Oh if only I could live thousands of years to see how xenoarchaeologists write about this era.

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I really enjoyed that moment. It was an amazing scene and my friend's jaw dropped when it happened.

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I think truth magic is an interesting concept, but I feel it's a hard thing to implement into a story in a way that wouldn't dissolve plot tension. At least with high drama and personal angst prevalent in a lot of fantasy. I think it would introduce interesting dynamics though. What do you enjoy seeing when truth spells come out?

I agree with the time travel spells. I think even small ones (reversal of entropy, or rewinding) spells introduce complications. Like if you reverse time to bring somebody back to life (really dangerous application of magic for plot purposes), what happens to the person's neurons or their soul when time is reversed (if you have souls as an explicit part of the setting).

Big time travel spells are even more unwieldy. I think the increasing popularity of multiverses mitigates some of that complexity, but even then, it can really dampen the stakes of a story.

I think it's inevitable, assuming there are still people present in the time it takes. I think of a room full of switch boards. One end is 'communism', the other is 'not communism.' Each of the switches represents a different topic or issue that can be solved and they turn on and off depending on society and factors like education, public opinion, and material conditions in general.

I think somewhere down the line, communism, or a political model like that could come about and nearly all the switches would be turned to 'communism' and assuming it's as good as we believe, there'll be little to no reason to go back to another political system.

I don't know how long it'll take to get there, but on an infinite timeline, I think it would be inevitable to reach a system where humans get their shit together. Now if only we could have a habitable planet until that point.

I saw a quote about how fucked up it is that people are assigned 'daddy issues' as a punchline instead of putting blame on shitty dads/masculinity.

No, I just have some personal issues and I am vulnerable to people pleasing. I don't want a guy to pick up on my 'daddy issues' and enter an unbalanced dynamic.

I think older people can be attractive without it reflecting anything unhealthy about the person appreciating them.

I'm sorry if I gave off vibes of stigmatizing or judging. I just meant I want to reflect on why I'm drawn to older men and seeing what energy I'm giving off.

I'm actively trying to unpack this. I don't want to change it, just so that I can pick up on red flags.

I was just hoping Calypso would be in it instead of some Death Race with a little more variety in the characters

I'm kinda burnt out on the half-hearted adaptations they're doing these days. I don't know much about this series, but my favorite game was 2 and I still remember the god mode cheat in my head.

I hope they don't just go for gritty and realistic. I hope Calypso is the same and offering a free wish to a bunch of weirdos

The same thing happened when trump got covid. All the libs came to his defense on the astral plane after calling him Hitler the previous week.

These people are hollow, grifters, or hollow grifters. They will never be our allies when it matters and are a shining example of the importance of understanding materialism and material harm. He can rest in piss and I look forward to the groundbreaking of another gender neutral bathroom.

I thought the good ol cartoons were the good ones since they came before things went woke. This bullshit wouldn't be as annoying if there was any consistency to it. But then again that's the point - the consistency is just hate and using anything as a fig leaf as long as it pushes that.

The magic system in my setting has direct roots in a worker revolt. Aristocratic mages used fancy dnd style spells to subjugate the people and left workers to use basic servant oriented spells to do their work. But the workers realize the potential in practicing them, kinda like how farmer tools developed into weapon styles.

It allowed a shift in understanding about magic, especially when the aristocrats were so out of practice compared to workers who spent hours a day casting.

Personally, I hate magic where it's tied to genetics or some inborn quality. Even media like the Avatar the Last Airbender has it. I like the idea about being a bender or spellcaster or wizard or whatever, but being a mundane child, it's hard to see the fantasy and not feel a sense of cosmic rejection.

I hate secret society wizards like in Nasuverse because it's easy to see how one could be collateral damage and have no way to defend yourself. I think the hereditary nature bolstered by pseudonobility really bothers me, but it's realistic in that regard. Old wealthy families using their consolidated power to fuck with each other and refusing to make the world a better place with their knowledge of the world.

I also just hate the trope of people not being able to handle the truth. It serves to maintain the status quo in urban fantasy settings and I'm done with it.

I agree about trying to have the power fantasy and flubbing the morality. think this would help if they had more depictions of cool light aligned powers. Healing was such a cool thing in Kotor, but it would have been cool to see it depicted and how morality questions could arise and how it could lend itself to the dark side if one is too controlling.

Also since the dark side is about domination, giving some offensive options through passivity would be cool. I don't know how that would work though. I'll edit if I come up with things.

Just one of many contradictions under capitalism. :frothingfash:

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This is what libs mean by 'affordable healthcare.' this is the logical conclusion.

"Sorry, despair from manmade horrors beyond your imagination don't count for sick time."