 seconds after reading the article, checkmate screenwriters.

crossedoutstitchedup:

A present for a friend that I’ve been working on for a long time in between commissions: the United Federation of Planets crest, with the Latin ad astra per aspera, my preferred translation of which is ‘through adversity to the stars’. 🌌🌠⭐️

Update: I’ve had a lot of requests, so I’ve put the pattern up in my Etsy shop!

A long ass short story about the in’s and out’s of cross stitch

sturdy-nerdy-stitchery:

@damnedtreasure​ was messaging me today wanting to know about cross stitching. Being the passionate person I am about this lovely craft, I went all out…like….AAAAAALLLLLL out and typed out an entire short story of info…

I asked @damnedtreasure​ to give me a list of questions so I could comprehensively answer them to the best of my knowledge. The questions were:

-What size and brand of hoop? (Or which brands are known as terrible) -Do I need other things other than a hoop, needles, thread, fabric? -what size needles? -what count Aida? -any recommendations you might have for online stores(or ones to avoid) -how the heck do you choose which shade to get out of all the color options??

and read more under the cut to see MY ENTIRE LONG LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT CROSS STITCH! This post goes out to ALL my followers AND others who are new to cross stitch and have NO idea where to start, how to start…READ ALL THIS AND HOPEFULLY, you will find your way!

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